Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-36-411
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Description of property - Delivery of copy of ordinance
Official statutory text
- Making improvements.
The ordinance of necessity shall particularly describe the tract
of land necessary to be taken for public use and a copy of the
ordinance, duly certified by the municipal clerk, shall be delivered
to:
1. The Governor, if the property to be taken is state property;
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 11. Cities and Towns Page 351
2. The county clerk, if the property to be taken is county
property; and
3. To the clerk of the school district or board of education,
if the property to be taken is school property.
Upon passage and proper delivery of the ordinance of necessity, the
municipality shall have the power to immediately enter upon the land
and improve it by opening, widening, extending or laying out, over,
upon and across the land a street or avenue, and the land so taken
shall become a part of the street system of the municipality. When
the ordinance of necessity has been passed, it shall be considered
conclusive evidence in any court of the public necessity for
opening, widening, or laying out such street.
The ordinance of necessity shall particularly describe the tract
of land necessary to be taken for public use and a copy of the
ordinance, duly certified by the municipal clerk, shall be delivered
to:
1. The Governor, if the property to be taken is state property;
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 11. Cities and Towns Page 351
2. The county clerk, if the property to be taken is county
property; and
3. To the clerk of the school district or board of education,
if the property to be taken is school property.
Upon passage and proper delivery of the ordinance of necessity, the
municipality shall have the power to immediately enter upon the land
and improve it by opening, widening, extending or laying out, over,
upon and across the land a street or avenue, and the land so taken
shall become a part of the street system of the municipality. When
the ordinance of necessity has been passed, it shall be considered
conclusive evidence in any court of the public necessity for
opening, widening, or laying out such street.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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