Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-37-201
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Authorization to establish lines and facilities - Joint
Official statutory text
efforts - Acceptance of grants.
The municipal governing body may:
1. Authorize the construction of mains, submains and laterals
for sewers, also ditches, drains, conduits, pipelines and channels
for sanitary and drainage purposes, or either or both thereof, with
lift stations, outlets, manholes, catch basins, flush tanks,
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 11. Cities and Towns Page 379
connecting sewers, ditches, drains, conduits, channels and other
appurtenances in, under, over or through any street, or any land of
the municipality or any right-of-way granted or obtained for such
purpose, either within or without the limits of the municipality;
2. Authorize the construction of mains, submains and laterals
for water distribution lines, water distribution systems or
waterworks, and water supply facilities for same; also ditches,
canals, channels, conduits, pipelines and siphons, together with the
necessary or usual appurtenances for carrying storm water or water
from irrigation ditches, water courses, streams, springs, wells,
lakes, treating plants or other sources of supply into, through or
out of the municipality in, under, over or through any street or any
land of the municipality or any right-of-way granted or obtained for
such purpose, either within or without the limits of the
municipality;
3. Join with other municipalities or any improvement district
or sanitary district of the state, or any of its departments or
agencies, the federal government or any of its departments, agencies
or instrumentalities, as may be provided by law, in the
construction, operation or maintenance of improvements authorized by
the provisions of Sections 37-201 through 37-234 of this title; and
4. Accept from the state, or federal government, or any agency,
department or instrumentality of either, grants for or in aid of the
construction or engineering planning of any of the improvements
provided herein, and enter into contracts with the state, the
federal government, or any agency, department or instrumentality of
either or both, for the construction or supervision of construction
by the state, the federal government, or any agency, department or
instrumentality, for either or both of any such improvements, in
accordance with the plans, specifications, rules and regulations of
the state, the federal government, or any agency, department or
instrumentality or either or both, but reserving to the municipality
the right to assess against the property benefited by the
improvement and located within the municipality, that portion of the
cost of the improvement which does not qualify for aid under the
state or federal grant.
The municipal governing body may:
1. Authorize the construction of mains, submains and laterals
for sewers, also ditches, drains, conduits, pipelines and channels
for sanitary and drainage purposes, or either or both thereof, with
lift stations, outlets, manholes, catch basins, flush tanks,
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 11. Cities and Towns Page 379
connecting sewers, ditches, drains, conduits, channels and other
appurtenances in, under, over or through any street, or any land of
the municipality or any right-of-way granted or obtained for such
purpose, either within or without the limits of the municipality;
2. Authorize the construction of mains, submains and laterals
for water distribution lines, water distribution systems or
waterworks, and water supply facilities for same; also ditches,
canals, channels, conduits, pipelines and siphons, together with the
necessary or usual appurtenances for carrying storm water or water
from irrigation ditches, water courses, streams, springs, wells,
lakes, treating plants or other sources of supply into, through or
out of the municipality in, under, over or through any street or any
land of the municipality or any right-of-way granted or obtained for
such purpose, either within or without the limits of the
municipality;
3. Join with other municipalities or any improvement district
or sanitary district of the state, or any of its departments or
agencies, the federal government or any of its departments, agencies
or instrumentalities, as may be provided by law, in the
construction, operation or maintenance of improvements authorized by
the provisions of Sections 37-201 through 37-234 of this title; and
4. Accept from the state, or federal government, or any agency,
department or instrumentality of either, grants for or in aid of the
construction or engineering planning of any of the improvements
provided herein, and enter into contracts with the state, the
federal government, or any agency, department or instrumentality of
either or both, for the construction or supervision of construction
by the state, the federal government, or any agency, department or
instrumentality, for either or both of any such improvements, in
accordance with the plans, specifications, rules and regulations of
the state, the federal government, or any agency, department or
instrumentality or either or both, but reserving to the municipality
the right to assess against the property benefited by the
improvement and located within the municipality, that portion of the
cost of the improvement which does not qualify for aid under the
state or federal grant.
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