Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-37-229
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Issuance of negotiable coupon books
Official statutory text
The municipal governing body may, after the expiration of thirty
(30) days from the publication of the assessing ordinance, within
which period the whole of any assessment may be paid without
interest, provide by resolution for the issuance of bonds. The
bonds shall be in the aggregate amount of the assessments then
remaining unpaid, bearing date of thirty (30) days after the
publication of the assessing ordinance, and be of such denominations
as the governing body and the contractor shall determine. The bonds
shall in no event become a liability of the municipality issuing the
bonds. The bonds shall be payable on or before the first of October
next succeeding the September 1 on which the last installment of
assessments shall mature. The interest on the bonds shall be at the
rate of not to exceed twelve percent (12%) per annum, payable
October 1 following the due date of the first installment of
assessments, and semiannually thereafter, until maturity, and
fifteen percent (15%) per annum after maturity. The bonds shall be
designated as Improvement Bonds and shall:
1. Recite the areas for the improvement of which they have been
issued;
2. State that they are payable, in cash, from the assessments
which have been levied upon the lots and tracts of land benefited by
the improvement and from the accumulation of the interest and
penalty on the assessments;
3. Designate the place, either within or without Oklahoma,
where the bonds and interest shall be payable;
4. Be signed by the mayor and attested by the municipal clerk;
and
5. Contain an impression of the corporate seal of the
municipality thereon.
Facsimile seals and signatures of the mayor and municipal clerk may
be used as provided in the Registered Public Obligations Act of
Oklahoma. The bonds shall be issued in series, and the bonds of
each series shall be numbered consecutively beginning with number
One. The bonds of each series shall be payable, in cash, in their
numerical order.
(30) days from the publication of the assessing ordinance, within
which period the whole of any assessment may be paid without
interest, provide by resolution for the issuance of bonds. The
bonds shall be in the aggregate amount of the assessments then
remaining unpaid, bearing date of thirty (30) days after the
publication of the assessing ordinance, and be of such denominations
as the governing body and the contractor shall determine. The bonds
shall in no event become a liability of the municipality issuing the
bonds. The bonds shall be payable on or before the first of October
next succeeding the September 1 on which the last installment of
assessments shall mature. The interest on the bonds shall be at the
rate of not to exceed twelve percent (12%) per annum, payable
October 1 following the due date of the first installment of
assessments, and semiannually thereafter, until maturity, and
fifteen percent (15%) per annum after maturity. The bonds shall be
designated as Improvement Bonds and shall:
1. Recite the areas for the improvement of which they have been
issued;
2. State that they are payable, in cash, from the assessments
which have been levied upon the lots and tracts of land benefited by
the improvement and from the accumulation of the interest and
penalty on the assessments;
3. Designate the place, either within or without Oklahoma,
where the bonds and interest shall be payable;
4. Be signed by the mayor and attested by the municipal clerk;
and
5. Contain an impression of the corporate seal of the
municipality thereon.
Facsimile seals and signatures of the mayor and municipal clerk may
be used as provided in the Registered Public Obligations Act of
Oklahoma. The bonds shall be issued in series, and the bonds of
each series shall be numbered consecutively beginning with number
One. The bonds of each series shall be payable, in cash, in their
numerical order.
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