Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1264
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Annexation to road improvement district
Official statutory text
Upon the filing of a petition with the board of county
commissioners for a change in boundaries of any road improvement
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 540
district, signed by a majority of the assessed members of the
existing road improvement district, the board of county
commissioners shall cause notice to be published one time in a
newspaper printed and published in the county and of general
circulation in the area sought to be annexed, at least ten (10) days
before the time at which such petition will be heard. Such notice
shall state the time and place when and where the petition will be
heard by the board of county commissioners, a brief substance of the
petition and that all persons interested may appear and be heard.
The board of county commissioners shall have exclusive jurisdiction
to hear and determine all contests and objections pertaining to such
annexation. At such hearing the board of county commissioners shall
also determine whether or not the annexation of such area to such
road improvement district will be to the best interests of the
residents of the area affected, or beneficial to the public health
and welfare of said area as now exists, or to be developed, and if
said board of county commissioners determines that it will, then the
board of county commissioners shall make an order annexing such area
to said road improvement district, and such territory for all
purposes shall thereafter be a part of the road improvement
district. The annexed territory shall assume its proportion of all
legal indebtedness outstanding against the original road improvement
district, including bonded indebtedness.
commissioners for a change in boundaries of any road improvement
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 540
district, signed by a majority of the assessed members of the
existing road improvement district, the board of county
commissioners shall cause notice to be published one time in a
newspaper printed and published in the county and of general
circulation in the area sought to be annexed, at least ten (10) days
before the time at which such petition will be heard. Such notice
shall state the time and place when and where the petition will be
heard by the board of county commissioners, a brief substance of the
petition and that all persons interested may appear and be heard.
The board of county commissioners shall have exclusive jurisdiction
to hear and determine all contests and objections pertaining to such
annexation. At such hearing the board of county commissioners shall
also determine whether or not the annexation of such area to such
road improvement district will be to the best interests of the
residents of the area affected, or beneficial to the public health
and welfare of said area as now exists, or to be developed, and if
said board of county commissioners determines that it will, then the
board of county commissioners shall make an order annexing such area
to said road improvement district, and such territory for all
purposes shall thereafter be a part of the road improvement
district. The annexed territory shall assume its proportion of all
legal indebtedness outstanding against the original road improvement
district, including bonded indebtedness.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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