Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-879
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private sewer lines.
The board of directors of such district is hereby authorized and
empowered to make all bylaws, rules and regulations, penal or
otherwise, that shall be necessary for the full protection,
maintenance, management and control of a sewerage system of said
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 395
district, including the lines of conveyance, plant and other
property used in connection therewith and said board of directors
shall have the power to divide such sewer district system into three
(3) classes to be known as public, district and private sewer lines.
That the public sewer system shall consist only of the main lines of
conveyance to the sewage treatment or disposal plant or outside
system, and the main lines for general collection, including such
other property as may be necessary in connection therewith for the
proper maintenance and use of such sewage system throughout such
improvement district, and such public sewer lines shall be
established along the principal courses for collection at such
places to such extent and of such dimensions and under such
regulations, as may be provided for in the bylaws or regulations or
orders of said board of directors of said district, and such
principal lines of collection may be extensions or branches of lines
already constructed or entirely new throughout, as may be deemed
expedient. Such public main lines and sewage disposal or treatment
plant, including the other property necessary to operate such
system, shall be paid for by the district as a whole. District
sewer lines shall be established within the limits of all
subdistricts which subdistricts shall be prescribed by the bylaws,
regulations or orders of said improvement district and connected
with the public sewer lines or other subdistrict lines. Such
subdistricts may be again subdivided or may be enlarged or changed
by a bylaw regulations or orders of the improvement district at any
time previous to the construction of the district sewer line therein
and more than one sewer line may be laid in a subdistrict if deemed
necessary by the board of directors. The board of directors shall
cause district sewers to be constructed by petition or by resolution
as now provided by law for the construction of district sewers in
cities and towns. Private sewer lines connecting with the public
and district sewer lines may be constructed under such restrictions
and regulations as the board of directors may prescribe by general
bylaws, or regulations or orders; provided, that the expense of
constructing such lines shall be borne by the individual or
individuals desiring to construct them and providing further that
such improvement district shall be at no expense in the
construction, repair, or operation of the same.
The board of directors of such district is hereby authorized and
empowered to make all bylaws, rules and regulations, penal or
otherwise, that shall be necessary for the full protection,
maintenance, management and control of a sewerage system of said
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 395
district, including the lines of conveyance, plant and other
property used in connection therewith and said board of directors
shall have the power to divide such sewer district system into three
(3) classes to be known as public, district and private sewer lines.
That the public sewer system shall consist only of the main lines of
conveyance to the sewage treatment or disposal plant or outside
system, and the main lines for general collection, including such
other property as may be necessary in connection therewith for the
proper maintenance and use of such sewage system throughout such
improvement district, and such public sewer lines shall be
established along the principal courses for collection at such
places to such extent and of such dimensions and under such
regulations, as may be provided for in the bylaws or regulations or
orders of said board of directors of said district, and such
principal lines of collection may be extensions or branches of lines
already constructed or entirely new throughout, as may be deemed
expedient. Such public main lines and sewage disposal or treatment
plant, including the other property necessary to operate such
system, shall be paid for by the district as a whole. District
sewer lines shall be established within the limits of all
subdistricts which subdistricts shall be prescribed by the bylaws,
regulations or orders of said improvement district and connected
with the public sewer lines or other subdistrict lines. Such
subdistricts may be again subdivided or may be enlarged or changed
by a bylaw regulations or orders of the improvement district at any
time previous to the construction of the district sewer line therein
and more than one sewer line may be laid in a subdistrict if deemed
necessary by the board of directors. The board of directors shall
cause district sewers to be constructed by petition or by resolution
as now provided by law for the construction of district sewers in
cities and towns. Private sewer lines connecting with the public
and district sewer lines may be constructed under such restrictions
and regulations as the board of directors may prescribe by general
bylaws, or regulations or orders; provided, that the expense of
constructing such lines shall be borne by the individual or
individuals desiring to construct them and providing further that
such improvement district shall be at no expense in the
construction, repair, or operation of the same.
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