Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-901.30-6

A. If the corporate authority’s last best offer is not selected

by the arbitration board, that party may submit the offers which the

parties submitted to the arbitration board to the voters of the Fire

Protection District for their selection by requesting a special

election for that purpose. The request for an election must be

filed with the Clerk of the Board of Directors for the Fire

Protection District within ten (10) days of the date of the written

decision of the arbitration board. Written notice of the filing of

the request shall be given to the bargaining agent. If a request

for an election is not filed in a timely manner, the board’s

selection decision shall be final, and the last best offer it

selected shall constitute the agreements of the parties.

B. Upon receiving a request for an election pursuant to the

provision of this section, the District Clerk shall notify the

governing body of the Fire Protection District of the request.

Within ten (10) days of such notification the governing body shall

call for a special election. The election shall be governed by the

state laws on Fire Protection District elections and the election

shall be held as nearly as may be in conformity with the state law

provisions governing bond elections for the Fire Protection

District; provided, no informalities in conducting such election

shall invalidate the same if the election shall have been otherwise

fairly conducted. Only residents of the Fire Protection District

who are qualified electors in their respective precincts shall be

eligible to vote in said election. The ballot shall inform the

voters that they must choose either the last best offer of the

bargaining agent or the last best offer of the corporate authority.

The last best offer receiving a majority of the votes shall become

the agreement of the parties.

C. Concerning issues relating to money, such ballot shall

clearly state the total dollar amount of the offer from the union

and the total dollar amount of the offer from the employer. Such

ballot shall also disclose the percentage of increase or decrease

both offers have over or under the last contract of the two parties.

D. Agreements which are reached as a result of selection by the

arbitration board or by election shall be effective on the first day

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of the fiscal year involved regardless of the date of the final

selection.