Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-902.21
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Election of district directors - Qualifications -
Official statutory text
Notice.
Directors of a rural road improvement district shall be the
owners of real property in and residents of the district or, if
there are no residents of the district, the owners of real property
in the district. At the time of making its order organizing the
district, the board of county commissioners shall set a first
meeting of property owners of the district and direct the manner of
giving notice by publication thereof. The owners of property within
the district present at such meeting shall elect nine (9) directors
who shall hold their office until the second Saturday in January of
each even-numbered year, at which time their successors shall be
elected. The property owners present at the first meeting shall
adopt the bylaws of the district.
Subsequent elections for directors of the district may be held
at a mass meeting or convention of the owners of real property in
and residents of the district, or if there are no residents of the
district, the owners of real property in the district, who are
qualified to vote. The voting shall be by secret ballot. At the
first regular election after organization of the district called for
the purpose of electing members of the board of directors, the three
qualified persons receiving the highest number of votes for member
of board of directors of the district shall hold their respective
offices for a term of six (6) years. The three qualified persons
receiving the next highest number of votes shall be elected for four
(4) years, and the three qualified persons having the next highest
number of votes shall be elected for two (2) years. Each two (2)
years thereafter, there shall be elected for a term of six (6) years
three members of the board of directors. Notice of the mass meeting
or convention called for the purpose of electing directors of a
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 467
rural road improvement district shall be given by publishing notice
of the meeting stating the time, place and agenda in a newspaper of
general circulation in the county in which such district is located
once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks next preceding the date
of the election, and by posting the notice in three public places in
the district for at least twenty (20) days prior to the date of the
election. The notice shall list the offices to be filled and the
questions to be voted on, if any.
Directors of a rural road improvement district shall be the
owners of real property in and residents of the district or, if
there are no residents of the district, the owners of real property
in the district. At the time of making its order organizing the
district, the board of county commissioners shall set a first
meeting of property owners of the district and direct the manner of
giving notice by publication thereof. The owners of property within
the district present at such meeting shall elect nine (9) directors
who shall hold their office until the second Saturday in January of
each even-numbered year, at which time their successors shall be
elected. The property owners present at the first meeting shall
adopt the bylaws of the district.
Subsequent elections for directors of the district may be held
at a mass meeting or convention of the owners of real property in
and residents of the district, or if there are no residents of the
district, the owners of real property in the district, who are
qualified to vote. The voting shall be by secret ballot. At the
first regular election after organization of the district called for
the purpose of electing members of the board of directors, the three
qualified persons receiving the highest number of votes for member
of board of directors of the district shall hold their respective
offices for a term of six (6) years. The three qualified persons
receiving the next highest number of votes shall be elected for four
(4) years, and the three qualified persons having the next highest
number of votes shall be elected for two (2) years. Each two (2)
years thereafter, there shall be elected for a term of six (6) years
three members of the board of directors. Notice of the mass meeting
or convention called for the purpose of electing directors of a
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 467
rural road improvement district shall be given by publishing notice
of the meeting stating the time, place and agenda in a newspaper of
general circulation in the county in which such district is located
once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks next preceding the date
of the election, and by posting the notice in three public places in
the district for at least twenty (20) days prior to the date of the
election. The notice shall list the offices to be filled and the
questions to be voted on, if any.
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