Okla. Stat. tit. 62, § 62-286
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Composition of indebtedness under bankruptcy law
Official statutory text
Any county, municipality, local improvement district organized
or created for the purpose of grading, paving or otherwise improving
public streets, alleys, or roads; or other similar district; also
any paving district of any municipality of this state; any drainage
or reclamation district; or any agency or instrumentality formed or
existing pursuant to the laws of this state, which is an agency or
instrumentality of a kind named or described in Section 81 of an Act
of Congress, entitled "An Act to Establish a Uniform System of
Bankruptcy Throughout the United States", as approved July 1, 1898,
and as now or hereafter amended and supplemented, (Title 11, United
States Code Section 401); which has power to incur indebtedness,
either through action of its governing body or through the action of
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 62. Public Finance Page 369
the governing body of any county, municipality, district, agency or
instrumentality in which such county, municipality, district, agency
or instrumentality is included; is hereby authorized to proceed
under all applicable laws enacted by the Congress of the United
States, under its federal bankruptcy powers, to effect a plan for
the composition of its indebtedness; and the officials and governing
body of such county, municipality, district, agency or
instrumentality are authorized to adopt all proceedings and to do
any and all acts necessary fully to avail such municipality, county,
district, agency or instrumentality of the provisions of any of such
Acts of the Congress of the United States.
or created for the purpose of grading, paving or otherwise improving
public streets, alleys, or roads; or other similar district; also
any paving district of any municipality of this state; any drainage
or reclamation district; or any agency or instrumentality formed or
existing pursuant to the laws of this state, which is an agency or
instrumentality of a kind named or described in Section 81 of an Act
of Congress, entitled "An Act to Establish a Uniform System of
Bankruptcy Throughout the United States", as approved July 1, 1898,
and as now or hereafter amended and supplemented, (Title 11, United
States Code Section 401); which has power to incur indebtedness,
either through action of its governing body or through the action of
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 62. Public Finance Page 369
the governing body of any county, municipality, district, agency or
instrumentality in which such county, municipality, district, agency
or instrumentality is included; is hereby authorized to proceed
under all applicable laws enacted by the Congress of the United
States, under its federal bankruptcy powers, to effect a plan for
the composition of its indebtedness; and the officials and governing
body of such county, municipality, district, agency or
instrumentality are authorized to adopt all proceedings and to do
any and all acts necessary fully to avail such municipality, county,
district, agency or instrumentality of the provisions of any of such
Acts of the Congress of the United States.
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