Okla. Stat. tit. 62, § 62-57.88

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Legal opinion - Period of contestability - Jurisdiction

Official statutory text

of contest - Formalities of execution.

Within ten (10) days after the sale or sales of said bonds, the

Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma shall examine all of the

proceedings of the Commission and all resolutions passed and actions

taken by it in connection with the authorization and issuance and

sale of such bonds, and shall, if he finds such bond proceedings and

sale to be constitutional and lawful, execute his certificate and

file the same of record in the Office of the Secretary of State of

the State of Oklahoma, which said certificate shall read

substantially as follows: "I have examined all proceedings had in

connection with the issuance of the State of Oklahoma Institutional

Building Bonds of 1965, Series C, in the aggregate principal amount

of Ten Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($10,800,000.00) dated

_________, authorized and sold pursuant to Section 37, Article X,

Constitution of Oklahoma, and laws of the State of Oklahoma, enacted

pursuant thereto, and find said proceedings and sale to be

constitutional, lawful and regular in all particulars and that said

bonds will be valid legal general obligations of the State of

Oklahoma. Unless suit thereon shall be brought in the Supreme Court

of the State of Oklahoma within thirty (30) days from the date of

this certificate, said bonds shall be incontestable for all

purposes. Date________ Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma".

A facsimile of such Attorney General's certificate shall appear

on each bond so issued. The Supreme Court of Oklahoma is hereby

vested with exclusive jurisdiction over any litigation involving the

validity of any bonds issued under this act. All bonds shall bear

the signature of the Governor and the Secretary of State and shall

bear the certificate required by Section 29, Article X, of the

Constitution of Oklahoma. Such bonds shall also be registered by

the Treasurer of the State of Oklahoma and a statement of such

registration shall appear on the back of each bond. The Commission

may, by resolution, prescribe that the seal of the State of

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Oklahoma, or the seals of any of the officers thereof, and any or

all signatures required to appear on the bonds or coupons, with the

exception of the Governor's signature on the bonds, may be facsimile

seals and signatures.

Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site

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