Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1083.1

Exemption from publication of notice, petition and election

procedure.

There is hereby created, with respect to each rural electric

cooperative in the state, a public body corporate and politic, to

function in the operating area of such rural electric cooperative to

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be known as the "housing authority" of said cooperative which shall

be an agency of the State of Oklahoma possessing all powers, rights

and functions provided by law for city and county housing

authorities. No rural electric cooperative housing authority shall

transact any business or exercise any powers unless the governing

board of said cooperative, by proper resolution, declares that there

is a need for an authority to function for said cooperative.

Except as otherwise provided in this act, all the provisions of

law applicable to housing authorities created for cities and

counties and the commissioners of such authorities shall be

applicable to rural electric cooperative housing authorities and the

commissioners thereof unless a different meaning clearly appears

from the context. The chief executive officer of each rural

electric cooperative is authorized to exercise all appointing and

other powers with respect to a rural electric cooperative housing

authority that are vested by law in the mayor of a city relating to

a city housing authority. The requirements of Section 1055 of Title

63 of the Oklahoma Statutes as to publication of notice, petition

and election and the provisions of Section 1056 of Title 63 of the

Oklahoma Statutes shall not apply to rural electric cooperative

housing authorities.