Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1307
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Necessity resolution
Official statutory text
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 149
(a) Upon the filing of such plans and estimates with the City or
county clerk, the governing body of the city or the board of county
commissioners shall examine the same and if found satisfactory
shall, by resolution, adopt and approve the same.
(b) The resolution shall be published in six consecutive issues
of a daily newspaper or two consecutive issues of a weekly newspaper
published in the county and having a general circulation in the
city.
(c) The resolution so published shall provide that if the owners
of more than one-half in area of the land liable to assessment shall
not within fifteen (15) days after the last publication of the
resolution file with the clerk of the city or county, as
appropriate, their protest in writing against such improvement, then
the city or the county shall have the power to cause the
improvements to be made and to contract therefor and to levy benefit
assessments under the provisions of this article for the payment of
all or part of the cost thereof.
(d) If the improvement shall have been protested by the owners
of more than fifty percent (50%) in area of the land, the governing
body of the city or the board of county commissioners shall not
advertise the same again for a period of six (6) months.
(a) Upon the filing of such plans and estimates with the City or
county clerk, the governing body of the city or the board of county
commissioners shall examine the same and if found satisfactory
shall, by resolution, adopt and approve the same.
(b) The resolution shall be published in six consecutive issues
of a daily newspaper or two consecutive issues of a weekly newspaper
published in the county and having a general circulation in the
city.
(c) The resolution so published shall provide that if the owners
of more than one-half in area of the land liable to assessment shall
not within fifteen (15) days after the last publication of the
resolution file with the clerk of the city or county, as
appropriate, their protest in writing against such improvement, then
the city or the county shall have the power to cause the
improvements to be made and to contract therefor and to levy benefit
assessments under the provisions of this article for the payment of
all or part of the cost thereof.
(d) If the improvement shall have been protested by the owners
of more than fifty percent (50%) in area of the land, the governing
body of the city or the board of county commissioners shall not
advertise the same again for a period of six (6) months.
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