Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1324
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Bonds of issue
Official statutory text
(a) The governing body of the city or the board of county
commissioners after the expiration of thirty (30) days from the
publication of the assessing ordinance or resolution, within which
period the whole of any assessment may be paid without interest,
shall provide by resolution for the issuance of bonds in the
aggregate amount of such assessments then remaining unpaid bearing
date of thirty (30) days after the publication of the ordinance or
resolution levying the assessments, and of such denominations as the
governing body of the city or board of county commissioners and the
contractor shall determine. The bonds shall in no event become a
liability of the city or county issuing them.
(b) The bonds shall be payable on or before October 1 next
succeeding the September 1 on which the last installment of
assessments shall mature, with interest at a rate not to exceed the
maximum rate provided by Section 498.1 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma
Statutes, payable October 1 next succeeding the due date of the
first installment of assessments, and semiannually thereafter, until
maturity, and ten percent (10%) per annum after maturity.
(c) The bonds shall be designated as "limited access facility
bonds" and shall recite:
(1) The facility or other public places for the improvement of
which they have been issued; and
(2) That they are payable from the assessments which have been
levied upon the lots and tracts of land benefited by such
improvement and from the accumulation of the interest and penalty
provided for herein.
(d) The bonds shall be signed by the mayor of the city or the
chairman of the board of county commissioners and shall be attested
by the city or county clerk, and shall have an impression of the
corporate seal of the city or of the county clerk thereon.
(e) The bonds and interest or coupons shall be payable at such
place, either within or without the State of Oklahoma, as shall be
designated thereon.
(f) Such bonds shall be registered by the clerk and treasurer or
appointed agent of the city or county in a book to be provided for
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that purpose or as otherwise provided by Section 4 of the Registered
Public Obligations Act of Oklahoma. Each bond shall bear a
certificate of the registration. Upon the books or records of such
clerk and treasurer or appointed agent shall be noted the name of
the holder thereof and his address, and any subsequent holder.
(g) The city or county shall have the right to call in and pay
such bonds or any number thereof in the following manner: Whenever
there shall be sufficient funds in the hands of the city or county
treasurer after the payment of all interest due and to become due
within the next six (6) months, such treasurer shall on March 1 or
September 1 of any year give notice by registered mail addressed to
the last-registered holder of the bonds called, at the address
appearing upon the registry, that there has accumulated funds
sufficient to pay the designated bonds, and interest thereon to a
date thirty (30) days hence from the date of such notice, and
directing the presentation of such bond or bonds for payment and
cancellation, and the bond or bonds will cease to bear interest
after expiration of the thirty (30) days, and upon the payment and
cancellation of the bond or bonds, proper entry thereof shall be
made upon the books. It shall be the duty of such city or county
treasurer, upon the accumulation of sufficient funds as herein
provided to pay one or more bonds, to so call and pay such bond or
bonds, and, in the event of failure so to do, he shall be liable for
all such damages as may result therefrom, and the provisions hereof
may be enforced by appropriate proceedings in mandamus against such
treasurer.
commissioners after the expiration of thirty (30) days from the
publication of the assessing ordinance or resolution, within which
period the whole of any assessment may be paid without interest,
shall provide by resolution for the issuance of bonds in the
aggregate amount of such assessments then remaining unpaid bearing
date of thirty (30) days after the publication of the ordinance or
resolution levying the assessments, and of such denominations as the
governing body of the city or board of county commissioners and the
contractor shall determine. The bonds shall in no event become a
liability of the city or county issuing them.
(b) The bonds shall be payable on or before October 1 next
succeeding the September 1 on which the last installment of
assessments shall mature, with interest at a rate not to exceed the
maximum rate provided by Section 498.1 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma
Statutes, payable October 1 next succeeding the due date of the
first installment of assessments, and semiannually thereafter, until
maturity, and ten percent (10%) per annum after maturity.
(c) The bonds shall be designated as "limited access facility
bonds" and shall recite:
(1) The facility or other public places for the improvement of
which they have been issued; and
(2) That they are payable from the assessments which have been
levied upon the lots and tracts of land benefited by such
improvement and from the accumulation of the interest and penalty
provided for herein.
(d) The bonds shall be signed by the mayor of the city or the
chairman of the board of county commissioners and shall be attested
by the city or county clerk, and shall have an impression of the
corporate seal of the city or of the county clerk thereon.
(e) The bonds and interest or coupons shall be payable at such
place, either within or without the State of Oklahoma, as shall be
designated thereon.
(f) Such bonds shall be registered by the clerk and treasurer or
appointed agent of the city or county in a book to be provided for
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 158
that purpose or as otherwise provided by Section 4 of the Registered
Public Obligations Act of Oklahoma. Each bond shall bear a
certificate of the registration. Upon the books or records of such
clerk and treasurer or appointed agent shall be noted the name of
the holder thereof and his address, and any subsequent holder.
(g) The city or county shall have the right to call in and pay
such bonds or any number thereof in the following manner: Whenever
there shall be sufficient funds in the hands of the city or county
treasurer after the payment of all interest due and to become due
within the next six (6) months, such treasurer shall on March 1 or
September 1 of any year give notice by registered mail addressed to
the last-registered holder of the bonds called, at the address
appearing upon the registry, that there has accumulated funds
sufficient to pay the designated bonds, and interest thereon to a
date thirty (30) days hence from the date of such notice, and
directing the presentation of such bond or bonds for payment and
cancellation, and the bond or bonds will cease to bear interest
after expiration of the thirty (30) days, and upon the payment and
cancellation of the bond or bonds, proper entry thereof shall be
made upon the books. It shall be the duty of such city or county
treasurer, upon the accumulation of sufficient funds as herein
provided to pay one or more bonds, to so call and pay such bond or
bonds, and, in the event of failure so to do, he shall be liable for
all such damages as may result therefrom, and the provisions hereof
may be enforced by appropriate proceedings in mandamus against such
treasurer.
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