Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1328
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Setting aside assessments - Limitations
Official statutory text
(a) No suit shall be sustained to set aside any assessment or to
enjoin the governing body of any city or the board of county
commissioners from levying or collecting any such assessment or
installment thereof or interest or penalty thereon, or issuing the
bonds, or providing for their payment or contesting the validity
thereof on any ground, or for any reason, other than for failure of
such governing body or such board to adopt and publish the
resolution declaring the necessity for the improvements and
publication thereof, and to give notice of the hearing on the return
of the appraisers unless the suit shall be commenced not more than
fifteen (15) days after the date of the last publication of the
ordinance levying assessments.
(b) No suit shall be sustained after the work has been completed
and accepted by the city or county except for failure to give such
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 161
notice of the preliminary resolution of necessity or failure to give
the notice of the hearing on such return of the appraisers.
(c) However, in the event any special assessment shall be found
to be invalid or insufficient in whole or in part, for any reason
whatever, the governing body or board of county commissioners may at
any time in such manner provided for levying an original assessment
proceed to cause a new assessment to be made and levied, which shall
have like force and effect as an original assessment.
enjoin the governing body of any city or the board of county
commissioners from levying or collecting any such assessment or
installment thereof or interest or penalty thereon, or issuing the
bonds, or providing for their payment or contesting the validity
thereof on any ground, or for any reason, other than for failure of
such governing body or such board to adopt and publish the
resolution declaring the necessity for the improvements and
publication thereof, and to give notice of the hearing on the return
of the appraisers unless the suit shall be commenced not more than
fifteen (15) days after the date of the last publication of the
ordinance levying assessments.
(b) No suit shall be sustained after the work has been completed
and accepted by the city or county except for failure to give such
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 161
notice of the preliminary resolution of necessity or failure to give
the notice of the hearing on such return of the appraisers.
(c) However, in the event any special assessment shall be found
to be invalid or insufficient in whole or in part, for any reason
whatever, the governing body or board of county commissioners may at
any time in such manner provided for levying an original assessment
proceed to cause a new assessment to be made and levied, which shall
have like force and effect as an original assessment.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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