Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-5-133
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Apportionment of taxes each year
Official statutory text
A. There is hereby regularly apportioned to each and every
school district of the State of Oklahoma in each taxable year five
(5) mills on the dollar out of the fifteen (15) mills on the dollar
total taxes for all purposes on an ad valorem basis provided by
Section 9 (a), Article X, of the Oklahoma Constitution, as amended
on April 5, 1955. Provided, that the regular apportionment hereby
made shall not prevent or take away from the county excise board of
any county the right to apportion to any school district or class of
school districts in such county more than five (5) mills out of the
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fifteen (15) mills to be apportioned in pursuance of the provisions
of said amended Section 9 (a), Article X, of the Oklahoma
Constitution among county, city, town and school district.
B. In accordance with the provisions of Section 9 (c), Article
X, of the Oklahoma Constitution, as amended on April 5, 1955, an
additional tax of not to exceed fifteen (15) mills on the dollar
valuation of all taxable property in the district shall be levied
upon certification of a need therefor by the board of education.
C. An amount equal to the district's proportionate part of the
ninety percent (90%) of the amount obtained by multiplying the total
net assessed valuation of the school districts of the county by four
(4) mills may be estimated as probable revenue from the four (4)
mills county-wide levy made under the provisions of Section 9 (b),
Article X, of the Oklahoma Constitution, as amended on April 5,
1955, and the amount so estimated may be used to finance the
appropriations of the district.
The provisions of said Section 9 (b) relating to school
districts lying in more than one county shall not affect the status
of any such school district, and for the purposes of apportionments
under said Section 9 (b), any such district shall be deemed a school
district of the county of which it is now considered a school
district, unless the State Board of Education, upon written petition
by the board of education of such district, decrees that such
district shall be deemed a school district of another county in
which any of its territory lies, and unless the district court of
Oklahoma County in an action filed for such purposes reverses such
decree, and revenue from the tax levied under said Section 9 (b) on
the assessed valuation of the district in other counties shall, when
collected, be transmitted to the county treasurer of that county of
which such district is deemed a school district, and be apportioned
as provided for the proceeds of such tax on the assessed valuation
of such county.
school district of the State of Oklahoma in each taxable year five
(5) mills on the dollar out of the fifteen (15) mills on the dollar
total taxes for all purposes on an ad valorem basis provided by
Section 9 (a), Article X, of the Oklahoma Constitution, as amended
on April 5, 1955. Provided, that the regular apportionment hereby
made shall not prevent or take away from the county excise board of
any county the right to apportion to any school district or class of
school districts in such county more than five (5) mills out of the
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 293
fifteen (15) mills to be apportioned in pursuance of the provisions
of said amended Section 9 (a), Article X, of the Oklahoma
Constitution among county, city, town and school district.
B. In accordance with the provisions of Section 9 (c), Article
X, of the Oklahoma Constitution, as amended on April 5, 1955, an
additional tax of not to exceed fifteen (15) mills on the dollar
valuation of all taxable property in the district shall be levied
upon certification of a need therefor by the board of education.
C. An amount equal to the district's proportionate part of the
ninety percent (90%) of the amount obtained by multiplying the total
net assessed valuation of the school districts of the county by four
(4) mills may be estimated as probable revenue from the four (4)
mills county-wide levy made under the provisions of Section 9 (b),
Article X, of the Oklahoma Constitution, as amended on April 5,
1955, and the amount so estimated may be used to finance the
appropriations of the district.
The provisions of said Section 9 (b) relating to school
districts lying in more than one county shall not affect the status
of any such school district, and for the purposes of apportionments
under said Section 9 (b), any such district shall be deemed a school
district of the county of which it is now considered a school
district, unless the State Board of Education, upon written petition
by the board of education of such district, decrees that such
district shall be deemed a school district of another county in
which any of its territory lies, and unless the district court of
Oklahoma County in an action filed for such purposes reverses such
decree, and revenue from the tax levied under said Section 9 (b) on
the assessed valuation of the district in other counties shall, when
collected, be transmitted to the county treasurer of that county of
which such district is deemed a school district, and be apportioned
as provided for the proceeds of such tax on the assessed valuation
of such county.
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