Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-7-103
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Annexation or disorganization - Assumption of bonded
Official statutory text
indebtedness.
A. The component parts (or part) of the district annexed,
whether the annexation is or was voluntary or mandatory under the
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provisions of this or any prior act, shall assume their full
proportion of all legal bonded indebtedness of the district or
districts to which they are or were annexed, and the district or
districts to which they are or were annexed shall likewise assume a
full proportion of all legal bonded indebtedness of the district
annexed, or ratable proportion in ratio to the assessed valuation to
the part annexed.
B. Provided, that if the area affected is or has been annexed
under the provisions of this article to a school district
(hereinafter referred to as the "first" district) having a bonded
indebtedness at the time of said annexation, and if at the time of
said annexation said area affected is or was not liable for any
bonded indebtedness, and if within four (4) calendar months or less
after said annexation all or any portion of the territory of the
area affected is or has been detached from the first district to
become a part of some other school district (hereinafter referred to
as the "second" district) then:
1. If the detachment of said territory occurs in any fiscal
year after the effective date of this subsection, and before the
certification of the budgets and levies of the first district for
said fiscal year to the State Auditor and Inspector, neither the
said detached territory nor the second district shall have any
liability for the payment of any part of the bonded indebtedness of
the first district which existed when the area affected was annexed
to the first district; or
2. If the detachment of said territory occurs in any fiscal
year after the effective date of this subsection, and after the
certification of the budgets and levies for said fiscal year of the
first district to the State Auditor and Inspector, the said detached
territory shall continue to bear its share of the bonded
indebtedness of the first district as prescribed by subsection A of
this section for the remainder of said fiscal year, but the second
district shall not be liable for any part of the bonded indebtedness
of the first district which existed at the time of the annexation of
the area affected to the first district; and after the beginning of
the next succeeding fiscal year neither the said detached territory
nor the second district shall have any liability for any of the
bonded indebtedness of the first district which existed at the time
the area affected was annexed to the first district.
A. The component parts (or part) of the district annexed,
whether the annexation is or was voluntary or mandatory under the
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 480
provisions of this or any prior act, shall assume their full
proportion of all legal bonded indebtedness of the district or
districts to which they are or were annexed, and the district or
districts to which they are or were annexed shall likewise assume a
full proportion of all legal bonded indebtedness of the district
annexed, or ratable proportion in ratio to the assessed valuation to
the part annexed.
B. Provided, that if the area affected is or has been annexed
under the provisions of this article to a school district
(hereinafter referred to as the "first" district) having a bonded
indebtedness at the time of said annexation, and if at the time of
said annexation said area affected is or was not liable for any
bonded indebtedness, and if within four (4) calendar months or less
after said annexation all or any portion of the territory of the
area affected is or has been detached from the first district to
become a part of some other school district (hereinafter referred to
as the "second" district) then:
1. If the detachment of said territory occurs in any fiscal
year after the effective date of this subsection, and before the
certification of the budgets and levies of the first district for
said fiscal year to the State Auditor and Inspector, neither the
said detached territory nor the second district shall have any
liability for the payment of any part of the bonded indebtedness of
the first district which existed when the area affected was annexed
to the first district; or
2. If the detachment of said territory occurs in any fiscal
year after the effective date of this subsection, and after the
certification of the budgets and levies for said fiscal year of the
first district to the State Auditor and Inspector, the said detached
territory shall continue to bear its share of the bonded
indebtedness of the first district as prescribed by subsection A of
this section for the remainder of said fiscal year, but the second
district shall not be liable for any part of the bonded indebtedness
of the first district which existed at the time of the annexation of
the area affected to the first district; and after the beginning of
the next succeeding fiscal year neither the said detached territory
nor the second district shall have any liability for any of the
bonded indebtedness of the first district which existed at the time
the area affected was annexed to the first district.
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