Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1324.2

As used in this act unless the context clearly requires

otherwise:

1. "District" means a public nonprofit water district, a

nonprofit sewer district, a public nonprofit natural gas

distribution district or a nonprofit solid waste management district

or a district for the operation of all or a combination of

waterworks, sewage facilities, natural gas distribution facilities

and solid waste management systems, created pursuant to this act;

2. "Board" means the governing body of a district;

3. The terms "board of county commissioners" and "county clerk"

shall mean, respectively, the board of county commissioners and

county clerk of the county in which the greatest portion of the

territory of any proposed rural water district, rural sewer

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district, rural natural gas distribution district or rural solid

waste management district is located;

4. "Corporation" means a not-for-profit corporation organized:

a. pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma General

Corporation Act for a purpose not involving pecuniary

gain to its shareholders or members, paying no

dividends or other pecuniary remuneration, directly or

indirectly to its shareholders or members as such and

having no capital stock, and

b. for the purpose of developing and providing rural

water supplies to serve rural residents.

5. "Rural resident" means any natural person, firm,

partnership, association, corporation, business trust, federal

agency, state agency, state or political subdivision thereof,

municipality of ten thousand (10,000) persons or less, or any other

legal entity, owning or having an interest in lands within the rural

area located within the boundaries of the district;

6. "Rural area" means any area lying outside the corporate

limits of any municipal corporation and includes any areas of open

country, unincorporated communities, and, with the consent of the

governing body thereof by ordinance duly adopted, may include the

area within the corporate limits of any municipality having a

population of less than ten thousand (10,000) persons according to

the last decennial census, when said municipality is one of the

petitioners for creation of a district or for the annexation of

additional territory as provided by Section 1324.13 of this title;

provided, further, that when a water, sewer, natural gas or solid

waste management district is totally within the municipal city

limits of a city with ten thousand (10,000) population or less, the

board of directors of the sewer, natural gas, water or solid waste

management district shall be the governing body of the town.

Provided, further, that when a city or town with a population of ten

thousand (10,000) or less receives the majority of its water from a

rural water, natural gas, sewer or solid waste management district,

any resident of said city or town shall be eligible to serve on the

board of directors. Provided, further, that areas lying within the

corporate limits of any municipality having a population of more

than ten thousand (10,000) persons according to the last decennial

census may be included in a water, sewer, natural gas or solid waste

management district with the consent of the governing body by

ordinance duly adopted when such water, sewer, natural gas or solid

waste services are not and cannot be provided in a reasonable time

by other sources;

7. "Benefit unit" means a legal right to one service connection

to the district's facilities and to participate in the affairs of

the district;

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8. "Participating member" means any rural resident who has

subscribed to one or more benefit units;

9. "Sewage facilities" means the necessary facilities of

collection, transportation, storage, treatment or processing and

disposal or release of sewage;

10. "Solid waste management system" means the entire process of
the district;

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8. "Participating member" means any rural resident who has

subscribed to one or more benefit units;

9. "Sewage facilities" means the necessary facilities of

collection, transportation, storage, treatment or processing and

disposal or release of sewage;

10. "Solid waste management system" means the entire process of

collection, transportation, storage, processing and disposal of

solid wastes;

11. "Water works" means the necessary facilities from the

initial source to the place for consumer utilization, and includes

supply, storage, treatment, transportation and distribution;

12. "Solid waste" means all putrescible and nonputrescible

refuse in solid or semisolid form including, but not limited to,

garbage, rubbish, ashes or incinerator residue, street refuse, dead

animals, demolition wastes, construction wastes, solid or semisolid

commercial and industrial wastes and hazardous wastes including

explosives, pathological wastes, chemical wastes, herbicide and

pesticide wastes; and

13. "Gas distribution facilities" means the necessary

facilities from the initial source to the place for consumer

utilization and includes supply, transportation and distribution.