Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1324.6

Declaration of incorporation.

At the time and place set for the hearing and consideration of

the petition, it shall be the duty of the board of county

commissioners to determine:

1. Whether proper notice of the hearing has been given as

required by Section 1324.5 of this title;

2. Whether the rural residents of the area described in the

petition are without an adequate water supply, sewage facilities,

gas distribution facilities or solid waste management system to meet

their needs;

3. Whether the construction, installation, improvement,

maintenance and operation of all or a combination of water works,

sewage facilities and solid waste management systems are necessary

to provide an adequate water supply, sewage facilities, gas

distribution facilities or solid waste management system to serve

rural residents of the district;

4. Whether such improvements or works will be conducive to and

will tend to promote the public health, convenience and welfare;

5. The area which should be included in the district; and

6. Whether there is sufficient water available for purchase or

available for appropriation by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board.

If, upon such consideration, it shall be found that such petition is

in conformity with the requirements of this act, and that such a

district should be created the board of county commissioners shall

thereupon immediately declare the land described in the petition or

any part thereof to be incorporated as a district under the name of

"Rural Water and/or Sewer and/or Gas and/or Solid Waste Management

District No. _______, _______________ County, Oklahoma" (inserting

number in order of incorporation and name of county) and thereupon

the district shall be a body politic and corporate and an agency and

legally constituted authority of the State of Oklahoma for the

public purposes set forth in this act. The board of county

commissioners shall thereupon enter upon its records full minutes of

such hearing, together with its order creating the rural district

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 82. Waters and Water Rights Page 320

under said corporate name for the purposes of this act. Such

districts shall not be political corporations or subdivisions of the

state within the meaning of any constitutional debt limitations, nor

shall said districts have any power or authority to levy any taxes

whatsoever or make any assessments on property, real or personal.