Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-503
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Hearing on petition - Order for formation of district
Official statutory text
Upon the hearing had upon any such petition filed as hereinabove
set out, if it shall appear to the court that the purposes of
Chapter 70, Article 5, Oklahoma Statutes of 1931, as amended by
House Bill No. 84, Of the Fifteenth Legislature, will be best served
by the creation of the conservancy district and the owners of a
majority of the area of land in the proposed district have not filed
written protest against the formation of such district, the court
shall, by its findings duly entered of record, adjudicate all
questions of jurisdiction and declare the districts organized,
giving it a name or number in its discretion, by which it shall be
known in all proceedings; provided, that no assessment for benefits
shall be levied by a conservancy district created under this act.
set out, if it shall appear to the court that the purposes of
Chapter 70, Article 5, Oklahoma Statutes of 1931, as amended by
House Bill No. 84, Of the Fifteenth Legislature, will be best served
by the creation of the conservancy district and the owners of a
majority of the area of land in the proposed district have not filed
written protest against the formation of such district, the court
shall, by its findings duly entered of record, adjudicate all
questions of jurisdiction and declare the districts organized,
giving it a name or number in its discretion, by which it shall be
known in all proceedings; provided, that no assessment for benefits
shall be levied by a conservancy district created under this act.
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