Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-565.1
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Dissolution of conservancy districts
Official statutory text
A conservancy district created under the provisions of the
Conservancy Act of Oklahoma may be dissolved by the district court
having jurisdiction of said district, upon an application for that
purpose filed by a majority of the members of the board of directors
of such district, or upon the petition of a majority of the
landowners in such district. Any such application shall be in
writing and shall set forth either that a plan for the improvements
for which the district was created has not been prepared and that
there is little likelihood that such a plan will be prepared within
the next three (3) years; or, that a plan has been prepared but no
assessments have been approved by the court and that a period of ten
(10) years has elapsed since approval of the plan and that there is
little likelihood that such assessment will be made against the
benefited land within the next three (3) years. Such application
shall further set forth that all indebtedness of said district has
been paid in full and that said district has no indebtedness
outstanding and that it will be in the best interests of all
landowners within said district to have the district dissolved. Said
application must be signed by a majority of the members of the board
of directors, or by a majority of the landowners within such
conservancy district. Said application shall be filed with the
clerk of the district court having jurisdiction of such district. If
the judge of the district court having jurisdiction of such district
is satisfied that the application is in conformance with the
provisions of this act, he shall order the clerk of said court to
give notice by publication, to be made of the pendency of the
application and of the time and place of the hearing thereon, and
said notice as provided herein shall be given in each county
affected by the district and the time of hearing shall not be less
than sixty (60) days from the date of the first publication. Any
owner of land in said district who desires to object to the
dissolution of said district shall, before the date set for the
application to be heard, file his objections and state the reasons
why such district should not be dissolved. Upon said hearing, if
the court finds from the evidence presented that the application has
been signed by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors
or by a majority of the landowners in said district and either that
a plan for the improvements for which the district was created has
not been prepared and that there is little likelihood that such a
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plan will be prepared within the next three (3) years; or, that a
plan has been prepared but no assessments have been approved by the
court and that a period of ten (10) years has elapsed since approval
of the plan and that there is little likelihood that such assessment
will be made against the benefited land within the next three (3)
years, and if the court further finds that all indebtedness of said
district has been paid in full and that said district has no
indebtedness outstanding and that it will be in the best interests
of all landowners in the district to have the district dissolved,
the court shall declare said conservancy district dissolved. Within
thirty (30) days after the court has declared said district
dissolved, the clerk of said court shall transmit to the Secretary
of State, and the county clerk in each of the counties having lands
in said district, copies of the order of the court dissolving said
district.
Conservancy Act of Oklahoma may be dissolved by the district court
having jurisdiction of said district, upon an application for that
purpose filed by a majority of the members of the board of directors
of such district, or upon the petition of a majority of the
landowners in such district. Any such application shall be in
writing and shall set forth either that a plan for the improvements
for which the district was created has not been prepared and that
there is little likelihood that such a plan will be prepared within
the next three (3) years; or, that a plan has been prepared but no
assessments have been approved by the court and that a period of ten
(10) years has elapsed since approval of the plan and that there is
little likelihood that such assessment will be made against the
benefited land within the next three (3) years. Such application
shall further set forth that all indebtedness of said district has
been paid in full and that said district has no indebtedness
outstanding and that it will be in the best interests of all
landowners within said district to have the district dissolved. Said
application must be signed by a majority of the members of the board
of directors, or by a majority of the landowners within such
conservancy district. Said application shall be filed with the
clerk of the district court having jurisdiction of such district. If
the judge of the district court having jurisdiction of such district
is satisfied that the application is in conformance with the
provisions of this act, he shall order the clerk of said court to
give notice by publication, to be made of the pendency of the
application and of the time and place of the hearing thereon, and
said notice as provided herein shall be given in each county
affected by the district and the time of hearing shall not be less
than sixty (60) days from the date of the first publication. Any
owner of land in said district who desires to object to the
dissolution of said district shall, before the date set for the
application to be heard, file his objections and state the reasons
why such district should not be dissolved. Upon said hearing, if
the court finds from the evidence presented that the application has
been signed by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors
or by a majority of the landowners in said district and either that
a plan for the improvements for which the district was created has
not been prepared and that there is little likelihood that such a
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 82. Waters and Water Rights Page 88
plan will be prepared within the next three (3) years; or, that a
plan has been prepared but no assessments have been approved by the
court and that a period of ten (10) years has elapsed since approval
of the plan and that there is little likelihood that such assessment
will be made against the benefited land within the next three (3)
years, and if the court further finds that all indebtedness of said
district has been paid in full and that said district has no
indebtedness outstanding and that it will be in the best interests
of all landowners in the district to have the district dissolved,
the court shall declare said conservancy district dissolved. Within
thirty (30) days after the court has declared said district
dissolved, the clerk of said court shall transmit to the Secretary
of State, and the county clerk in each of the counties having lands
in said district, copies of the order of the court dissolving said
district.
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