Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-665
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Subdistricts - Administration
Official statutory text
Whenever it is desired to construct improvements wholly within
or partly within and partly without any district organized under
this act, which improvements will affect only a part of said
district, for the purpose of accomplishing such work, subdistricts
may be organized upon petition of the owners of real property,
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 82. Waters and Water Rights Page 122
within or partly within and partly without the district, which
petition shall fulfill the same requirements concerning the
subdistricts as the petition outlined in Section 4 of this act is
required to fulfill concerning the organization of the main
district, and shall be filed with the clerk of the same district
court, and shall be accompanied by a bond as provided for in Section
5 of this act. All proceedings relating to such subdistricts shall
conform in all things to the provisions of this act relating to the
organization of districts. Whenever the court shall, by its order
duly entered of record, declare and decree such subdistricts to be
organized, the clerk of said court shall thereupon give notice of
such order to the directors of the district, who shall thereupon act
also as directors of the subdistricts. Thereafter, the proceedings
in reference to the subdistricts shall in all matters conform to the
provisions of this act; except that in appraisal of benefits and
damages for the purposes of such subdistricts, in the issuance of
bonds, in the levying of assessments or taxes, and in all other
matters affecting only the subdistricts, the provisions of this act
shall apply to this subdistrict as though it were an independent
district, and it shall not, in these things be amalgamated with the
main district.
The board of directors, board of appraisers, chief engineer,
attorney, secretary and other agents and employees of the district
shall, so far as it may be necessary, serve in the same capacities
for such subdistrict, and contracts and agreements between the main
district and the subdistrict may be made in the same manner as
contracts and agreements between two districts. The distribution of
administrative expense between the main district and subdistrict
shall be in proportion to the interests involved and the amount of
service rendered, such division to be made by the board of directors
with an appeal to the court establishing the district. This section
shall not be held to prevent the organization of independent
districts for local improvements under other laws, within the limits
of a district organized under this act, as provided in Sections 59
and 60 of this act.
or partly within and partly without any district organized under
this act, which improvements will affect only a part of said
district, for the purpose of accomplishing such work, subdistricts
may be organized upon petition of the owners of real property,
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 82. Waters and Water Rights Page 122
within or partly within and partly without the district, which
petition shall fulfill the same requirements concerning the
subdistricts as the petition outlined in Section 4 of this act is
required to fulfill concerning the organization of the main
district, and shall be filed with the clerk of the same district
court, and shall be accompanied by a bond as provided for in Section
5 of this act. All proceedings relating to such subdistricts shall
conform in all things to the provisions of this act relating to the
organization of districts. Whenever the court shall, by its order
duly entered of record, declare and decree such subdistricts to be
organized, the clerk of said court shall thereupon give notice of
such order to the directors of the district, who shall thereupon act
also as directors of the subdistricts. Thereafter, the proceedings
in reference to the subdistricts shall in all matters conform to the
provisions of this act; except that in appraisal of benefits and
damages for the purposes of such subdistricts, in the issuance of
bonds, in the levying of assessments or taxes, and in all other
matters affecting only the subdistricts, the provisions of this act
shall apply to this subdistrict as though it were an independent
district, and it shall not, in these things be amalgamated with the
main district.
The board of directors, board of appraisers, chief engineer,
attorney, secretary and other agents and employees of the district
shall, so far as it may be necessary, serve in the same capacities
for such subdistrict, and contracts and agreements between the main
district and the subdistrict may be made in the same manner as
contracts and agreements between two districts. The distribution of
administrative expense between the main district and subdistrict
shall be in proportion to the interests involved and the amount of
service rendered, such division to be made by the board of directors
with an appeal to the court establishing the district. This section
shall not be held to prevent the organization of independent
districts for local improvements under other laws, within the limits
of a district organized under this act, as provided in Sections 59
and 60 of this act.
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