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| 53 | 53 | | STATE OF OKLAHOMA |
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| 55 | 55 | | 1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021) |
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| 57 | 57 | | SENATE BILL 479 By: Burns |
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| 63 | 63 | | AS INTRODUCED |
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| 65 | 65 | | An Act relating to the Oklahoma Rural Road |
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| 66 | 66 | | Improvement District Act; amending 19 O.S. 2011, |
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| 67 | 67 | | Sections 902.3, 902.4, 902.5, 902.6, 902.12, 902.20 |
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| 68 | 68 | | and 902.21, which relate to the notice and conduct of |
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| 69 | 69 | | county elections; requiring county commissioners to |
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| 70 | 70 | | provide public notice under certain circumstances; |
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| 71 | 71 | | granting county commissioners authority to determine |
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| 72 | 72 | | districts; establishing how vacancies are filled |
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| 73 | 73 | | under certain circumstances; providing an effective |
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| 74 | 74 | | date; and declaring an emergency . |
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| 79 | 79 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: |
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| 80 | 80 | | SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 19 O.S. 2011, Sectio n 902.3, is |
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| 81 | 81 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 82 | 82 | | Section 902.3. The petition shall set forth and particularly |
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| 83 | 83 | | describe the proposed boundaries of such district and shall be |
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| 84 | 84 | | accompanied by a map of such propo sed district. The petitioners |
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| 85 | 85 | | shall accompany such petition with a cash deposit, th e amount of |
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| 86 | 86 | | which shall be approved by the board of county commissioners. The |
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| 87 | 87 | | cash shall be deposited with the county treasurer in a special fund |
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| 88 | 88 | | which shall be used for t he purposes of defraying the cost s of the |
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| 89 | 89 | | publications and of the election for the o rganization of the |
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| 141 | 141 | | district. Any unused portion of the amount deposited shall be |
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| 142 | 142 | | refunded to the petitioners upon request. |
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| 143 | 143 | | The petition shall be filed with the county cler k of such county |
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| 144 | 144 | | who shall present it to the board of county commissioners at their |
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| 145 | 145 | | next regular or special m eeting. Upon the presentat ion of the |
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| 146 | 146 | | petition, the board of county commissioners shall set the petition |
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| 147 | 147 | | for hearing at a time not less than twenty (20) days nor more than |
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| 148 | 148 | | forty (40) days from the date of presentation and shall dir ect the |
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| 149 | 149 | | county clerk to give notice of the hearing b y publication in a |
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| 150 | 150 | | newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the proposed |
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| 151 | 151 | | district is located. The notice shall be published one (1) day a |
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| 152 | 152 | | week for two (2) consecutive weeks preceding the d ate of such |
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| 153 | 153 | | hearing. The notice shall describe the boundaries of the proposed |
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| 154 | 154 | | district, shall state the time and place of the hearing, and shall |
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| 155 | 155 | | state that any person may appear and protest the organizati on of the |
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| 156 | 156 | | district or the proposed boundaries of th e district. |
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| 157 | 157 | | The board of county commissioners shall hold the hearing |
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| 158 | 158 | | described in the notice, and it shall have jurisdiction to hear and |
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| 159 | 159 | | determine all protests to the creat ion of such district and all |
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| 160 | 160 | | matters pertaining to the same. It may amend the plan of the |
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| 161 | 161 | | district by excluding from within its boundar ies any lands which it |
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| 162 | 162 | | may deem will not be benefited by the formation of such district, or |
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| 163 | 163 | | by including other lands as a part thereof upon application o f the |
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| 164 | 164 | | owners of such land. However, it shall not e xclude from such |
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| 216 | 216 | | district any lands which are comple tely surrounded by lands which |
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| 217 | 217 | | are included in the proposed district. |
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| 218 | 218 | | At the conclusion of the hearing, the board of cou nty |
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| 219 | 219 | | commissioners shall make an o rder determining the boundaries of the |
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| 220 | 220 | | proposed district, particularly descr ibing them, and shall deter mine |
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| 221 | 221 | | whether the formation of such district will be conducive to the |
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| 222 | 222 | | improvement of safe travel in the incorporated area . If the board |
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| 223 | 223 | | determines that the district will be conducive to safe travel in the |
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| 224 | 224 | | area incorporated in the district and will be in th e best interests |
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| 225 | 225 | | of the people residing or owning real property in the district, then |
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| 226 | 226 | | the board may give the proposed di strict a name and call an electio n |
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| 227 | 227 | | of the registered voters in the territory compris ing such proposed |
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| 228 | 228 | | district, or if there are no regis tered voters or fewer than five |
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| 229 | 229 | | (5) registered voter s in the territory comprising the proposed |
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| 230 | 230 | | district, call an election of the owners of real property in the |
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| 231 | 231 | | territory comprising the proposed district who are registered |
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| 232 | 232 | | voters, no election shall be held and the county commissioners shall |
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| 233 | 233 | | give sufficient public notice for a public comment period on the |
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| 234 | 234 | | question of whether the district shall be organized. In proclaiming |
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| 235 | 235 | | the election, the board of county c ommissioners shall provide |
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| 236 | 236 | | descriptions of the boundari es of the proposed district and maps of |
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| 237 | 237 | | the proposed district in sufficient quantities to provide one for |
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| 238 | 238 | | each polling place to be open during the ele ction. |
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| 290 | 290 | | SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 19 O.S. 2011, Section 902.4, is |
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| 292 | 292 | | Section 902.4. The county clerk shall cause n otice of the |
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| 293 | 293 | | election to be given one (1) day a week for two ( 2) consecutive |
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| 294 | 294 | | weeks by publication in a newspaper of gen eral circulation in the |
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| 295 | 295 | | territory comprising the propos ed district. The notice shall state |
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| 296 | 296 | | the time and place of holding the election an d set forth the |
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| 297 | 297 | | description of the boundaries of the proposed district and its |
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| 298 | 298 | | general purpose and intention. All pers ons who are residents of th e |
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| 299 | 299 | | proposed district and who are registered voters in their respective |
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| 300 | 300 | | precincts shall be qualified to vote on the proposition. If there |
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| 301 | 301 | | are no persons who are residents of the proposed district, all |
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| 302 | 302 | | persons owning real property within the proposed distric t who are |
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| 303 | 303 | | registered voters shall be qualified to vote on the proposition. If |
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| 304 | 304 | | fewer than five (5) re gistered voters reside within the proposed |
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| 305 | 305 | | district, no election shall be held and the board of county |
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| 306 | 306 | | commissioners shall determine whether the district w ill be |
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| 307 | 307 | | conductive to safe travel in the area and will be in the best |
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| 308 | 308 | | interest of the people residing or owning real p roperty in the |
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| 309 | 309 | | district. |
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| 310 | 310 | | SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 19 O.S. 2011, S ection 902.5, is |
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| 312 | 312 | | Section 902.5. Such elections, if required, shall be conducted |
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| 313 | 313 | | in accordance with the general election laws of the state and the |
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| 365 | 365 | | regular election offici als shall be in charg e at the usual polling |
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| 366 | 366 | | place of each regular precinct, or part of a precinct, which shal l |
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| 367 | 367 | | include lands within the boundaries of such proposed district. The |
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| 368 | 368 | | county election board shall certify results of the election to the |
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| 369 | 369 | | board of county commissioners w ho shall meet on the second Monday |
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| 370 | 370 | | next following such election and proceed to determine the |
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| 371 | 371 | | percentages of the vote cast. |
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| 372 | 372 | | If, upon such determination, it appears that at least three - |
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| 373 | 373 | | fifths (3/5) of all the votes cast are “Rural Road Improvement |
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| 374 | 374 | | District - Yes”, the board shall, by order declare such territory |
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| 375 | 375 | | duly organized as a rural road i mprovement district under the name |
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| 376 | 376 | | theretofore designated. Such order shall be filed for record in the |
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| 377 | 377 | | office of the county clerk and from that da te such district shal l be |
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| 378 | 378 | | complete. |
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| 379 | 379 | | SECTION 4. AMENDATORY 19 O.S. 2011, Section 902 .6, is |
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| 381 | 381 | | Section 902.6. Directors of a rural road improvement district |
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| 382 | 382 | | shall be the owners of real property in and residents of said the |
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| 383 | 383 | | district. If the rural road improvement district has fewer than |
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| 384 | 384 | | five (5) residents, any vacancies shall be filled by appoint ment. |
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| 385 | 385 | | First vacancies are appointed by the county commissioners in which |
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| 386 | 386 | | the road district is established. Second vacancies shall be |
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| 387 | 387 | | appointed by the district judge for t he county. Third vacanc ies |
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| 388 | 388 | | shall be appointed by the senator for the county. At the time of |
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| 440 | 440 | | making its order organizing the district, the board of county |
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| 441 | 441 | | commissioners shall set a first meeting of property owners of said |
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| 442 | 442 | | district and direct the manner of giving notice by public ation |
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| 443 | 443 | | thereof. The owners of property within the district pr esent at such |
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| 444 | 444 | | meeting shall elect nine (9) three (3) directors or more who shall |
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| 445 | 445 | | hold their office until the next general election, at whi ch time |
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| 446 | 446 | | their successors shall be elected. Vacancies unfilled by the |
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| 447 | 447 | | election shall be filled in accordance to this s ection. The |
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| 448 | 448 | | property owners present at such first meeting shall adopt the bylaws |
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| 449 | 449 | | of the district. At the first general el ection after organization |
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| 450 | 450 | | of the district the th ree qualified persons re ceiving the highest |
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| 451 | 451 | | number of votes for member of board of di rectors of the district |
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| 452 | 452 | | shall hold their respective offices for the term of six (6) years. |
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| 453 | 453 | | The three qualified persons rec eiving the next highest number of |
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| 454 | 454 | | votes shall be elected for four (4) ye ars, and the three qualified |
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| 455 | 455 | | persons having the next highest number of votes shall be elected for |
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| 456 | 456 | | two (2) years. Each two (2) years thereafter, there shall be |
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| 457 | 457 | | elected for a term of si x (6) years three members of said board of |
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| 458 | 458 | | directors. The board of dire ctors of the district shall submit, |
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| 459 | 459 | | within fifteen (15) days before the filing period of any district |
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| 460 | 460 | | election, a resolution to the secretary of the county election board |
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| 461 | 461 | | conducting said election. The resolution shall contain the |
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| 463 | 463 | | 1. The date of the election; and |
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| 515 | 515 | | 2. The offices to be filled or the quest ions to be voted upon |
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| 516 | 516 | | at the election; and |
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| 517 | 517 | | 3. Qualifications for the offices; and |
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| 518 | 518 | | 4. Any other information necessary for conducting said |
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| 519 | 519 | | election. |
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| 520 | 520 | | The regular election i n the district shall be held at the same time |
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| 521 | 521 | | as the general election in this state. All polling places of |
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| 522 | 522 | | precincts, all or any part of which include areas within the |
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| 523 | 523 | | boundaries of the district, shall be su pplied ballots for the |
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| 524 | 524 | | purpose of permitting ele ctors of the district to vote for members |
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| 525 | 525 | | of the board of directors of the district. Filing for the office of |
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| 526 | 526 | | member of the board of directors shall be with the county election |
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| 527 | 527 | | board on a nonpartisan basis d uring the regular filing period for |
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| 528 | 528 | | state and county offices and shall b e done without the payment of a |
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| 529 | 529 | | filing fee and without filing of a petition in support of the |
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| 530 | 530 | | candidate’s candidacy. Vacancies on the board shall be filled, for |
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| 531 | 531 | | the unexpired term the reof, by the board of directors. |
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| 532 | 532 | | SECTION 5. AMENDATORY 19 O.S. 2011, Section 902.12, is |
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| 533 | 533 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 534 | 534 | | Section 902.12. A. When the board of directors sha ll have |
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| 535 | 535 | | estimated the cost of purchases and cons truction work, it shall call |
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| 536 | 536 | | an election at which shall be sub mitted to the registered voters of |
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| 537 | 537 | | the district, or if there are no registered voters of the district, |
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| 538 | 538 | | the owners of real property in the district who are registered |
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| 590 | 590 | | voters, the question of whether the bonds of the district shall be |
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| 591 | 591 | | issued in the amount so determined. If fewer than five (5) |
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| 592 | 592 | | registered voters live within the road asses sment district, no |
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| 593 | 593 | | election shall be held and the county commissioners shall give |
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| 594 | 594 | | sufficient pubic notice for a p ublic comment period to all |
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| 595 | 595 | | registered property owners within the road assessment dist rict prior |
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| 596 | 596 | | to making a determination of whether bonds shall be issued. |
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| 597 | 597 | | However, the bonds shall not be issued for more th an the actual |
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| 598 | 598 | | estimated cost of such purchase and c onstruction. |
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| 599 | 599 | | B. The resolution of the board calling such e lection shall |
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| 600 | 600 | | divide the district into voting preci ncts of convenient size and a |
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| 601 | 601 | | map thereof shall be filed with the district secretary. The |
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| 602 | 602 | | precincts so formed may be changed by the board any tim e thereafter, |
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| 603 | 603 | | except that no change shall be made within th irty (30) days next |
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| 604 | 604 | | preceding any election. The re solution shall appoint for each |
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| 605 | 605 | | precinct, from the owners of real property in and residents of the |
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| 606 | 606 | | district who are registered voters, or if there are no residents of |
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| 607 | 607 | | the district, the owners of real prope rty in the district who are |
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| 608 | 608 | | registered voters, one clerk and two judges, who shall constitute a |
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| 609 | 609 | | board of election for the precinct. If the member s appointed do not |
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| 610 | 610 | | attend at the opening of the pol ls on the morning of the e lection, |
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| 611 | 611 | | the board may appoint ot her owners of real prope rty in and residents |
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| 612 | 612 | | of the district who are registered voters, or if there are no |
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| 613 | 613 | | residents of the district, owners of re al property in the district |
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| 665 | 665 | | who are registered vote rs, to supply the place or places of those |
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| 666 | 666 | | absent. The resolution shall designate the date, hour and place in |
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| 667 | 667 | | the precincts where the election will be held. |
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| 668 | 668 | | C. Notice of the election shall be given by pu blication in some |
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| 669 | 669 | | newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the district |
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| 670 | 670 | | is located once a week for three (3) consecutiv e weeks next |
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| 671 | 671 | | preceding the date of the election, and by posting the notice in |
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| 672 | 672 | | three public places in each election precinc t, as established by the |
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| 673 | 673 | | board of directors, for at least twenty (20) days pr ior to the date |
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| 674 | 674 | | of the election. |
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| 675 | 675 | | The notice shall specify : |
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| 676 | 676 | | 1. The date of the elect ion; |
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| 677 | 677 | | 2. The location of the polling places; |
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| 678 | 678 | | 3. The time that the polls will open and close; a nd |
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| 679 | 679 | | 4. The amount of bonds proposed to be issued. |
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| 680 | 680 | | D. One of the judges of ea ch precinct shall be chairman of the |
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| 681 | 681 | | election board of th e precinct and may administ er all oaths required |
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| 682 | 682 | | in the progress of the ele ction, and appoint another judge or clerk, |
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| 683 | 683 | | if during the progress of the election any judge or cle rk ceases to |
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| 684 | 684 | | act. |
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| 685 | 685 | | E. At the election, the ballots shall co ntain the words: “Bonds |
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| 686 | 686 | | - Yes”, and “Bonds - No”, or words equivalent thereto. |
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| 687 | 687 | | F. The election sha ll be held as nearly as may be in conformity |
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| 688 | 688 | | with the provisions governing the election for the fo rmation of the |
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| 741 | 741 | | board shall be involved in c onducting the election. No |
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| 743 | 743 | | election if the election shall have been otherwise fairl y conducted. |
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| 744 | 744 | | G. The board of directors shall meet as soon as practicable |
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| 745 | 745 | | after the election and canvass the r eturns. If a majority of the |
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| 746 | 746 | | ballots cast are “Bonds - Yes”, or, if the determination was set by |
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| 747 | 747 | | the county commissioners as to whether bonds shall be issued, the |
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| 748 | 748 | | board shall cause negotiable bonds in the amount to be issued. |
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| 749 | 749 | | SECTION 6. AMENDATORY 19 O.S. 2011, Section 902.20, is |
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| 751 | 751 | | Section 902.20. Elections to determine whether a rural road |
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| 752 | 752 | | improvement district will be organized m ay be conducted at a mas s |
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| 756 | 756 | | qualified to vote. The chair of the board o f county commissioners |
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| 757 | 757 | | or his or her designee sh all preside at the meeting and the voting |
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| 758 | 758 | | shall be by secret ballo t. The presiding officer shall have the |
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| 759 | 759 | | authority to appoint a secretary of the meeting an d the commissioner |
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| 760 | 760 | | and secretary shall certify resu lts of the election to t he board of |
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| 761 | 761 | | county commissioners who shall meet on the second Monday next |
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| 762 | 762 | | following the election and proceed to determine the percentage of |
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| 763 | 763 | | votes cast. If, upon such determination, at least three-fifths |
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| 816 | 816 | | Yes”, the board shall, by order decl are such territory duly |
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| 817 | 817 | | organized as a rural road improvement district under the name |
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| 818 | 818 | | designated. If fewer than five (5) registered voters live within |
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| 819 | 819 | | the road assessment district, no election shall be he ld and the |
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| 820 | 820 | | county commissioners shall give sufficient public notice for a mass |
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| 821 | 821 | | meeting or convention open to all registered property owners within |
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| 822 | 822 | | the road assessment district p rior to making a determination of |
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| 823 | 823 | | elections. The order shall be filed for reco rd in the office of the |
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| 824 | 824 | | county clerk and from that date the district shall be complete. |
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| 827 | 827 | | Section 902.21. Directors of a rural road improveme nt district |
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| 828 | 828 | | shall be the owners of real property in and re sidents of the |
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| 829 | 829 | | district or, if there are no reside nts of the district, the owners |
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| 830 | 830 | | of real property in the district. At the time of making its order |
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| 831 | 831 | | organizing the district, the board of county comm issioners shall set |
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| 832 | 832 | | a first meeting of property owners of the district and direct the |
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| 833 | 833 | | manner of giving notic e by publication thereof. The owners of |
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| 834 | 834 | | property within the district present at such meeting shall elect |
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| 835 | 835 | | nine (9) three (3) directors or more who shall hold their office |
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| 836 | 836 | | until the second Saturday in Januar y of each even-numbered year, at |
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| 837 | 837 | | which time their successors shall be elected. The property owners |
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| 838 | 838 | | present at the first meeting shall adopt the bylaws of the district. |
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| 894 | 894 | | qualified to vote. The vo ting shall be by secret ballot. At the |
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| 895 | 895 | | first regular election after organization of the district called for |
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| 896 | 896 | | the purpose of electing members of the board of directors, the three |
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| 897 | 897 | | qualified persons receiving the highest number of votes for member |
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| 898 | 898 | | of board of directors of the district shal l hold their respective |
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| 899 | 899 | | offices for a term of six (6) years. The three quali fied persons |
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| 900 | 900 | | receiving the next highest number of votes sha ll be elected for four |
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| 901 | 901 | | (4) years, and the three qualified persons having the next highest |
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| 902 | 902 | | number of votes shall be elect ed for two (2) years. Each two (2) |
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| 903 | 903 | | years thereafter, there shall be elected for a term of six (6) years |
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| 904 | 904 | | three members of the board of d irectors. Notice of the mass meeting |
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| 905 | 905 | | or convention called for the purpose of electing di rectors of a |
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| 906 | 906 | | rural road improvement district shall be give n by publishing notice |
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| 907 | 907 | | of the meeting stating the time, place and agenda in a newspaper of |
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| 908 | 908 | | general circulation in the county in which such district is located |
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| 909 | 909 | | once a week for three (3) consecutive w eeks next preceding the date |
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| 910 | 910 | | of the election, and by posti ng the notice in three public places in |
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| 911 | 911 | | the district for at least twenty (20) days prior to the date of the |
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| 912 | 912 | | election. The notice shall list the offices to be filled and the |
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| 913 | 913 | | questions to be voted on , if any. |
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| 965 | 965 | | SECTION 8. This act shall becom e effective July 1, 2021. |
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| 966 | 966 | | SECTION 9. It being immediately necessary for the preservation |
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| 967 | 967 | | of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby |
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| 968 | 968 | | declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and |
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| 969 | 969 | | be in full force fro m and after its passage and approval. |
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