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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 575 By: Standridge
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to condemnation proceedin gs; amending
66	66	27 O.S. 2011, Section 11, wh ich relates to
67	67	reimbursement of expenses when pro perty not acquired;
68	68	modifying requirements for reimbursement of certain
69	69	fees; amending 66 O.S. 2011, Section 55, which
70	70	relates to review of commissioners ’ report; modifying
71	71	requirements for reimbursement of certain fees;
72	72	updating statutory references; making language gender
73	73	neutral; and providing an effective date .
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79	79	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
80	80	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 27 O.S. 2011, Section 11, is
81	81	amended to read as follows:
82	82	Section 11. Where a condemnation proceeding is instituted by
83	83	any person, agency or other entity to acquire real property for use
84	84	as provided in Section 9 of this title and
85	85	1. The final judgment is that t he real property cannot b e
86	86	acquired by condemnation;
87	87	2. The proceeding is a bandoned; or
88	88	3. If the award of the jury exceeds the greater of the award of
89	89	the court-appointed commissioners by at least ten percent (10%) or
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141	141	the last written offer of just compensation made by the cond emning
142	142	authority, the owner of any right, title or interest in such real
143	143	property may be paid such sum as in the opinion of the court will
144	144	reimburse such owner for his reasonable attorney, appraisal and
145	145	engineering fees, actually incurred by written contract because of
146	146	the condemnation proceedings. Such d etermination by the court shall
147	147	be appealable to the Supreme Court in the same manner as any other
148	148	final order. The final award of such sums will be paid by the
149	149	person, agency or other entity which sought to condemn the property.
150	150	SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 66 O.S. 2011, Section 55, is
151	151	amended to read as follows:
152	152	Section 55. (A) A. The report of the commissioners may be
153	153	reviewed by the district court, on written exceptions filed by
154	154	either party, in the clerk ’s office within thirty (30 ) days after
155	155	the filing of such report; and the court shall make such order
156	156	therein as right and justice may require, either by confirmation,
157	157	rejection or by ordering a new appraisement on good cause shown; or
158	158	either party may within sixty (60) days after the filing of such
159	159	report file with the clerk a written demand for a trial by jury, in
160	160	which case the amount of damages shall be assessed by a jury, and
161	161	the trial shall be conducted and judgment ente red in the same manner
162	162	as civil actions in the district c ourt. If the party dem anding such
163	163	trial does not recover a verdict more favorable to him than the
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215	215	assessment of the commissioners, all costs in the district court may
216	216	be taxed against him such party.
217	217	(B) B. Within ten (10) days after the report of commis sioners
218	218	is filed, the court clerk sha ll forward to the attorney of record
219	219	for the condemnor, the attorney of record for each condemnee, and to
220	220	all unrepresented condemnees, a copy of the commissioners ’ report
221	221	and a notice stating the time limits for filing an exception or
222	222	demand for jury tria l as specified in paragraph (A) subsection A of
223	223	this section. This notice shall be on a form prepared by the Court
224	224	Administrator, which shall be approved by the S upreme Court, and
225	225	shall be distributed to all clerks of the district court by said the
226	226	Court Administrator. I f a party has been served by publication, the
227	227	clerk shall forward a copy of the report of commissioners and notice
228	228	of time limits for filing an ex ception or demand for jury trial to
229	229	the last-known mailing address, if any, and shall cause a copy of
230	230	the notice of time limits to be published in one (1) issue of a
231	231	newspaper qualified to publish legal notices, as defined in Section
232	232	106 of Title 25 of the Oklahoma Statutes. After issuing the notices
233	233	provided herein, the court clerk shall endorse on the notice form
234	234	filed in the case, the date and that a copy of the report together
235	235	with the notice was mailed to each party or his party’s attorney of
236	236	record, or the date the notice was published in compliance with the
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289	289	(C) C. The time limits for filing an exception and demand for
290	290	jury trial, as prescribed in paragraph (A) subsection A of this
291	291	section, shall be calculated from the date the repo rt of the
292	292	commissioners is filed in the case. On failu re of the court clerk
293	293	to give notice within the time prescribed in paragraph (B)
294	294	subsection B of this section, the c ourt, on application of any
295	295	party, may extend the time for filing an exception to the report or
296	296	a demand for trial by jury for a period not to exceed twenty (20)
297	297	days from the date the application is heard.
298	298	(D) D. Where the party instituting a condemnation p roceeding
299	299	abandons such proceeding, or where the final judgment is that the
300	300	real property cannot be acquired by condemnation , or if the award of
301	301	the jury exceeds the award of the court -appointed commissioners by
302	302	at least ten percent (10%) or exceeds the last written offer of just
303	303	compensation made by the cond emning authority, whichever i s greater,
304	304	then the owner of any right, title or inter est in the property
305	305	involved may be paid such sum as in the opinion of the court will
306	306	reimburse such owner for his reasonable attorney, appraisal,
307	307	engineering, and expert witness fees actually incurred by written
308	308	contract because of the condemnation proceeding. The sum awarded
309	309	shall be paid by the party instituting the condemnation proceeding.
310	310	SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
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