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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 708 By: Hines
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to fire protection districts;
66	66	amending 19 O.S. 2021, Section 901.25a, which relates
67	67	to inclusion when districts are contig uous; allowing
68	68	for certain consolidation of fire protection
69	69	districts; providing for certain hearing; requiring
70	70	certain vote; and providing an effective date .
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75	75	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
76	76	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 19 O.S. 2021, Section 901.25a, is
77	77	amended to read as follows:
78	78	Section 901.25a. A. When the respective territories of any
79	79	city or town and any district are contiguous they may be included in
80	80	the limits of the district in the same manner a s provided for the
81	81	organization of fire protection districts. Such territory shall not
82	82	be included or added to the territory of the district without the
83	83	consent of the board of directors, certified to the board of county
84	84	commissioners. In case any such t erritory is added to the district
85	85	the property therein shall immediately becom e subject to the lien
86	86	for the payment of bonds theretofore authorized by the district in
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138	138	the same manner as property within the district at the time of
139	139	authorization of such bond s.
140	140	B. 1. If the board of directors of two or more fire protection
141	141	districts should determine that the citizens they serve would be
142	142	equally or better served by the mutual consolidation of the
143	143	districts into one district, the board of directors of the
144	144	consolidating districts shall develop a plan for consolidation,
145	145	including combining board members as provided in Section 901.5 of
146	146	this title, determining the millage levy of the proposed district,
147	147	and changing ownership of assets and indebtedness. The board of
148	148	directors shall present the plan with a resolution for consolidation
149	149	to the board of county commissioners of any involved counties for
150	150	their approval.
151	151	2. Upon the presentation of such petition, the board of county
152	152	commissioners shall set a hearing for s uch petition at a time not
153	153	less than twenty (20) days nor more than forty (40) days from the
154	154	date of the presentation and shall direct the county clerk to give
155	155	notice of such hearing by publication in a newspaper of general
156	156	circulation in the county in whi ch such proposed district is
157	157	located. Such notice shall be published for two (2) consecutive
158	158	weeks preceding the date of such hearing. Such notice shall
159	159	describe the boundaries of the proposed district, shall state the
160	160	time and place of the hearing, and shall state that any person may
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212	212	appear and protest the consolidation of the di stricts or the
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214	214	3. The board of county commissioners shall have jurisdiction to
215	215	hear and determine all protests to the consolidation of the
216	216	districts and all matters pertaining to the same. At the conclusion
217	217	of such hearing, the board of county commissioners shall determine
218	218	whether the consolidation of such districts would be conducive to
219	219	the public safety of the area incorporated within the b oundaries of
220	220	the proposed district. If the board of county commissioners
221	221	determines that such district will be conducive to the public safety
222	222	of the area incorporated therein, then the board of county
223	223	commissioners shall approve the proposed district.
224	224	4. Upon approval of the proposed district, the board of county
225	225	commissioners shall give such proposed district a name and shall
226	226	call an election of the qualified electors in the territory
227	227	comprising such proposed district on the question of whether the
228	228	proposed district shall be consolidated. The county clerk shall
229	229	cause notice of the election to be given by publication once a week
230	230	for two (2) successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation
231	231	in the territory comprising the proposed district. Such noti ce
232	232	shall state the time and place of holding the election and set forth
233	233	the description of the boundaries of the proposed district, its
234	234	general purpose and intention, and the proposed millage levy of such
235	235	district. Such notice shall require the electors t o cast ballots
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287	287	which contain the words: “Consolidated Fire Protection District -
288	288	Yes”, and “Consolidated Fire Protection District – No”, or words
289	289	equivalent thereto. All persons resident of such proposed district,
290	290	who are qualified electors in their respe ctive precincts, shall be
291	291	qualified to vote on such proposition.
292	292	5. Such elections shall be conducted in accordance with the
293	293	general election laws of the state and the regular election
294	294	officials shall be in charge at the usual polling place of each
295	295	regular precinct, or part of a precinct, which shall include lands
296	296	within the boundaries of such proposed district. The returns of
297	297	such election shall be made direct to the board of county
298	298	commissioners who shall meet on the second Monday following such
299	299	election and proceed to canvass the vote cast. If, upon canvass, it
300	300	appears that at least three -fifths (3/5) of all the votes cast are
301	301	“Consolidated Fire Protection District – Yes”, the board of county
302	302	commissioners shall, by order, declare such territory duly o rganized
303	303	as a single fire protection district under the designated name.
304	304	Such order shall be filed for record in the office of the county
305	305	clerk by the board of county commissioners and from that date such
306	306	district shall be complete.
307	307	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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