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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 775 By: Seifried
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to condemnation proceedings; amending
66	66	27 O.S. 2021, Section 11, which relates to
67	67	reimbursement of expenses when propert y is not
68	68	acquired; modifying requirements for reimbursement of
69	69	certain fees; amending 66 O.S. 2021, Section 55,
70	70	which relates to review of commissioners ’ report;
71	71	modifying requirements for reimbursement of certain
72	72	fees; updating statutory language; making language
73	73	gender 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. 2021, Section 11, is
81	81	amended to read as follows:
82	82	Section 11. Where a conde mnation 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 the real property cannot be
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 served on the owner by
142	142	the condemning authority no later than forty -five (45) days after
143	143	the commissioners’ report has been filed , the owner of any right,
144	144	title or interest in such real property may be paid such sum as in
145	145	the opinion of the court will reimburse such owner for his
146	146	reasonable attorney, appraisal and enginee ring fees, actually
147	147	incurred by written contract because of the condemnation
148	148	proceedings. Such determination by the court shall be appealable to
149	149	the Supreme Court in the same manner as any other final order. The
150	150	final award of such sums will be paid by t he person, agency or other
151	151	entity which sought to condemn the property.
152	152	SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 66 O.S. 2021, Section 55, is
153	153	amended to read as follows:
154	154	Section 55. (A) A. The report of the commissioners may be
155	155	reviewed by the district court, on written exceptions filed by
156	156	either party, in the clerk ’s office within thirty (30) days after
157	157	the filing of such report; and the court shall make such order
158	158	therein as right and justice may require, either by confirmation,
159	159	rejection or by ordering a new appraisement on good cause shown; or
160	160	either party may within sixty (60) days after the filing of such
161	161	report file with the clerk a written demand for a trial by jury, in
162	162	which case the amount of damages shall be assessed by a jury, and
163	163	the trial shall be conducted and judgment entered in the same manner
164	164	as civil actions in the district court. If the party demanding such
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216	216	trial does not recover a verdict more favorable to him such party
217	217	than the assessment of the commissioners, all costs in the district
218	218	court may be taxed against him such party.
219	219	(B) B. Within ten (10) days after the report of commissioners
220	220	is filed, the court clerk shall forward to the attorney of record
221	221	for the condemnor, the attorney of record for each condemnee, and to
222	222	all unrepresented condemnees, a copy of the commissioners ’ report
223	223	and a notice stating the time limits for filing an exception or
224	224	demand for jury trial as specified in paragraph (A) subsection A of
225	225	this section. This notice shall be on a form prepared by the C ourt
226	226	Administrator, which shall be approved by the Supreme Court, and
227	227	shall be distributed to all clerks of the district court by said the
228	228	Court Administrator. If a party has been served by publication, the
229	229	clerk shall forward a copy of the report of comm issioners and notice
230	230	of time limits for filing an exception or demand for jury trial to
231	231	the last-known mailing address, if any, and shall cause a copy of
232	232	the notice of time limits to be published in one (1) issue of a
233	233	newspaper qualified to publish legal n otices, as defined in Section
234	234	106 of Title 25 of the Oklahoma Statutes . After issuing the notices
235	235	provided herein, the court clerk shall endorse on the notice form
236	236	filed in the case, the date and that a copy of the report together
237	237	with the notice was mail ed to each party or his or her
238	238	attorney of record, or the date the notice was published in
239	239	compliance with the provisions hereof.
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291	291	(C) C. The time limits for filing an exception and demand for
292	292	jury trial, as prescribed in paragraph (A) subsection A of this
293	293	section, shall be calculated from the date the report of the
294	294	commissioners is filed in the case. On failure of the court clerk
295	295	to give notice within the time prescribed in paragraph (B)
296	296	subsection B of this section, the court, on application of any
297	297	party, may extend the time for filing an exception to the report or
298	298	a demand for trial by jury for a period not to exceed twenty (20)
299	299	days from the date the application is heard.
300	300	(D) D. Where the party instituting a condemnation proceeding
301	301	abandons such proceeding, or where the final judgment is that the
302	302	real property cannot be acquired by condemnation or if the award of
303	303	the jury exceeds the award of the court -appointed commissioners by
304	304	at least ten percent (10%) or exceeds the last written offer of just
305	305	compensation served on the owner by the condemning authority no
306	306	later than forty-five (45) days after the commissioners ’ report has
307	307	been filed, whichever is greater , then the owner of any right, title
308	308	or interest in the property involved may be paid such sum as in the
309	309	opinion of the court will reimburse such owner for his reasonable
310	310	attorney, appraisal, engineering, and expert witness fees actually
311	311	incurred by written contract because of the condemnation proceeding.
312	312	The sum awarded shall be paid by the party in stituting the
313	313	condemnation proceeding.
314	314	SECTION 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
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366	366	SECTION 4. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
367	367	of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
368	368	declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
369	369	be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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