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Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-3-101: Petition for incorporation of town - Notice - Contents

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A. A petition for incorporation of a town shall be presented to

the board of county commissioners of the county in which the

proposed town is located, at the time indicated in the notice, as

provided for in subsection C of this section, or as soon thereafter

as the board can receive and consider it. The petition shall be:

1. In writing; and

2. Signed by at least one-third (1/3) of the registered voters

residing in the proposed town as shown by the preceding general

election or by at least twenty-five (25) registered voters residing

in the proposed town, whichever number is greater. The registered

voters signing the petition must be residents of the proposed town

at the time of signing the petition and for the sixty (60) days

immediately preceding the signing of the petition.

B. Each petition shall be on a separate sheet and shall be

authenticated by the affidavit of at least one credible witness that

the signatures are genuine, that the signatures on the petition are

in compliance with the provisions of paragraph 2 of subsection A of

this section, and that the signatures on the petition were not

gathered more than thirty (30) days prior to the petition being

presented to the board. The petition shall include:

1. The name of the proposed town;

2. The survey and plat of the proposed town;

3. The resident population including names and addresses of

persons residing in the area of the proposed town not more than

sixty (60) days prior to presenting the petition to the board of

county commissioners;

4. The number and boundaries of the proposed town wards or, if

no wards are proposed, the number of positions on the proposed board

of trustees;

5. The appropriate documentation to prove that territory within

five (5) miles of the corporate limits of a municipality having a

population of more than two hundred thousand (200,000) has

historically been identified as a community of people residing in

compact form, if applicable; and

6. Affidavits verifying the facts contained in the petition.

C. Not less than thirty (30) days before presenting the

petition to the board of county commissioners, notice of the intent

of the petitioners to apply for incorporation of a town shall be

given by leaving the survey, plat, census, and description of wards,

if any, in some convenient place in the proposed town for

examination by those having an interest in the application.

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