Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-37-205: Payment of construction and maintenance of public

sewers and water lines - Petition.

Except as otherwise provided, the construction and maintenance

of public sanitary sewers, storm sewers, and public waterlines shall

be paid for as follows:

1. Unless otherwise provided for in this section, all mains and

submains constructed by a municipality shall be paid for by the

municipality. If a petition signed by the owners of more than one-

half (1/2) of the area of the land that will be drained or benefited

by the construction of such mains or submains is filed with the

governing body or the governing body finds that certain property

will be specially benefited thereby, the governing body may create a

district and order the construction of such mains and submains and

provide for the payment therefor to be made by the owners of the

property included within the district in accordance with the

procedure for the construction of and payment for district sewers

and district waterlines. The petition shall be filed with the city

clerk. The petition shall state in bold, capitalized letters at the

top of the page that the cost of the proposed improvements shall be

assessed against the property benefited by the improvements;

2. Laterals shall be paid for by the owners of the property

abutting on such laterals in the manner provided for by law for the

estimate of cost and assessments for district sewers and district

waterlines;

3. If a main or submain is constructed in any alley or other

place where a lateral would otherwise have been constructed and the

main or submain serves the purpose of a lateral for the property

abutting thereon, the owners of the property shall be assessed in

amounts equal to that which they would have been required to pay for

a sufficient lateral; and

4. If any private connection is made with a main or submain

instead of with a lateral, the owner of the premises so connected

shall pay to the municipality an amount equal to that which he would

have been required to pay for a lateral so constructed as to provide

similar service. The amounts to be charged for connections with

mains and submains, or for mains or submains used as laterals, shall

be ascertained by the municipal engineer or the engineer in charge

of such work and assessed against the property and collected in the

manner provided for by law in the case of district sewers.