Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-901.23: Withdrawal of territory from district

Any portion of the district which will not be benefited by

remaining therein may be withdrawn from the district by the filing

of a petition containing the names of more than fifty-one percent

(51%) of the homeowners with three (3) acres or less, homeowners

within a planned unit development, or property owners who are not

developers of a planned unit development or other real estate

development within the portion sought to be withdrawn, requesting

the withdrawal of such portion from the district on the grounds that

it will not be benefited by remaining therein. Such petition shall

be filed with the board of county commissioners and notice thereof

shall be given to the board of directors of the district. The time

for hearing said petition shall not be less than thirty (30) days

after the receipt of the petition. Any person interested may appear

at the hearing and object to the withdrawal or may object to the

continuance of the remaining territory as a district. The board of

county commissioners shall consider and pass upon all objections and

if it finds that the portion of the district sought to be withdrawn

will not be benefited by remaining within the district and will not

serve as a fire hazard to the remaining portion of the district, and

that the territory remaining in the district will be benefited by

continuing as a district then it shall grant the petition. In

determining the benefits to the territory to be withdrawn and

determining what constitutes a fire hazard, the board shall consider

the location of the nearest fire protection facility. If the

nearest facility is considered by the board to be an unsafe distance

which would create a fire hazard to the territory to be withdrawn or

the remaining territory, the board shall deny the petition. The

board shall also consider the benefit to the territory sought to be

withdrawn of any newly constructed fire protection facilities or

newly purchased fire protection equipment for the district and if

such facilities and equipment are determined to be of substantial

benefit to the territory to be withdrawn, then the board may deny

the petition. If in the judgment of the board of county

commissioners existence of the territory sought to be withdrawn will

make further existence of the district impracticable, the board

shall proceed to order a dissolution of the district. In the case

of withdrawal of any property from the district as herein provided,

such property shall remain subject to the payment of its

proportionate part of any bonds theretofore authorized by the

district and shall remain subject to annual assessment for the

payment of the principal and interest thereof in the same manner and

to the same extent as if such property had not been withdrawn. Such

annual assessments, however, shall be computed upon the appraisal

shown on the district appraisal record at the time of the withdrawal

of such property.