Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1307: Necessity resolution

(a) Upon the filing of such plans and estimates with the City or

county clerk, the governing body of the city or the board of county

commissioners shall examine the same and if found satisfactory

shall, by resolution, adopt and approve the same.

(b) The resolution shall be published in six consecutive issues

of a daily newspaper or two consecutive issues of a weekly newspaper

published in the county and having a general circulation in the

city.

(c) The resolution so published shall provide that if the owners

of more than one-half in area of the land liable to assessment shall

not within fifteen (15) days after the last publication of the

resolution file with the clerk of the city or county, as

appropriate, their protest in writing against such improvement, then

the city or the county shall have the power to cause the

improvements to be made and to contract therefor and to levy benefit

assessments under the provisions of this article for the payment of

all or part of the cost thereof.

(d) If the improvement shall have been protested by the owners

of more than fifty percent (50%) in area of the land, the governing

body of the city or the board of county commissioners shall not

advertise the same again for a period of six (6) months.