{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-11-11-39-103.1","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-39-103.1","heading":"Additional improvement districts - Assessments -","body":"Objections - Termination.\n\nA. In addition to those purposes set out in Section 39-103 of\n\nthis title, the governing body of any municipality having a\n\npopulation of more than one thousand five hundred (1,500) may create\n\none or more districts and levy assessments for the purpose of\n\nproviding or causing to be provided any maintenance, cleaning,\n\nsecurity, shuttle service, upkeep, marketing, management or other\n\nservices which confer special benefits upon property within the\n\ndistrict by preserving, enhancing or extending the value or\n\nusefulness of any improvement described in Section 39-103 of this\n\ntitle, whether or not the improvement was financed or constructed\n\npursuant to this act and such governing body may exclude or modify\n\nsuch assessments according to benefits received on properties which\n\nare exempt from ad valorem taxation, except those assessments\n\nprovided for by Section 39-103 of this title. Without limiting or\n\nexpanding the preceding sentence or any other provision of this act,\n\nsuch a district may be comprised of a designated geographical area\n\nwithin the municipality and limited to only those properties within\n\nsuch geographical area on which a hotel or motel having 50 or more\n\nrooms available for occupancy is located, if the sole purpose of the\n\ndistrict is to provide marketing services for private or public\n\nevents reasonably calculated to increase occupancy and room rates\n\nfor such properties as a class. Such districts may also be used to\n\nfund maintenance, management, marketing and other services being\n\nprovided through an active Main Street Program recognized as such by\n\nthe Oklahoma Department of Commerce. In addition, such districts\n\nmay be used to fund the acquisition, construction, installation or\n\nmaintenance of capital improvements with an estimated useful life of\n\nfive (5) years or more, including but not limited to:\n\n1. Parking facilities;\n\n2. Benches, booths, kiosks and pedestrian shelters;\n\n3. Signs;\n\n4. Trash receptacles;\n\n5. Public restrooms;\n\n6. Lighting, heating and air conditioning facilities;\n\n7. Decorations;\n\n8. Parks, fountains and planting areas; and\n\n9. Ramps, sidewalks and plazas;\n\nprovided the total cost of such improvement is funded in one year's\n\nassessment.\n\nGeneral street repair and maintenance on any street used by\n\nvehicular traffic shall not be made a part of any assessments\n\nprovided for hereunder.\n\nB. For districts created under this section, the engineer's\n\nreport may be amended by resolution of the governing body to provide\n\nnew or additional services or improvements upon the petition of the\n\nrecord owners of not less than one-half (1/2) of the area liable for\n\nassessment under the proposal. Petitions seeking to add new or\n\nadditional services or improvements to an existing district shall be\n\nfiled with the city clerk not less than sixty (60) days prior to the\n\ndate of the public hearing on the annual assessment roll.\n\nThe petition shall set forth:\n\n1. A general description of the new or additional services or\n\nimprovements to be provided;\n\n2. The estimated costs of the services and improvements\n\nproposed to be added;\n\n3. The area of the district to be assessed under the proposal;\n\nand\n\n4. The proposed method of assessment.\n\nC. For districts created under this section, property adjacent\n\nto such district may be annexed into the district upon the petition\n\nof the record owners of more than sixty percent (60%) of the area\n\nliable to be annexed. Petitions seeking to annex additional\n\nproperty into an existing assessment district shall be filed with\n\nthe city clerk not less than sixty (60) days prior to the hearing on\n\nthe annual assessment roll.\n\nThe petition shall set forth:\n\n1. The area to be annexed to the district;\n\n2. The nature of the services and/or improvements to be\n\nprovided to the area to be annexed;\n\nditional\n\nproperty into an existing assessment district shall be filed with\n\nthe city clerk not less than sixty (60) days prior to the hearing on\n\nthe annual assessment roll.\n\nThe petition shall set forth:\n\n1. The area to be annexed to the district;\n\n2. The nature of the services and/or improvements to be\n\nprovided to the area to be annexed;\n\n3. The estimated costs of the services and/or improvements to\n\nbe provided to the area to be annexed; and\n\n4. The proposed method of assessment.\n\nD. If the governing body determines that it is desirable to\n\ncontinue to provide or cause to be provided the improvements and\n\nservices, to provide new or additional services, or improvements, or\n\nto annex additional property into an existing assessment district\n\nauthorized by this section, the governing body shall annually\n\nprepare and cause to be filed in the office of the municipal clerk a\n\nresolution containing, among other things:\n\n1. The assessment roll;\n\n2. The new or additional services, or improvements proposed to\n\nbe provided, if any;\n\n3. A description of the area proposed to be annexed into the\n\ndistrict, if any;\n\n4. The name and address of the last-known owner of each tract\n\nor parcel of land to be assessed, or if the name of the owner is\n\nunknown, state \"unknown\". The name and address of the owner of each\n\ntract of land shall be obtained from the records of the county\n\ntreasurer;\n\n5. A description of each tract or parcel of land to be\n\nassessed; and\n\n6. The amount of the assessment against each tract or parcel of\n\nland.\n\nIf after filing the assessment roll, it appears that the amount\n\nof the assessment against any tract or parcel of land shall be\n\nincreased, new or additional services, or improvements are to be\n\nprovided or additional property is to be annexed into the district,\n\nthe governing body shall by resolution set a time and place for the\n\nhearing on the resolution at which an owner may object to the amount\n\nof the assessment, the new or additional services, or improvements\n\nto be provided or the additional property to be annexed.\n\nE. Not more than thirty (30) days nor less than ten (10) days\n\nbefore the day of the hearing, the municipal clerk, the deputy\n\nmunicipal clerk or the engineer shall mail the notice of the hearing\n\non the resolution to the owner of the tract or parcel of land on\n\nwhich the amount of assessment is increased, new or additional\n\nservices or improvements are proposed to be added or proposed to be\n\nannexed into the district. Proof of the mailing is to be made by\n\naffidavit by the municipal clerk, the deputy municipal clerk or the\n\nengineer, which shall be filed in the office of the municipal clerk.\n\nFailure of the owner to receive any notice shall not invalidate any\n\nof the proceedings authorized in the Improvement District Act.\n\nNotice of the hearing shall also be published. The last publication\n\nshall be at least seven (7) days prior to the day of the hearing.\n\nSuch service by publication shall be verified by an affidavit of the\n\npublisher which is to be filed in the office of the municipal clerk.\n\nF. No district created under this section shall continue beyond\n\nthe date that final payment of all principal, interest and other\n\namounts due in connection with bonds issued by that district has\n\nbeen made, or if no bonds have been issued by the district, beyond\n\nthe date that is thirty (30) years after the adoption of the\n\nresolution creating the district, unless re-created as provided in\n\nSection 39-101 et seq. of this title for creation of districts.\n\nProvided that, at any time after its creation, and provided further\n\nthat, no bonds or other financial obligations of a district are then\n\noutstanding, the district shall cease to exist if:\n\n1. The governing body by resolution terminates the district; or\n\n2. The owners of a majority in area of the tracts or parcels of\nas provided in\n\nSection 39-101 et seq. of this title for creation of districts.\n\nProvided that, at any time after its creation, and provided further\n\nthat, no bonds or other financial obligations of a district are then\n\noutstanding, the district shall cease to exist if:\n\n1. The governing body by resolution terminates the district; or\n\n2. The owners of a majority in area of the tracts or parcels of\n\nland within the district and a majority of the owners of record of\n\nproperty within the district petition in writing to terminate the\n\ndistrict.\n\nSuch termination shall take effect at the end of the fiscal year\n\nin which the governing body adopts such resolution or determines the\n\nvalidity of such petition. Nothing herein shall excuse a tract or\n\nparcel of land from its liability for deferred payments or any\n\nassessment.","path":["OK Code","Title 11"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os11.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"7998b3ab0d889e063468dccdc8f897d7edbcfbed719ccf1e03fa1bc2845668c4","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-11-11-39-103","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-11-11-39-104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}