{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-11-11-51-108","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-51-108","heading":"Hearing procedures - Special municipal elections -","body":"Effective date of agreements.\n\nA. 1. The arbitration board acting through its chair shall\n\ncall a hearing to be held within ten (10) days after the date of the\n\nappointment of the chair and shall, acting through its chair, give\n\nat least seven (7) days’ notice in writing to each of the other two\n\narbitrators, the bargaining agent and the corporate authorities of\n\nthe time and place of such hearing.\n\n2. At least seven (7) days before the date of the hearing the\n\ncorporate authorities and the bargaining agent shall submit to each\n\nother and to the arbitration board members a written arbitration\n\nstatement listing all contract terms which the parties have resolved\n\nand all contract issues which are unresolved. Each arbitration\n\nstatement shall also include a final offer on each unresolved issue.\n\nThe terms and offers contained in the arbitration statements shall\n\nbe known collectively as each party’s last best offer.\n\n3. The hearing shall be informal and the rules of evidence\n\nprevailing in judicial proceedings shall not be binding. Any and\n\nall documentary evidence and other data deemed relevant by the\n\narbitrators may be received in evidence. The arbitrators shall have\n\nthe power to administer oaths and to require by subpoena the\n\nattendance and testimony of witnesses, the production of books,\n\nrecords, and other evidence relative or pertinent to the issues\n\npresented to them for determination. A hearing shall be concluded\n\nwithin twenty (20) days from the time of commencement.\n\n4. Within seven (7) days after the conclusion of the hearing, a\n\nmajority of the arbitration board members shall select one of the\n\ntwo last best offers as the contract of the parties. The criteria\n\nto be used by the board in determining which offer to select shall\n\nbe limited to paragraphs 1 through 5 of Section 51-109 of this\n\ntitle. The arbitration board may not modify, add to or delete from\n\nthe last best offer of either party. Written notice of the\n\nselection decision shall be mailed or delivered to the bargaining\n\nagent and the corporate authorities.\n\nB. If the city’s last best offer is not selected by the\n\narbitration board, that party may submit the offers which the\n\nparties submitted to the arbitration board to the voters of the\n\nmunicipality for their selection by requesting a special election\n\nfor that purpose. The request for an election must be filed with\n\nthe clerk of the municipality within ten (10) days of the date of\n\nthe written decision of the arbitration board. Written notice of\n\nthe filing of the request shall be given to the bargaining agent.\n\nIf a request for an election is not filed in a timely manner, the\n\nboard’s selection decision shall be final, and the last best offer\n\nit selected shall constitute the agreement of the parties.\n\nC. Upon receiving a request for an election pursuant to the\n\nprovisions of this section, the clerk shall notify the mayor and\n\ngoverning body of the request. Within ten (10) days of such\n\nnotification the municipal authorities shall call for a special\n\nelection. The election shall be governed by the state laws on\n\nspecial municipal elections. Only residents of the municipality\n\nshall be eligible to vote in said election. The ballot shall inform\n\nthe voters that they must choose either the last best offer of the\n\nbargaining agent or the last best offer of the corporate\n\nauthorities. Within twenty (20) days of the date of the decision to\n\ncall for the election, the municipal authorities and the bargaining\n\nagent shall agree on a ballot. If no agreement is reached within\n\nthat time, each party shall present a proposed ballot to the\n\narbitration board. The parties shall present their ballot to the\n\nboard no later than seven (7) days after the aforementioned twenty-\n\nday period. The board shall consider the proposed ballots and shall\n\nselect one or the other within seven (7) days of the date of receipt\nagent shall agree on a ballot. If no agreement is reached within\n\nthat time, each party shall present a proposed ballot to the\n\narbitration board. The parties shall present their ballot to the\n\nboard no later than seven (7) days after the aforementioned twenty-\n\nday period. The board shall consider the proposed ballots and shall\n\nselect one or the other within seven (7) days of the date of receipt\n\nof the parties’ proposed ballots. The last best offer receiving a\n\nmajority of the votes shall become the agreement of the parties.\n\nD. Concerning issues relating to money, such ballot shall\n\nclearly state the total dollar amount of the offer from the\n\ncorporate authority and the total dollar amount of the offer from\n\nthe bargaining agent. Such ballot shall also disclose the\n\npercentage of increase or decrease both offers have over or under\n\nthe last contract of the two parties.\n\nE. Agreements which are reached as a result of selection by the\n\narbitration board or by election shall be effective on the first day\n\nof the fiscal year involved regardless of the date of the final\n\nselection.","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":"d077e808a5aad8aa95e250f47831b2ffcdbc1020908cc4f5d9faffd028fd261b","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-11-11-51-107","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-11-11-51-109"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}