{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1055","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1055","heading":"Creation of city and county authorities","body":"In each city and in each county of the state there is hereby\n\ncreated a public body corporate and politic to be known as the\n\n\"housing authority\" of the city or county; provided, that the\n\nauthority shall not transact any business or exercise its powers\n\nhereunder until or unless the governing body of the city or county,\n\nas the case may be, by proper resolution declares that there is need\n\nfor an authority to function in the city or county.\n\nThe governing body shall give consideration as to the need for\n\nan authority (1) on its own motion or (2) upon the filing of a\n\npetition signed by not less than five percent (5%) of the qualified\n\nvoters of the city or county, as the case may be, asserting that\n\nthere is need for an authority to function in the city or county and\n\nrequesting that its governing body so declare.\n\nThe governing body shall adopt a resolution declaring there is\n\nneed for an authority in the city or county, as the case may be, if\n\nit finds (1) that insanitary or unsafe inhabited dwelling\n\naccommodations exist in the city or county, and (2) that there is a\n\nshortage of safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations in the city or\n\ncounty available to persons of low income at rentals or prices they\n\ncan afford. If the governing body declares a need for housing\n\nexists, as set forth in (1) and (2) of this paragraph, said\n\ngoverning body shall issue notice of such need and the number of\n\nhousing units proposed in a newspaper having a general circulation\n\nin the area in which the need is certified. Such notice shall set\n\nforth the facts that said declaration of need is final, if not\n\nprotested within thirty (30) days from date of said notice by the\n\nmethod provided in the next succeeding paragraph.\n\nProvided, however, that if a petition signed by not less than\n\nfive percent (5%) of the legal registered voters of the city or\n\ncounty affected, as the case may be, is submitted to the governing\n\nbody within thirty (30) days of the adoption of said resolution then\n\nsaid resolution shall be ineffective until approved by a majority of\n\nthose voting on the question at a special or general election;\n\nprovided that in the event said resolution is not approved by a\n\nmajority of those voting at any special or general election, then\n\nthe same or a similar resolution shall not be adopted by the\n\ngoverning body for a period of one (1) year thereafter.\n\nProvided further, however, in all cities and counties of less\n\nthan two hundred thousand (200,000) population, according to the\n\nlast Federal Decennial Census, all projects not authorized prior to\n\nJuly 1, 1968, shall be ineffective until approved by a majority of\n\nthose voting on the question at a special or general election;\n\nexcept projects authorized under the provisions of Section 1057 of\n\nthis act.\n\nIn any suit, action or proceeding involving the validity or\n\nenforcement of or relating to any contract of the authority, an\n\nauthority shall be conclusively deemed to have become established\n\nand authorized to transact business and exercise its powers upon\n\nproof of the adoption of the resolution and proof of the approval by\n\na majority of the voters as herein prescribed. A copy of the\n\nresolution duly certified by the clerk shall be admissible in\n\nevidence in any suit, action or proceeding.","path":["OK Code","Title 63"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os63.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"ef017b9ac0713e17ac6d4a4101244ade3d4220155170b2409e210e48afbb3aa5","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1054","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1055.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}