{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-70-70-5-133","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-5-133","heading":"Apportionment of taxes each year","body":"A. There is hereby regularly apportioned to each and every\n\nschool district of the State of Oklahoma in each taxable year five\n\n(5) mills on the dollar out of the fifteen (15) mills on the dollar\n\ntotal taxes for all purposes on an ad valorem basis provided by\n\nSection 9 (a), Article X, of the Oklahoma Constitution, as amended\n\non April 5, 1955. Provided, that the regular apportionment hereby\n\nmade shall not prevent or take away from the county excise board of\n\nany county the right to apportion to any school district or class of\n\nschool districts in such county more than five (5) mills out of the\n\nfifteen (15) mills to be apportioned in pursuance of the provisions\n\nof said amended Section 9 (a), Article X, of the Oklahoma\n\nConstitution among county, city, town and school district.\n\nB. In accordance with the provisions of Section 9 (c), Article\n\nX, of the Oklahoma Constitution, as amended on April 5, 1955, an\n\nadditional tax of not to exceed fifteen (15) mills on the dollar\n\nvaluation of all taxable property in the district shall be levied\n\nupon certification of a need therefor by the board of education.\n\nC. An amount equal to the district's proportionate part of the\n\nninety percent (90%) of the amount obtained by multiplying the total\n\nnet assessed valuation of the school districts of the county by four\n\n(4) mills may be estimated as probable revenue from the four (4)\n\nmills county-wide levy made under the provisions of Section 9 (b),\n\nArticle X, of the Oklahoma Constitution, as amended on April 5,\n\n1955, and the amount so estimated may be used to finance the\n\nappropriations of the district.\n\nThe provisions of said Section 9 (b) relating to school\n\ndistricts lying in more than one county shall not affect the status\n\nof any such school district, and for the purposes of apportionments\n\nunder said Section 9 (b), any such district shall be deemed a school\n\ndistrict of the county of which it is now considered a school\n\ndistrict, unless the State Board of Education, upon written petition\n\nby the board of education of such district, decrees that such\n\ndistrict shall be deemed a school district of another county in\n\nwhich any of its territory lies, and unless the district court of\n\nOklahoma County in an action filed for such purposes reverses such\n\ndecree, and revenue from the tax levied under said Section 9 (b) on\n\nthe assessed valuation of the district in other counties shall, when\n\ncollected, be transmitted to the county treasurer of that county of\n\nwhich such district is deemed a school district, and be apportioned\n\nas provided for the proceeds of such tax on the assessed valuation\n\nof such county.","path":["OK Code","Title 70"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os70.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"89014a1ae67e77dbe0066e2a83468d5eb2574a91cfc0d256b395660816b09841","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-70-70-5-132.1","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-70-70-5-134"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}