{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-82-82-545","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-545","heading":"Hearing on petition - Objections - Declaration of","body":"organization - Corporate powers - Appeal - Decree as final order.\n\nAny owner of real property in said proposed district who wishes\n\nto object to the organization and incorporation of said district\n\nshall, on or before the date set for the cause to be heard, file, by\n\nattorney or in person, his objections why such district should not\n\nbe organized and incorporated. Such objections shall be heard by\n\nthe court as an advance case without unnecessary delay. Upon the\n\nsaid hearing if it shall appear that the purpose of this act would\n\nbe subserved by the creation of the conservancy district, and that\n\nfifty-one percent (51%) or more of the landowners and number of\n\nacres of land within the proposed district have filed written\n\npetitions requesting formation of said district, and that by the\n\ndate of said hearing fifty-one percent (51%) of the number of owners\n\nand acres of land in the proposed district have not filed written\n\nprotest against the formation of the district, the court shall after\n\nhearing all evidence and objections, as justice and equity require,\n\nby its findings, duly entered of record, adjudicate all questions,\n\nand declare the district organized and give it a corporate name, as\n\n\"Conservancy District No. ______ of the State of Oklahoma,\" by which\n\nin all proceedings it shall thereafter be known. The district shall\n\nbe a body corporate with all the powers of a corporation, shall have\n\nperpetual existence, with power to sue and be sued to the same\n\nextent as an individual in like cases, to incur debts, liabilities\n\nand obligations; to exercise the right of eminent domain and of\n\ntaxation and assessment as herein provided; to issue bonds and to do\n\nand perform all acts as herein expressly authorized and all acts\n\nnecessary and proper for the carrying out of the purpose for which\n\nthe district was created, and for executing the powers with which it\n\nis invested. In such decree the court shall designate the general\n\ndescription of the outline of said district substantially as set out\n\nin petition and designate the place where the office or principal\n\nplace of business of the district shall be located, which shall be\n\nwithin the corporate limits of the district, if practicable, and if\n\nnot practicable, within one of the counties affected by the\n\ndistricts and which may be changed by order of court from time to\n\ntime. The regular meetings of the board of directors shall be held\n\nat such office or place of business but for cause may be adjourned\n\nto any other convenient place. The official records and files of\n\nthe district shall be kept at the office so established. If the\n\ncourt finds that the property set out in said petition should not be\n\nincorporated into a district, it shall dismiss said proceedings and\n\nadjudge the costs against the signers of the petition in the\n\nproportion of the interest represented by them. Any petitioner may\n\nwithin sixty (60) days after the refusal, appeal from an order\n\nrefusing to establish or establishing such district, to the Supreme\n\nCourt of the State of Oklahoma, upon giving bond in a sum to be\n\nfixed by the Court. After an order is entered establishing the\n\ndistrict, such order shall, unless appeal be taken within ninety\n\n(90) days, be deemed final and binding upon the real property within\n\nthe district, and shall finally and conclusively establish the\n\nregular organization of the said district, except as to\n\njurisdictional questions, against all persons, except the State of\n\nOklahoma upon suit commenced by the Attorney General. Any such suit\n\nby the Attorney General must be commenced within thirty (30) days\n\nafter said decree declaring such district organized as herein\n\nprovided, and not otherwise. The organization of said district\n\nshall not be directly or collaterally questioned in any suit, action\n\nor proceeding except as herein expressly authorized, except as to\n\njurisdictional questions.","path":["OK Code","Title 82"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os82.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"e82f47b63c2fe145df21df11997e797feef979151d816ef728f536c67a50bd2c","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-82-82-544","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-82-82-546"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}