{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-82-82-565","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-565","heading":"Plan of improvements - Inspection - Objections - Hearing -","body":"Dissolution in certain cases - Proceedings concerning plan.\n\nUpon their qualification, the board shall prepare or cause to be\n\nprepared a plan for the improvements for which the district was\n\ncreated. Such plans shall include such maps, profiles, plans and\n\nother data and descriptions as may be necessary to set forth\n\nproperly the location and character of the work, and of the property\n\nbenefited or taken or damaged, with estimates of cost and\n\nspecifications for doing the work.\n\nIn case the board of directors finds that any former survey made\n\nby any other district or in any other manner is useful for the\n\npurposes of the district, the board of directors may take over the\n\ndata secured by such survey, or such other proceedings as may be\n\nuseful to it, and may pay therefor an amount equal to the value of\n\nsuch data of such district. No construction shall be made under the\n\nauthority of this act which will cause the flooding of any land,\n\nvillage or city or which will cause the water to back up into or on\n\nany land, village or city, unless the board of directors shall have\n\nacquired and paid for the right to use the land affected for such\n\noverflow purpose and shall have paid all damages incident thereto.\n\nNo railroad shall be required to be constructed with a grade in\n\nexcess of the ruling grade then existing upon that division of said\n\nrailroad whereon said change is required, without just compensation.\n\nUpon the completion of such plan, the board shall file a copy of the\n\nplan with the court clerk of the court having jurisdiction of such\n\ndistrict and cause the court clerk to give notice by publication as\n\nprovided herein in each county of said district, of the completion\n\nof said plan, and shall permit the inspection thereof at his office,\n\nby all persons interested. Said notice shall fix the time and place\n\nfor the hearing by the court of all objections to said plan, not\n\nless than ten (10) days nor more than thirty (30) days after the\n\nlast publication of said notice. Any owner of land which will be\n\nbenefited or directly affected by the construction, operation and\n\nmaintenance of works proposed in said plan, whether inside or\n\noutside of said district, may object to the approval of said plan.\n\nAll objections to said plan shall be in writing and be filed with\n\nthe said court clerk at least five (5) days before the date of\n\nhearing fixed in said notice, provided, however, that the court, for\n\ngood cause shown, shall have authority to extend the time for filing\n\nsaid objections in its discretion. If at said date the owners of a\n\nmajority of the area of land in the said district shall file a\n\nprotest and objection to the plan as a whole, then the court shall\n\norder an assessment of the properties in said district sufficient to\n\npay the cost of the proceedings up to said time, said costs to be\n\nfixed by the court, and to be prorated equally upon the property\n\nincluded in said district, provided, however, that no assessment for\n\nsaid purpose shall be more than twenty cents ($0.20) per acre on\n\nagricultural lands. Upon the collection of said assessments the\n\ncourt shall order said district dissolved. If said district be not\n\ndissolved by the court, the court shall hear said objections and\n\nadopt, reject or refer back said plan to said board of directors.\n\nIf said court shall reject said plan, then said board shall proceed\n\nas in the first instance under this section to prepare another plan.\n\nIf the court should refer back said plan to said board for\n\namendment, then the court shall continue the hearing to a day\n\ncertain without publication of notice.\n\nIf the court refers back said plan to said board, then a\n\ncertified copy of said journal entry of said court shall be filed\n\nwith the secretary of the board of directors, and by him be\n\nincorporated into the records of the district. The official plan\nshould refer back said plan to said board for\n\namendment, then the court shall continue the hearing to a day\n\ncertain without publication of notice.\n\nIf the court refers back said plan to said board, then a\n\ncertified copy of said journal entry of said court shall be filed\n\nwith the secretary of the board of directors, and by him be\n\nincorporated into the records of the district. The official plan\n\nmay be altered in detail from time to time until the assessment roll\n\nis filed, and of all such alterations the appraisers shall take\n\nnotice. But after the assessment roll has been filed in court, no\n\nalterations of the official plan shall be made except as provided\n\nherein.","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":"f9bc0380f264f23289571fc5213f64431bce42e1a8116d1c49ccab91e0e903c6","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-82-82-564","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-82-82-565.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}