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 Oklahoma Statutes (Last Updated: September 18, 2014)
 Title 62. PUBLIC FINANCE

  § 62-875. Public hearing - Presentation of proposed project plan - Ordinance or resolution establishing district - Determination of adverse effect.  

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  • A.  At the public hearing, a representative of the municipality or county shall present the proposed project plan for the development or renovation of housing in the proposed district.  Each project proposed for the district shall be identified and explained.  At the hearing, the developer or developers that have contracted with the municipality to undertake the project shall be identified and presented in person or through such developer's representative.  Following the presentation, all interested persons shall be given an opportunity to be heard.  The governing body for good cause shown may recess such hearing to a time and date certain, which shall be fixed in the presence of persons in attendance at the hearing.

    B.  Upon the conclusion of the public hearing, the governing body may adopt the project plan for the district and may establish the district by ordinance or, in the case of any county, by resolution.  The boundaries of such district shall not include any area not designated in the notice required by Section 5 of this act.  Any addition of area to the district or any substantial change to the project plan shall be subject to the same procedure for public notice and hearing as required for the initial establishment of the district.

    C.  The ordinance or resolution establishing the district shall be null and void if, within thirty (30) days following the conclusion of the hearing:

    1.  The board of any school district levying taxes on such property determines by resolution that the proposed district will have an adverse effect on such school district;

    2.  The governing body of any municipality located within three (3) miles of the district proposed to be established by a county determines by ordinance that the proposed district will have an adverse effect on such municipality; or

    3.  The board of county commissioners of the county in which a municipal governing body proposes to establish such a district determines by resolution that the proposed district will have an adverse effect on such county.

Added by Laws 1999, c. 140, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1999.