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OK SB147

Bill

Status

Passed

4/21/2011

Primary Sponsor

Corey Holland

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Origin

Senate

2011 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Registered voters signing a petition for town incorporation must have resided in the proposed town for at least 60 days immediately preceding the signing of the petition

  • Petition signatures must be gathered no more than 30 days prior to the petition being presented to the board of county commissioners

  • Petitions must still be signed by at least one-third of registered voters in the proposed town or at least 25 registered voters, whichever is greater

  • Affidavits authenticating petitions must verify that signatures comply with residency requirements, replacing the previous requirement to simply verify voters are registered in the proposed town

  • Plats or maps for incorporation must be certified by both a registered land surveyor who prepared it and the landowner, clarifying previous ambiguous language

Legislative Description

Incorporation of towns; modifying signature requirements; clarifying certain requirement.

Cities and Towns

Last Action

Approved by Governor 04/21/2011

4/21/2011

Committee Referrals

General Government3/16/2011
Rules2/8/2011

Full Bill Text

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