OSCN Found Document:Procedure for Adopting Charters - Petition or Governing Body Resolution
Title 11. Cities and Towns

Oklahoma Statutes Citationized
  Title 11. Cities and Towns
    Chapter 1 - Oklahoma Municipal Code
        Article Article XIII - Municipal Charters
        Section 13-102 - Procedure for Adopting Charters - Petition or Governing Body Resolution
Cite as: O.S. §, __ __


The mayor of an incorporated municipality shall issue an order calling for an election on the question of whether or not the municipality shall frame a charter for its own government and elect a board of freeholders to prepare the charter when:

1. A petition signed by not less then twenty-five percent (25%) of the registered voters of the municipality, as shown by the preceding general election, is filed with the governing body; or

2. The governing body, by resolution, so directs. The order calling for the election shall be issued within ten (10) days after a petition has been filed with the governing body or within ten (10) days after the date of the governing body resolution.

Historical Data


Laws 1977, HB 1100, c. 256, § 13-102, eff. July 1, 1978.

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 2006 OK AG 40, Question Submitted by: The Honorable Anthony Sykes, State Senator, District 24Discussed
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