Oklahoma § 18-863 Nonprofit corporations for creating rural water and sewer

Oklahoma Statutes

§ 18-863 — Nonprofit corporations for creating rural water and sewer

Oklahoma § 18-863

Title 18Corporations

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Bluebook

Okla. Stat. tit. 18, § 18-863 (2026).

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districts - Exemption from taxation and assessments. A corporation organized not for profit pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma General Corporation Act for the purpose of developing and providing rural water supply and sewage disposal facilities to serve rural residents shall be exempt from all excise taxes of whatsoever nature, and shall be exempt from payment of assessments in any general or special taxing district levied upon the property of said corporation, whether real, personal or mixed; such exemption shall include, but not be limited to, franchise taxes, assessments or fees levied by any county or municipality for inspections of the facilities of the corporation which were not requested by the corporation. Said corporations shall have the right of eminent domain in the same

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districts - Exemption from taxation and assessments. A corporation organized not for profit pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma General Corporation Act for the purpose of developing and providing rural water supply and sewage disposal facilities to serve rural residents shall be exempt from all excise taxes of whatsoever nature, and shall be exempt from payment of assessments in any general or special taxing district levied upon the property of said corporation, whether real, personal or mixed; such exemption shall include, but not be limited to, franchise taxes, assessments or fees levied by any county or municipality for inspections of the facilities of the corporation which were not requested by the corporation. Said corporations shall have the right of eminent domain in the same manner and according to the procedures provided for in Sections 51 through 65 of Title 66 of the Oklahoma Statutes, provided, that the use of said eminent domain provisions shall be restricted to the purpose of developing and providing rural gas distribution, water supply and sewage disposal facilities. Provided, however, no personal or real property, easement or right-of-way of any utility may be acquired by eminent domain.

Legislative History

Added by Laws 1970, c. 328, § 1, emerg. eff. April 28, 1970. Amended by Laws 1986, c. 53, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1986; Laws 1986, c. 292, § 153, eff. Nov. 1, 1986; Laws 1987, c. 124, § 1; Laws 1998, c. 283, § 1, emerg. eff. May 27, 1998.