Oklahoma § 63-1-719 Bonds of counties, cities and towns.

Oklahoma Statutes

§ 63-1-719 — Bonds of counties, cities and towns.

Oklahoma § 63-1-719

Title 63Public Health And Safety

This text of Oklahoma § 63-1-719 (Bonds of counties, cities and towns.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Oklahoma primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-719 (2026).

Text

Any county, city, or town is hereby authorized to issue bonds for constructing and equipping a hospital, community mental health facility, public health center, or related health facility, to be owned and operated by such county, city, or town in accordance with standards approved by the State Commissioner of Health; provided, that such bonds may be issued to construct a jointly owned and operated hospital, community mental health facility, public health center, or related health facility, by two or more counties, or by one or more counties and a city or cities, or by two or more cities. Except as provided in the Municipal and County Economic and Community Development Bonds Act pursuant to Section 800 et seq. of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the bonds shall be issued upon the assent t

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

Any county, city, or town is hereby authorized to issue bonds for constructing and equipping a hospital, community mental health facility, public health center, or related health facility, to be owned and operated by such county, city, or town in accordance with standards approved by the State Commissioner of Health; provided, that such bonds may be issued to construct a jointly owned and operated hospital, community mental health facility, public health center, or related health facility, by two or more counties, or by one or more counties and a city or cities, or by two or more cities. Except as provided in the Municipal and County Economic and Community Development Bonds Act pursuant to Section 800 et seq. of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the bonds shall be issued upon the assent thereto of three-fifths (3/5) of the voters of the subdivision issuing the bonds, voting at an election held for that purpose. The proposition voted on shall state specifically the type of hospital facility to be constructed. Such election shall be called by the governing board or managing body of such subdivision. Notice of the election shall be published for two (2) successive weeks in a weekly or daily newspaper, having a general circulation in the subdivision. The bonds shall be made to mature serially as now provided by law and shall be sold at an advertised sale under existing laws. The rate of interest shall not exceed eight percent (8%) per annum. The bonds shall be submitted to the Attorney General for his approval as ex officio Bond Commissioner of the state.

Legislative History

Added by Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 7, § 719. Amended by Laws 1965, c. 36, § 9, emerg. eff. March 8, 1965; Laws 1970, c. 286, § 10, emerg. eff. April 27, 1970; Laws 2022, c. 155, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2022.