A. Whenever ten persons who are holders of title to lands in a county located outside of the corporate limits of any incorporated city or town, or fifty-one percent (51%) of the property owners in the proposed district, shall petition the board of county commissioners of the county in which such area owned by them is located for the formation of a rural road improvement district, and the petitioners comply with the provisions of the Oklahoma Rural Road Improvement District Act, the board of county commissioners may enter its order organizing such district, and when so organized such district shall have the powers conferred herein or such as hereafter may be conferred by law upon such rural road improvement districts.

B. 1. The board of county commissioners is authorized to determine whether the election for organization of a rural road improvement district shall be conducted pursuant to the procedures set out in Section 902.5 of this title or pursuant to the procedures set out in Section 902.20 of this title.

2. The board of county commissioners is authorized to determine whether the elections for directors of a duly organized rural road improvement district shall be conducted pursuant to the provisions of Section 902.6 of this title or pursuant to the procedures set out in Section 902.21 of this title.

C. 1. Despite any provisions in this section to the contrary, if no persons reside in the proposed rural road district, the board of county commissioners may only conduct the election for the proposed organization of a rural road improvement district pursuant to the procedures set out in Section 902.20 of this title.

2. Despite any provisions in this section to the contrary, if no persons reside in the proposed rural road district, the board of county commissioners may only conduct the election for directors of a duly organized rural road improvement district pursuant to the procedures set out in Section 902.21 of this title.

Added by Laws 1986, c. 93, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1986. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 291, § 1, emerg. eff. June 6, 1994; Laws 1997, c. 218, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.