Oklahoma Code § 82-1285
Oklahoma Code § 82-1285. Reproduced from the official Oklahoma Statutes, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 82-1285.
County sales tax revenues - Application to facilities.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 82. Waters and Water Rights
A. Any county of this state, the territorial limits of which
are totally within the boundaries of a regional water district
organized under the provisions of this act, and which is qualified
to levy a county sales tax pursuant to the provisions of Sections
1370, 1371 and 1372 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes, may, by a
majority vote of its board of county commissioners, deem water
facilities and sewer facilities, as defined in this act, to be
capital improvements.
B. Any county of this state qualified under subsection A of
this section which follows the proscriptions mandated in Sections
1370, 1371 and 1372 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes, may use a
portion not to exceed forty percent (40%) of the proceeds of said
county sales tax to contract with the regional water district for
the specific purpose of financing such planning and capital costs,
or reimbursing such planning and capital costs as are properly
associated with the construction, erection, purchase or acquisition
of plants, buildings, works, property rights, transportation and
distribution lines, facilities or equipment of systems necessary to
transport, distribute, sell, furnish, treat, store and dispose of
water or sewage by the district.
C. Any sales tax levied pursuant to Sections 1370, 1371 and
1372 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes and approved by a majority
of the registered voters of the county voting thereon shall be, and
is herein declared to be a county tax; however, nothing in this act
shall prohibit the board of county commissioners of any county
qualified under the provisions of subsections A and B of this
section from specifying, in advance of an election called to approve
the imposition of said tax, that the intended use and purpose of a
portion of the proceeds of such levy are to be contractually
obligated to the district.
Added by Laws 1985, c. 353, § 12, emerg. eff. July 30, 1985.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Oklahoma Statutes § 82-1285
- Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
- Code: Oklahoma Statutes
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