Legal Opinion

Opinion No. (1988)

Oklahoma Attorney General Reports

Decided September 12, 1988Published

1Opinion of the Court

Dear Representative Campbell,

¶ 0 The Attorney General has received your request for an official opinion asking, in effect:

Does the operation of a "criminal justice district" and thelevying of an assessment to operate such a district which ispermitted by 19 O.S. 903.1 (1988) et seq., constitute theoperation of a "local improvement" funded by a "specialassessment" or is it an impermissible attempt to allow thelevying of an ad valorem tax contrary to Okla. Const. Article X,Section 9?

¶ 1 Your question concerns the recently enacted House Bill 1682 which principally concerns legislation authorizing…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Armstrong v. Sewer Improvement Dist. No. 1Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1948
  2. Harrington v. City of TulsaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1934
  3. City of St. Louis v. PopeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1939
  4. Gilfillan v. City of BartlesvilleSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
  5. Application of Erick Hospital DistrictSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1968

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