Legal Opinion
Opinion No.
Oklahoma Attorney General Reports
Decided December 12, 2006Published
1Opinion of the Court
Dear Senator Sykes:
This office has received a request for an official Attorney General Opinion from your predecessor who asked, in effect, the following question:
When a city or town calls for an election on whether the municipality shall frame a charter for its own government and elect a board of freeholders to prepare the charter, when is the election to be held?
Your request brings into question a potential conflict between the Oklahoma Constitution and statutes authorizing cities to hold a charter election and the election statutes as applied to municipalities.
MUNICIPAL CHARTER ELECTIONS
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2Cases cited8 opinions
- Arrow Tool & Gauge v. MeadSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2000
- Gulf Oil Company v. WoodsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1972
- Ex Parte HunnicuttCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1912
- State Ex Rel. Reardon, Co. v. ScalesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1908
- In Re Oklahoma Department of Transportation for Approval of Not to Exceed $100 Million Oklahoma Department of Transportation Grant Anticipation Notes, Series 2002Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 2002
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