A. Prior to the organization of a district, the corporation shall have prepared a proposal in written form. The proposal shall include but not be limited to:

B. The written proposal shall be considered and acted upon by the board of directors of such corporation at a duly called meeting. If the board of directors approves the proposal by resolution by a majority vote, the proposal shall then be submitted to a vote of the membership of the corporation at a regular or special membership meeting. A member of the corporation may cast his vote in person or by proxy. Prior to the meeting a copy of the approved resolution and a stamped return envelope shall be mailed to the membership of the corporation. The appointment of a proxy shall be in writing filed with the secretary of the corporation at or before the meeting. In all other matters the appointment and authority of a proxy shall be governed by the provisions of Section 1057 of Title 18 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

If the proposal is not approved by a majority vote of the membership of the corporation, the proposal shall not be implemented.

C. Upon approval of the proposal by the membership of the corporation and by all secured creditors, the board of directors shall file a petition, addressed to the board of county commissioners having jurisdiction as provided by subsection D of this section, for the establishment of the district. The proposal as approved by the membership and the board of directors and a list of the names and addresses of each of the secured creditors of the corporation shall be attached to the petition as exhibits.

E. Upon receipt of said petition, the county clerk shall thereupon give notice to the board of county commissioners of the filing and pendency of said petition, whereupon the county commissioners of the county wherein the petition is filed shall enter its order setting hearing and giving notice of the hearing, ten (10) days prior to the hearing. The board of county commissioners shall cause notice of such hearing to be published for at least one (1) day in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county or counties embraced within the proposed district. In addition to the notice as prescribed by this subsection, the county clerk shall at least ten (10) days before the date fixed for said hearing give or send by certified mail, return receipt requested, notice thereof to:

F. After the hearing, if the board finds that the averments of the petition are true and that the corporation should be organized and constitute a district pursuant to the Rural Water, Sewer, Gas and Solid Waste Management Districts Act,¹ the board shall enter its order directing the organization of such district and shall declare the land described in the petition or any part thereof to be incorporated as a district under the name of “Rural Water and/or Sewer and/or Gas and/or Solid Waste Management District No. __________, ____________ County, Oklahoma” (inserting number in order of incorporation and name of county). Thereupon the district shall be a legally constituted district pursuant to the Rural Water, Sewer, Gas and Solid Waste Management Districts Act. The board of county commissioners shall enter upon its records full minutes of such hearing, together with its order creating the rural district under the corporate name specified by this subsection.