A. At the time and place set for the hearing and consideration of the petition, it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners to determine:
1. Whether proper notice of the hearing has been given as required by Section 1205 of this title;
2. Whether the residents of the area described in the petition are without adequate ambulance service to meet their needs;
3. Whether the installation, maintenance and operation of such ambulance service is necessary to serve residents of the district;
4. Whether such ambulance service will be conducive to and will tend to promote the public health, safety and welfare;
5. The area which should be included in the district; and
6. Whether the new district area shall financially affect any existing service in the county adversely.
B. If, upon such consideration, it shall be found that such petition is in conformity with the requirements of the Ambulance Service Districts Act, and that such a district should be created the board of county commissioners shall thereupon immediately declare the area described in the petition or any part thereof to be incorporated as a district under the name of "Ambulance Service District No. __________, __________ County, Oklahoma", inserting number in order of incorporation and name of county, and thereupon the district shall be a body politic and corporate and an agency and legally constituted authority of the State of Oklahoma for the public purposes set forth in the Ambulance Service Districts Act.
C. The board of county commissioners shall thereupon enter upon its records full minutes of such hearing, together with its order creating the district under the corporate name for the purposes of the Ambulance Service Districts Act. Such districts shall not be political corporations or subdivisions of the state within the meaning of any constitutional debt limitations, nor shall the districts have any power or authority to levy any taxes whatsoever or make any assessments on property, real or personal.
Added by Laws 1974, c. 86, § 6, emerg. eff. April 19, 1974. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 295, § 6, emerg. eff. June 6, 2010.
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