Payment of allegedly invalid fees under protest; notice; protest fund.
Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 1-14
in effect§ 1-14. - Payment of allegedly invalid fees under protest; notice; protest fund.
(a) In all cases where it is alleged or claimed that fees, in whole or in part, are unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, the aggrieved person shall pay the full amount thereof to the City Treasurer and at the same time give notice in writing to said City Treasurer stating the grounds of the complaint and that suit will be brought against the City Treasurer for the recovery of all or a specified part of said fees.
(b) It shall be the duty of the City Treasurer to deposit said fees in a special trust fund in a depository account in the City Treasurer's office to be known as the "Protest Fund" and to retain the same therein for a period of 60 days and if within such time summons shall be served upon the City Treasurer and the City in a suit for the recovery of said fees or a specified part thereof in a court of jurisdiction the City Treasurer shall further retain the fees sued for until the final determination of the suit; however, if no suit is so filed, the City Treasurer shall thereon transfer said fees into the general fund or appropriate specified fund.
(c) Upon final determination of any lawsuit if the court shall find that the fees, or any part thereof sued for, were illegally collected, the court shall render judgment in favor of the plaintiff and shall order the City Treasurer to pay the amount due to the plaintiff and transfer the balance of said fees, if any, into the general fund or other appropriate fund of the City.
(Code 1980, § 1-15; Ord. No. 19383, § 1, 3-20-90)
Source: City of Oklahoma City, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ok/oklahoma_city/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=OKMUCO2020_CH1GEPR_S1-14PAALINFEUNPRNOPRFUFetched: 10/28/2026