CHARTER
ARTICLE VI INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM, RECALL
ARTICLE VII GENERAL PROVISIONS
ARTICLE VIII AMENDMENTS
ARTICLE IX INAUGURATION OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT AND ELECTIONS
 
   We, the people of the City of Purcell, exercising the powers of home rule granted to us by the Constitution and laws of the State of Oklahoma and in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the City of Purcell, and in order to more adequately meet the exigencies of the times, do herein ordain, ratify and establish the following as the Charter of the City of Purcell, Oklahoma, which shall completely supersede and replace that Charter adopted on August 2, 1949.
   Editor's note- Printed herein is the Charter of the City, approved in an election held on February 9, 1999, and effective on April 1, 1999. Amendments to the Charter are indicated by parenthetical history notes following amended provisions. The absence of a history note indicates that the provision remains unchanged from the original Charter.
   Obvious misspellings have been corrected without notation. For stylistic purposes, a uniform system of headlines, catchlines and citations to State statutes, in conformity with Part II of the Code, has been used. Additions made for clarity are indicated by brackets.