Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1085.57 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1085.57
Management of funds - Investment certificates
Status: in_force

A. In addition to other powers and duties provided by law, the

Oklahoma Water Resources Board shall have the power and duty to:

1. Manage, maintain, expend and otherwise administer monies in

the Water Resources Fund and any accounts or subaccounts therein,

except as otherwise provided by paragraph 2 of this subsection,

pursuant to the provisions of Sections 1085.31 through 1085.39 of

this title;

2. Manage, maintain, expend and otherwise administer monies in

the Clean Water State Revolving Fund Loan Account pursuant to the

statutory authority of the Oklahoma Water Resources Board and shall

manage the account so as to make available the amounts necessary to

fund loans to eligible entities entitled to receive funding;

3. Establish separate accounts and subaccounts within the Water

Resources Fund and provide that such accounts be segregated and used

for specified purposes or held as security for designated

obligations;

4. Issue investment certificates to provide necessary funds for

the Clean Water State Revolving Fund Loan Account pursuant to the

provisions of subsection B of this section;

5. Enter into binding loan agreements with the eligible

entities; and

6. Transfer, when necessary, monies from the Clean Water State

Revolving Fund Loan Account to the Statewide Water Development

Revolving Fund to be used for security or collateral for investment

certificates issued for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund Loan

Account. The monies so transferred and the interest income from

such monies shall be restricted for use to those programs authorized

by the federal Water Quality Act of 1987. The Board shall establish

such accounts and subaccounts within the Statewide Water Development

Revolving Fund necessary to implement the provisions of this

paragraph.

B. The Board may issue investment certificates to provide

necessary funds for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund Loan

Account; provided that said issuance shall be governed by the

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provisions of Sections 1085.33 and 1085.37 of this title. The Board

shall not issue such investment certificates unless:

1. The Board has determined that the issuance of the investment

certificates is an economical way to provide loan funds to meet the

demand for funding and is beneficial for the long term stability of

the fund. Prior to issuance of any such bonds, the Board shall

fully consider all comments submitted by the public concerning

issuance of the bonds; and

2. The issuance of such certificates has been reviewed and

approved pursuant to the Oklahoma Bond Oversight and Reform Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-548 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-548
Amendment of district boundaries to include other
Status: in_force

necessary lands - Validation.

Any time subsequent to the entry of the decree creating the

district, and prior to the filing of the report of the board of

appraisers, land situated outside of the district boundaries,

necessary to accomplish the purposes of the district, may be

included within the boundaries of said district. Said lands may be

included within the boundaries of said district, by the filing, with

the court having jurisdiction of said district, a petition, signed

by owners of at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the land area and

by not less than fifty-one percent (51%) of the landowners in the

area proposed to be added to the said district. Proceedings of said

petition shall conform to the proceedings to create a district as

provided in this title. Upon said hearing, if the court finds that

said land is reasonably necessary to be included within said

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district to accomplish the purposes for which said district was

originally created, the court shall amend the boundaries of the

district to include said land.

Any amendments to the boundaries of a district heretofore made

by a court having jurisdiction thereof according to the procedure

herein provided are hereby validated.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-878 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-878
Construction of act
Status: in_force

This act and all of the terms and provisions hereof shall be

liberally construed to effectuate the purposes set forth herein.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-543 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-543
Court costs
Status: in_force

At the time of filing the petition, the petitioners shall

deposit as court costs the sum of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00),

which deposit shall be in lieu of bond and the court may require

such additional deposits of costs as may be necessary from time to

time.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-663.2 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-663.2
Order for union or conversion of drainage district -
Status: in_force

Rights, remedies, and obligations.

If such union or reorganization is ordered by the court, the

order shall set out the fact that all pending litigation and claims,

and outstanding bonds, refunding bonds, warrants, assessments, and

obligations shall continue in their status quo, and that all rights,

remedies, and obligations are preserved as under the former

organization. Such order shall set the effective date of such

change, and on such date all funds, levies, taxes, and assessments

shall become operative under the newly formed or organized

conservancy district.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1085.64 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1085.64
Revolving fund
Status: in_force

A. In order to administer the Clean Water State Revolving Fund

Loan Account, there is hereby created in the State Treasury a "Clean

Water State Revolving Fund Loan Administrative Fund". The Clean

Water State Revolving Fund Loan Administrative Fund shall be set

apart from all other Board accounts and funds and shall be a

permanent and perpetual fund not subject to fiscal year limitations.

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The Clean Water State Revolving Fund Loan Administrative Fund shall

consist of monies deposited into the fund from the following

sources:

1. Loan processing and application processing and loan

administrative fees heretofore collected by the Oklahoma Water

Resources Board on loans made from the Clean Water State Revolving

Fund Loan Account and designated by the Board for transfer and

deposit into the Clean Water State Revolving Fund Loan

Administrative Fund;

2. Application processing and loan administrative fees

collected by the Board after the effective date of this section on

loans made from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund Loan Account;

and

3. Any other funds, whether public or private, that have been

designated by the source thereof for deposit in the Clean Water

State Revolving Fund Loan Administrative Fund.

B. Monies in, or investment income derived from, the Clean

Water State Revolving Fund Loan Administrative Fund shall be

restricted and used solely for the purpose of administering the

Clean Water State Revolving Fund Loan Account or as otherwise

authorized by the federal Water Quality Act of 1987 or guidance or

regulation promulgated thereunder. Monies in the Clean Water State

Revolving Fund Loan Administrative Fund, or investment income

derived therefrom shall be used by the Board in carrying out its

responsibilities as provided in Sections 1085.51 through 1085.65 of

this title and shall be subject to annual designation by the State

Legislature.

C. The monies placed in the Clean Water State Revolving Fund

Loan Administrative Fund may be invested by the State Treasurer in

an adequately collateralized manner and as prescribed by Section

89.2 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes or pursuant to investment

contracts or agreements with entities maintaining a rating in the

top two categories by a nationally recognized municipal bond rating

agency, all in a manner consistent with the federal Water Quality

Act of 1987 or regulations promulgated thereunder. The Board may

transfer to the Clean Water State Revolving Fund Loan Administrative

Fund income derived from investment of the Fund. Monies invested by

the State Treasurer shall be available to meet administrative

funding needs.

D. The Board is authorized to transfer monies from the Clean

Water State Revolving Fund Loan Administrative Fund into the Clean

Water State Revolving Fund Loan Account to be utilized for purposes

consistent with the federal Water Quality Act of 1987.

E. The Board shall cause to be completed an annual audit of any

expenditure from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund Loan

Administrative Fund.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-877 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-877
Act to constitute only authority for bond issues - Other
Status: in_force

acts inapplicable.

This act without reference to other statutes of the State of

Oklahoma shall constitute full authority for the authorization and

issuance of bonds, hereunder, and no other act or law with regard to

the authorization or issuance of obligations or the deposit of the

proceeds thereof, or in any way impeding or restricting the carrying

out of the acts herein authorized to be done shall be construed as

applying to any proceedings taken hereunder or acts done pursuant

hereto.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1087.19 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1087.19
Certain liabilities not imposed or rights affected
Status: in_force

Nothing in this act shall be construed to impose or accept any

liability or responsibility on the part of the state or any state

officials or employees for any weather modification and control

activities of any private person or group, or to affect in any way

any contractual, tortious or other legal rights, duties or

liabilities between any private persons or groups.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1021.5 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1021.5
Receipt of petition – Verification – Approval of
Status: in_force

petition.

A. After receipt of the petition, the county commissioners and

the county commissioners of any participating adjacent county shall:

1. Verify the authenticity of each signatory whose address is

located within the county;

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2. Coordinate with the Oklahoma Water Resources Board and, if

necessary, the adjacent counties to verify that ten individual

permit holders within the proposed district have signed the

petition; and

3. If, upon consideration, it shall be found that such petition

is in conformity with the requirements of this act, and that such a

district should be created, the board of county commissioners shall

thereupon immediately declare the land described in the petition or

any part thereof to be incorporated as a district under the name of

"____ Groundwater Irrigation District" (inserting unique name of

irrigation district) 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 this act. 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 this 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.

B. After the county commissioners and the county commissioners

of any participating adjacent county have submitted a request for

the formation of a groundwater irrigation district, each county

board of commissioners shall assign members of the initial district

board. A county board of commissioners shall select three members

representing groundwater irrigation users within the county. If

multiple counties reside within the district, each county shall have

equal representation on the district board. Each of the three

members of the initial district board shall be groundwater permit

holders who irrigate in the county. District board members shall

serve without compensation.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1087.16 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1087.16
Records and reports
Status: in_force

A. Each licensee shall keep and maintain a record of all

operations conducted by him pursuant to his license and each permit,

showing the method employed, the type of equipment used, materials

and amounts thereof used, the times and places of operation of the

equipment, the name and post office address of each individual

participating or assisting in the operation other than the licensee,

and such other general information as may be required by the Board,

and shall report the same to the Board at the time and in the manner

required by the Board.

B. The Board shall require written reports regarding methods

and results, but not inconsistent with the provisions of this act,

covering each operation for which a permit is issued. The Board

shall also require written reports from such organizations as are

exempt under Section 8 from the license and permit requirements of

this act.

C. All information on an operation shall be submitted to the

Board before any information on such operation may be released to

the public.

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D. The reports and records in the custody of the Board shall be

open for public examination as public documents.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-541.2 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-541.2
Organization of master conservancy districts
Status: in_force

Upon proper petition master conservancy districts may be organized

in the State of Oklahoma under the provisions of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1457 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1457
Renumbered as § 896.10 of this title by Laws 2016, c
Status: in_force

297, § 30, eff. July 1, 2016.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1085.93 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1085.93
Hazard Mitigation Financial Assistance Fund
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving

fund for the Oklahoma Water Resources Board to be designated the

"Hazard Mitigation Financial Assistance Fund". The fund shall be a

continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall

consist of all monies received by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board

from appropriations, dedicated revenues, fees or other sources as

provided by law. All monies accruing to the credit of said fund are

hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma

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Water Resources Board for the purpose of providing loans and grants

for hazard mitigation. Expenditures from said fund shall be made

upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as

prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and

Enterprise Services for approval and payment.

B. In addition to other lawful purposes, monies placed in the

Fund, exclusive of such amounts of interest derived from investment

deposits necessary to maintain the grant account, may be used by the

Board to implement hazard mitigation planning and projects,

including but not limited to, providing grants or loans to eligible

entities to:

1. Develop a federal/state approved local/regional hazard

mitigation planning document;

2. Acquire land or a conservation easement from a willing

seller or grantor in order to mitigate hazards; or

3. Implement voluntary, incentive-based hazard mitigation

measures in order to facilitate compliance with state or national

regulations.

C. Monies in, or investment income derived from, the Hazard

Mitigation Financial Assistance Fund which is used to match any

grant funds provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency or

any other federal agencies shall be restricted and used consistent

with federal agencies procedures or guidance or regulations

promulgated thereunder for hazard mitigation projects.

D. Monies in the Hazard Mitigation Financial Assistance Fund,

or investment income derived therefrom, shall be used by the

Oklahoma Water Resources Board and the Oklahoma Department of

Emergency Management and Homeland Security in carrying out their

responsibilities as provided in a written annual joint operating

agreement which shall include, among other matters, a budget for

administering the Oklahoma Hazard Mitigation Program.

E. The monies placed in the Hazard Mitigation Financial

Assistance Fund may be invested by the State Treasurer in an

adequately collateralized manner and as prescribed by Section 89.2

of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes or pursuant to investment

contracts or agreements with entities maintaining a rating in the

top two categories by a nationally recognized municipal bond rating

agency, all in a manner consistent with promulgated regulations.

The Board may transfer to the Hazard Mitigation Financial Assistance

Fund income derived from investment of the fund. Monies invested by

the State Treasurer shall be available to implement hazard

mitigation projects.

F. The Board shall cause to be completed an annual audit of any

expenditures from the Hazard Mitigation Financial Assistance Fund,

and such audit cost shall be included in the budget for

administering the Oklahoma Hazard Mitigation Program.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1087.3 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1087.3
Powers of Board
Status: in_force

In the performance of the functions authorized herein, the Board

may, in addition to any other acts authorized by law:

1. Establish advisory committees to advise with and make

recommendations to the Board concerning legislation, policies,

administration, research and other matters;

2. Establish by regulation or order such standards and

instructions to govern the carrying out of research or projects in

weather modification and control as the Board may deem necessary or

desirable to minimize danger to health or property, and make such

regulations as are necessary in the performance of its powers and

duties;

3. Make such studies and investigations, obtain such

information, and hold such hearings as the Board may deem necessary

or proper to assist it in exercising its authority or in the

administration or enforcement of this act or any regulations or

orders issued thereunder;

4. Appoint and fix the compensation of such personnel,

including specialists and consultants, as are necessary to perform

its duties and functions hereunder;

5. Acquire, in the manner provided by law, such materials,

equipment and facilities as are necessary to perform its duties and

functions hereunder;

6. Cooperate with public or private agencies in the performance

of the Board's functions or duties and in furtherance of the

purposes of this act;

7. Represent the state in any and all matters pertaining to

plans, procedures or negotiations for interstate compacts or

cooperative agreements relating to weather modification and control;

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8. Enter into cooperative agreements with the United States

Government or any of its agencies, other states, or with the various

counties and cities of this state or with any private or public

agencies for conducting weather modification or cloud seeding

operations;

9. Act for and represent the state and the counties, cities and

private or public agencies in contracting with private concerns for

the performance of weather modifications or cloud seeding

operations; and

10. Assist and cooperate in the formation of weather

modification districts within this state.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1D — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1D
Oklahoma River - Designation of portion of North Canadian
Status: in_force

River.

A seven-mile section of the North Canadian River, between

Meridian Avenue and Eastern Avenue in Oklahoma City, shall be

designated as the Oklahoma River for economic development purposes.

The Oklahoma Centennial Commission shall cause suitable markers to

be placed along the seven-mile section of the river identifying the

river as the “Oklahoma River”.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-874.1 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-874.1
Watercraft landing on leased land
Status: in_force

A lease entered into by the Authority shall contain a clause

prohibiting the collection of a fee from the public for the use of

watercraft landing on said leased land.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1608 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1608
Floodplain management regulations - Requirements -
Status: in_force

Contents.

A. All floodplain boards that participate in the program shall

adopt floodplain management regulations, which shall conform with

the requirements necessary to establish eligibility and to maintain

participation in the program. The regulations shall include, but

not be limited to, the following:

1. Incorporation by reference, specifying the date and panel

number or numbers if appropriate, to the most recent flood insurance

rate maps or flood hazard boundary maps prepared by the Federal

Emergency Management Agency or more specific information to

delineate floodplains within the respective areas of jurisdiction;

2. Requirements for the issuance of development permits for any

platting of land in floodplains, construction of dwelling units and

commercial or industrial structures in floodplains, and all other

construction and development in the floodplains, which may divert,

retard or obstruct floodwater and threaten public health, safety or

welfare; provided, that the regulations shall also include a

description of the process to apply for and obtain a development

permit to be issued by the floodplain board or accredited floodplain

administrator;

3. Minimum flood protection elevations and flood damage

prevention requirements for the issuance of development permits and

use of structures and facilities which are located in a floodplain

or are vulnerable to flood damage. Regulations adopted under this

section are to be in accordance with any applicable state and local

laws, regulations and ordinances;

4. Requirements to coordinate floodplain management regulations

and to require advance notice to adjoining counties, municipalities

or their respective floodplain boards before considering issuance of

development permits; and

5. A provision that the floodplain management regulations shall

not apply to the use of the usual farm buildings for agricultural

purposes, the planting of agricultural crops or the construction of

farm ponds.

B. Counties and municipalities that choose to participate in

the program shall utilize a floodplain administrator that is

accredited by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board as required

pursuant to Section 1620 of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1101 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1101
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in Sections 2 to 14, inclusive, of this act:

(a) "Port authority" means a port authority created pursuant to

authority of Section 2 of this act.

(b) "Submerged lands" means the lands presently underlying the

navigable streams of the State of Oklahoma and the lands underlying

the waters of lakes, harbors, and navigation channels which have

already been or which shall be created by the impoundment of the

waters and the creation of commercial navigation facilities in the

said navigable streams.

(c) "Uplands" means lands contiguous to or fronting upon any

submerged lands in this state.

(d) "Publication" means publication once a week on the same day

of the week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of

general circulation in the county or counties wherein such

publication is required to be made. Publication shall be complete

on the date of the last publication.

(e) "Created," as related to port authorities, shall mean the

activation of said authorities by ordinance or resolution as

provided herein.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1501-416 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1501-416
Renumbered as § 3-3-102 of Title 27A by Laws 1993, c
Status: in_force

145, § 359, eff. July 1, 1993.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-105.10 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-105.10
Rules governing applications
Status: in_force

A. 1. The date of receipt of an application for use of stream

water in the office of the Oklahoma Water Resources Board shall be

endorsed and shall be noted in the records of the Board.

2. If the application is defective as to form or unsatisfactory

as to feasibility or safety of the plan, or as to the showing of the

ability of the applicant to carry the construction to completion,

the Board shall advise the applicant of the correction, amendments

or changes required. The applicant shall have not more than sixty

(60) days from the date the Board so advises to refile such

application. If refiled, corrected as required, within the

specified time limit, the application shall, upon being accepted by

the Board, take priority as of date of its original filing, subject

to compliance with the further provisions of the law and the rules

promulgated thereto. Any corrected application filed after the time

allowed shall be treated in all respects as an original application

received on the date of its refiling.

3. The plans of construction may be amended, with the approval

of the Board, at any time, provided that no change shall authorize

an extension of time for construction or placing the water to

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beneficial use beyond that authorized in the permit, except as

provided in Section 105.15 of this title. A change in the proposed

point of diversion of water from a stream shall be subject to the

approval of the Board and shall not be allowed to the detriment of

the rights of others having valid claims to the use of water from

the stream.

B. 1. For applications that have been pending for more than

three (3) years prior to the effective date of this section, the

Board shall provide written notice to the applicant at the

applicant’s last-known address that the application shall be deemed

withdrawn and the priority date based on the original filing date

shall be lost unless the applicant provides notice of the

application as instructed by the Board. The Board shall provide an

opportunity for a hearing if requested in order for the applicant to

show cause why:

a. notice should not be published, and

b. the application should not be deemed withdrawn and the

priority date lost.

2. Cause may be shown by substantial competent evidence that:

a. the applicant has been diligently pursuing plans for

the project for which the water is proposed to be

used,

b. construction of the project is still practical, and

c. the applicant is still able to complete the project.

3. If the Board receives no response to the notice, the

application shall be deemed withdrawn and priority date lost.

C. 1. After the effective date of this section, applications

may remain pending for more than three (3) years and retain the

priority date based on the original filing date if the applicant

files a request to extend pending status of the application before

the end of the first three-year period and each successive three-

year period thereafter and as required by rules promulgated by the

Board.

2. If a request to extend pending status is not filed in time

and as required by Board rules, the application will be deemed

withdrawn.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-546 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-546
Decree of incorporation filed with Secretary of State
Status: in_force

Within ten (10) days after the said district has been declared a

corporation by the court, the clerk of the court shall transmit to

the Secretary of State, and the county clerk in each of the counties

having lands in said districts, copies of the findings and the

decree of the court incorporating said district.

The same shall be filed and recorded in the office of the

Secretary of State in the same manner as articles of incorporation

are now required to be filed and recorded under the general law

concerning corporations and copies shall also be filed and recorded

in the office of the county clerk of each county in which a part of

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the district may be, where they shall become a permanent record, and

the county clerk of each county shall receive a fee of Two Dollars

($2.00) for filing, recording and preserving the same, and the

Secretary of State shall receive for filing and recording said

copies such fees as now are or hereafter may be provided by law for

like services in similar cases.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-682 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-682
Questions of validity of districts to be expedited in
Status: in_force

court.

All cases in which there arises a question of validity of the

organization of conservancy districts shall be advanced as a matter

of immediate public interest and concern, and heard in all courts at

the earliest practicable moment.

The court shall be open at all times for the purpose of this

act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-605 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-605
Report of appraisers - Contents - Filing
Status: in_force

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The board of appraisers shall prepare a report of its findings

which shall be arranged in tabular form and which shall be known as

the conservancy appraisal record. Such record shall contain the

name of the owner of property appraised as it may appear on the

current tax roll of the county, a description of the property

appraised as per government survey in tracts not exceeding three

hundred twenty (320) acres in extent, except as to properties of

public service, transportation and public corporations the property

of which shall be described as a whole, and the amount of benefits

to each tract. They shall also make report of any other benefits, or

any other matter which in their opinion should be brought to the

attention of the court. The name of the owner of each tract as the

same appears upon the current tax roll of the county shall be

conclusive of the fact of such ownership for the purposes of said

appraisal record and all proceedings thereon pursuant to this title.

No error in the names of owners of real property or in the

description thereof shall invalidate said appraisal or the levy of

assessments based thereon if sufficient description is given to

identify such real property and the owner or owners thereof as

aforesaid.

When their report is completed, it shall be signed by at least a

majority of the appraisers and deposited with the proper court clerk

who shall file it in the original case. At the same time, copies of

that part of the report giving the appraisal of benefits in any

county, shall be made, certified to and filed with the court clerk

of such county. Provided, however, that in the case of appraisals

of benefits in a district to a municipal corporation, institution

and/or political subdivision as provided in Section 602 of this act,

the appraisal record need contain only the name of the municipal

corporation, institution and/or political subdivision with the

amount of the benefits appraised to said municipal corporation,

institution and/or political subdivision.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1085.63 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1085.63
Intended use plan - Annual report
Status: in_force

A. The Board shall prepare an annual intended use plan and

shall submit such plan to the United States Environmental Protection

Agency. The plan shall contain all information required by Section

606(c) of the federal Water Quality Act of 1987 and may contain such

other information as the Board may determine. An opportunity for

public review of and comment on the plan before submittal shall be

provided.

B. The Board shall prepare an annual report and shall submit

such report to the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

The annual report shall contain all information required by Section

606(d) of the federal Water Quality Act of 1987 and may contain such

other information as required by the Capitalization Grant Agreement.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1501-405 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1501-405
Renumbered as § 3-3-302 of Title 27A by Laws 1993, c
Status: in_force

145, § 359, eff. July 1, 1993.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1501-419 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1501-419
Renumbered as § 3-3-103 of Title 27A by Laws 1993, c
Status: in_force

145, § 359, eff. July 1, 1993.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-616 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-616
Defects and irregularities, how cured
Status: in_force

No fault in petition or any notice or other proceedings shall

affect the validity of any proceedings under this act, except to the

extent to which it can be shown that such fault resulted in a

material denial of justice to the property owner complaining of such

fault, and except as to matters concerning the acquirement of

original jurisdiction of the district.

In case it is found upon a hearing that by reason of some

irregularity or defect in the proceedings the appraisal has not been

properly made, the court may nevertheless on having proof that

expense has been incurred which is a proper charge against the

property of the complainant render a finding as to the amount of

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benefits to said property, and appraise the proper benefits

accordingly, and thereupon said land shall be assessed as other land

equally benefited, if original jurisdiction has been acquired and an

appeal shall be allowed as is provided in the case of the original

appraisement. In the event that at any time either before or after

the issuance of bonds pursuant to the provisions of this act, the

appraisals of benefits, either as a whole or in part, be declared by

any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid by reason of any

defect or irregularity in the proceedings therefor, whether

jurisdictional or otherwise, the said district court is hereby

authorized and directed on the application of the board of directors

of said district or on the application of any holder of any bonds

which may have been issued pursuant thereto, properly and without

delay to remedy all defects or irregularities as the case may

require, by directing and causing to be made in the manner

hereinbefore provided, a new appraisal of the amount of benefits

against the whole or any part of the lands in the said district as

the case may require.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1085.18 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1085.18
Commission created - Status - Membership - Expenses
Status: in_force

There is hereby created a body corporate and politic to be known

as the Water Conservation Storage Commission which may sue and be

sued and plead and be impleaded. The Commission, where necessary to

promote the optimum development and utilization of reservoir sites,

shall have the power to acquire by purchase, gift, devise or eminent

domain land and interests in land except mineral interests. The

Commission is hereby constituted an instrumentality of the State of

Oklahoma, and exercise by the Commission of the powers conferred by

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this act shall be deemed and shall be held to be an essential

governmental function of the State of Oklahoma. The Commission shall

be composed of the members of the Oklahoma Water Resources Board and

the officers of said Oklahoma Water Resources Board shall be the

officers of the Commission. The duties assigned to each member of

the Commission by the provisions of this act shall be considered

additional duties to those required by virtue of their membership on

the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, and they shall not receive any

additional compensation for the performance of the duties required

by this act, except that they shall be entitled to their actual

expenses incurred, and reimbursement for such expenses shall be paid

out of the funds available for the operation of their department, on

the same basis as now provided by law.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1501-203 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1501-203
Renumbered as § 3-2-104 of Title 27A by Laws 1993, c
Status: in_force

145, § 359, eff. July 1, 1993.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1470 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1470
Renumbered as § 896.16 of this title by Laws 2016, c
Status: in_force

297, § 36, eff. July 1, 2016.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-110.12 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-110.12
Effect of act on other laws and rules
Status: in_force

The provisions of this act shall be supplementary to other

provisions of law. Rules of the Oklahoma Water Resources Board

relating to dams which were promulgated prior to the effective date

of this act shall remain effective until amended.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-612 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-612
Change of official plan - Powers and duties of directors
Status: in_force

The board of directors may at any time, when necessary to

fulfill the objects for which the district was created alter or add

to the official plan, and when such alterations or additions are

formally approved by the board and by the court, and are filed with

the secretary, they shall become a part of the official plan, but

they shall neither materially modify the general character of the

work, nor materially increase resulting damages for which the board

is not able to make amicable settlement, nor increase the cost more

than ten per cent (10%), no action other than a resolution of the

Board of directors shall be necessary for the approval of such

alterations or additions. In case the proposed alterations or

additions materially modify the resulting damages or materially

reduce the benefits, for which the board is not able to make

amicable settlement, or materially increase the benefits in such a

manner as to require a new appraisal, or increase the cost more than

ten per cent (10%), the court shall direct the board of appraisers

(which may be the original board, or a new board appointed by the

court on petition of the board of directors or otherwise) to

appraise the property to be taken, benefited or damaged, by the

proposed alterations or additions. Upon the completion of the report

of the Board of appraisers, notice shall be given in the same manner

as in the case of the original report of the board of appraisers,

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and the same right of appeal shall exist. Provided, that where few

land owners are affected, if found to be more economical and

convenient, personal notice of the pendency of the report of said

appraisers shall be given instead of notice by publication; and

provided, that if the only question at issue is additional damages

or reduction of benefits to property, due to modifications or

additions to the plans, the board of directors, may, if they find it

practicable, make settlements with the owners of the property

damaged instead of having appraisals made by the board of

appraisers. In case such settlements are made, notice and hearing

need not be had. After bonds have been sold, in order that their

security may not be impaired, no reduction shall be made in the

amount of benefits appraised against property in the district, but

in lieu of such reduction in benefits, if any are made, the amount

shall be paid to the party in cash. This provision shall apply to

all changes in appraisals under this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1085.79 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1085.79
Application of Oklahoma Bond Oversight and Reform Act
Status: in_force

An investment certificate shall not be issued under Sections

1085.31 through 1085.39 of Title 82 of the Oklahoma Statutes or

pursuant to the provisions of this act unless the issuance has been

reviewed and approved pursuant to the Oklahoma Bond Oversight and

Reform Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-573 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-573
Bridges or other structures - Changes - Notice - Damages -
Status: in_force

Appeal.

Whenever the official plan requires the building, modification,

removal, or rebuilding of any bridge, grade, aqueduct, or other

construction, and a hearing upon the report of the appraisers has

been had and a final order issued by the court for appraisals and

assessments affecting such construction, the owner of said bridge,

grade, aqueduct or other structure shall be bound to make such

changes or adjustments within the time specified in the official

plan, or within the time directed by the court, which time shall be

a reasonable one under all circumstances. In case such changes or

adjustments are not made, the board of directors may make such

adjustments or removals. If the change or improvement of a natural

water course is made necessary by the insufficiency of the bridge or

other structure to permit the water of the stream to pass through it

in time of high water, the work of altering or removing said bridge

or other structure shall be at the expense of the owner. Before the

removal or modification of any works outlined in this section, the

board of directors shall give thirty (30) days' notice to the owner

of such bridge or such construction that the same be adapted to the

plans. In case the owner of any bridge or other structure shall

object to the modification or removal of such bridge or other

structure on the ground that the cost of the modification will be

greater than the benefits resulting from such removal, a hearing

shall be had before the district court having the original case, and

if such contention is sustained, such modification or removal shall

not be required. If said building, modification or removal, or

rebuilding of any bridge, aqueduct or other construction causes

damage to the owner or owners thereof, which damages are required

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 82. Waters and Water Rights Page 93

under this act to be paid by the conservancy district, the owner or

owners thereof shall not be required to make any changes or

alterations until the damages have been paid them by the district.

The board of directors of any district organized under this law

shall have full power and authority to improve in alignment,

section, grade or in any other manner any watercourse, and they may

require the removal, widening, lengthening, deepening, raising or

other change of any public or private road bridge, or railroad

bridge, or any aqueduct, or telephone, telegraph, gas, oil, sewer,

water or other pipelines or any other construction over, along,

across, under or through such watercourse. In case such change is

made necessary in any such structure by the failure of such bridge

or other structure to permit the free flow of the water in such

stream in time of flood, then the owner of any such construction

shall make such change, without cost to the district, or without any

claim for damages against the district, except that the district

shall pay the cost of excavating the earth for the enlargement of

any channel where such excavation or filing is required as a part of

plans of the district in making the changes outlined in this

section, but the district shall not be required to make such fill or

excavation unless it would be necessary to the plans of the district

if the bridge or other construction did not exist; provided,

however, that the board of directors shall not exercise any of the

duties mentioned herein, without first publishing a notice in the

county affected, for at least thirty (30) days before the

contemplated action is taken and any interested taxpayer may appeal

from the decision of the board and the district court that had

original jurisdiction of the matter, which appeal shall be lodged by

filing a motion in the court of the appellant and any order of the

said district court may be appealed from to the Supreme Court of the

State of Oklahoma.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1085.73 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1085.73
Creation - Monies and other sums - Investments
Status: in_force

A. Within the Water Resources Fund created pursuant to Section

1085.33 of this title, there is hereby created the "Drinking Water

Treatment Revolving Loan Account". For purposes of implementing the

federal Safe Drinking Water Act, said account shall be the drinking

water treatment state revolving loan fund required to be established

by the federal Safe Drinking Water Act. The Drinking Water

Treatment Revolving Loan Account shall be set apart as a permanent

and perpetual account not subject to fiscal year limitations and

shall consist of:

1. Monies received pursuant and subject to the restrictions of

the federal Safe Drinking Water Act which are eligible for use in

state revolving loan funds established to meet the requirements of

that act;

2. Monies appropriated to the account;

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3. Payments of principal and interest and penalty payments on

loans made directly from federal grant monies and state-appropriated

monies in the account;

4. Payments of principal and interest and penalty payments on

loans made from the proceeds of the sale of investment certificates

in the account or as may be provided in applicable bond resolutions

or indentures as appropriate;

5. All income from the investment of monies held in the account

consistent with applicable bond resolutions or indentures as allowed

by the federal Safe Drinking Water Act;

6. Proceeds from the sale of investment certificates issued to

provide water treatment loans pursuant to the provisions of this act

except as otherwise provided by the applicable bond resolutions or

indentures as appropriate; and

7. Any other sums designated for deposit to the account from

any source, public or private.

B. The principal amounts of the federal capitalization grants,

less program set-asides, and state matching funds in the Drinking

Water Treatment Revolving Loan Account shall be maintained for

providing financial assistance in accordance with the federal Safe

Drinking Water Act.

C. The monies in the Drinking Water Treatment Revolving Loan

Account shall be used for the purpose of making loans to eligible

entities pursuant to the provisions of this act or for such other

purposes authorized by the federal Safe Drinking Water Act.

D. The monies placed in the Drinking Water Treatment Revolving

Loan Account shall be invested by the State Treasurer in an

adequately collateralized manner and as prescribed by Section 89.2

of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes or pursuant to investment

contracts or agreements with entities maintaining a rating in the

top two categories by a nationally recognized municipal bond rating

agency, in the manner consistent with the provisions of the federal

Safe Drinking Water Act. Monies invested by the State Treasurer

shall be available to meet program needs for funding as established

by the Department.

E. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1085.39 of this

title, the Board shall not use funds in the Drinking Water Treatment

Revolving Loan Account established in the Water Resources Fund to

make grants.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1266 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1266
Definitions
Status: in_force

In this act unless the context otherwise requires:

1. "District" means a regional water district organized

pursuant to the provisions of this act. A district is a body

corporate and an instrumentality of each of the public agencies

which establish it by interlocal agreement;

2. "Board" means a board of directors of a regional water

district organized under this act;

3. "Persons" includes any natural person, firm, association,

corporation, business or public trust, partnership, federal agency,

state agency, state or political subdivision thereof, municipality

or any body politic;

4. "Acquire" means and includes construct, acquire by purchase,

lease, devise, gift or other mode of acquisition of any interest in

a project or facilities;

5. "Obligation" includes bonds, notes, debentures, interim

certificates or receipts, contracts and all other evidences of

indebtedness issued by a regional water district formed under this

act, including bond anticipation notes and refunding bonds;

6. "Reservoir" means any impoundment of water through the

construction of a dam by or under the direction and supervision of a

constructing agency;

7. "Constructing agency" means any state, local or federal

agency directing and supervising the construction of a reservoir and

shall include the U.S. Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army,

the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior, the U.S.

Department of Agriculture and any other state, local or federal

agency;

8. "State Board" means the Oklahoma Water Resources Board;

9. "Public agency" shall be as defined in the Interlocal

Cooperation Act, Section 1003 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

except public agencies of other states shall not be entitled to

membership in the district;

10. "Water facilities" means and includes all facilities from

the initial source to the place for utilization of water by a public

agency or person as provided in this act, including, but not limited

to, all plants, systems, facilities or properties used or useful or

having the present capacity for future use in connection with the

supply, treatment, distribution, transportation, or storage of

water, and any integral part thereof, including but not limited to

water supply systems, water distribution systems, sources of water

supply including lakes, reservoirs and wells, intakes, mains,

laterals, aqueducts, pumping stations, standpipes, filtration

plants, purification plants, hydrants, meters, valves, and all

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necessary appurtenances and equipment and all properties, rights,

easements and franchises relating thereto and deemed necessary or

convenient by the authority for the operation thereof;

11. "Sewage" means the water-carried wastes created in and

carried or to be carried away from residences, residential

establishments, industrial or commercial establishments or any other

private or public building or institution together with such surface

or groundwater or household and industrial wastes as may be present.

Sewage does not include hazardous waste as defined by Section 1-2002

of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and

12. "Sewage facilities" means and includes any plants, systems,

facilities or properties used or useful or having the present

capacity for future use in connection with the collection,

transportation, treatment, purification, storage, processing,

release, or disposal of sewage, including wastes resulting from any

processes of industry, manufacture, trade or business or from the

development of any natural resources, or any integral part thereof,

including but not limited to treatment plants, pumping stations,

intercepting sewers, trunk sewers, pressure lines, mains and all

necessary appurtenances and equipment, and all property, rights,

easements and franchises relating thereto and deemed necessary or

convenient by the authority for the operation thereof.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-277.26 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-277.26
Transfer and substitution of land unsuitable for
Status: in_force

irrigation.

A landowner who owns assessed irrigable land which is no longer

useful or suitable for irrigation may transfer and substitute such

land for other land owned by such landowner within the district or

to land outside of but adjacent to the district when such transfer

is approved by the board of directors of the district. The

unsuitable land from which the transfer is made shall become

nonirrigable land and the land to which the transfer is made shall

become irrigable land.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-277.8 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-277.8
Collection of assessments and delinquent assessments -
Status: in_force

Reports.

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A. If the county treasurer of each county in which lands of the

district are located collects any assessments and delinquent

assessments, the county treasurer shall make monthly reports of the

sums collected. On the first day of each month, the county

treasurer shall issue a warrant payable to the district for all sums

collected. The county treasurer shall make a report to the

district, immediately after October 31 of each year, of the total

sums collected and of the assessments not collected for the

preceding year.

B. If the board collects assessments and delinquent

assessments, the board shall make monthly reports of the sums

collected. The board shall make a report to the district, at the

annual meeting of the electors, of the total sums collected and of

the assessments not collected for the preceding year.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-105.9 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-105.9
Application for water rights
Status: in_force

Any person, firm, corporation, state or federal governmental

agency, or subdivision thereof, intending to acquire the right to

the beneficial use of any water shall, before commencing any

construction for such purposes or before taking the same from any

constructed works, make an application to the Board, together with

the filing fee authorized by law, for a permit to appropriate in the

form required by rules and regulations established by the Board.

Such rules and regulations shall, in addition to providing the form

and manner of preparing and presenting the application, require that

such application state all the data necessary for the proper

description and limitation of the right applied for, as to the

amount of water requested, together with such information as may be

necessary to show the method and practicability of the construction

and the ability of the applicant to complete the same.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1603 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1603
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Oklahoma Floodplain Management Act:

1. "Area of jurisdiction" means:

a. all of the areas within an incorporated town or city,

except locations of all property owned or operated by

the state for a municipality,

b. all of the unincorporated areas except locations of

all property owned or operated by the state of the

county, for a county, or

c. all property owned or operated by the state within the

state, for the Board;

2. "Board" means the Oklahoma Water Resources Board;

3. "Dwelling unit" means a place of residence and may be a

single or multiple-dwelling building;

4. "Flood" or "flooding" means general and temporary conditions

of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas from

the overflow of lakes, streams, rivers or any other inland waters;

5. "Floodplain" means the land adjacent to a body of water

which has been or may be covered by flooding, including, but not

limited to, the one-hundred-year flood;

6. “Floodplain administrator” means a person accredited by the

Board and designated by a floodplain board, to administer and

implement laws and regulations relating to the management of

floodplains;

7. "Floodplain board" means:

a. an administrative and planning board established by a

board of county commissioners or governing body of a

municipality and composed of membership as specified

in Section 1605 of this title, for floodplain

management of a county or a municipality,

b. the Oklahoma Water Resources Board,

c. the planning commission of a municipality or a county

if so designated by the governing body of the

municipality or county, or

d. the board of county commissioners or governing body of

a municipality if a separate floodplain board composed

of membership as specified in Section 1605 of this

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title is not established or if an established

floodplain board is dissolved by its respective board

of county commissioners or governing body of a

municipality after the effective date of this act;

8. "Floodplain regulations" mean the codes, ordinances and

other regulations relating to the use of land and construction

within the channel and floodplain areas including, but not limited

to, zoning ordinances, platting regulations, building codes, housing

codes, setback requirements and open area regulations;

9. "Floodway" means the channel of a stream, watercourse or

body of water and those portions of floodplains which are reasonably

required to carry and discharge the floodwater or floodflow of any

river or stream;

10. "One-hundred-year flood" means a flood which has a one

percent (1%) chance of occurring each year, based upon the criteria

established by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board;

11. “BFE” means base flood elevation which is the elevation in

feet from mean sea level at which water level during a flood has a

one-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year;

and

12. "Program" means the overall national flood insurance

program authorized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42

U.S.C. 4001-4128) as amended.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-531 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-531
Short title - Definitions
Status: in_force

This act may be known and cited as the "Conservancy Act of

Oklahoma"; the bonds which may be issued hereunder may be briefly

called "conservancy bonds," and shall be so engraved or printed on

their face; the districts created hereunder shall be briefly termed

"conservancy districts."

The books and records provided for hereunder shall be termed

"Conservancy Books of Conservancy Record," and such titles shall be

printed, stamped or written thereon.

Wherever the term "publication" is used in this act and no

manner specified therefor, it shall be taken to mean three

insertions in a weekly paper or in one (1) issue a week for three

(3) weeks in a daily newspaper of general circulation in the county

or counties wherein such publication is to be made.

Wherever the term "person" is used in this act, and not

otherwise specified, it shall be taken to mean person, firm,

copartnership, association or corporation, other than county, city,

town or other political subdivision. Similarly, the words "public

corporation" shall be taken to mean counties, cities, towns, school

districts, road districts, ditch districts, park districts, levee

districts and all other governmental agencies clothed with the power

of levying general or special taxes or assessments.

Wherever the term "court" is used, and not otherwise specified,

it shall be taken to mean the district court wherein the petition

for the organization of the district was filed or assigned.

Wherever the terms "land" or "property" are used in this act,

they shall, unless otherwise specified, be held to mean real

property, as the words "real property" are used in and defined by

the laws of the State of Oklahoma, and shall embrace all railroads,

tramroads, roads, electric railroads, street and interurban

railroads, streets and street improvements, telephone, telegraph,

and transmission lines, gas, sewerage and water systems, pipelines

and rights-of-way of public service corporations, and all other real

property whether public or private.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-896.2 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-896.2
Fees for use of flotation devices upon scenic rivers
Status: in_force

A. Effective January 1, 2017, the Grand River Dam Authority is

authorized to set a daily, multiday or annual fee for the use of a

commercially or privately owned flotation device to float upon

designated scenic rivers. Landowners located immediately adjacent

to the designated scenic river shall not be required to pay any fee

for private use as authorized by this section or otherwise by law.

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B. The Grand River Dam Authority is authorized to promulgate

rules establishing an online payment system or any other means by

which the public may conveniently purchase permits for the operation

of a flotation device upon designated scenic river areas as

authorized by this section.

C. In the interest of public safety, the Grand River Dam

Authority is authorized to promulgate rules protecting the natural

resources of the scenic rivers, regulating public use areas,

establishing use permits for scenic rivers, establishing licensing

requirements for commercial float operators and setting fees for the

issuance of the licenses. The Authority shall be the sole grantor

of licenses issued pursuant to the rules.

D. With regard to all rights and authorities transferred to the

Grand River Dam Authority pursuant to this section, Section 896.1 of

this title and Chapter 10- and 15- rules of the Oklahoma

Administrative Code 630: Scenic Rivers Commission relating to

licensing, use permits and protection of natural resources, are

hereby transferred to the Grand River Dam Authority to the extent

the rules are consistent with state law and rules of the Authority

for the purpose of implementing and enforcing the provisions of the

Scenic Rivers Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1621 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1621
Renumbered as § 3-2-108 of Title 27A by Laws 1993, c
Status: in_force

145, § 359, eff. July 1, 1993.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1085.32 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1085.32
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in Sections 1085.33 through 1085.39 of this title:

1. "Project" means:

a. any engineering undertaking or work to conserve and

develop surface or subsurface water resources or to

control or develop sewage treatment facilities of the

state for all useful and lawful purposes by the

acquisition, improvement, extension or construction of

dams, reservoirs and other water storage projects,

including underground storage projects, filtration and

water treatment plants,

b. any system necessary to distribute water from storage

to points of distribution, or to filtration and

treatment plants,

c. facilities for the distribution of water from storage

or filtration and treatment plants to wholesale or

retail purchasers, and

d. any system necessary to improve or develop sewage

treatment, collection or distribution capabilities.

2. "Investment certificate" means any note or bond, including

any renewal note or refunding bond, authorized and issued by the

Board for the purposes set forth in Sections 1085.31 through 1085.39

of this title.

3. "Eligible entity" means any city, town, county or the State

of Oklahoma, and any rural water or sewer district, irrigation

district, public trust, master conservancy district or other

political subdivision or any combination thereof.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1085.95 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1085.95
Use of loans and grants in conjunction with other
Status: in_force

financial assistance – Subagreements with owners of private

property.

A. Loans and grants under the Hazard Mitigation Financial

Assistance Program may be used in conjunction with other financial

assistance available from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board.

B. If a hazard mitigation project includes activities to be

conducted on privately owned real property, the loan or grant

agreement between the Board and the eligible entity that receives

the grant shall contain a provision about any necessary

subagreements with the owners of the property.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1135 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1135
Meetings and records of authority open to public
Status: in_force

After the effective date of this act, meetings of an organized

port authority shall be open to the public to the same extent as is

required by law of other public boards and commissions. All records

of said authority shall be public records and shall be kept in a

place, the location of which shall be listed in the office of the

county clerk of each county wherein any revenue board authorized by

them hereunder shall be recorded.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1085.31 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1085.31
Public policy
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state to encourage

and promote theoptimum development and utilization of all feasible

reservoir sites or areas within this state which may be suitable and

usable for the conservation storage of the waters of this state by

the construction or enlargement of dams, reservoirs or other

structures and for the development of sewage treatment facilities.

It is the purpose of this act to provide or assist in providing for

the acquisition, development and utilization of storage and control

facilities of the waters and sewage of this state for the use and

benefit of the public and for the conservation and distribution of

water for beneficial purposes in or from reservoirs or other storage

facilities constructed, or hereafter constructed, modified or

enlarged, within Oklahoma by the United States of America or

Oklahoma or any agency, department, subdivision or instrumentality

thereof, for the following and specific reasons and benefits for the

general welfare and the future economic growth of the state:

1. Multiple-purpose dam and reservoir sites are very limited in

number and not replaceable.

2. Water management in Oklahoma requires the storage of water

during periods of surplus supply for use during periods of short

supply.

3. Most reservoir sites in Oklahoma will have a useful life of

seventy-five to several hundred years. Therefore, it is imperative

that the reservoir sites be developed to the full potential of the

site and the net water yield of the drainage area after all present

and future needs and beneficial uses of water are satisfied above

said site.

4. The conservation of soil and water in Oklahoma requires the

continuation of watershed protection and flood prevention programs

on an accelerated priority basis with consideration given to future

water needs of the area of origin.

5. Sewage treatment and control in Oklahoma creates certain

health problems in certain communities due to lack of adequate

treatment facilities.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-868 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-868
Board authorized to fix and collect rates and charges -
Status: in_force

State's power to fix charges not to impair contracts.

The board shall establish and collect rates and other charges

for the sale or use of water, water connections, power, electric

energy or other services sold, furnished, or supplied by the

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district which fees and charges shall be reasonable and

nondiscriminatory and sufficient to produce revenue adequate:

(a) To pay all expenses necessary to the operation and

maintenance of the properties and facilities of the district;

(b) To pay the interest on and principal of all debt issued

under Section 861 et seq. of this title when and as the same shall

become due and payable;

(c) To pay all sinking fund and/or reserve fund payments agreed

to be made in respect of any such debt, and payable out of such

revenues, when and as the same shall become due and payable;

(d) To fulfill the terms of any agreements made with the

holders of such bonds and/or with any person in their behalf; and

(e) To pay any other amounts that the district is required to

pay by law or contract.

Out of the revenues which may be received in excess of those

required for the purposes specified in subparagraphs (a), (b), (c),

(d) and (e) above, the board shall establish a reasonable

depreciation and emergency fund, and retire (by purchase and

cancellation or redemption) bonds issued under Section 861 et seq.

of this title, or apply the same to any corporate purpose. It is

the intention of the Grand River Dam Authority Act that the rates

and charges of the district shall not be in excess of what may be

necessary to fulfill the obligations imposed upon it by the Grand

River Dam Authority Act.

Nothing herein shall be construed as depriving the State of

Oklahoma of its power to regulate and control fees and/or charges to

be collected for the use of water, water connections, power,

electric energy, or other services, provided, that the State of

Oklahoma does hereby pledge to and agree with the purchasers and

successive holders of the bonds issued hereunder that the state will

not limit or alter the power hereby vested in the district to

establish and collect such fees and charges as will produce revenues

sufficient to pay the items specified in subparagraphs (a), (b),

(c), (d) and (e) of this section, or in any way to impair the rights

or remedies of the holders of the bonds, or of any person in their

behalf, until the bonds, together with the interest thereon, with

interest on unpaid installments of interest and all costs and

expenses in connection with any action or proceedings by or on

behalf of the bondholders and all other obligations of the district

in connection with such bonds are fully met and discharged.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1085.92 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1085.92
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Hazard Mitigation Financial Assistance Program:

1. "Hazard mitigation projects" means those projects designed

to correct, alleviate or eliminate a condition or situation which

poses a repetitive threat to life, property, or public safety from

the effects of a disaster;

2. "Eligible entity" means any city, town, county, or the State

of Oklahoma, and any rural water or sewer district, irrigation

district, public trust, master conservancy district, or other

political subdivision or any combination thereof;

3. "Board" means the Oklahoma Water Resources Board; and

4. "Department" means the Oklahoma Department of Emergency

Management and Homeland Security.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1501-705 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1501-705
Renumbered as § 3-3-408 of Title 27A by Laws 1993, c
Status: in_force

324, § 56, eff. July 1, 1993.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-642 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-642
Lien of assessments - Correcting irregular assessments -
Status: in_force

Deeds.

All conservancy assessments as provided for in this title,

together with all costs in collecting the same, remaining unpaid

after they become due and collectable, shall constitute a lien on

the specific properties against which the said assessments have been

levied, said lien to be coequal with the lien of ad valorem taxes

and all other taxes and all special assessments and shall be prior

and superior to all other liens upon all the lands and other

property against which such assessments shall be levied as is

provided in this title. Such assessments shall be collected in each

county by the county treasurer of each county as and at the time ad

valorem taxes are collected, and any tax sale shall include all

charges, and such lien may be evidenced by any ad valorem tax sale

certificate including said charge substantially in the form required

by law.

If any assessment made pursuant to the provisions of this title

shall prove invalid, the board of directors shall subsequently amend

all acts or proceedings promptly, and without delay remedy all

defects or irregularities as the case may require by making and

providing for the collection of new assessments or otherwise.

Unless expressly declared to the contrary, no warranty deed or

other deed made pursuant to a judicial sale shall warrant against

any portion of any assessment or assessments levied hereunder except

installments due before the date of such deed.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1501-504 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1501-504
Renumbered as § 3-3-106 of Title 27A by Laws 1993, c
Status: in_force

145, § 359, eff. July 1, 1993.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1501-102 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1501-102
Renumbered as § 3-1-102 of Title 27A by Laws 1993, c
Status: in_force

145, § 359, eff. July 1, 1993.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-277.4 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-277.4
Hearing - Notice - Order
Status: in_force

After receipt of the petition, the Oklahoma Water Resources

Board shall:

1. Set the petition for hearing before a hearing officer in a

place of general convenience at the nearest county seat. The

Oklahoma Water Resources Board shall instruct the petitioners to

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 82. Waters and Water Rights Page 42

publish, at their expense, notice of said hearing by legal

publication for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general

circulation, published in each county containing lands within the

boundaries of the proposed district. Such hearing date shall be set

not earlier than thirty (30) days after the last publication date of

said notice. In addition, owners of land included in the proposed

district, as reflected by the records of the county clerk of the

county wherein the land is located, shall be notified by the

petitioners of the hearing by registered or certified mail. Such

notice shall be mailed at least thirty (30) days prior to the date

set for the hearing. The notice shall contain:

a. a brief statement describing the purpose of such

hearing,

b. a description of the territory to be included within

said district, and

c. the date and the time and place of the hearing at

which all persons residing or owning property within

the proposed district may appear and be heard

concerning the petition;

2. Permit filing of statements supporting or opposing the same;

3. Approve or deny the petition and plan as the Oklahoma Water

Resources Board deems advisable;

4. Include or exclude lands within the district, upon

application of the owners thereof, provided the Oklahoma Water

Resources Board finds that it is in the best interest of the

district and the owners of such land;

5. If the organization of the district is approved, issue an

order describing the boundaries of the district. The order shall be

filed of record within thirty (30) days after the date of issuance

by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board in the office of the county

clerk of each county or counties wherein lands included within the

district are located; and

6. Call a meeting, and instruct the petitioners to give notice

by mail of such meeting, of the district electors for the purpose of

adopting bylaws and electing directors.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-681 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-681
Faulty notice - How corrected
Status: in_force

In any and every case where a notice is provided for in this

act, if the court finds that due notice was not given, the court

shall not thereby lose jurisdiction, and the proceedings in question

shall not thereby be void; but the court shall in that case order

due notice to be given, and shall continue the hearing until such

time as such notice shall be properly given and thereupon shall

proceed as though notice had been properly given in the first

instance.

In case any individual appraisal or appraisals, assessment or

assessments, or levy or levies, shall be held void for want of legal

notice, or in case the board may determine that any notice with

reference to any land or lands may be faulty, then the board may

file a motion in the original cause asking that the court order

notice to the owner of such land or lands given and set a time for

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hearing as provided in this act. And in case the original notice as

a whole, was sufficient, and was faulty with reference to

publication as to certain tracts, only the owners of and persons

interested in those particular tracts need be notified by such

subsequent notice, and if the publication of any notice in any

county was defective or not made in time, republication of the

defective notice need be had only in the county in which the defect

occurred.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-896.1 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-896.1
Termination of Scenic Rivers Commission - Transfer of
Status: in_force

rights and authorities to Grand River Dam Authority

A. Effective July 1, 2016, the Scenic Rivers Commission created

pursuant to Section 1461 of Title 82 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall

be terminated. Effective July 1, 2016, the rights and authorities

of the Scenic Rivers Commission shall be transferred to the Grand

River Dam Authority. Effective July 1, 2016, all assets, funds,

liabilities, allotments, purchase orders, outstanding financial

obligations, encumbrances, records, equipment and property of the

Scenic Rivers Commission are hereby transferred to and placed under

the supervision and control of the Grand River Dam Authority.

Monies collected or accruing to the credit of the Scenic Rivers

Commission in the State Treasury or under the management of the

Office of Management and Enterprise Services pursuant to the

provisions of Section 1462A, 1462B or 1462C of Title 82 of the

Oklahoma Statutes as of the effective date of this act and after

shall be transferred to the Grand River Dam Authority to assist in

implementing this act or as otherwise directed to support the

activities previously conducted by the Scenic Rivers Commission or

the employees of the Commission. Any other monies from

appropriations, fees, licenses, fines, penalties or other similar

types of monies that accrue in any funds or accounts after the

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 82. Waters and Water Rights Page 170

effective date of this act in the name of the Scenic Rivers

Commission or maintained for the benefit of the Commission are

transferred to the Grand River Dam Authority.

B. Personnel employed by the Scenic Rivers Commission on the

effective date of this act shall be transferred to the Grand River

Dam Authority subject to the following provisions:

1. Classified employees transferred shall remain subject to the

provisions of the Merit System of Personnel Administration, as

provided in the Oklahoma Personnel Act;

2. Unclassified employees transferred shall remain in the

unclassified service and shall serve at the pleasure of the Grand

River Dam Authority;

3. All employees transferred pursuant to this act shall retain

leave, sick and annual time earned and any retirement and longevity

benefits which have accrued during their employment with the state.

The salaries of employees who are transferred shall not be reduced

as a direct and immediate result of the transfer;

4. Should the Grand River Dam Authority implement a reduction

in force, all employees transferred pursuant to this act shall be

credited for the time they were employed by the Scenic Rivers

Commission; and

5. The transfer of personnel shall be coordinated with the

Office of Management and Enterprise Services.

C. The Scenic Rivers Commission shall cease operating as a

Commission no later than July 1, 2016. The Grand River Dam

Authority Board of Directors may create an advisory board relating

to the management of the property and area previously under the

authority of the Scenic Rivers Commission with consideration of and

adherence to the provisions of the Scenic Rivers Act. Members

currently serving on the Commission may be eligible to serve in an

advisory capacity if so appointed by the Grand River Dam Authority

Board of Directors and may serve for terms as authorized by the

Board of Directors of the Authority.

D. The Administrator and Chief Ranger of the Scenic Rivers

Commission employed by the Commission on the effective date of this

act may maintain possession of the badge and assigned firearm issued

by the Commission.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-664 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-664
Remedy for injury by district - Procedure
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided or authorized by the Conservancy

Act of Oklahoma, any person or public corporation injuriously

affected in any manner whatsoever by an act performed by any

official or agent of a district established pursuant to the

Conservancy Act of Oklahoma, or by the execution, maintenance or

operation of the official plan, pursuant to the provisions of the

Conservancy Act of Oklahoma, may seek relief for such injury. Any

such remedy shall be subject to the provisions of the Governmental

Tort Claims Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1131 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1131
Lawful securities for investments
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under the provisions of this act are hereby made

securities in which all banks, trust companies, trust and loan

associations, investment companies, and others carrying on a banking

business; all insurance companies and insurance agencies and others

carrying on an insurance business, may lawfully invest funds,

including capital funds, under their control or belonging to them,

providing such bonds shall not be used by any depository as security

for any county or state funds.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1085.11 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1085.11
Compilation, indexing and publishing of data
Status: in_force

The Oklahoma Water Resources Board shall compile, index and

publish all available data concerning the water resources of this

state in forms that will be accessible for use by any citizen of

this state. Such information shall include rainfall reports and

other precipitation data; records of public and private water

storage facilities; data on quantity and rate of stream flow;

locations of natural and artificial springs; data on water insoak

and runoff; extent and depth of underground water reservoirs;

reports from well-drilling logs; reports on quality of water found

in various parts of Oklahoma; and an up-to-date compilation of all

Oklahoma Statutes, rules and regulations pertaining to the

conservation, storage, use and distribution of water resources.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1288 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1288
Exemption from Corporation Commission jurisdiction
Status: in_force

A district organized under this act shall be exempt in any and

all respects from the jurisdiction or control of the Oklahoma

Corporation Commission.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-277.3 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-277.3
Petition - Contents
Status: in_force

The petition shall be signed by the petitioners, filed with the

Oklahoma Water Resources Board, and shall contain the following

information:

1. A specific description of the lands within the proposed

district;

2. The names and addresses of all of the electors within the

proposed district as reflected by the records of the county clerk of

the county wherein the land is located;

3. The proposed plan of operation and such additional data and

information required by rules and regulations of the Oklahoma Water

Resources Board;

4. An attached map showing the boundaries of the proposed

district; and

5. A request that the district be organized.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-688 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-688
Exemption from taxation
Status: in_force

All properties owned by the district, both real and personal,

and reasonably necessary to accomplish the purposes of district

shall be exempt from taxation by the State of Oklahoma, or by any

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 82. Waters and Water Rights Page 136

municipal corporation, county or other political subdivision. All

properties, products and benefits sold, leased or furnished by such

districts shall be exempt from sales tax.

All bonds, notes and warrants and the interest thereon, issued

pursuant to the provisions of this act, shall be exempt from

taxation (except inheritance taxes) by the State of Oklahoma, or by

any municipal corporation, county or other political subdivision, or

taxing district of the state.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1801.2 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1801.2
Weather Modification Division – Director - Powers
Status: in_force

There is hereby created in the Oklahoma Water Resources Board a

division to administer the provisions of the Oklahoma Weather

Modification Act. The Oklahoma Weather Modification Advisory Board,

created pursuant to this act, shall be authorized to employ a

Director of the Weather Modification Division. In addition to the

Director, the Oklahoma Weather Modification Advisory Board is

authorized to employ one full-time-equivalent employee to implement

the provisions of this act. Funding for such positions shall be

provided by the proceeds of the account created pursuant to

subsection F of Section 4 of this act. The Director of the Weather

Modification Division shall be authorized to contract with

individuals or entities experienced with cloud-seeding operations in

order to increase beneficial rainfall when needed and appropriate

cloud formations are available, and to suppress hail in order to

prevent property and crop damages. The Oklahoma Weather

Modification Advisory Board may acquire equipment to accomplish the

objectives of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1020.15 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1020.15
Waste prohibited - Enforcement
Status: in_force

A. The Oklahoma Water Resources Board shall not permit any

groundwater user to commit waste by:

1. Drilling a well, taking, or using groundwater without a

permit, except for domestic use;

2. Taking more groundwater than is authorized by the permit;

3. Taking or using groundwater in any manner so that the water

is lost for beneficial use;

4. Transporting groundwater from a well to the place of use in

such a manner that there is an excessive loss in transit;

5. Using groundwater in such an inefficient manner that

excessive losses occur;

6. Allowing any groundwater to reach a pervious stratum and be

lost into cavernous or otherwise pervious materials encountered in a

well;

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 82. Waters and Water Rights Page 199

7. Permitting or causing the pollution of a fresh water strata

or basin through any act which will permit fresh groundwater

polluted by minerals or other waste to filter or otherwise intrude

into such a basin or subbasin. The Board shall be precluded from

determining whether waste by pollution will occur pursuant to the

provisions of this paragraph if the activity for which the applicant

or water user intends to or has used the water as specified under

Section 1020.9 of this title is required to comply with rules and

requirements of or is within the jurisdictional areas of

environmental responsibility of the Department of Environmental

Quality or the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and

Forestry;

8. Drilling wells and producing groundwater therefrom except in

accordance with the well spacing previously determined by the Board;

9. Using groundwater for air conditioning or cooling purposes

without providing facilities to aerate and reuse such water; or

10. Failure to properly plug abandoned water wells in

accordance with rules of the Board and file reports thereof.

B. Except as otherwise provided by paragraph 7 of subsection A

of this section, any employee of the Board having evidence that an

act of waste is being committed in his or her presence, or after

investigation of a complaint filed by another individual, shall take

steps to assure that the waste ceases. Such steps shall include but

shall not be limited to pursuing voluntary compliance, obtaining the

issuance of a cease and desist order by the Executive Director,

instituting action in a court of competent jurisdiction to enjoin

the waste, pursuing a suspension of any permit or other

administrative remedies by the Board, and filing a complaint in the

district court of the county wherein such violation has occurred,

and it shall be the duty of the district attorney of said county to

prosecute such complaint.

C. In cases of waste by pollution pursuant to paragraph 7 of

subsection A of this section, any complaint or investigation, or any

enforcement matter other than an individual proceeding involving the

suspension of an Oklahoma Water Resources Board permit shall be

referred to and subject to the jurisdiction of the Department of

Environmental Quality or other appropriate state environmental

agency or state agency with limited environmental responsibility.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1020.8 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1020.8
Decree - Contents - Copies to be filed
Status: in_force

A. Except as otherwise provided by Section 1020.10 of this

title for limited quantity groundwater permits, upon the filing of

an application which complies with the provisions of Chapter 11 of

this title, and the rules promulgated by the Oklahoma Water

Resources Board pursuant thereto, the Board shall instruct the

applicant to provide notice thereof, at the applicant's expense, and

as required by the Board's rules. Such notice shall give all the

essential facts as to the proposed taking, among them being the

places of taking and of use, amount of water, the purpose for which

it is to be used, name and address of applicant, the hearing date,

time and place if a hearing is scheduled by the Board before

instructions to provide notice are given, and a thirty-day protest

period as well as the manner in which a protest to the application

may be made. At the time the Board provides notice of application

to the applicant, the Board shall publish on its website the

applications and instructions for public notice, including the draft

public notice prepared by the Board. The website publishing is in

addition to, and not in lieu of, the requirement for applicants to

publish notice in the newspaper. The time to protest shall run from

the date of the first newspaper publication.

B. No hearing shall be had upon the application until proper

notice shall have been given. Any interested party shall have the

right to protest the application and present evidence and testimony

in support of such protest. If the Board does not schedule a

hearing on the application before instructing the applicant to

provide notice, a hearing on the application shall be scheduled by

the Board upon receipt of a protest which meets the requirements of

the Board's rules and the Board shall notify the applicant and

protestant of such hearing.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 82. Waters and Water Rights Page 190
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-547 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-547
Irrigation districts - Formation
Status: in_force

Districts may be formed under the provisions of this act for

irrigation, or partly for irrigation, by a substantial compliance

with the terms as near as possible. But no such district in its

construction or operation shall in any manner interfere with works

for the prevention of floods, or the drainage of lands, or

materially diminish their protective value. And the court

organizing such irrigation district shall require a statement in the

petition and proof to the effect that the organization and operation

of the same will not materially interfere with any work or plans for

flood prevention, the drainage or protection of lands, or the flow

of waters covered by the terms of a contract. Nor shall any

improvement under this act deprive the owners of lands lying upon

any stream of water of the ordinary flow in said stream sufficient

for domestic and stock uses, without compensation therefor.

Subject to the above, the board of directors shall have the same

powers as are herein conferred generally by its provisions as far as

applicable.

Special assessments shall be levied and bonds issued as already

provided, using the words "Conservancy Special Assessments," or

"Conservancy Bonds."
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1085.30a — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1085.30a
Renumbered as § 2-6-103.3 of Title 27A by Laws 2023,
Status: in_force

c. 164, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2023.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1020.7 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1020.7
Application for permit to take and use groundwater
Status: in_force

Any person intending to use groundwater shall make application

to the Board for an appropriate permit as provided in Section

1020.11 of this title before commencing any drilling for such

purposes and before taking water from any completed well heretofore

drilled. Such application to take and use groundwater shall be on a

form provided by the Board and pursuant to the rules and regulations

established by the Board. The application heretofore filed with the

Board shall be used in granting permits for existing wells and the

Board shall publish the notice of the hearing thereon.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1501-602 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1501-602
Renumbered as § 3-3-113 of Title 27A by Laws 1993, c
Status: in_force

145, § 359, eff. July 1, 1993.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-602 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-602
Appraisals, how made - Duties of appraisers
Status: in_force

(a) During the preparation of the official plan, the board of

appraisers shall examine and become acquainted with the nature of

plans for the improvement of the lands and other property affected

thereby, in order that they may be better prepared to make

appraisals.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 82. Waters and Water Rights Page 96

When the official plan is filed with the secretary of the

district, he shall at once notify the board of appraisers, and they

shall thereupon proceed to appraise the benefits of every kind to

all property within or without the districts which will result from

the organization of said district and execution of the official

plan; provided, however, that in the case of a district composed in

whole or in part of municipal corporations, state or federal

institutions, and/or political subdivisions, the board of appraisers

may, in lieu of appraising benefits against each separately owned

parcel of realty situated within the same, appraise the benefits as

a whole to all property situated within the boundaries of said

municipal corporation, institution and/or political subdivision. In

such event, the benefits appraised as a whole shall be considered as

benefits to the municipal corporation, institution and/or political

subdivision. It shall be the duty of the governing body of the said

municipal corporation, institution, and/or political subdivision to

collect assessments levied on the appraisal of benefits, as provided

in the Conservancy Act of Oklahoma. Provided, however, that to the

extent legally permissible, as now or hereafter provided, such

municipal corporation, institutions and/or political subdivisions

may pay such portion of any assessments levied under the provisions

of this act from funds and revenues otherwise collected and held by

them, to the extent such manner of payment is deemed desirable. In

the progress of their work, they shall have the assistance of the

attorney, engineer, secretary and other agents and employees of the

board of directors. The board of appraisers shall also appraise the

benefits, if any, accruing to cities, villages, counties, townships

and other public corporations, as political entities and to the

State of Oklahoma.

The appraisers in appraising benefits shall consider only the

effect of the execution of the official plan. The appraisers in

making appraisals of benefits shall give due consideration and

credit to any other works or of the systems of reclamation already

constructed or under construction which form a useful part of the

work of the district according to the official plan.

(b) While making the appraisal of benefits as above provided,

the board of appraisers shall, if directed by the court, estimate

the damages to be substained to each tract of land and to other

property which will result from the execution of the official plan,

including an estimate of the damages to be sustained by the taking

in fee simple of the title to, or of an easement over any land

specified by the board of directors as desired to be so taken, for

the execution of the official plan; and the board of appraisers

shall make a separate detailed report of the same to the clerk of

the court, and to the board of directors for its guidance in

thereafter fixing the payment of such damages or in determining to

proceed by condemnation as provided in Section 607 of this title.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 82. Waters and Water Rights Page 97
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1086.1 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1086.1
Policy of state as to use of surplus and excess water -
Status: in_force

State water plan.

A. All of the people have a primary interest in the orderly and

coordinated control, protection, management, conservation,

development and utilization of the water resources of the state.

The people residing within areas where waters originate benefit from

the optimum development and utilization of water within the area of

origin. The people in water deficient areas benefit by being able

to use excess and surplus waters. The policy of the State of

Oklahoma is to encourage the use of surplus and excess water to the

extent that the use thereof is not required by people residing

within the area where such water originates. In order to maximize

the alternatives available for the use and benefit of the public and

water-user entities and for the use and benefit of the public and

for the general welfare and future economic growth of the state, it

is therefore the purpose of this act to provide means for the

expeditious and coordinated preparation of a comprehensive state

water plan and decennial updates thereof for submission to the

Legislature providing for the management, protection, conservation,

structural and nonstructural development and utilization of water

resources of this state, in accordance with the following

principles:

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1. Multiple-purpose dams and reservoir sites, both existing and

planned or under construction as of the effective date of this act

or amendment thereof, within the area where excess or surplus water

originates and elsewhere, should be utilized to the maximum;

2. Water should be stored during periods of surplus supply for

use during periods of short supply; such storage should be in the

area of usage. In such cases where storage in the area of origin

may be permitted, the purchasing entities shall pay to the county of

origin, in lieu of ad valorem taxes and as part of the total cost of

the purchase of the water, an amount computed by averaging the tax

on land similar to the land taken off the tax rolls as a result of

the construction of such storage facilities within the county of

origin;

3. Water use within Oklahoma should be developed to the maximum

extent feasible for the benefit of Oklahoma so that out-of-state

downstream users will not acquire vested rights therein to the

detriment of the citizens of this state;

4. Only excess or surplus water should be utilized outside of

the areas of origin and citizens within the areas of origin have a

prior right to water originating therein to the extent that it may

be required for beneficial use therein;

5. All citizens, municipalities and other water-user entities

in need of water for beneficial use shall be entitled to appropriate

water and vest rights therein in accordance with priorities as

provided by law, and shall be entitled to cause same to be made

available to the water user in the most practicable and feasible

manner; and

6. Statutory power of the Oklahoma Water Resources Board in the

granting of water rights to those citizens, municipalities and other

water-user entities who utilize such water for beneficial use shall

be preserved.

B. The exercise of the powers granted by this act are in all

respects for the benefit of the people of the state, for the

increase of their commerce and prosperity and for the improvement of

their health and living conditions. The primary purpose governing

all exercise of powers hereunder shall be to maximize and not to

minimize the alternatives available to all citizens, municipalities

and other water-user entities in acquiring water for beneficial use.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-648 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-648
Necessity and amount of assessments in master conservancy
Status: in_force

districts.

The board of directors of any master conservancy district formed

under the provisions of this act may determine, by resolution, the

necessity and amount of assessments and the respective portions

thereof to be paid by the component areas of said district, based

upon the relative benefits anticipated for said component areas, and

may be adjusted by said board, from time to time, as necessary to

insure equitable allocation thereof. Funds secured in the manner

herein provided shall be used to defray the expenses of initial

organization, conducting project studies, investigations and payment

of other expenses necessary to accomplish the objectives and

purposes of the district. Such component areas through their

governing bodies are hereby authorized to make the necessary

contributions for defraying the expenses set forth above.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-105.24 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-105.24
Assignment of appropiation permit - Transfer of title
Status: in_force

to land.

Any permit to appropriate water may be assigned, but no

assignment shall be binding, except upon the parties thereto, unless

filed for record in the office of the Board. The evidence of the

right to use water from any works constructed by the United States

or its duly authorized agencies shall in like manner be filed in the

office of the Board upon assignment; provided, that no permit to

appropriate water for irrigation purposes shall be assigned, or the

ownership thereof in any way transferred, apart from the land to

which it is appurtenant, except in the manner specially provided by

law; provided, further, that the transfer of title to land in any

manner whatsoever shall carry with it all rights to use of water

appurtenant thereto for irrigation purposes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-526.1 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-526.1
Ratification and adoption of Compact
Status: in_force

The State of Oklahoma does hereby ratify, approve and adopt the

aforesaid Compact, which is as follows:

CANADIAN RIVER COMPACT

The State of New Mexico, the state of Texas, and the State of

Oklahoma, acting through their Commissioners, John H. Bliss for the

State of New Mexico, E. V. Spence for the State of Texas, and

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 82. Waters and Water Rights Page 64

Clarence Burch for the State of Oklahoma, after negotiations

participated in by Berkeley Johnson, appointed by the president as

the representative of the United States of America, have agreed

respecting Canadian River as follows:

ARTICLE I

The major purposes of this Compact are to promote interstate

comity; to remove causes of present and future controversy; to make

secure and protect present developments within the states; and to

provide for the construction of additional works for the

conservation of the waters of Canadian River.

ARTICLE II

As used in this Compact:

(a) The term "Canadian River" means the tributary of Arkansas

River which rises in northeastern New Mexico and flows in an

easterly direction through New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma and

includes North Canadian River and all other tributaries of said

Canadian River.

(b) The term "North Canadian River" means that major tributary

of Canadian River officially known as North Canadian River from its

source to its junction with Canadian River and includes all

tributaries of North Canadian River.

(c) The term "Commission" means the agency created by this

Compact for the administration thereof.

(d) The term "conservation storage" means that portion of the

capacity of reservoirs available for the storage of water for

subsequent release for domestic, municipal, irrigation and

industrial uses, or any of them, and it excludes any portion of the

capacity of reservoirs allocated solely to flood control, power

production and sediment control, or any of them.

ARTICLE III

All rights to any of the waters of Canadian River which have

been perfected by beneficial use are hereby recognized and affirmed.

ARTICLE IV

(a) New Mexico shall have free and unrestricted use of all

waters originating in the drainage basin of Canadian River above

Conchas Dam.

(b) New Mexico shall have free and unrestricted use of all

waters originating in the drainage basin of Canadian river in New

Mexico below Conchas Dam, provided that the amount of conservation

storage in New Mexico available for impounding these waters which

originate in the drainage basin of Canadian River below Conchas Dam

shall be limited to an aggregate of two hundred thousand 200,000

acre-feet.

(c) The right of New Mexico to provide conservation storage in

the drainage basin of North Canadian River shall be limited to the

storage of such water as at the time may be unappropriated under the

laws of New Mexico and of Oklahoma.

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ARTICLE V

Texas shall have free and unrestricted use of all waters of

Canadian River in Texas, subject to the limitations upon storage of

water set forth below:

(a) The right of Texas to impound any of the waters of North

Canadian River shall be limited to storage on tributaries of said

River in Texas for municipal uses, for household and domestic uses,

livestock watering, and the irrigation of lands which are cultivated

solely for the purpose of providing food and feed for the households

and domestic livestock actually living or kept on the property.

(b) Until more than three hundted thousand 300,000 acre-feet of

conservation storage shall be provided in Oklahoma, exclusive of

reservoirs in the drainage basin of North Canadian River and

exclusive of reservoirs in the drainage basin of Canadian River east

of the 97th meridian, the right of Texas to retain water in

conservation storage, exclusive of waters of north Canadian River,

shall be limited to five hundred thousand 500,000 acre-feet;

thereafter the right of Texas to impound and retain such waters in

storage shall be limited to an aggregate quantity equal to two

hundred thousand 200,000 acre-feet plus whatever amount of water

shall be at the same time in conservation storage in reservoirs in

the drainage basin of Canadian River in Oklahoma, exclusive of

reservoirs in the drainage basin of North Canadian River and

exclusive of reservoirs east of the 97th meridian; and for the

purpose of determining the amount of water in conservation storage,

the maximum quantity of water in storage following each flood or

series of floods shall be used; provided, that the right of Texas to

retain and use any quantity of water previously impounded shall not

be reduced by any subsequent application of the provisions of this

paragraph (b).

(c) Should Texas for any reason impound any amount of water

greater than the aggregate quantity specified in paragraph (b) of

this article, such excess shall be retained in storage until under

the provisions of said paragraph Texas shall become entitled to its

use; provided, that, in event of spill from conservation storage,

any such excess shall be reduced by the amount of such spill from

the most easterly reservoir on Canadian River in Texas; provided

further, that all such excess quantities in storage shall be reduced

monthly to compensate for reservoir losses in proportion to the

total amount of water in the reservoir or reservoirs in which such

excess water is being held; and provided further that on demand by

the Commissioner for Oklahoma the remainder of any such excess

quantity of water in storage shall be released into the channel of

Canadian River at the greatest rate practicable.

ARTICLE VI

OKlahoma shall have free and unrestricted use of all waters of

Canadian River in Oklahoma.

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ARTICLE VII

The Commission may permit New Mexico to impound more water than

the amount set forth in Article IV and may permit Texas to impound

more water than the amount set forth in Article V; provided, that no

state shall thereby be deprived of water needed for beneficial use;

provided further that each such permission shall be for a limited

period not exceeding twelve (12) months; and provided further that

no state or user of water within any state shall thereby acquire any

right to the continued use of any such quantity of water so

permitted to be impounded.

ARTICLE VIII

Each state shall furnish to the Commission at intervals

designated by the Commission accurate records of the quantities of

water stored in reservoirs pertinent to the administration of this

Compact.

ARTICLE IX

(a) There is hereby created an interstate administrative agency

to be known as the "Canadian River Commission." The Commission

shall be composed of three (3) commissioners, one from each of the

signatory states, designated or appointed in accordance with the

laws of each such state, and if designated by the President an

additional Commissioner representing the United States. The

President is hereby requested to designate such a Commissioner. If

so designated, the Commissioner representing the United States shall

be the presiding officer of the Commission, but shall not have the

right to vote in any of the deliberations of the Commission. All

members of the Commission must be present to constitute a quorum. A

unanimous vote of the Commissioners for the three signatory States

shall be necessary to all actions taken by the Commission.

(b) The salaries and personal expenses of each Commissioner

shall be paid by the government which he represents. All other

expenses which are incurred by the Commission incident to the

administration of this Compact and which are not paid by the United

States shall be borne equally by the three states and be paid by the

Commission out of a revolving fund hereby created to be known as the

"Canadian River Revolving Fund." Such fund shall be initiated and

maintained by equal payments of each state into the fund in such

amounts as will be necessary for administration of this Compact.

Disbursements shall be made from said fund in such manner as may be

authorized by the Commission. Said fund shall not be subject to the

audit and accounting procedures of the States. However, all

receipts and disbursements of funds handled by the Commission shall

be audited by a qualified independent public accountant at regular

intervals and the report of the audit shall be included in and

become a part of the annual report of the Commission.

(c) The Commission may:

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(1) Employ such engineering, legal, clerical, and other

personnel as in its judgment may be necessary for the performance of

its functions under this Compact;

(2) Enter into contracts with appropriate federal agencies for

the collection, correlation, and presentation of factual data, for

the maintenance of records, and for the preparation of reports;

(3) Perform all functions required of it by this Compact and do

all things necessary, proper, or convenient in the performance of

its duties hereunder, independently or in cooperation with

appropriate governmental agencies.

(d) The Commission shall:

(1) Cause to be established, maintained and operated such stream

and other gaging stations and evaporation stations as may from time

to time be necessary for proper administration of the Compact,

independently or in co-operation with appropriate governmental

agencies;

(2) Make and transmit to the Governors of the signatory states

on or before the last day of March of each year, a report covering

the activities of the Commission for the preceding year;

(3) Make available to the Governor of any signatory state, on

his request, any information within its possession at any time, and

shall always provide access to its records by the Governors of the

states, or their representatives, or by authorized representatives

of the United States.

ARTICLE X

Nothing in this Compact shall be construed as:

(a) Affecting the obligations of the United States to the Indian

Tribes;

(b) Subjecting any property of the United States, its agencies

or instrumentalities, to taxation by any State or subdivision

thereof, or creating any obligation on the part of the United

States, its agencies or instrumentalities, by reason of the

acquisition, construction or operation of any property or works of

whatever kind, to make any payment to any State or political

subdivision thereof, state agency, municipality or entity

whatsoever, in reimbursement for the loss of taxes;

(c) Subjecting any property of the United States, its agencies

or instrumentalities, to the laws of any State to an extent other

than the extent to which such laws would apply without regard to

this Compact;

(d) Applying to, or interfering with, the right or power of any

signatory State to regulate within its boundaries the appropriation,

use and control of water, not inconsistent with its obligations

under this Compact;

(e) Establishing any general principle or precedent applicable

to other interstate streams.

ARTICLE XI

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This Compact shall become binding and obligatory when it shall

have been ratified by the Legislature of each state and approved by

the Congress of the United States. Notice of ratification by the

Legislature of each state shall be given by the Governor of that

state to the Governors of the other states and to the President of

the United States. The President is hereby requested to give notice

to the Governor of each state of approval by the Congress of the

United States.

In Witness Whereof, the Commissioners have executed four

counterparts hereof, each of which shall be and constitute an

original, one of which shall be deposited in the archives of the

Department of State of the United States, and one of which shall be

forwarded to the Governor of each state.

DONE at the City of Santa Fe, State of New Mexico, this 6th day

of December, 1950.

/s/ JOHN H. BLISS

John H. Bliss

Commissioner for the State of

New Mexico

/s/ E. V. SPENCE

E. V. Spence

Commissioner for the State of

Texas

/s/ CLARENCE BURCH

Clarence Burch

Commissioner for the State of

Oklahoma

Approved:

/s/ BERKELEY JOHNSON

Berkeley Johnson

Representative of the United

States of America.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-889 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-889
Permits for maintaining docks, wharves, vessels, etc. -
Status: in_force

Limitation - Rules.

The Grand River Dam Authority shall issue no permit for any dock,

wharf, landing, boathouse or for any houseboat, vessel or other

floating structure of a stationary or semistationary nature and no

permit heretofore issued shall be valid unless said dock, wharf,

landing, boathouse or such stationary or semistationary houseboat,

vessel or other floating structure of any nature shall be securely

attached to the shorelands adjacent to the water's edge by means of

suitable cables or metal stiff-arms as approved by the Authority.

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Said cables or stiff-arms and any walkway extending to the

shorelands shall conform to the rules promulgated by the Authority.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1324.50 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1324.50
Willful and knowing violations - Penalties
Status: in_force

A. Any person who willfully and knowingly does or causes to be

done any act, matter or thing prohibited or declared to be unlawful

by this act, or who willfully and knowingly omits or fails to do any

act, matter or thing required by this act to be done, or willfully

and knowingly causes such omission or failure, shall, upon

conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than Five

Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00). In addition, such violation shall be

punished upon conviction thereof by a fine not exceeding Five

Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each day during which such offense

occurs.

B. Any person who willfully and knowingly violated any rule,

restriction, condition or order made or imposed by the Board under

authority of this act shall, in addition to any other penalties

provided by law, be punished upon conviction thereof by a fine not

exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each day during which

such offense occurs.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1020.18 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1020.18
Location exceptions
Status: in_force

When it is shown in an individual proceeding that to require the

drilling of a well at the prescribed location should be inequitable

or unreasonable and that criteria and conditions established by the

Board in rules are met, the Board shall authorize a well location

exception and permit the well to be drilled and completed at a

location which varies from that previously established. Rules

promulgated by the Board shall establish the criteria and conditions

under which location exceptions may be authorized. Criteria and

conditions for location exceptions may include, but are not limited

to, compliance with terms to prevent unreasonable impact on other

wells, which terms may include the rate and timing of withdrawal,

the level of perforating and the level of sealing the well.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-671 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-671
Directors may police district
Status: in_force

The board of directors shall have the right to police the works

of the district, and in times of great emergency may compel

assistance in the protection of such work, and shall, also, have the

right to prevent persons, vehicles or live stock from passing over

the works of the district in any manner which would result in damage

thereto.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1268 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1268
Interlocal agreements
Status: in_force

A. Two or more counties, by interlocal agreement made pursuant

to the provisions of the Interlocal Cooperation Act and in

accordance with the provisions of Sections 1266 through 1288 of this

title, may establish a regional water district to carry out

activities and projects authorized by this act. The agreement under

which the district is formed shall provide for the establishment of

a board of directors to govern the affairs of the district. Each

public agency which is a member of the district shall have one

member on said board appointed by the board of county commissioners

of the county where the public agency has its principal office.

Each member appointed shall be a member of the governing body of the

participating public agency. Said agreement shall further provide

for staggered terms for board members not to exceed three (3) years.

B. In addition to the requirements of subsection (c) of Section

1004 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, an interlocal agreement

establishing a regional water district shall also contain the

following:

1. An accurate description of the territory which it is

proposed shall be embraced within the district, and a map of such

territory shall be attached to the agreement as an exhibit thereto;

2. A brief and concise statement describing the purpose of the

district and its proposed activities or projects, in general terms;

3. A brief and concise statement showing the necessity for

forming and operating the proposed district, describing the benefits

to be received therefrom by the persons and public agencies in the

territory proposed to be embraced in the district;

4. The proposed name for the district;

5. The proposed location of the principal office of the

district;

6. Such other and additional information as may be appropriate

and useful in the agreement;

7. A statement by the State Board with the results of its

review as to the following:

a. the availability and dependability of water rights and

the quantity of water available to undertake the

activities and to provide the benefits described in

paragraph 3 of subsection B of this section; and

b. the absence of conflict of the proposed district and

its activities with the comprehensive water plan of

the state;

8. A statement by the Department of Environmental Quality with

the results of its review as to the quality of water, in accordance

with safe drinking water standards, which is proposed to be used by

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the district to undertake the activities and to provide the benefits

described in paragraph 3 of subsection B of this section;

9. The terms and conditions of eligibility for initial

membership in the district, for new members seeking to join the

district, and for withdrawal by a signatory public agency from the

district; and

10. A statement providing that water rights cannot be acquired

by eminent domain.

C. The interlocal agreement after being executed by appropriate

resolution of the governing bodies of the member public agencies,

and the materials required by subsection B of this section, shall be

submitted to the Attorney General as required by the Interlocal

Cooperation Act. Approval of the agreement shall also constitute

certification by the State of Oklahoma of the district as a regional

water district.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1501-704 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1501-704
Renumbered as § 3-3-407 of Title 27A by Laws 1993, c
Status: in_force

324, § 56, eff. July 1, 1993.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-571 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-571
Condemnation under general law
Status: in_force

Said board shall also have the right to condemn for the use of

the district any land or property within or without said district,

according to the procedure provided by law for the condemnation of

land or other property taken for telegraph, telephone and railroad

rights-of-way.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1324.42 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1324.42
Prohibition of acquisition of district assets or
Status: in_force

merger if action leads to control of district unless approved by

Board.

No person shall make an offer for, or enter into any agreement

to exchange, seek to acquire, or acquire, the assets of a district

or corporation if, after the consummation of such action, such

person would directly or indirectly, or by conversion or by exercise

of any right to acquire, be in control of such district or

corporation, and no person shall merge with or otherwise acquire

control of a district or corporation, unless, at the time any such

offer, request or invitation is made or prior to the acquisition of

assets, such person has sent to the Oklahoma Water Resources Board a

statement containing the information required by Section 7 of this

act and such offer, request, invitation, or acquisition has been

approved by the Board in the manner prescribed by Section 8 of this

act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-896.7 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-896.7
Acquisition, development and maintenance of public
Status: in_force

access, easements and parks - Eminent domain prohibited

In order to assist in the public use and enjoyment of the scenic

rivers, the Grand River Dam Authority, the Oklahoma Tourism and

Recreation Department and the Department of Wildlife Conservation

may acquire, develop and maintain public access points, easements or

park areas in or near scenic rivers. Such acquisitions shall be by

private treaty only, and the use of the power of eminent domain for

these purposes is specifically prohibited.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-896.5 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-896.5
Preservation of certain free-flowing streams and rivers
Status: in_force

- Designation of scenic river areas

The Oklahoma Legislature finds that certain free-flowing streams

and rivers of Oklahoma possess such unique natural scenic beauty,

water, fish, wildlife and outdoor recreational values of present and

future benefit to the people of the state that it is the policy of

the Legislature to preserve these areas for the benefit of the

people of Oklahoma. For this purpose the following are hereby

designated as scenic rivers:

1. The Flint Creek in Delaware County;

2. The Illinois River in Adair, Delaware and Cherokee Counties

above its confluence with the Barren Fork Creek;

3. The Barren Fork Creek in Adair and Cherokee Counties from

the present alignment of U.S. Highway 59 West to its confluence with

the Illinois River;

4. The Upper Mountain Fork River above the 600-foot elevation

level of Broken Bow Reservoir in McCurtain and LeFlore Counties;

5. Big Lee Creek in Sequoyah County, above the 420-foot MSL

elevation; and

6. Little Lee Creek in Adair and Sequoyah Counties.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1085.30 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1085.30
See the following versions:
Status: in_force

OS 82-1085.30v1 (HB 3824, Laws 2022, c. 113, § 4).

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OS 82-1085.30v2 (SB 1325, Laws 2022, c. 185, § 6; renumbered as § 2-

6-103.2 of Title 27A by HB 1982, Laws 2023, c. 164, § 4, eff. Nov.

1, 2023).
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-277.23 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-277.23
Electors, who may become
Status: in_force

A. A municipality may become an elector in the district by

action of the council or trustees in execution of the petition by

the mayor or chairman and attestation by the clerk. The mayor or

chairman may cast one vote on behalf of such municipality in all

district elections and shall agree to pay an amount equal to the

assessments against lands owned or held in trust by such

municipality. Membership by such municipality shall not prevent

residents therein who are qualified pursuant to the provisions of

the Oklahoma Irrigation District Act from being electors of the

district.

B. A corporation may become an elector in the district by

action of its board of directors and execution of the petition by

its president and chairman and attestation by its secretary-

treasurer. The president or chairman may cast one vote on behalf of

such corporation in all district elections and shall agree to pay an

amount equal to the assessments against lands owned or held in trust

by such corporations.

C. The United States or the State of Oklahoma or any agency or

instrumentality thereof, and the Commissioners of the Land Office,

may become electors in districts organized pursuant to the Oklahoma

Irrigation District Act and are authorized to agree to pay an amount

equal to the assessments against lands owned or held in trust by

such governmental entity, agency, instrumentality or department

responsible for the supervision of land within a district, shall

have one vote in the district and may exercise such vote through the

chief officer of such agency or his designated representative.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-926.6 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-926.6
Renumbered as § 1085.30 of this title by Laws 1993, c
Status: in_force

145, § 361, eff. July 1, 1993.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1623 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1623
Comprehensive state flood plan
Status: in_force

A. Contingent on available funding, the Oklahoma Water

Resources Board shall prepare and adopt a comprehensive state flood

plan. The plan shall:

1. Provide for orderly preparation for and response to flood

conditions to protect against the loss of life and property;

2. Be a guide to state and local flood control policy; and

3. Contribute to water development when possible.

B. The state flood plan shall include:

1. An evaluation of the condition and adequacy of flood control

infrastructure on a watershed basis;

2. A statewide list of ongoing and proposed flood control and

mitigation projects and strategies necessary to protect against the

loss of life and property from flooding and a discussion of how

those projects and strategies might further water development where

applicable;

3. An analysis of completed, ongoing and proposed flood control

projects included in previous state flood plans including which

projects received funding;

4. An analysis of development in special flood hazard areas, as

defined by the Federal Emergency Management Agency; and

5. Legislative recommendations the Board considers necessary to

facilitate flood control planning and project construction.

C. On adoption of a state flood plan, the Oklahoma Water

Resources Board shall deliver the plan to the Governor, President

Pro Tempore of the Senate and Speaker of the House of

Representatives.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1605 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1605
County, municipal and state floodplain board -
Status: in_force

Composition - Term - Compensation.

A. 1. A county floodplain board shall be composed of five (5)

members to be appointed by the board of county commissioners.

2. All the members of the board shall be residents of the

county and shall own or operate real property within the

unincorporated area of the county.

3. Two members shall be appointed for terms of two (2) years,

two members shall be appointed for terms of four (4) years and one

member shall be appointed for a term of six (6) years. Thereafter,

all appointments shall be made for terms of six (6) years.

4. All members shall serve without compensation. Members may

be removed by the board of county commissioners for cause after a

public hearing for that purpose.

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5. Vacancies shall be filled by additional appointments for the

unexpired term only.

B. 1. A municipal floodplain board shall be composed of five

(5) members to be appointed by the municipal governing body. All

the members of the board shall be residents of the municipality.

2. Membership of floodplain boards in existence prior to the

effective date of this act shall remain as currently constituted.

Membership for boards created subsequent to the effective date of

this act shall consist of two members appointed for terms of two (2)

years, two members appointed for terms of four (4) years and one

member appointed for a term of six (6) years. Thereafter, all

appointments shall be made for terms of six (6) years.

3. All members shall serve without compensation.

4. Members may be removed by the municipal governing body for

cause after a public hearing for that purpose.

5. Vacancies shall be filled by additional appointments for the

unexpired term only.

C. A state floodplain board shall be composed of the members of

the Oklahoma Water Resources Board. All members shall serve without

additional compensation.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-105.12 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-105.12
Approval of application by Oklahoma Water Resources
Status: in_force

Board – Use of water outside the state.

A. In order to protect the public welfare of the citizens of

Oklahoma and before the Oklahoma Water Resources Board takes final

action on the application, the Board shall determine from the

evidence presented whether:

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1. There is unappropriated water available in the amount

applied for;

2. The applicant has a present or future need for the water and

the use to which applicant intends to put the water is a beneficial

use. In making this determination, the Board shall consider the

availability of all stream water sources and other relevant matters

as the Board deems appropriate, and may consider the availability of

groundwater as an alternative source;

3. The proposed use does not interfere with domestic or

existing appropriative uses;

4. If the application is for the transportation of water for

use outside the stream system wherein the water originates, the

proposed use must not interfere with existing or proposed beneficial

uses within the stream system and the needs of the water users

therein. In making this determination, the Board shall utilize the

review conducted pursuant to subsection B of this section; and

5. If the application is for use of water out of state, the

Board shall, in addition to the criteria set forth in this

subsection, also evaluate whether the water that is the subject of

the application could feasibly be transported to alleviate water

shortages in the State of Oklahoma.

If the evidence is determined to be sufficient, and subject to

subsection B of this section, the Board shall approve the

application by issuing a permit to appropriate water. The permit

shall state the time within which the water shall be applied to

beneficial use. In the absence of appeal as provided by the

Administrative Procedures Act, the decision of the Board shall be

final.

B. 1. In the granting of water rights for the transportation

of water for use outside the stream system wherein water originates,

pending applications to use water within the stream system shall

first be considered in order to assure that applicants within the

stream system shall have all of the water required to adequately

supply their beneficial uses.

2. The Board shall review the needs within the area of origin

every five (5) years to determine whether the water supply is

adequate for municipal, industrial, domestic, and other beneficial

uses.

C. The review conducted pursuant to paragraph 2 of subsection B

of this section shall not be used to reduce the quantity of water

authorized to be used pursuant to permits issued prior to such

review. Such permits, however, remain subject to loss, in whole or

in part, due to nonuse, forfeiture or abandonment, pursuant to this

title.

D. On the filing of an application or amendment to use water

outside the state, the applicant shall designate an agent in the

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State of Oklahoma for service of process and to receive other

notices.

E. In the event of a conflict between the conditions of use

required in Oklahoma and conditions required in another state, the

water right holder shall consent to conditions imposed by the Board.

F. Permits and amendments that authorize the use of water

outside the state shall be subject to review by the Board at least

every ten (10) years after the date of issuance to determine whether

there has been a substantial or material change relating to any

matters set forth in subsection A of this section. The Board may

impose additional conditions as described by Board rules to address

any such substantial or material change.

G. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law that may be

deemed inconsistent with this section, the Board shall promulgate

rules and apply the provisions of Section 1 of this act and

subsections A, B, D, E, and F of this section to applications for

use of water for which no final adjudication has been made by the

Oklahoma Water Resources Board before the effective date of this

act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1087.11 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1087.11
Separate permits - Notice of intention
Status: in_force

A separate permit shall be issued for each operation. Prior to

undertaking any weather modification and control activities the

licensee shall file with the Board and also cause to be published a

notice of intention. The licensee, if a permit is issued, shall

confine his activities for the permitted operation substantially

within the time and area limits set forth in the notice of

intention, unless modified by the Board, and his activities shall

also conform to any conditions imposed by the Board upon the

issuance of the permit or to the terms of the permit as modified

after issuance.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-874 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-874
Mortgage, sale, lease or other disposition of property -
Status: in_force

Pledge of revenues - Exemption from forced sale - Section not

applicable to certain agreements.

A. Nothing in Sections 861 through 890 of this title shall be

construed as authorizing the district and it shall not be authorized

to mortgage or otherwise encumber any of its property of any kind,

real, personal or mixed, or any interest therein, or to acquire any

property or interest subject to a mortgage or conditional sale,

provided that this section shall not be construed as preventing the

pledging of the revenues of the district as herein authorized. Any

pledge of revenues, monies, securities or contract rights made by

the district pursuant to the provisions of this title shall be valid

and binding from the date the pledge is made. The revenues, monies,

securities and contract rights so pledged and then held or

thereafter received by the district or any fiduciary shall

immediately be subject to the lien of the pledge without any

physical delivery thereof or further act, and the lien of the pledge

shall be valid and binding against all parties having claims of any

kind in tort, contract or otherwise against the district without

regard to the provisions of Title 12A of the Oklahoma Statutes, the

bond resolution, trust indenture, security agreement or other

instrument by which a pledge is created need not be filed or

recorded in any manner.

B. Nothing in Sections 861 through 890 of this title shall be

construed as authorizing the sale, lease or other disposition of any

property or interest of the district by the district or any receiver

of any of its properties or through any court proceeding or

otherwise.

C. 1. The district may sell for cash, subject to competitive

bidding as provided by the Board of Directors of the Grand River Dam

Authority, any property or interest in an aggregate value not

exceeding the sum of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) in

any one (1) year, except that the district may sell any or all

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surplus property that the district may have acquired without regard

to the limitations herein, if the Board, by the affirmative vote of

five or more of the members, shall have determined that the same is

not necessary to the business of the district and shall have

approved the terms of any sale.

2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the district may

sell real and personal property directly used for the generation,

transmission or distribution of electricity to any corporation,

limited liability company, association, cooperative, municipal

corporation or a beneficial trust thereof engaged in the furnishing

of wholesale or retail electric if the Board approves by a vote of

five or more members that the property is not necessary to the

business of the district. Sales pursuant to this paragraph shall be

exempt from the requirements and limitations of paragraph 1 of this

subsection and from the requirements of Section 129.4 of Title 74 of

the Oklahoma Statutes.

3. If approved by affirmative vote of five or more members, the

Board may authorize the district to enter into agreements to

purchase letters of credit or other financial instruments to

facilitate the exercise of the powers, rights, and privileges

granted it.

D. The district may lease any of its lands if the Board, by the

affirmative vote of five or more of the members, shall have

determined that the same can be leased without injury to or without

interference with the operations of the project, and shall have

approved the terms of any lease. Except as otherwise provided, no

shorelands (lands lying between the low and high water marks) shall

be leased for a term longer than two (2) years and not more than

one-fourth (1/4) mile of the lake front shall be leased to any one

person, firm or corporation. The district may lease shorelands for

a term longer than two (2) years and more than one-fourth (1/4) mile

of lake front may be leased to any one person, firm, or corporation

without regard to the limitations herein, if the Board, by the

affirmative vote of a majority of the members, determines that the

lease is necessary or beneficial to the business of the district.

The district may lease shorelands to political subdivisions,

agencies of the State of Oklahoma, or tax-exempt public trusts, for

any public purpose, on such terms as are mutually satisfactory to

the parties, notwithstanding the limitations herein. No lease shall

deprive the owner of any land adjacent to the shorelands or lake

front, or abutting thereon, of ingress or egress to and from the

water of the lakes and shall not deprive the owner of any wharf,

dock or boat anchorage privileges that would belong to the owner if

the shorelands or lake front were not leased.

E. It is the intention of Sections 861 through 890 of this

title that, except by sale, lease or agreement as expressly

authorized in Sections 861 through 890 of this title, no property or

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interest of the district shall ever come into the ownership or

control, directly or indirectly, of any person, firm or corporation

other than a public authority created under the laws of the State of

Oklahoma.

F. Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing the

district from contracting with the United States or any agency

thereof for the temporary possession, control and use of properties

by the United States or any agency thereof for the safety and

defense of the United States in time of a national emergency or in

anticipation thereof.

G. All property of the district shall be at all times exempted

from forced sale, and nothing contained in Sections 861 through 890

of this title shall authorize the sale of any of the property of the

district under any judgment rendered in any suit, and such sales are

hereby prohibited and forbidden. The provisions of this subsection

shall not apply to any property constructed on a lease or the

interest in a lease of shoreland that has been entered into by the

district pursuant to subsection B of this section for a term of

longer than two (2) years, provided the provisions of the lease

authorizing the mortgage and forced sale of the property or lease

interest has been approved by an affirmative vote of a majority of

the members of the Board.

H. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any sale

agreement, lease agreement or other agreement entered into by the

district pursuant to paragraphs (f) or (g) of Section 862 of this

title, provided that the agreement is in compliance with any

applicable provision restricting the sale or leasing of property by

the district contained in any resolution of the district providing

for the issuance of revenue bonds.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-874.2 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-874.2
Licenses for real property encroachment
Status: in_force

The Grand River Dam Authority is hereby authorized in its

discretion to issue licenses to encroach upon real property owned by

the Authority to adjacent property owners for structures built upon

the real property prior to June 1, 2005. The Authority shall

receive from the licensee for any license issued pursuant to this

section the fair market value of the unimproved land and any

administrative costs, including appraisals or surveys, required by

the Authority.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1324.41 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1324.41
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act:

1. "Acquiring party" means a person and all affiliates thereof

by whom or on whose behalf an acquisition of control referred to in

Section 6 of this act is to be effected;

2. "Affiliate" means a person who directly, or indirectly

through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by,

or is under common control with, the person specified, including any

corporation created at the direction of the person specified, for

purposes of corporate reorganization;

3. "Assets" in the case of a district or corporation means the

physical plant, equipment, accounts receivable, accounts payable and

all other assets of such district or corporation;

4. "Board" means the Oklahoma Water Resources Board;

5. "Control", including the terms "controlling" or "controlled

by", and "under common control with", means the possession, direct

or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the

management and policies of a person, whether through ownership, by

contract, purchase of assets, or otherwise, unless such power is the

result of an official position with, or corporate office held in,

such person. Control shall be presumed to exist if any person,

directly or indirectly, owns or controls the assets of such district

or corporation. This presumption may be rebutted by showing that

control does not exist in fact. The Board may determine, after

furnishing all persons in interest notice and opportunity to be

heard and making specific findings of fact to support such

determination, that control exists in fact, notwithstanding the

absence of a presumption to that effect;

6. "Corporation" means a not-for-profit corporation organized:

a. pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma General

Corporation Act, Section 1001 et seq. of Title 18 of

the Oklahoma Statutes, for a purpose not involving

pecuniary gain to its shareholders or members, paying

no dividends or other pecuniary remuneration, directly

or indirectly, to its shareholders or members as such

and having no capital stock, and

b. for the purpose of developing and providing rural

water supplies to serve rural residents;

7. "District" means a public nonprofit water district created

pursuant to the Rural Water, Sewer, Gas and Solid Waste Management

Districts Act, Section 1324.1 et seq. of Title 82 of the Oklahoma

Statutes; and

8. "Person" means an individual, a corporation, a partnership,

an association, a joint stock company, a trust, an unincorporated

organization, any similar entity or any combination of the foregoing

acting in concert, but shall not include any securities broker

performing no more than the usual and customary broker's function.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1130 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1130
Approval of bonds by Attorney General -
Status: in_force

Incontestablility.

All bonds issued hereunder shall contain the certificate

required by Article 10, Section 29 of the Constitution of Oklahoma.

Such bonds shall be submitted to the Attorney General of Oklahoma

for examination, and when such bonds have been examined and

certified as legal obligations of the issuing Authority by the

Attorney General in accordance with such requirements as he may

make, the same shall be incontestable in any court in the State of

Oklahoma unless suit thereon shall be brought in a court having

jurisdiction thereof within thirty (30) days from the date of such

approval.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1281 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1281
Conflict of interest
Status: in_force

Except for contracts of employment, directors and employees

shall not have a financial interest, directly or indirectly, in any

contract entered into by the district. Directors and employees

shall not receive any bonus, gratuity or bribe. They shall not

spend funds of the district, directly or indirectly, for political

purposes or political educational purposes, shall not engage in

political campaigns in the name of the district, and shall not

permit any property of the district to be used for any such purpose.

Any violation of this section shall be a Class D1 felony offense and

shall work a forfeiture of office or employment and shall be

punishable by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00),

or by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of

Section 20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or both.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1088.11 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1088.11
Water for 2060 Act
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Water for 2060

Act".
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-277.7 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-277.7
Assessments - Collection - Delinquent assessments -
Status: in_force

Certificate.

A. Each year, the board shall determine the assessments for the

ensuing year.

B. 1. Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, the

county treasurer shall be responsible for the collection of any

assessments and delinquent assessments made pursuant to the

provisions of the Oklahoma Irrigation District Act. Such

assessments shall be collected as other special assessments

according to law. The special assessment book maintained pursuant to

subsection E of this section shall be the county treasurer's warrant

and authority to demand and receive the assessments and delinquent

assessments plus interest due and owing. Such assessments shall

become due, payable and delinquent at the same time ad valorem taxes

are due, payable and delinquent.

2. The Board may collect any assessments and delinquent

assessments upon written notice to the county treasurer of such

collection procedure and as provided for in the official plan of

operation for the district. Such assessments shall be due, payable

and delinquent on a specific date set by the board annually.

C. Any assessments remaining unpaid after they become

delinquent shall bear a penalty of one and one-half percent (1 1/2%)

per month, or any part of a month, from the date of delinquency

until paid.

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D. 1. Assessments collected by the county treasurer shall be

certified not later than the first of October of each year to the

county treasurer of the county in which the property is situated.

2. Assessments to be collected by the board which become

delinquent shall be certified to the county treasurer of the county

in which the property is situated.

E. 1. The certificate shall be substantially in the following

form and shall set forth a table or schedule showing in properly

ruled columns:

a. the names of the owners of the property, which may be

as they appear in the petition to establish the

district until evidence is furnished the district of a

change in ownership,

b. the description of the property opposite the names of

the owners,

c. the total amount of all assessments on the property,

d. the total amount of all delinquent assessments on the

property,

e. a blank column in which the county treasurer shall

record, as applicable, the delinquent assessments

collected by the district or the assessments and

delinquent assessments collected by the county

treasurer,

f. a blank column in which the county treasurer shall

record the date of payment of the amount due and owing

to the district, and

g. a blank column in which the county treasurer shall

report the name of the person who paid the amount due

and owing to the district.

2. The certificate and report shall be prepared in triplicate

in a book named "Assessment Book of Irrigation District No.___, or

District Name ________, ________ County, Oklahoma". This district

number or name shall also be printed at the top of each page.

3. Two copies of the certificate shall be forwarded to the

county treasurer of the county wherein the land is located. The

county treasurer shall receive the certificate as a special

assessment book, and shall certify it as other special assessment

records.

4. It shall be unlawful for any county treasurer to accept

payment of the ad valorem taxes levied against any property

described therein until the owner has been notified that there is a

special assessment noted in the special assessment book.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1501-706 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1501-706
Renumbered as § 3-3-409 of Title 27A by Laws 1993, c
Status: in_force

324, § 56, eff. July 1, 1993.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-661 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-661
Lands in more than one district
Status: in_force

The same land, if conducive to public health, safety,

convenience or welfare, may be included in more than one district

and be subject to the provisions of this act for each and every

district in which it may be included, provided, that no district

shall be organized under this act, in whole or in part, within the

territory of a district already organized under this act until the

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court or courts determine whether the public health, safety,

convenience or welfare demand the organization of an additional

district, or whether it demand that the territory proposed to be

organized into an additional district shall be added to the existing

district, and in case the proceedings concerning two or more such

districts are before the district court of two or more counties,

such determination shall be as provided in the next section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-611 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-611
Filing decree
Status: in_force

Upon the entry of the order of the court approving the report of

the appraisers as provided for in this act, the clerk of said court

in which the same is entered shall transmit a certified copy of the

said decree, and of the appraisals as comfirmed by the court, except

those parts from which appeals have been perfected but not

determined to the secretary of the district.

When any appeal has been finally determined, the Clerk of the

Supreme Court shall certify the amount of each item of the judgment

to the clerk of the court having the original case, who shall file

the same therein and thereupon transmit certified copies of the same

as in this section above provided.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1087.6 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1087.6
Grants, appropriations, gifts, donations and bequests -
Status: in_force

Weather Modification Revolving Fund.

A. The Board may, subject to any limitations otherwise imposed

by law, receive and accept for and in the name of the state any

funds which may be offered or become available from federal grants

or appropriations, private gifts, donations or bequests, or from any

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other source, and may expend such funds, unless their use is

restricted and subject to any limitations otherwise provided by law,

for the administration of this act for operations and research and

for the encouragement of research and development by a state or

public or private agency, either by direct grant, by contract or

other cooperative means.

B. All monies received by the Board and derived from all

license and permit fees authorized and contemplated under the

provisions of this act or derived from all additional sources

referred to in subsection A of this section shall be deposited with

the State Treasurer and credited, apportioned and appropriated to a

separate and distinct fund to be known as the Oklahoma Weather

Modification Revolving Fund to be used to enforce, administer and

implement the weather modification powers, duties and

responsibilities of the Board. The Oklahoma Weather Modification

Revolving Fund herein created shall be a continuing fund not subject

to fiscal year limitations. No monies shall be paid out of the

Oklahoma Weather Modification Revolving Fund until the claim

therefor has been itemized and verified by the Board and the

Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services as

provided by law. When so approved, the State Treasurer shall draw

his warrant therefor upon the State Treasurer and the same shall be

paid out of the Oklahoma Weather Modification Revolving Fund hereby

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Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1021.6 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1021.6
Bylaws – Minimum requirements
Status: in_force

At the time and place established by the county commissioners

and the county commissioners of any participating adjacent county

for the first meeting of the initial district board, the initial

district board shall adopt bylaws. In addition to any other

provisions normally and properly included in bylaws, the bylaws

shall, at a minimum, include provisions regarding the following:

1. Establishing the district's name and principal place of

business;

2. Requiring an annual meeting of the district board and

providing that a notice of such annual meeting be given, not less

than fifteen (15) days prior to the annual meeting, in newspapers

that are published in counties within the district. If no newspaper

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is published in the county, the notice shall be posted in three

public places in the county, one of which shall be the county

courthouse; and

3. Requiring that the initial district board pursuant to the

provisions of this section shall:

a. establish the composition of the district board,

qualifications of the members and a process to elect a

board of directors within one (1) year of the approval

of the district by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board,

b. set the district board members' terms of office, and

c. elect a district board member as director of the

district.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1085.80 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1085.80
Annual audit
Status: in_force

The Department, with the cooperation of the Board, shall cause

to be completed an annual audit of any expenditures from the

Drinking Water Treatment Revolving Loan Account.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-110.1 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-110.1
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Dam

Safety Act".

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Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1103 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1103
Board of directors - Appointment and tenure -
Status: in_force

Qualifications - Vacancies - Removal - Officers - Compensation.

(a) A port authority created in accordance with this act shall

be governed by a board of directors. Members of a board of

directors of a port authority created by the exclusive action of a

municipal corporation shall consist of the number of members it

deems necessary and be appointed by the mayor with the advice and

consent of the council. Members of a board of directors of a port

authority created by the exclusive action of a county shall consist

of such members as it deems necessary and be appointed by the county

commissioners of such county. Members of a board of directors of a

port authority created by a combination of political subdivisions

shall be divided among such political subdivisions in such

proportions as such political subdivisions may agree and appointed

in the same manner as this section provides for their appointment

when such political subdivision creates its own port authority. When

a port authority is created by a combination of political

subdivisions, the number of directors composing the board shall be

determined by agreement between such political subdivisions. The

appointing body may at any time remove a director appointed by it

for misfeasance, nonfeasance, or malfeasance in office.

(b) Each director shall have been a qualified elector in the

political subdivision from which he is appointed for a period of at

least three (3) years next preceding his appointment.

(c) The directors of any port authority first appointed shall

serve staggered terms. Thereafter each successor shall serve for a

term of four (4) years, except that any person appointed to fill a

vacancy shall be appointed to only the unexpired term and any

director shall be eligible for reappointment, and no director shall

be removed except for cause, and if removed shall have the right of

appeal to the district court of the county from which he was

appointed.

(d) The directors shall elect one of their membership as

chairman and another as vice-chairman, and shall designate their

terms of office, and shall appoint a secretary who need not be a

director. A majority of the board of directors shall constitute a

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quorum, the affirmative vote of which shall be necessary for any

action taken by the port authority. No vacancy in the membership of

the board shall impair the rights of a quorum to exercise all the

rights and perform all the duties of the port authority.

(e) Each member of the board of directors of a port authority

shall be entitled to receive from the port authority such sum of

money as the board of directors may determine as compensation for

his service as director and reimbursement for his reasonable

expenses in the performance of his duties.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1501-205.1 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1501-205.1
Definitions - State Geographic Information Council
Status: in_force

A. As used in this section and in Sections 1501-205.2 and 1501-

205.3 of this title:

1. "Geographic information" means any data or databases in

which location or spatial distribution is an essential element

including, but not limited to, land, air, water, and mineral

resources, the distribution of plant, animal, and human populations,

real property interests, zoning and other land development

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regulations, and political, jurisdictional, ownership, and other

artificial divisions of geography;

2. "Geographic Information System" or "GIS" means computer

systems that allow the analysis of data or databases containing

geographic information; and

3. "Statewide data" means geographic information whose spatial

extent is defined by the geographic boundary of this state.

B. There is hereby created a State Geographic Information

Council composed of nineteen (19) members as follows:

1. Director of the Oklahoma Conservation Commission or

designee;

2. Director of the Department of Environmental Quality or

designee;

3. Chair of the Corporation Commission or designee;

4. Director of the Oklahoma Department of Commerce or designee;

5. Commissioner of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture,

Food, and Forestry or designee;

6. Director of the Oklahoma Water Resources Board or designee;

7. Director of the Department of Transportation or designee;

8. State Geographer or designee;

9. Director of the Oklahoma Geological Survey or designee;

10. Director of the Center for Spatial Analysis of the

University of Oklahoma or designee;

11. Dean of the Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural

Resources of Oklahoma State University or designee;

12. Director of the Ad Valorem Division of the Oklahoma Tax

Commission or designee;

13. A member appointed by the Director of the Oklahoma

Conservation Commission from a list of names submitted to the

Director from the Oklahoma regional universities;

14. Director of Information Services of the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services or designee;

15. State Wildlife Conservation Director or designee;

16. Director of Homeland Security or designee; and

17. Three members to be appointed by the Governor pursuant to

subsection C of this section.

C. The Governor shall appoint three members to the Council to

serve initial terms as specified by this subsection. Thereafter,

the terms of all appointed members shall be four (4) years.

Gubernatorial members shall not be appointed to more than three

successive terms. Members that are appointed by the Governor to

fill a vacancy may serve three successive terms. No appointment to

a partial term to fill a vacancy shall be counted for purposes of

determining term limits. Incumbent members may continue to serve on

the Council until a new appointment is made. The following members

shall be appointed by the Governor:

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1. A representative of the Oklahoma Association of Regional

Councils, appointed for an initial four-year term;

2. A representative of county assessors, appointed for an

initial three-year term; and

3. A representative of city government, appointed for an

initial two-year term.

D. The chair of the Council shall be the Director of the

Oklahoma Conservation Commission or designee. Meetings shall be

called by the chair.

E. 1. A majority of the membership of the Council constitutes

a quorum for the conduct of business.

2. The Council shall meet at least twice each year, and the

chair may call a meeting of the Council as often as necessary to

transact business.

F. A member of the Council shall not:

1. Be an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a business

entity that has, or an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a

trade association for business entities that have, a substantial

interest in the geographic information industry and are doing

business with state agencies or other governmental units of the

state;

2. Own, control, or have directly or indirectly, more than ten

percent (10%) interest in a business entity that has a substantial

interest in the geographic information industry and is doing

business with state agencies or other governmental units of the

state;

3. Be an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a business

entity that is connected with any contract or bid for furnishing to

any governmental body of the state with Geographic Information

Systems, the computers on which they are automated, or a service

related to Geographic Information Systems;

4. Be a person required to register as a lobbyist because of

activities for compensation on behalf of a business entity that has,

or on behalf of a trade association of business entities that have,

a substantial interest in the geographic information industry; or

5. Accept or receive money or another thing of value from an

individual, firm, or corporation to whom a contract may be awarded,

directly or indirectly, by rebate, gift or otherwise.

G. The duties of the Council shall include overseeing the

Office of Geographic Information concerning the following:

1. Development, adoption, and recommendation of standards and

procedures that may be applied to geographic information and

Geographic Information Systems to promote consistency of data

elements;

2. Development of a strategy for the implementation and funding

of a statewide Geographic Information System;

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3. Development, delivery, and periodic revision of a statewide

geographic information plan and annually reporting to the Governor

and the Legislature. Such a plan shall include, but not be limited

to, provisions for training and education; and

4. Promotion of collaboration and sharing of data and data

development as well as other aspects of Geographic Information

Systems.

H. Neither the Council nor its members shall have the power to

form or award contracts or to employ staff. Members appointed by

the Governor shall serve without compensation.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-277.25 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-277.25
Reclassification of land - Procedure
Status: in_force

A. The reclassification of land within any irrigation district

now or hereafter organized under the provisions of the Oklahoma

Irrigation District Act, may be changed in the manner prescribed by

this section. Such reclassification shall not impair or affect the

irrigation district's organization, or its rights in or to property

or any of its rights or privileges of whatsoever kind or nature, nor

shall it affect, impair or discharge any contract, obligation, lien

or charge for or upon which it or the owner of lands therein were or

might become liable or chargeable had such reclassification not been

made.

B. The holder or holders of title or evidence of title of any

body of land situated within the boundaries of any irrigation

district, may file with the board a petition in writing, requesting

that such land be reclassified. The petition shall describe the

tracts or body of land owned by the petitioners. The petition shall

be deemed to give the assent of the petitioners to the

reclassification in said district of the lands described in the

petition and such petition shall be acknowledged in the same manner

that conveyances of land are required to be acknowledged.

C. 1. Upon the filing of a petition for reclassification and

payment, by the petitioners to the secretary-treasurer, of

sufficient monies to pay the costs of all proceedings on the

petition, the secretary-treasurer of the district shall cause notice

of such petition to be published once in a newspaper published in

the county where the office of the directors is situated. If any

portion of said district or land lies within another county or

counties then said notice shall be published in a newspaper

published within each of said counties. The notice shall inform the

public of:

a. the filing of such petition,

b. the description of the lands mentioned in said

petition which are desired to be reclassified in the

district,

c. the reason for reclassification, and

d. a meeting at which all persons interested may appear

at the office of the board at the time named in said

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notice and show cause, if any, why said petition

should be granted or denied.

2. The directors shall consider the petition at any regular or

special meeting of the board and at the established office and place

of business of the district upon a date not earlier than ten (10)

days after the publication of the notice.

3. A copy of the notice, as published, shall be by the

secretary-treasurer of the district mailed to each and all of the

then owners of the tracts or parcels of land proposed to be

reclassified. The notice shall be so mailed not later than ten (10)

days prior to the date set for the hearing.

D. The board at the time and place mentioned in the notice

shall proceed to hear and consider any written comments which may

have theretofore been filed by any person interested in said

petition for reclassification, and arguments, if any, by persons

interested, in support or opposition to the petition.

E. 1. If, after giving due consideration, the board determines

that:

a. the reclassification is not in the best interest of

the district,

b. the reclassification will impair the current or future

needs of the then existing electors, or

c. the land is not irrigable, not suitable for irrigation

or not otherwise necessary for the irrigation

district,

the board shall, by resolution, order that the petition be denied.

The resolution shall be included in the minutes of the regular or

special meeting of the board held for such purpose.

2. If, after giving due consideration, the board determines

that:

a. the reclassification is in the best interest of the

district,

b. the reclassification will not impair the current or

future needs of the existing electors, and

c. the land is irrigable, is suitable for irrigation or

is otherwise necessary for the irrigation district,

the board shall, by resolution, reclassify the lands mentioned in

the petition or determine that some defined portion thereof be

reclassified. The resolution shall be included in the minutes of

the regular or special meeting of the board held for such purpose.

3. If, within thirty (30) days from the making of such

determination, three-fourths (3/4) of the qualified electors of the

district, in writing to the board, protest against the determination

of the board, such determination shall be void.

F. 1. When the reclassification of land is commenced by

petition, the board to whom such petition is presented may require

as a condition precedent to the granting of the same that the

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petitioners severally pay to the district such respective sums, as

nearly as the same can be estimated by the board, as the petitioners

or their grantors would have been required to pay for:

a. their pro rata share of all bonds and the interest

thereon which may have previously thereto been issued

by said district had the lands been included in the

district at the time the same was originally formed or

when the bonds were so issued, and

b. irrigation works or water rights purchased other than

by issue of bonds.

2. The board shall prepare an itemized expenditure listing of

such costs incurred which shall also include information detailing

how any such estimated sums were determined.

G. 1. Upon the reclassification of land in the district and if

no protest has been filed with the board within thirty (30) days

after the entry of said resolution as provided in subsection E of

this section, a certified copy of the minutes of the board making

such change, and a plat of such district showing such change,

certified by the president or chairman and secretary-treasurer,

shall be filed for record in the office of the county clerk of each

county in which the lands of the district are situated. The

district shall remain an irrigation district as fully to all intents

and purposes as if the lands which were reclassified in the district

had been included or excluded at the organization of the district.

The district as so changed and all the lands therein shall be liable

for all existing obligations and indebtedness of the organized

district.

2. Upon filing of the copies of the minutes and the plat,

copies thereof, certified by said county clerk, shall be admissible

in evidence to prove the reclassification of said lands in the

district.

H. 1. Lands within the boundaries of the district may also be

reclassified by resolution of the board. Notice of the resolution

to reclassify shall be given in the same manner as if the

reclassification were by petition of the landowners except that the

district shall bear all costs of publication and of the proceedings.

The board at the time and place mentioned in the notice shall

proceed to hear and consider any written objections which may have

theretofore been filed by any person interested in the

reclassification, and arguments, if any, by persons interested in

support or opposition to the resolution.

2. The board shall give the same consideration required by

subsection E of this section for determining whether the lands

specified in the resolution should be reclassified. If, after the

proceeding provided by this section, the board determines that the

lands specified in the resolution should be reclassified, the board

shall adopt the resolution. The resolution shall be included in the

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minutes of any regular or special meeting of the directors held for

such purpose.

3. If, within thirty (30) days from the meeting of such

determination, three-fourths (3/4) of the qualified electors of the

district protest in writing to the board against the

reclassification, the reclassification shall be void.

4. If any owner of the property reclassified pursuant to this

subsection disputes the reclassification of such land, the owner may

appeal the decision of the district court of the county having

jurisdiction over the lands specified by the resolution.

I. In case of reclassification of any lands by proceedings

under this section, the board shall, at least thirty (30) days prior

to the next succeeding regular election, make an order redividing

such district for the purpose of electing directors to ensure

equality in land area and number of electors.

J. In case of the reclassification of any lands by proceedings

under this section, the owners of the reclassified lands if they are

to become assessable irrigable lands shall pay the reasonable costs

of construction necessary to commence water delivery to said lands.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-879 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-879
Partial invalidity
Status: in_force

If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any

person or circumstance shall be held to be invalid, the remainder of

the act, and the application of such provision to other persons or

circumstances, shall not be affected thereby.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-674 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-674
Fraud or other illegal acts of officials - Fine
Status: in_force

The making of profit, directly or indirectly, by any officer of

any district organized under this act, or by any public officer

within the state, out of any contracts entered into by the district,

or by use of any contracts entered into by the district, or by use

of any money belonging to a district by lending it or otherwise

using it, or by depositing the same in any manner, contrary to law,

or by removal of any money by any such officer or by his consent and

placing elsewhere than is prescribed either by law or by the

official acts of the board of directors for the purpose of profit,

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or any person who shall misrepresent any material fact concerning

the proposed project to any property owner when procuring signatures

to a petition to inaugurate such project, shall constitute a Class

D3 felony offense, and on conviction thereof shall subject such

officer to imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F

of Section 20P of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or a fine not

exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both such fine and

imprisonment, and the officer offending shall be liable personally

and upon his official bond for all losses to such district and for

all profits realized by such unlawful use of monies.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-870.1 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-870.1
Bond anticipation notes
Status: in_force

Whenever the board shall have adopted a resolution authorizing

the issuance of any series of bonds thereunder but prior to the time

the bonds can be delivered the board finds it necessary to borrow

money for the purpose for which the bonds were authorized, the board

may, by appropriate resolutions and subject to all other provisions

of Sections 861 through 889 of this title, authorize the borrowing

of money in anticipation of the issuance of the bonds, and the

issuance of notes of the board to evidence such borrowing. The

amount so borrowed shall not exceed the principal amount of the

bonds and shall not bear interest at a rate exceeding the allowable

interest rate of the bonds. Such notes shall be signed in the

manner prescribed by the board and shall be made payable at such

times as the board may prescribe not later than five (5) years from

their respective dates and may be renewed from time to time by the

issuance of new notes hereunder. The proceeds of any loan made

under this section shall be devoted exclusively to the purposes for

which the bonds shall have been authorized and the notes and the

interest thereon shall be paid with the proceeds of the bonds or any

legally available funds simultaneously with the delivery of the

bonds. If for any reason the bonds shall not be issued, the holder

or holders of the notes shall be entitled to all rights which would

have been enjoyed by the holders of the bonds had they been issued,

and the notes shall be paid from the revenues provided for the

payment of the bonds and shall be entitled to the benefit of all

covenants, agreements and rights appearing in the resolution

authorizing the bonds for the benefit of the bonds.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-526.2 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-526.2
Notice of approval of compact
Status: in_force

Notice of approval of said Compact shall be given by the

Governor of the State of Oklahoma to the Governor of Texas and to

the Governor of New Mexico and to the President of the United States

of America as provided in Article XI of said Compact.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1324.1 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1324.1
Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the "Rural Water, Sewer, Gas and Solid

Waste Management Districts Act."
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-863.2 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-863.2
Board of Directors
Status: in_force

A. The powers, rights and privileges and functions of the Grand

River Dam Authority, hereinafter referred to as the "district",

shall be exercised by a seven-member Board of Directors, to be

appointed according to the provisions of this section.

B. The Board shall have rulemaking authority pursuant to the

provisions of the Grand River Dam Authority Act. By majority vote,

the Board shall have the authority to grant exemptions from any

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rules not promulgated pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act

which deal with the waters of the Grand River and its tributaries.

The Board shall be responsible for approving business expenses of

the district necessary to carry out the business of the district.

It shall be the duty of the Board of Directors to oversee the

functions of the district and ensure the operations of the district

are in compliance with all applicable state laws and that expenses

of the district comply with state and federal guidelines for

business expense deductibility.

C. Members appointed to the Board or who serve as designees

shall be domiciled in the State of Oklahoma and shall have paid

state income taxes for a minimum of one (1) year prior to the date

of appointment.

D. No person shall be eligible to serve on the Board of

Directors if the person, during the three (3) years prior to the

appointment, has been employed by an investor-owned utility company,

or has held a federal, state or county office, elective or

appointive.

E. A member of the Board may be eligible to serve on the

Oklahoma Ordnance Works Authority Board of Trustees, if appointed to

that position by the Governor.

F. Members of the Board of Directors shall be appointed as

follows:

1. The Governor shall appoint a director to represent the

industrial and commercial customers of the district;

2. The Governor shall appoint a director to represent economic

development interests, lake enthusiasts and property owners;

3. The Governor shall appoint an at-large director;

4. The President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate shall

appoint an at-large director;

5. The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint an

at-large director;

6. The General Manager of the Oklahoma Association of Electric

Cooperatives, or designee, shall be a voting ex officio director;

and

7. The Executive Director of the Municipal Electric Systems of

Oklahoma, or designee, shall be a voting ex officio director.

G. A successor to a director of the Board shall be appointed in

the same manner as the original director and shall serve a term of

five (5) years. Directors may be eligible to serve more than one

term if so reappointed by the original appointing authority or a

different or successor appointing authority.

H. Any director appointed to fill a vacancy on the Board

occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the

predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of

such term.

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I. Each director shall qualify by taking the official oath of

office prescribed by general statute.

J. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, any director or

designee may be removed by the member's appointing authority only

for just cause. Additionally, any member who fails to attend a

total of three (3) regularly scheduled board meetings in one (1)

calendar year may be removed by the member's appointing authority.

K. Each director shall be allowed actual and necessary expenses

incurred by such director for attending meetings of the Board and

authorized business of the district pursuant to the provisions of

the State Travel Reimbursement Act. No director shall hold any

other position of employment within the Grand River Dam Authority at

the same time such director is serving on the Board.

L. The time and place of the regular meetings and the manner in

which special meetings may be called shall be set forth in the

bylaws of the district. Four directors shall constitute a quorum at

any meeting, and, except as otherwise provided in the Grand River

Dam Authority Act or in the bylaws, all action may be taken by the

affirmative vote of the majority of the Board present at any such

meeting, except that no bonds, notes or other evidence of

indebtedness, and no amendment of the bylaws, shall be valid unless

authorized or ratified by the affirmative vote of at least four

directors.

M. At the first meeting of the Board following July 1, 2003,

the members appointed pursuant to this section shall, by majority

vote, elect a chair and chair-elect who shall serve as the vice-

chair. The chair and the chair-elect shall serve a term of one (1)

year. Thereafter, the membership of the Board shall elect a chair-

elect, at the first meeting of each year and the previous chair-

elect shall assume the position of chair for the ensuing year. A

member may serve more than one term as chair or chair-elect during

their tenure on the Board, provided, however, they may only serve

one term in any three-year period.

N. The Asset Committee shall be chaired by the director

appointed to represent economic development interests, lake

enthusiasts and property owners. Other members of the Committee may

be selected by the Board.

O. The Board may appoint temporary or permanent subcommittees

which may include employees of the district or other persons for any

purpose it deems necessary or appropriate.

P. The Board is authorized to adopt or amend the bylaws of the

district as necessary to comply with the provisions of the Grand

River Dam Authority Act.

Q. For the purposes of Section 4254 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma

Statutes, the directors of this board, appointed pursuant to this

section, shall not be considered state officers or state employees.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 82. Waters and Water Rights Page 149
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1085.44 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1085.44
Monies appropriated to Statewide Water Development
Status: reserved

Revolving Fund - Use as security and collateral.

In addition to the purposes outlined in Section 1085.40 of Title

82 of the Oklahoma Statutes, all monies appropriated by the

Legislature to the Statewide Water Development Revolving Fund may be

used by the Board for security and collateral for investment

certificates issued by the Board pursuant to Section 1085.33 of

Title 82 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Furthermore, the Board is hereby

directed to manage and administer the Statewide Water Development

Revolving Fund so as to maintain a revolving fund balance adequate

to sufficiently back any and all outstanding investment

certificates. Any state liability arising from the implementation

of this section shall be limited to those monies in the Statewide

Water Development Revolving Fund which have been reserved as backing

for the outstanding investment certificates.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 82. Waters and Water Rights Page 237
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-873 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-873
District authorized to purchase, fund or refund bonds,
Status: in_force

etc. - Interest rate swaps and other financial instruments.

A. The Grand River Dam Authority is hereby authorized to fund

and refund any and all lawful obligations and any and all revenue

bonds issued, or contracted to be sold, by it by the issuance of new

revenue bonds, or from the proceeds of sale of new revenue bonds, or

by the exchange of new revenue bonds and to renegotiate any

agreement of indenture whereunder said obligations or revenue bonds

authorized to be funded and refunded hereby may be outstanding, or

contracted, but any new revenue bonds issued, exchanged or sold to

fund or refund the outstanding obligations and revenue bonds and all

agreements and indentures providing for the payment and securing

thereof shall conform to the provisions of the Grand River Dam

Authority Act, as amended; provided, that no outstanding obligations

or revenue bonds shall be funded or refunded or exchanged on the

basis of a price in excess of principal, accrued interest,

redemption premium, or charges in excess of those provided by the

obligations or revenue bonds or the indenture or agreement

whereunder issued or incurred, plus the necessary and reasonable

costs of funding, refunding or exchange thereof; provided, further

that said Authority shall have the power to purchase any revenue

bonds issued, or contracted to be issued, by it at a price not

exceeding the redemption price applicable at the time of purchase

thereof, or, if no redemption price is fixed, then at principal plus

accrued interest, from any funds available and provided for the

payment of the revenue bonds.

B. The Authority is further authorized to enter into interest

rate swaps and other derivative products, and other financial

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instruments intended to hedge interest rate risk or manage interest

rate costs, including any option to enter into or terminate any of

them, that the Authority deems to be necessary or desirable in

connection with any bonds issued prior to, at the same time as, or

after entering into such arrangement, and containing such terms and

provisions, and may be with such parties, as determined by the

Authority. Provided, any action taken by the Authority pursuant to

this subsection must first be approved by the Office of the State

Bond Advisor and the Council of Bond Oversight pursuant to the

provisions of the Oklahoma Bond Oversight and Reform Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1324.19 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1324.19
Dissolution of district prior to acquisition of
Status: in_force

assets.

A. The provisions of this section shall apply to dissolution of

districts prior to acquisition of assets.

B. Whenever a petition signed by three-fourths (3/4) of the

landowners in any district organized under provisions of this act or

a petition signed by all of the directors of such district is

presented to the board of county commissioners and it shall appear

from said petition that said district owns no property of any kind

exclusive of records, maps, plans and files; that all of its debts

and obligations have been fully paid; that the district is not

functioning, and will probably continue to be inoperative because

the board of directors is unable to obtain the necessary financing

or for any other reason, the board of county commissioners shall,

after such finding, issue a certificate stating the allegations in

said petition as true and declaring said district dissolved, and

shall make full minutes of such hearing in its journal and deliver

said certificate to the secretary of said district. The secretary

of said district shall, within thirty (30) days thereafter, deliver

all records, maps, plans and files to the county clerk, and

thereupon said district shall be dissolved.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1110 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1110
Participation of private enterprise
Status: in_force

The port authority shall foster and encourage the participation

of private enterprise in the development of the port facilities to

the fullest extent it deems practicable in the interest of limiting

the necessity of construction and operation of such facilities by

the port authority. For this purpose the port authority may upon a

written request by any person, partnership, or corporation, filed

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with the secretary of the board of directors within thirty (30) days

following the journalization of the order of the adoption of an

official plan as provided in Sections 1107 and 1108 of this title,

submit a proposal to provide, operate, and maintain any facility

included in such plan, by publication of and invitation for bids

therefor based upon specifications prepared by the board of

directors.

The board of directors may accept the bid of the person,

partnership, or corporation it deems best qualified by financial

responsibility and business experience to construct and operate such

facility or facilities in accordance with its official plan.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-566 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-566
Execution of plan - Powers of directors
Status: in_force

The board of directors shall have full power and authority to

devise, prepare for, execute, maintain and operate any or all works

or improvements necessary or desirable to complete, maintain,

operate and protect the official plan. They may secure and use men

and equipment under the supervision of the chief engineer or other

agents, or they may in their discretion let contracts for such

works, either as a whole or in parts.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1604 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-1604
County and municipal floodplain boards – Floodplain
Status: in_force

management.

A. 1. The boards of county commissioners and municipal

governing bodies are authorized to establish floodplain boards,

composed of membership as specified in Section 1605 of this title,

for their respective area of jurisdiction.

2. If a board of county commissioners or municipal governing

body dissolves its respective floodplain board that had been

established prior to the effective date of this act, the floodplain

management regulations adopted by such floodplain board shall

continue in effect to be administered by the board of county

commissioners or municipal governing body that assumes the role of

the local floodplain board.

3. To participate in the program, floodplain boards shall

adopt, administer and enforce floodplain management rules and

regulations, for the purpose of:

a. delineation of floodplains and floodways,

b. preservation of the capacity of the floodplain to

carry and discharge regional floods,

c. minimization of flood hazards,

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d. establishment and charging of reasonable fees, not to

exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), for services

provided by the Board, county commissioners and

municipalities in the administration of their

responsibilities pursuant to the Oklahoma Floodplain

Management Act,

e. regulation of the use of land in the floodplain,

f. protection of the natural and beneficial functions of

the floodplain, reducing damage to property from

floods, reducing injury and loss of life from floods,

and allowing communities to be eligible for flood

insurance, and

g. hiring and employment of an accredited floodplain

administrator.

B. The floodplain management regulations shall be based on

adequate technical data and competent engineering advice and shall

be consistent with local and regional comprehensive planning.

C. The floodplain management regulations adopted by each

floodplain board shall be approved by the county or the

municipality, as the case may be, by appropriate resolution or

ordinance.

D. The Oklahoma Water Resources Board shall promulgate rules

for the purposes specified in paragraph 3 of subsection A of this

section.

E. Nothing contained within this section shall serve either to

require any county or municipality to participate in the National

Flood Insurance Program or to require any nonparticipating community

to enforce regulations related to floodplain management.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-896.9 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-896.9
Property rights of private landowners
Status: in_force

The property rights of private landowners adjacent to a scenic

river are the same as in any other area of the state. The

unauthorized use of private property is trespassing and is subject

to the penalties provided elsewhere in the statutes for such an

offense.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-277.11 — OK Code / Title 82 / Section 82-277.11
Construction and assessment elections
Status: in_force

A. When the board calls an election and submits to the electors

the question whether or not a construction plan and an assessment

shall be levied to raise money to be used for any of the purposes

provided in the Oklahoma Irrigation District Act, the election shall

be called upon notice and shall be held and the result thereof

determined and declared in all respects in conformity with the

bylaws of the district.

B. The notice shall specify:

1. the proposed construction plan;

2. the total amount of money proposed to be raised;

3. the purpose for which it is intended to be used;

4. the maximum annual assessments proposed to be levied; and

5. the number of years the assessment shall continue.

C. The ballots shall contain the words "Construction and

Assessment - Yes" and "Construction and Assessment - No." If a

majority of the votes are "Construction and Assessment - Yes," the

Board shall, at the time of the annual levy thereunder, levy an

assessment sufficient to raise the amount payable.