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82 OK Stat § 82-685 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-685. Repeals - Certain laws not affected.

|All acts or parts of acts conflicting in any way with any of the provisions of this act, in regard to improvements of this or a similar character, or otherwise interfering with the execution of this law according to its terms, are hereby declared inoperative and ineffective as to this act, as if they did not exist. But all such laws and parts of laws shall not be in any way affected by this law. This act shall not repeal Chapter 38 of the Oklahoma Compiled Statutes, 1921, or any amendment thereto, but it shall be an additional remedy. |Laws 1923-24, c. 139, p. 200, § 75.
82 OK Stat § 82-686 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-686. Short forms and abbreviations.

|For the sake of convenience: |(a) In any orders of the court the words, "The court now here finds that it hath jurisdiction of the parties to and of the subject matter of this proceeding," shall be equivalent to a finding that each jurisdiction upon the court, beginning with the proper signing and filing of the initial petition to the date of the order containing such recital, have been scrutinized by the court and found to meet every legal requirement imposed by this act.(b) No other or further evidence of the legal hypothecation of the special assessment to the payment of the bonds shall be required than the passage of a bonding resolution by the board of directors and the issuance of bonds in accordance therewith.(c) In the preparation of any assessment or appraisal roll the usual abbreviations employed by engineers, surveyors and abstractors may be used.(d) Where properly to describe any parcel of land it would be necessary to use a long description, the appraisers, after locating the land generally may refer to the book and page of the public record of any instrument in which the land is described, which reference shall suffice to identify for all the purposes of this act the land described in this public record referred to.(e) It shall not be necessary in any notice required by this act to be published to specify the names of the owners of the lands or of the persons interested therein; but any such notice may be addressed, "To All Persons Interested," with like effect as though such notice named by name every owner, of any lands within the territory specified in the notice and every person interested therein, and every lienor, actual or inchoate, except that the notice of assessments or appraisals shall be as provided otherwise herein.(f) Every district heretofore created or hereinafter declared upon hearing to be a conservancy district shall be an improvement district as provided in Article 16 of the Constitution of Oklahoma, and shall be invested with all the powers and privileges conferred upon such districts by the Constitution of Oklahoma and this act.Added by Laws 1923-24, c. 139, p. 200, § 76. Amended by Laws 1959, p. 381, § 11.
82 OK Stat § 82-688 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-688. Exemption from taxation.

|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 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.Added by Laws 1967, c. 382, § 21, emerg. eff. May 23, 1967.
82 OK Stat § 82-688.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-688.1. Exemption from payment of sales, use and vehicle excise taxes - Registration of vehicles.

|Conservancy districts and master conservancy districts organized under the provisions of the Conservancy Act of Oklahoma shall be exempt from the payment of sales and use taxes on purchases and use of tangible personal property in this state, from the payment of motor fuel taxes as provided in Section 500.10 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes and from payment of the vehicle excise tax levied on the transfer or first registration of vehicles purchased and used in Oklahoma, and the vehicles of such districts shall be registered each year for a nominal fee of One Dollar ($1.00), after having obtained the proper Oklahoma certificate of title. |Added by Laws 1969, c. 64, § 1, emerg. eff. March 5, 1969. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 426, § 20, eff. July 1, 2009.
82 OK Stat § 82-861 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-861. District created and territory included - Governmental agency and body politic - Powers - Designation of land and water.

|There is hereby created within the State of Oklahoma a conservation and reclamation district to be known as "Grand River Dam Authority", hereinafter called the district, and consisting of that part of the State of Oklahoma which is included within the boundaries of the Counties of Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Ottawa, Osage, Pawnee, Payne, Lincoln, Logan, Tulsa, Wagoner, Sequoyah, Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg, McIntosh, Creek, Okmulgee, Nowata, Washington and Rogers. Such district shall be, and is hereby declared to be, a governmental agency of the State of Oklahoma, body politic and corporate, with powers of government and with the authority to exercise the rights, privileges and functions hereinafter specified, including the control, storing, preservation and distribution of the waters of the Grand River and its tributaries, for irrigation, power and other useful purposes and reclamation and irrigation of arid, semiarid and other lands needing irrigation, and the conservation and development of the forests, minerals, land, water and other resources and the conservation and development of hydroelectric power and other electrical energy, from whatever source derived, of the State of Oklahoma. |Nothing in this act or in any other act or law contained, however, shall be construed as authorizing the district to levy or collect taxes or assessments, or to create any indebtedness payable out of the taxes or assessments, or in any manner to pledge the credit of the State of Oklahoma, or any subdivision thereof.All that body of land and the water impounded above the Pensacola Dam, Pensacola Project, shall be hereafter designated and known as "Grand Lake O'The Cherokees". All that body of land and the water impounded above Robert S. Kerr Dam, Markham Ferry Project, shall be hereafter designated and known as "Lake Hudson". All that body of land and the water impounded above Chimney Rock Dam, Salina Pumped-Storage Project, shall be designated and known as "W. R. Holway Reservoir".Laws 1935, p. 350, § 1; Laws 1937, p. 481, § 1; Laws 1941, p. 472, § 1; Laws 1941, p. 475, § 1; Laws 1949, p. 633, § 1; Laws 1957, p. 562, § 1; Laws 1978, c. 283, § 1, emerg. eff. May 10, 1978; Laws 1981, c. 204, § 9, emerg. eff. May 26, 1981.
82 OK Stat § 82-862.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-862.1. Grand River Dam Authority - Exemptions.

|In addition to the powers, rights and privileges enumerated in Section 862 of this title, the Grand River Dam Authority shall be exempt from the provisions of the: |1. The Oklahoma Open Records Act, exclusively limited to:a.customer proprietary information the Authority is contractually obligated to keep confidential, andb.security plans and procedures in its role as an electric utility regulated by the federal government;2. The Oklahoma Open Meeting Act, exclusively limited to authorizing the Grand River Dam Authority Board of Directors to confer on:a.coal or gas fuel supply and transportation contracts,b.power purchase agreements, andc.security plans and procedures in its role as an electric utility regulated by the federal government; and3. Title 61 of the Oklahoma Statutes;4. The Information Technology Consolidation and Coordination Act;5. The State Travel Reimbursement Act; and6. The Surplus Property Act; provided that the district may, on a transactional basis, elect to make itself subject to the requirements of the Surplus Property Act.Added by Laws 2001, c. 397, § 7, emerg. eff. June 4, 2001. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 461, § 18, eff. July 1, 2003; Laws 2004, c. 524, § 2; Laws 2015, c. 325, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2015; Laws 2019, c. 507, § 3, eff. July 1, 2019.
82 OK Stat § 82-863.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-863.3. Joint Legislative Task Force on the Grand River Dam Authority - Members - Travel reimbursements.

|A. There is hereby created the Joint Legislative Task Force on the Grand River Dam Authority for the purpose of studying the functions, activities, policies, procedures and expenditures performed by the district and any related issues the task force deems appropriate. Members of the task force shall be appointed in January of each year following a state general election by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Membership shall be made up of five members of the Senate and five members of the House of Representatives whose legislative districts include a portion of the Grand River Dam Authority district to be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, respectively. The President Pro Tempore and Speaker shall each designate one of their members to be cochairs of the task force. The task force shall be required to meet at least once biennially during the first session of each new legislature. Additional meetings may be called as the cochairs determine necessary. Meetings of the task force shall be called by the cochairs. A majority of the appointed members shall constitute a quorum for any meeting of the task force. Staffing assistance shall be provided by the staff of the Senate and House of Representatives. |B. The members of the task force created herein shall continue to serve until new members are appointed pursuant to the provisions of subsection A of this section. The task force is authorized to adopt any recommendations or issue any report it deems necessary. Any recommendations or reports shall be approved by a majority of the appointed members. Copies of any recommendations or reports issued by the task force shall be distributed to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the members of the Grand River Dam Authority Board of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer of the Grand River Dam Authority.C. The Grand River Dam Authority shall annually provide a copy of the district's most recent annual report to the members of the task force in addition to any information requested pursuant to the provisions of this section.D. Members serving on the task force shall not be entitled to travel reimbursement.Added by Laws 2007, c. 192, § 3. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 247, § 1; Laws 2019, c. 507, § 5, eff. July 1, 2019.
82 OK Stat § 82-864 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-864. Appointment of secretary and other officers - Compensation of officers, agents and employees.

|A. 1. The Board of Directors of the Grand River Dam Authority shall select a secretary who shall keep true and complete records of all proceedings of the Board. Until the appointment of a secretary, or in the event of absence or inability to act, a secretary pro tempore shall be selected by the Board. |2. The Board shall also select a chief executive officer of the district, and a treasurer, who may also hold the office of secretary.3. All such officers shall have the powers and duties, and shall hold office for such term and be subject to removal in such manner as may be provided in the compensation of such officers. The Board may appoint such officers, fix their compensation and term of office and the method by which they may be removed and delegate to them such other powers and duties as it may deem appropriate.4. Except for the purpose of inquiry, the Board and its members shall deal with the operations of the district solely through the Chief Executive Officer. The Board and its members shall not:a.direct or request the Chief Executive Officer or other authority to appoint or remove officers or employees except as herein provided,b.participate in any manner in the appointment or removal of officers and employees of the district, except as provided by law, orc.give orders or ordinary administrative matters to any subordinate of the Chief Executive Officer either publicly or privately.B. The Chief Executive Officer may appoint such other officers, agents, and employees, fix their compensation pursuant to the provisions of this section, and term of office and the method by which they may be removed, and delegate to them such of its power and duties as the Chief Executive Officer may deem proper.Added by Laws 1935, p. 353, § 4. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 299, § 1, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1997, c. 240, § 2, emerg. eff. May 23, 1997; Laws 1998, c. 391, § 15, eff. Jan. 1, 1999; Laws 2003, c. 459, § 4; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 1061; Laws 2015, c. 88, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2015; Laws 2019, c. 507, § 6, eff. July 1, 2019.
82 OK Stat § 82-864.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-864.1. Retired employees - Payment of health insurance premiums.

|Except as otherwise provided for in this section, for the life of a retired employee, the Grand River Dam Authority shall pay not less than Sixty Dollars ($60.00) of its retired member’s, employee only, health insurance premiums as long as the retiree elects to continue participation in one of the plans offered by the State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board. Such payment made by the Grand River Dam Authority shall be in addition to any amount contributed by the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System pursuant to Section 1316.2 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. At its discretion, the Board of Directors of the Grand River Dam Authority may elect to pay more than Sixty Dollars ($60.00) toward the health insurance premium of a retired employee. |If the sum of the amount paid by the Grand River Dam Authority plus the medical supplement paid by the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System pursuant to Section 1316.2 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes exceeds the amount of the retired member’s, employee only, health insurance premium, the Authority may reduce the amount it contributes.Added by Laws 2003, c. 459, § 5. Amended by Laws 2004, c. 524, § 4; Laws 2005, c. 234, § 4, emerg. eff. May 26, 2005.
82 OK Stat § 82-865 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-865. District funds - Deposit - Official bonds - Surety.

|The funds of the district shall be deposited in accordance with Section 870 of this title and any bond resolutions or indentures issued thereunder. The Chief Executive Officer, the treasurer and all other officers, agents and employees of the district who shall be charged with the collection, custody or payment of any funds of the district shall give bond conditioned on the faithful performance of their duties and an accounting for all funds and property of the district coming into their respective hands, each of which bonds shall be in form and amount and with a surety, which shall be a surety company authorized to do business in the state, approved by the Board, and the premiums on such bonds shall be paid by the district and charged as an operating expense. |Added by Laws 1935, p. 353, § 5. Amended by Laws 1947, p. 624, § 2; Laws 1957, p. 565, § 2; Laws 1970, c. 263, § 3, emerg. eff. April 23, 1970; Laws 1981, c. 204, § 12, emerg. eff. May 26, 1981; Laws 2019, c. 507, § 7, eff. July 1, 2019.
82 OK Stat § 82-866 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-866. Domicile of district - Accounts and records - Contracts - Annual audit - Filing - Public inspection.

|The domicile of the district shall be in the County of Mayes, where the district shall maintain its principal office in charge of its Chief Executive Officer, until otherwise designated by the affirmative vote of four directors. The district shall cause to be kept complete and accurate accounts conforming to any generally accepted accounting principles. The accounts and all contracts, documents and records of the district shall be kept at the principal office. The accounts and contracts shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times. The Board shall cause to be made and completed within ninety (90) days after the end of each calendar year an audit of the books of account and financial records of the district for such calendar year, such audit to be made by an independent certified public accountant or firm of certified public accountants. Electronic copies of the audit report, certified to by the accountant or accountants, shall be placed and kept on file with the Governor, the State Treasurer, Oklahoma Department of Libraries and the State Auditor and Inspector, and at the principal office, and shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times. The audit shall also be filed with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, in accordance with the requirements set forth for financial statement audits in Section 212A of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. |Added by Laws 1935, p. 353, § 6. Amended by Laws 1939, p. 561, § 2, emerg. eff. April 8, 1939; Laws 1955, p. 475, § 2, emerg. eff. Feb. 14, 1955; Laws 1981, c. 204, § 13, emerg. eff. May 26, 1981; Laws 1996, c. 290, § 20, eff. July 1, 1996; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 1062; Laws 2019, c. 507, § 8, eff. July 1, 2019; Laws 2021, c. 282, § 1, eff. July 1, 2021.
82 OK Stat § 82-867 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-867. Officers and employees to have no interest in contracts - Fine.

|No director, officer, agent, or employee of the district shall be directly or indirectly interested in any contract for the purchase of any property or construction of any work by or for the district, and if any such person shall be or become so interested in any such contract, he shall be guilty of a felony and, on conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine in an amount not exceeding Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or to confinement in the county jail for not less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10) years, or both. |Added by Laws 1935, p. 354, § 7. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 594, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 430, eff. July 1, 1999.NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 594 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
82 OK Stat § 82-868 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-868. Board authorized to fix and collect rates and charges - 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 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.Added by Laws 1935, p. 354, § 8. Amended by Laws 2019, c. 507, § 9, eff. July 1, 2019.
82 OK Stat § 82-869 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-869. Sources for payment of obligations of district.

|A. Any and every indebtedness, liability or obligation of the district, for the payment of money, however entered into or incurred, and whether arising from contract, implied contract or otherwise, shall be payable solely (1) out of the revenues received by the district in respect of its properties, or other accounts held for the payment and security thereof, subject to any prior lien thereon conferred by any resolution or resolutions theretofore adopted as in Section 861 et seq. of this title provided, authorizing the issuance of bonds or (2), if the Board shall so determine out of the proceeds of sale or issuance by the district of bonds or bond anticipation notes payable solely from such revenues or such other amounts, or such credit or liquidity support as may be obtained by the district for such purposes, repayable solely from such revenues or other amounts. |B. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the district is hereby authorized to accept state appropriations to pay any lease-purchase obligations for property purchased from the sale of bonds as provided by law in Section 301 et seq. of Title 73 of the Oklahoma Statutes.Added by Laws 1935, p. 354, § 9. Amended by Laws 1981, c. 204, § 14, emerg. eff. May 26, 1981; Laws 2001, c. 71, § 1, emerg. eff. April 10, 2001; Laws 2019, c. 507, § 10, eff. July 1, 2019.