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82 OK Stat § 82-502 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-502. Organization of districts - Petition - Notice.

|When in the opinion of the Conservation Commission of the State of Oklahoma, the organization of irrigation, flood control, reforestation and/or soil erosion prevention districts is necessary and expedient to effect the purposes and intentions of House Bill No. 84, of the Fifteenth Legislature and all laws to which said act is cumulative, said Commission may perfect the organization of said district or districts by filing with the court hereinafter prescribed a petition alleging the necessity of said district, describing with common certainty the area proposed to be included therein and praying for an order of the court directing the formation and organization thereof. Upon the filing of such petition, without affidavit or further pleading, the clerk of such court shall give notice to all persons interested in or affected by the formation of any such district by publication once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper, published in the county seat of each county in which any part of the proposed district is located. Said notice shall run in the name of the State of Oklahoma, shall be captioned "In the matter of the formation of the ....... conservancy district" and shall be addressed "To all persons interested" in the formation thereof; said notice shall recite the filing of such petition and describe with common certainty the area proposed to be included in such district and shall notify all persons interested or affected by the organization of such district to appear in not less than fifteen (15) days after the date of the first publication of said notice and show cause, if any they have, why such district should not be organized. |(a) In cases where all of said proposed district lies within one county, the petition for the organization thereof shall be filed with the district court of such county and where the proposed district lies in more than one county, but within one judicial district, such petition may be filed in either county of such judicial district.(b) In cases where the proposed conservancy district lies in more than one judicial district, the petition for the formation thereof shall be filed in the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma. When such petition is filed in the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma, the clerk shall docket the same as an original action in such Court and the Supreme Court or any member thereof, shall forthwith determine which district court of this state is more conveniently near the center or middle of said proposed district and can hear and determine said petition to the greatest convenience of the people within said district, having in view the customary route of travel; and shall thereupon refer and assign said petition and proceeding to such district court and direct the hearing, determination and control and administration of such proceeding as an original action therein.Laws 1935, p. 343, § 2 emerg. eff. April 26, 1935.
82 OK Stat § 82-503 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-503. Hearing on petition - Order for formation of district.

|Upon the hearing had upon any such petition filed as hereinabove set out, if it shall appear to the court that the purposes of Chapter 70, Article 5, Oklahoma Statutes of 1931, as amended by House Bill No. 84, Of the Fifteenth Legislature, will be best served by the creation of the conservancy district and the owners of a majority of the area of land in the proposed district have not filed written protest against the formation of such district, the court shall, by its findings duly entered of record, adjudicate all questions of jurisdiction and declare the districts organized, giving it a name or number in its discretion, by which it shall be known in all proceedings; provided, that no assessment for benefits shall be levied by a conservancy district created under this act. |Laws 1935, p. 344, § 3.
82 OK Stat § 82-504 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-504. Decree to describe district - State Board as directors.

|In such decree the court shall designate the general description of the outline of said district and shall appoint as directors thereof the members of the Conservation Commission of the State of Oklahoma and their successors in office, who shall thereupon have and exercise with reference to such conservancy districts all powers and duties conferred upon said Commission by Chapter 70, Article 5, Oklahoma Statutes of 1931, as amended by House Bill No. 84, of the Fifteenth Legislature of the State of Oklahoma. |Laws 1935, p. 344, § 4.
82 OK Stat § 82-505 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-505. State Board to control district - Redress accorded persons injuriously affected.

|Upon the creation of any such conservancy district, as herein provided, the Conservation Commission of the State of Oklahoma, shall have authority and is hereby empowered and authorized to take such action as is deemed necessary by said Commission to properly carry out the intention and purpose of Chapter 70, Article 5, Oklahoma Statutes of 1931, as amended by House Bill No. 84, of the Fifteenth Legislature of the State of Oklahoma, and said Commission or any member thereof, its servants, agents and employees shall have the right of ingress and egress upon all property comprising said conservancy district; provided, that any person, firm or corporation, private or public, who shall consider itself or himself injuriously affected in any manner whatsoever by any act performed by any official or agent of said Commission may seek redress according to subsection (L), Section 6, House Bill No. 84, of the Fifteenth Legislature of the State of Oklahoma. |Laws 1935, p. 344, § 5.
82 OK Stat § 82-506 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-506. Jurisdiction of courts over creation of districts.

|Jurisdiction of all actions for the creation of conservancy districts as outlined in this act is hereby specifically conferred upon the various district courts of the State of Oklahoma and upon the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma to be exercised in the manner herein prescribed. |Laws 1935, p. 345, § 6.
82 OK Stat § 82-507 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-507. Costs.

|Any petition filed under authority of this act by the Conservation Commission of the State of Oklahoma shall be accepted and filed by the clerk of the court in which the same is filed without costs, and all proceedings thereunder shall be had without cost to the Conservation Commission of the State of Oklahoma, except that such Commission shall be liable for all costs of publishing the notices herein prescribed. |Laws 1935, p. 345, § 7, emerg. eff. April 26, 1935.
82 OK Stat § 82-508 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-508. Appeal from organization of district - Collateral attack.

|The Conservation Commission or any landowner affected by any proposed conservancy district or by the creation of any conservancy districts under the provisions of this act, who is aggrieved by any order refusing to establish or establishing such district may, within one hundred eighty (180) days after the rendition of such order, appeal from the same to the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma upon giving bond in the sum to be fixed by the court. Provided, however, that where any order is made organizing any such district, such judgment shall not be superseded pending appeal unless fifty-one percent (51%) of the landowners affected by such order join in the appeal. The organization of any conservancy district hereunder shall not be subject to collateral attack in any suit, action or proceeding except as to jurisdictional questions. |Laws 1935, p. 345, § 8.
82 OK Stat § 82-509 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-509. Act cumulative.

|This act shall be cumulative to Chapter 70, Oklahoma Statutes of 1931, as amended by House Bill No. 84, of the Fifteenth Legislature of the State of Oklahoma, and the powers, duties and limitations hereby imposed upon the Conservation Commission of the State of Oklahoma shall be in addition to those already imposed by said laws. |Laws 1935, p. 346, § 10.
82 OK Stat § 82-510 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-510. Partial invalidity.

|If any part of this act shall be declared invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the remaining portions hereof. |Laws 1935, p. 346, § 11.
82 OK Stat § 82-521 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-521. County commissioners - Duties concerning conservation - Cooperation with State Board.

|The board of county commissioners of the various counties of the State of Oklahoma are hereby authorized to cooperate with the Conservation Commission of the State of Oklahoma in all instances where such cooperation is necessary and will expedite the provisions of this act or any other act to which this act is cumulative, and such boards are further empowered and authorized to devise methods and means to stop and/or prevent soil erosion or soil drifting in their respective counties. In any county or any part thereof of the state where the Conservation Commission of the State of Oklahoma has not exercised its powers for the prevention and control of soil erosion, the board of county commissioners may order the land subject to soil erosion and drifting to be cultivated, plowed, listed or planted, or may in any other manner take such steps as are necessary to prevent such soil erosion and drifting. Upon any such order being made by the board of county commissioners, all owners of land within the district designated by the board of county commissioners shall forthwith take such steps as are designated by said board and in case any land owner shall fail or refuse to comply therewith, the board of county commissioners is hereby authorized to employ agents to go upon the land of any such person who shall fail or refuse to comply with such orders, for the purpose of plowing, ditching, listing or planting the same to prevent soil erosion and drifting, and said board of county commissioners is hereby expressly authorized to assess reasonable charges for such services against such lands affected thereby, which charges and assessments shall be levied and collected as other taxes on real estate; provided, that no order for the plowing, ditching, listing or planting of any lands in any given area shall be ordered by any board of county commissioners unless and until sixty percent (60%) of the land owners of such area have filed with such board of county commissioners written requests for such action. |Laws 1935, p. 345, § 9.
82 OK Stat § 82-526.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-526.2. Notice of approval of compact.

|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. |Added by Laws 1951, p. 331, § 2.
82 OK Stat § 82-526.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-526.3. Approval by Texas and New Mexico - Consent of Congress.

|The ratification and approval of said Compact by this state shall not be binding or obligatory until it shall have been likewise approved by the Legislature of the State of Texas and the Legislature of the State of New Mexico and consented to by the Congress of the United States of America. |Laws 1951, p. 331, § 3.
82 OK Stat § 82-531 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-531. Short title - Definitions.

|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.Laws 1923-24, c. 139, p. 161, § 1; Laws 1957, p. 552, § 1; Laws 1959, p. 374, § 1.
82 OK Stat § 82-532 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-532. Change of names of boards, commissions, etc. - Transfer of powers and duties to Oklahoma Planning and Resources Board.

|Whenever the words "Commission of Drainage and Irrigation" occur in Chapter 139 of the 1923-1924 Session Laws of the State of Oklahoma, and where the words "Commission of Drainage and Irrigation and Reclamation," and whenever the words "Commission of Drainage and Irrigation" occur in said chapter, and whenever the words "Commissioner of Drainage, Irrigation and Reclamation" occur in Chapter 148, Session Laws of Oklahoma 1925, and whenever the words "Conservation Commission" occur in Chapter 70 of the 1927 Session Laws of the State of Oklahoma, and whenever the words "Conservation Commission" occur in Article 2 and Article 3 of Chapter 70 of the 1935 Session Laws of the State of Oklahoma, and whenever the words "Oklahoma Forest Commission" occur in Chapter 146 of the Session Laws of 1925, and whenever the words "Oklahoma Forest Commission," or "Commission" occur in Chapter 102 of the Oklahoma Session Laws of 1927, and whenever the words "The Oklahoma State Planning Board" occur in Article 23 of Chapter 24 of the 1935 Session Laws of Oklahoma, and whenever the words "The State Engineer" occur in Article 2, Chapter 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes of 1931, occur, there shall be substituted therefor "Oklahoma Planning and Resources Board"; and whatever powers, rights and duties and limitation are conferred under Chapter 42 of the Session Laws of 1925 hereby be transferred to the said Oklahoma Planning and Resources Board. |Laws 1927, c. 70, p. 93, § 4; Laws 1937, p. 74, § 6.
82 OK Stat § 82-541.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-541.1. Board of directors - Federal contracts.

|The board of directors of any conservancy district or master conservancy district, notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, and in addition to all other powers conferred by law, hereby is authorized and empowered to enter into any contract or contracts with the duly-constituted authorities of the federal government under and pursuant to the provisions of Act of Congress approved June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. at Large 388, and Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto (43 U.S.C. Sections 371 - 611), and is further authorizied and empowered to qualify as a "local organization" as defined in the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, as amended (68 Stat. 666, 70 Stat. 1088), and to cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States in carrying out, maintaining, and operating the works of improvement authorized by said Act, for the accomplishment of the purposes of the district, and by such contract or cooperation to enter into such stipulations and undertakings, assume such duties, establish and enforce such regulations, make such conveyances and assignments, establish such tolls, rates, prices, charges, rentals and assessments, and conform to and enforce such regulations of the Department of the Interior, or such regulations, policies and procedures of the Secretary of Agriculture, pursuant to the aforesaid Federal Acts, as to enable said district to secure the benefits of said Federal Acts. The board is hereby further authorized and empowered to negotiate and contract with any other federal or state agency and/or any other public entity in matters relating to waters of the district. For the purpose of such contract or contracts, the board of directors hereby is vested with all powers necessary and requisite to comply with the conditions and requirements of said Federal Legislation, and of regulations promulgated thereunder; and no provision or limitation contained in this Chapter which shall be in conflict with the provisions of such contract or terms of cooperation shall apply to any contracting district, nor shall they impair or limit the power and authority herein conferred. And such contract or terms of cooperation further may provide that they shall remain in force until the district has fully discharged all obligations incurred to the United States or the State of Oklahoma or its agencies thereunder. Providing, however, no contract shall be made conveying the title or use of any waters of the State of Oklahoma to any person, firm, corporation or other state or subdivision of government, for sale or use in any other state, unless such contract be specifically authorized by an act of the Oklahoma Legislature and thereafter as approved by it. |Laws 1955, p. 469, § 1; Laws 1957, p. 554, § 3; Laws 1961, p. 622, § 3.
82 OK Stat § 82-541.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-541.2. Organization of master conservancy districts.

|Upon proper petition master conservancy districts may be organized in the State of Oklahoma under the provisions of this act. |Laws 1955, p. 470, § 3; Laws 1957, p. 558, § 1; Laws 1961, p. 622, § 4.
82 OK Stat § 82-543 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-543. Court costs.

|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. |Laws 1923-24, c. 139, p. 164, § 5; Laws 1927, c. 70, p. 93, § 5; Laws 1959, p. 375, § 2.
82 OK Stat § 82-544 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-544. Notice of hearing on petition.

|Immediately after the filing of such petition, the clerk of the district court, with whom such petition is filed, or to whom it has been assigned, shall cause notice by publication, to be made of the pendency of the petition and of the time and place of the hearing thereon, and said notice as provided herein shall be given in each county affected by the district, and the time of hearing shall be not less than sixty (60) days from the date of the first publication. Said notice shall also include a map of the proposed district. Provided, that for any district created prior to the passage of this act in which notice of hearing petition was published in only one newspaper in a county affected by the district, such notice shall be deemed sufficient. The district court in which the petition was filed, or to whom it was assigned, shall thereafter, for all purposes of this act, except as hereinafter otherwise provided, maintain and have original and exclusive jurisdiction coextensive with the boundaries and limits of said district, and of lands and other property to be included in said district, or affected by said district, without regard to the usual or other limits of its jurisdiction and shall convene at the convenient county seat. |Laws 1923-24, c. 139, p. 164, § 6; Laws 1927, c. 70, p. 94, § 6; Laws 1955, p. 471, § 1; Laws 1961, p. 624, § 8; Laws 1963, c. 271, § 3; Laws 1967, c. 382, § 25, emerg. eff. May 23, 1967.
82 OK Stat § 82-546 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-546. Decree of incorporation filed with Secretary of State.

|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 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.Added by Laws 1923-24, c. 139, p. 166, § 8. Amended by Laws 1955, p. 472, § 3.
82 OK Stat § 82-547 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-547. Irrigation districts - Formation.

|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."Laws 1923-24, c. 139, p. 198, § 70; Laws 1957, p. 556, § 5.