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82 OK Stat § 82-548 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-548. Amendment of district boundaries to include other 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 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.Added by Laws 1963, c. 271, § 15, emerg. eff. June 13, 1963.
82 OK Stat § 82-549 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-549. Amendment of district boundaries to include other 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 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.Laws 1967, c. 382, § 23, emerg. eff. May 23, 1967.
82 OK Stat § 82-562 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-562. Board of Directors to organize - Records.

|Each director before entering upon his official duties shall take and subscribe to the Constitutional oath before a suitable officer and further that he will honestly, faithfully and impartially perform the duties of his office, and that he will not be interested directly or indirectly in any contract let by said district, which said oath shall be filed in the office of the clerk of said court in the original case. Upon taking the oath, the Board of Directors shall choose one of their number President of the Board, and shall elect some suitable person Secretary of the Board, who may or may not be a member of the Board. Upon organization of the Board of Directors, and as often thereafter as may be necessary to correctly reflect all changes therein, a certificate shall be filed in the initial case, by the President of the Board, setting forth the names, addresses and official titles of all officers of the District. Such Board shall adopt a seal, and shall keep in a well-bound book a record of all its proceedings, minutes of all meetings, certificates, contracts, bonds given by employees and all corporate acts, which record and proceedings, so recorded, shall be signed by the said Board of Directors or such members of said Board, concurring in said acts or proceedings, at the time of the making of such record or on date of the first meeting of the Board thereafter, which shall be open to the inspection of the owners of property in the district, as well as to all other interested parties, said record is hereby declared to be the official record of the district, and shall be conclusive evidence as to all actions, proceedings and notices and the contents thereof affecting said district. |Laws 1923-24, c. 139, p. 167, § 10; Laws 1967, c. 382, § 2, emerg. eff. May 23, 1967.
82 OK Stat § 82-563 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-563. Quorum.

|A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum, and a concurrence of the majority in any matter within their duties shall be sufficient for its determination. |Added by Laws 1923-24, c. 139, p. 168, § 11.
82 OK Stat § 82-564 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-564. Secretary and other employees or staff.

|The secretary shall be the custodian of the records of the district and of its corporate seal and shall assist the board in particulars as it may direct in the performance of its duties. It shall be the duty of the secretary to attest, under the corporate seal of the district, all certified copies of the official records and files of the district that may be required of the secretary by the provisions of this act, or by any person ordering the same and paying the reasonable cost of transcription and any portion of the record so certified and attested shall be prima facie evidence of the facts contained in the record. The secretary shall serve also as treasurer of the district, unless a treasurer is otherwise provided for by the board. The board may also employ a district manager and any engineers, attorneys or other staff as may be useful and necessary. The board may provide for compensation of employees of the board, which, with all other necessary expenditures, shall be taken as a part of the cost of the improvement. The employment of persons or entities by the district shall be evidenced by agreements in writing which shall specify the amounts or rates to be paid for their services. The district manager shall be superintendent of all the works and improvements, and shall make a full report to the board each year, or more often if required by the board, and may make suggestions and recommendations to the board as the manager may deem proper. |Added by Laws 1923-24, c. 139, p. 168, § 12. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 175, § 1, emerg. eff. April 26, 2010.
82 OK Stat § 82-566 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-566. Execution of plan - Powers of directors.

|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. |Added by Laws 1923-24, c. 139, p. 170, § 14.
82 OK Stat § 82-567 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-567. Entry upon lands for surveys and examinations.

|The board of directors of any district organized under this act, or their employees or agents, including the contractors and their employees, and the members of the Board of appraisers and their assistants, may enter upon lands within or without the district in order to make surveys and examinations to accomplish the necessary preliminary purposes of the district, or to have access to the work, the district being liable, however, for actual damages done, but no unnecessary damage shall be done. |Added by Laws 1923-24, c. 139, p. 170, § 15.
82 OK Stat § 82-569 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-569. Contracts - Advertisement - Bond - Waiver of advertisement in emergency – District bidding process.

|A. When it is determined to let the work of a master conservancy district by contract, contracts in amounts to exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) shall be advertised after notices calling for bids have been published once a week, for three (3) consecutive weeks completed on date of last publication, which shall not be less than fourteen (14) days from the first publication, in at least one newspaper in each county, where any part of the work under terms of the contract is to be performed. The board may let the contract to the lowest and best bidder, who shall give a good and approved bond, with ample security, equal in amount to the total of the bid, conditioned on the carrying out of the contract to completion, and shall file the bond and contract with the secretary of the district in amount and conditions as provided by law, conditioned on the carrying out of the contract. The contract shall be in writing and shall be approved by the board of directors and signed by the president of the board and by the contractor. In the case of sudden emergency when it is necessary in order to protect the district or when the board determines that the contract must be implemented by a sole source or in any situation in which the Public Competitive Bidding Act of 1974 would allow a state agency to do so, the advertising of contracts may be waived. |B. The board of directors of any conservancy district may adopt rules establishing a district competitive bidding process not in conflict with the provisions of this section.Added by Laws 1923-24, c. 139, p. 171, § 17. Amended by Laws 1927, c. 70, p. 96, § 9, emerg. eff. March 23, 1927; Laws 1963, c. 271, § 5, emerg. eff. June 13, 1963; Laws 1992, c. 133, § 2, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 2008, c. 93, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2008; Laws 2010, c. 175, § 3, emerg. eff. April 26, 2010; Laws 2021, c. 113, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
82 OK Stat § 82-570 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-570. Dominant right of eminent domain.

|Said board, where necessary for the purpose of this act, shall have dominant right of eminent domain over the right of eminent domain of railroad, telegraph, telephone, gas, water power and other companies and corporations, and over townships, villages, counties and cities. In the exercise of this right due care shall be taken to do no unnecessary damage to other public utilities, and, in case of failure to agree upon the mode and terms of interference, their operation or usefulness shall not be interfered with beyond the actual necessities of the case, due regard being paid to the other public interest involved. |Oil, gas and minerals are specifically excluded from the right to condemn, except to the extent necessary to prevent activities adversely affecting the purposes of the district.Laws 1923-24, c. 139, p. 171, § 18; Laws 1967, c. 382, § 4, emerg. eff. May 23, 1967.
82 OK Stat § 82-571 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-571. Condemnation under general law.

|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. |Added by Laws 1923-24, c. 139, p. 171, § 19.
82 OK Stat § 82-571.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-571.1. Condemnation for easement purposes - Damages.

|When the board of directors of a conservancy district determines that a lesser estate is needed for flood control purposes than fee simple absolute, the board shall have the right to condemn for easement purposes an easement as may be required. |In such cases, the measure of damages payable to a landowner shall be the difference in the fair market value of the entire tract with the easement and the fair market value of the entire tract without the easement. Commissioners or jurors shall take into consideration in assessing damages for permanent inundation or for flowage easements for intermittent inundation of land, the estimated or anticipated frequency of inundation, the value of the remnant of the estate for landowner's agricultural or other economic use, and such other relevant factors as may be ascertained or anticipated by reasonable evaluation.Added by Laws 1988, c. 50, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1988.
82 OK Stat § 82-572 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-572. Regulations to protect works - Enforcement - Penalty.

|Where necessary in order to secure the best results from the execution and operation of the plans of the district, or to prevent damage to the district by the deterioration or misuse, or by the pollution of the waters, of any water course therein, the board of directors may make regulations for and may prescribe the manner of building bridges, roads, or fences or other works in, into, along or across any channel, reservoir, or other construction; and may prescribe the manner in which ditches or other works shall be adjusted to or connected with the works of the district or any watercourse therein. |The construction of any works in a manner harmful to the district or to any water course therein, and in a manner contrary to that specified by the directors, shall be a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punishable by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). The directors shall have authority to enforce by mandamus or otherwise all necessary regulations made by them and authorized by this act, and may remove any harmful construction or may close any opening improperly made. Any person, corporation or municipality willfully failing to comply with such regulations shall be liable for all damages caused by such failure and for the cost of renewing any construction damaged or destroyed.Laws 1923-24, c. 139, p. 171, § 20.
82 OK Stat § 82-574 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-574. Passing equipment through bridge or grade - Notice to owner.

|In case it is necessary to pass any dredge boat or other equipment through a bridge or grade of any railroad company or other corporation, county, township, or municipality, the board of directors shall give thirty (30) days' notice to the owner of said bridge or grade that the same shall be removed temporarily to allow the passage of such equipment or that an agreement be immediately entered into in regard thereto. The owner of said bridge or grade shall keep an itemized account of the cost of the removal and if necessary, of the replacing of said bridge or grade, and said actual cost shall be paid by the district. In case the owner of said bridge or grade shall refuse to provide for the passage of said equipment, the board of directors may remove such bridge or grade at its own expense, interrupting traffic in the least degree consistent with good work and without delay or unnecessary damage. In case they shall be prevented from doing so, the owner of said bridge or grade shall be liable for all damage caused by the resulting delay. |Added by Laws 1923-24, c. 139, p. 173, § 22.
82 OK Stat § 82-575 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-575. Establishing stream and rain gauges, etc. - Surveys and investigations.

|The board of directors shall also have the right to establish and maintain streamgauges, rain gauges, a flood warning service with telephone or telegraph service, and may make such surveys and examination of rainfall and flood conditions, stream flow, and other scientific and engineering subjects as are necessary and proper for the purposes of the district, and they may issue reports of their findings. |Laws 1923-24, c. 139, p. 173, § 23.
82 OK Stat § 82-576 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-576. Cooperation with federal government or other agencies - Outlets in other states.

|The board of directors shall also have the right and authority to enter into contracts or other arrangements with the United States Government or any department thereof, with persons, railroad or other corporations, with public corporations, cities and towns, and the state government of this or other states with drainage conservation, conservancy, or other improvement districts, in this or other states, for cooperation or assistance in constructing, maintaining, using and operating the works of the district or the waters thereof, not in violation of Article VI of the Constitution or for making surveys and investigations or reports; and may purchase, lease or otherwise acquire land or other property in adjoining states in order to secure outlets or spend money for securing such outlets or reservoirs or other works in adjoining states, and the Governor of the State of Oklahoma is hereby authorized to assist any conservancy district in negotiating any agreements with other states and the United States, under the power conferred upon him by Section 8 of Article VI of the Constitution of Oklahoma. That the streams constituting boundaries between this and other states for more than one hundred (100) miles shall not be organized within the conservancy districts until the state governments of this and other states affected shall have executed agreements as to equitable division of costs and benefits between the areas with different states affected by the agreement. |Laws 1923-24, c. 139, p. 173, § 24; Laws 1957, p. 556, § 6.
82 OK Stat § 82-577 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-577. Law governing.

|The rights of conservancy districts, landowners, municipalities, corporations, and other users of water in conservancy districts shall be governed by the laws of the State of Oklahoma providing for the use of water. |Added by Laws 1923-24, c. 139, p. 174, § 25. Amended by Laws 1957, p. 557, § 7; Laws 1967, c. 382, § 5, emerg. eff. May 23, 1967.
82 OK Stat § 82-601 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-601. Appraisers - Appointment - Organization - Additional board.

|At the time of making its order, organizing the district or at any suitable time thereafter; either in term or in vacation the court or judge shall appoint three (3) appraisers, who shall in every case where appraisers are appointed under this act be recommended by the board of directors, and whose duty it shall be to appraise the lands or other property within and without the district to be acquired for rights-of-way, reservoirs and other works of the district and to appraise all benefits and damages accruing to all lands within and without the district by reason of the extension of the official plan. Said appraisers shall be freeholders residing within the counties affected by the district but not interested in said district. Each of the appraisers shall, before taking up his duties, take and subscribe to an oath that he will faithfully and impartially discharge his duties as such appraiser, and that he will make a true report of such work done by him. The said appraisers shall at their first meeting elect one of their own number chairman, and the secretary of the board of directors or his deputy shall be exofficio secretary of said board of appraisers during their continuance in office. A majority of the appraisers shall constitute a quorum and a concurrence of the majority in any matter within their duties shall be sufficient for its determination. Said appraisers shall continue to hold their offices until excused by the court, and the court shall fill all vacancies in the board of appraisers, or may appoint a new board for subsequent appraisals, as occasion may require. Such new board, if appointed, shall fill all the requirements of the board of appraisers and perform its duties. |Provided, that if the court shall find that one board of appraisers cannot appraise the lands and property in said district within reasonable time, then the court may appoint such other boards of appraisers as may be found necessary, specifying their territory of operation.Laws 1923-24, c. 139, p. 176, § 26.
82 OK Stat § 82-603 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-603. Lands outside district, appraisement of - Bringing in additional owners.

|If the appraisers find that lands or other property not embraced within the boundaries of the district will be necessary for or affected by, the proposed improvement, or should be included in the district, they shall appraise the benefits and damages to such land and shall file notice, in the court of the appraisal which they have made upon the lands beyond the boundaries of the district, and to land which in their opinion should be included in the district. The appraisers shall report to the court any lands which in their opinion should be eliminated from the district. |Provided, that the court in determining the properties benefited by the proposed project or projects and in assessing the benefits derived therefrom, and in the matter of assessments for the construction and maintenance thereof shall upon proper petition and showing, cause to be brought in and made parties to the action all property owners found to be benefited throughout the course of the stream below the points of diversion of water, or to the crossing of the state line by any such stream, whether such property be originally included in the petition or not, such action to be taken by the court after service of summons as required in civil actions upon such property owners of record.Added by Laws 1923-24, c. 139, p. 178, § 28.
82 OK Stat § 82-604 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-604. Hearing on land excluded from or taken into district - Notice.

|If the report of the board of appraisers includes recommendations that other lands be included in the district, or that certain lands be excluded from the district, it shall be the duty of the court clerk where the proceeding is pending to give notice to the owners of such property by publication, to be made as provided in this act for a hearing on the petition for the creation of the district. Such notice to those owners whose lands are to be added to the district may be substantially as shown in the schedule herein. The time and place of the hearing may be the same as those of hearing of appraisals. To the owners of property to be excluded from the district it will be sufficient to notify them of that fact, which notice may be recorded with acknowledgment of the owner. |Laws 1923-24, c. 139, p. 178, § 30; Laws 1959, p. 377, § 5; Laws 1961, p. 627, § 12; Laws 1963, c. 271, § 7, emerg. eff. June 13, 1963.