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82 OK Stat § 82-870.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-870.1. Bond anticipation notes.

|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. |Added by Laws 1977, c. 24, § 2, emerg. eff. April 25, 1977. Amended by Laws 2019, c. 507, § 12, eff. July 1, 2019.
82 OK Stat § 82-871 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-871. Bonds negotiable.

|All bonds issued by the district pursuant to the provisions of this act shall constitute negotiable instruments within the meaning of The Negotiable Instruments Law. |Laws 1935, p. 357, § 11.
82 OK Stat § 82-872 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-872. District to establish rules and regulations concerning labor and materials - Authority to request aid of United States engineers.

|The district may, but without intending by this provision to limit any powers of the district as granted to it by this act, enter into and carry out such contract, or establish or comply with such rules and regulations concerning labor and materials and other related matters in connection with any project or projects as the District may deem desirable or as may be requested by the United States of America, or any corporation or agency created, designated or established thereby, which may assist in the financing of any such project or projects. The district shall have the authority to request engineering aid of the Corps of Engineers of the United States Army, the Federal Power Commission, or any other federal agency, in the designing and construction of any project authorized under the terms of this act and to use such aid, if and when offered, and to pay any reasonable cost therefor. |Laws 1935, p. 357, § 12.
82 OK Stat § 82-873 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-873. District authorized to purchase, fund or refund bonds, 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 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.Added by Laws 1935, p. 357, § 13. Amended by Laws 1945, p. 409, § 1; Laws 1949, p. 640, § 5; Laws 2007, c. 192, § 2; Laws 2019, c. 507, § 13, eff. July 1, 2019.
82 OK Stat § 82-874.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-874.1. Watercraft landing on leased land.

|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. |Added by Laws 1957, p. 570, § 2.
82 OK Stat § 82-874.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-874.2. Licenses for real property encroachment.

|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. |Added by Laws 2005, c. 234, § 6, emerg. eff. May 26, 2005.
82 OK Stat § 82-876 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-876. Bonds exempted from taxation except inheritance taxes - Bonds and securities.

|All bonds 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. |Bonds issued under the provisions of this act are hereby made securities in which all public officers and public bodies, agencies and instrumentalities of the state and its political subdivisions, all banks, trust companies, trust and loan associations, investment companies, and others carrying on a banking business, and all insurance companies and insurance associations, and others carrying on an insurance business, may legally and properly invest funds including capital in their control or belonging to them. Such bonds are also approved as collateral security for the deposit of any public funds and for the investment of trust funds.Laws 1935, p. 358, § 16; Laws 1981, c. 204, § 19, emerg. eff. May 26, 1981.
82 OK Stat § 82-877 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-877. Act to constitute only authority for bond issues - Other 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. |Laws 1935, p. 358, § 17.
82 OK Stat § 82-878 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-878. Construction of act.

|This act and all of the terms and provisions hereof shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes set forth herein. |Laws 1935, p. 358, § 18.
82 OK Stat § 82-879 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-879. Partial invalidity.

|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. |Laws 1935, p. 358, § 19.
82 OK Stat § 82-880 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-880. Short title.

|This act may be cited as the Grand River Dam Authority Act. |Laws 1935, p. 358, § 20.
82 OK Stat § 82-887 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-887. Waters of Grand River and reservoirs thereon as nonnavigable and waters of State of Oklahoma.

|That the waters of Grand River in Oklahoma and the Pensacola and Markham Ferry Reservoirs, located thereon, be and are hereby determined and declared to be non-navigable and waters of the State of Oklahoma. |Laws 1963, p. 759, H.J.R.No.548, § 1.
82 OK Stat § 82-888 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-888. Distribution of copies of resolution.

|That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to the President of the United States, the Secretary of the United States Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives of the United States, and to each member of Congress, from the State of Oklahoma and to the Commandant of the United States Coast Guard, Washington, D.C. |Laws 1963, p. 759, H.J.R.No.548, § 2.
82 OK Stat § 82-889 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-889. Permits for maintaining docks, wharves, vessels, etc. - 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. Said cables or stiff-arms and any walkway extending to the shorelands shall conform to the rules promulgated by the Authority. |Laws 1971, p. 1040, H.J.R. No. 1029, § 1, emerg.eff. June 17, 1971; Laws 2005, c. 234, § 7, emerg. eff. May 26, 2005.
82 OK Stat § 82-890 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-890. Control of segment of Grand River downstream from Fort Gibson Dam.

|The Grand River Dam Authority shall have no control over that portion of the Grand River downstream from Fort Gibson Dam to the point of confluence of the waters of the Grand River with those of the Arkansas River. |Added by Laws 1975, c. 108, § 1, emerg. eff. May 6, 1975.
82 OK Stat § 82-895 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-895. Certain municipal annexations prohibited.

|Municipalities are prohibited from annexing property which is covered by any body of water subject to the control of the Grand River Dam Authority or from annexing any property located within one thousand (1,000) feet of the high water mark of such body of water, without prior approval of the Grand River Dam Authority Board of Directors. Provided, however, municipalities may annex property by crossing a body of water if the property has been improved with a bridge or similar permanent structure. |Added by Laws 1997, c. 240, § 5, emerg. eff. May 23, 1997. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 459, § 7.
82 OK Stat § 82-896.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-896.2. Fees for use of flotation devices upon scenic rivers.

|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. |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.Added by Laws 2016, c. 297, § 5, eff. July 1, 2016. Amended by Laws 2017, c. 41, § 2, eff. Jul. 1, 2017.
82 OK Stat § 82-896.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-896.3. Powers and duties for purposes of the Scenic Rivers Act

|For purposes of the Scenic Rivers Act, the Grand River Dam Authority shall have additional powers and duties to: |1. Prepare, adopt and publish management plans and other documents to guide public and private activities and programs;2. Consider and comment on public and private practices and proposed actions that may affect a scenic river;3. Recommend standards for local government agencies whose political boundaries include all or part of a scenic river;4. Own and control public access points for scenic rivers, and purchase easements and fee title to land along the scenic rivers for public purposes which are to be held by the Authority as an agency of the State of Oklahoma; and5. Identify public and private nuisances that adversely affect a scenic river and take lawful action to abate nuisances.Added by Laws 2016, c. 297, § 6, emerg. eff. July 1, 2016.
82 OK Stat § 82-896.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-896.4. Short title

|Sections 7 through 19 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Scenic Rivers Act". |Added by Laws 1970, c. 68, § 1, emerg. eff. March 17, 1970. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 305, § 1, emerg. eff. May 28, 2003; Laws 2016, c. 297, § 7, eff. July 1, 2016. Renumbered from § 1451 of this title by Laws 2016, c. 297, § 24, eff. July 1, 2016.
82 OK Stat § 82-896.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-896.5. Preservation of certain free-flowing streams and rivers - 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; and6. Little Lee Creek in Adair and Sequoyah Counties.Added by Laws 1970, c. 68, § 2, emerg. eff. March 17, 1970. Amended by Laws 1974, c. 56, § 1, emerg. eff. April 13, 1974; Laws 1977, c. 6, § 1, emerg. eff. Feb. 25, 1977; Laws 1986, c. 33, § 1, emerg. eff. March 21, 1986; Laws 1988, c. 203, § 9, emerg. eff. June 10, 1988; Laws 1991, c. 7, § 2, eff. July 1, 1991; Laws 1997, c. 241, § 5, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2003, c. 305, § 2, emerg. eff. May 28, 2003; Laws 2016, c. 297, § 8, eff. July 1, 2016. Renumbered from § 1452 of this title by Laws 2016, c. 297, § 25, eff. July 1, 2016.
82 OK Stat § 82-896.6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-896.6. Legislative intent - Construction, operation or maintenance of dams or related projects.

|A. The term "scenic river" as used in the Scenic Rivers Act is defined as a stream or river designated pursuant to Section 896.5 of this title and the public use and access areas located within or adjacent to the stream or river. |B. It is the intent of the Legislature that a stream or river designated as a scenic river shall be preserved in its free-flowing condition and shall not be impounded by any large dam or structure except as specifically authorized by the Legislature.C. No agency or official of state government shall authorize or concur in plans of local, state or federal agencies for the construction, operation, or maintenance of any dam or related project in or adjacent to any scenic river without legislative consent, except as needed by the municipalities located in the counties or the immediate vicinity of the scenic river for their own municipal or domestic water supply if such uses and structures will not significantly interfere with the preservation of the stream as a scenic free-flowing stream.D. It is recognized by the Legislature that an effective program for preserving the scenic beauty of the free-flowing streams and rivers designated as a scenic river area necessarily involves the cooperation and support of the people in the operating areas of a designated scenic river, as well as the people using the scenic river, and the agencies of state government administering these areas.E. The primary purpose of the Scenic Rivers Act is to encourage the preservation of the areas designated as a scenic river area in their natural scenic state.Added by Laws 1970, c. 68, § 3, emerg. eff. March 17, 1970. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 241, § 6, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2016, c. 297, § 9, eff. July 1, 2016. Renumbered from § 1453 of this title by Laws 2016, c. 297, § 26, eff. July 1, 2016; Laws 2017, c. 41, § 1, eff. Jul. 1, 2017.
82 OK Stat § 82-896.7 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-896.7. Acquisition, development and maintenance of public 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. |Added by Laws 1970, c. 68, § 4, emerg. eff. March 17, 1970. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 336, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1997, c. 241, § 7, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2016, c. 297, § 10, eff. July 1, 2016. Renumbered from § 1454 of this title by Laws 2016, c. 297, § 27, eff. July 1, 2016.
82 OK Stat § 82-896.8 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-896.8. Prohibited containers - Littering - Penalties

|A. The use of glass, Styrofoam or any plastic foam containers for any purpose shall be prohibited on any scenic river or on the Lower Mountain Fork River, south of the Broken Bow Lake Reregulation Dam to U.S. Highway 70. Any person found in violation of this section shall be subject to the provisions of Section 1761.1 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes. |B. Any person who deliberately places, throws, drops, dumps, deposits or discards any garbage, trash, waste, rubbish, refuse, debris or other deleterious substance on or near a scenic river shall be subject to the provisions of Section 1761.1 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.Added by Laws 1970, c. 68, § 5, emerg. eff. March 17, 1970. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 115, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1988; Laws 1991, c. 182, § 66, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Laws 1997, c. 241, § 8, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2009, c. 6, § 1, emerg. eff. April 3, 2009; Laws 2016, c. 297, § 11, eff. July 1, 2016. Renumbered from § 1455 of this title by Laws 2016, c. 297, § 28, eff. July 1, 2016.
82 OK Stat § 82-896.9 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-896.9. Property rights of private landowners

|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. |Added by Laws 1970, c. 68, § 6, emerg. eff. March 17, 1970. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 241, § 9, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2016, c. 297, § 12, eff. July 1, 2016. Renumbered from § 1456 of this title by Laws 2016, c. 297, § 29, eff. July 1, 2016.
82 OK Stat § 82-896.11 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-896.11. Scenic rivers - Statement of purpose

|The Legislature finds that the protection and development of the scenic rivers in the state and adjacent and contiguous lands and quality of outstanding resource waters included within each scenic river should be provided for by properly planned and executed rules promulgated by the Grand River Dam Authority. The rules promulgated by the Authority with respect to scenic rivers may address public services, land use, occupancy, structures, lot and plot sizes, density of population and other activities as required for the proper protection of the aesthetic, scenic, historic, archeologic and scientific features of the scenic rivers, or deemed necessary for the protection of the ecosystem and the environment from pollution, despoliation and destruction or waste of natural resources and all other factors adversely affecting the public health, safety and the general welfare so long as the rules comply with the exempt provisions of the Scenic Rivers Act pertaining to farming, ranching, forestry, silviculture and other agricultural uses. |Added by Laws 1977, c. 29, § 1, emerg. eff. May 3, 1977. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 241, § 12, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2016, c. 297, § 14, eff. July 1, 2016. Renumbered from § 1460 of this title by Laws 2016, c. 297, § 31, eff. July 1, 2016.