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82 OK Stat § 82-1610 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1610. Promulgation of floodplain management rules - Procedure.

|A. Floodplain management rules enacted pursuant to the Oklahoma Floodplain Management Act shall only be promulgated by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act. |B. Floodplain management regulations adopted pursuant to the Oklahoma Floodplain Management Act and any amendments to the regulations shall go into effect thirty (30) days after adoption unless the regulation or amendment specifies a later date; provided, that no floodplain management regulation or amendment thereto shall be in force unless published in a newspaper of general circulation regularly published nearest the area of jurisdiction within fifteen (15) days after adoption.C. At least thirty (30) days prior to the date of adoption of a regulation or amendment thereto, written notice shall be furnished to the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, accompanied by a copy of each proposed regulation or amendment.D. A certified copy of any regulation or amendment thereto adopted by a floodplain board pursuant to the Oklahoma Floodplain Management Act shall be filed with the Oklahoma Water Resources Board within fifteen (15) days after adoption.Added by Laws 1980, c. 179, § 10, emerg. eff. May 13, 1980. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 46, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 2002; Laws 2011, c. 214, § 7.
82 OK Stat § 82-1611 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1611. Redefining floodplain upon completion of flood control protective work.

|Within one hundred eighty (180) days after the completion of construction of any flood control protective works, the floodplain board in the respective area of jurisdiction shall redefine the floodplain as altered by the works by amending the floodplain regulations pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 1610 of this title. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 179, § 11, emerg. eff. May 13, 1980. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 46, § 11, eff. Nov. 1, 2002; Laws 2011, c. 214, § 8.
82 OK Stat § 82-1612 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1612. Construction or development in floodplain area prohibited - Exceptions.

|A. After a floodplain board has adopted and submitted floodplain management regulations incorporating the most recent flood insurance rate maps or flood hazard boundary maps prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency or containing more specific information to delineate floodplains within the respective areas of jurisdiction to the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, all platting of land, all construction of dwelling units or commercial or industrial structures, and all future development within the delineated floodplain area is prohibited unless: |1. Floodplain regulations have been adopted pursuant to the Oklahoma Floodplain Management Act for the delineated floodplain areas and are in full force and effect;2. Prior to the platting, construction, and other development, a development permit is granted by the floodplain board or accredited floodplain administrator if a floodplain administrator is authorized to issue development permits by the floodplain management regulations; or3. A development permit is granted by the Board, if development or construction is proposed on lands owned, held in trust or operated by the state. Notice of the proposed construction or development must be provided by the permit applicant to the respective floodplain board of the county or municipality in which the development or construction is proposed thirty (30) days before the decision of the Board to approve a development permit for the construction or development.B. Development permits authorized by subsection A of this section may be issued when the applicable floodplain board, or accredited floodplain administrator or Board, as the case may be, determines that construction or development in the floodplain in question complies with the applicable floodplain regulations or rules and is not a danger to persons or property.Added by Laws 1980, c. 179, § 12, emerg. eff. May 13, 1980. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 46, § 12, eff. Nov. 1, 2002; Laws 2011, c. 214, § 9.
82 OK Stat § 82-1613 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1613. Existing prior use may continue - Conditions.

|Any use that exists prior to May 13, 1980, which does not meet the minimum standards specified and authorized by the Oklahoma Floodplain Management Act may continue. However, unless brought into compliance with the minimum standards set forth in regulations adopted pursuant to the Oklahoma Floodplain Management Act such uses may not be substantially altered, enlarged or added to. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 179, § 13, emerg. eff. May 13, 1980. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 46, § 13, eff. Nov. 1, 2002.
82 OK Stat § 82-1614 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1614. Business needs to be considered in promulgating floodplain rules and preparing floodplain regulations.

|The Oklahoma Water Resources Board in promulgating rules pursuant to the Oklahoma Floodplain Management Act and floodplain boards in preparing floodplain management regulations shall give due consideration to the needs of an industry, including agriculture, whose business requires that it be located within a floodplain. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 179, § 14, emerg. eff. May 13, 1980. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 46, § 14, eff. Nov. 1, 2002; Laws 2011, c. 214, § 10.
82 OK Stat § 82-1615 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1615. Variances.

|A. A floodplain board may grant variances from requirements of floodplain management regulations that are more stringent than the minimum requirements of the Oklahoma Floodplain Management Act upon presentation of adequate proof that compliance with the local floodplain management regulations adopted pursuant to the Oklahoma Floodplain Management Act will result in an arbitrary and unreasonable taking of property without sufficient benefit or advantage to the people. However, no variance shall be granted where the effect of the variance will be to permit the continuance of a condition which unreasonably creates flooding hazards. Any variance so granted shall not be construed as to relieve any person who receives it from any liability imposed by the Oklahoma Floodplain Management Act or by other laws of the state. |B. Any person seeking a variance shall file a petition with the floodplain board, accompanied by a filing fee of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00).C. A floodplain board shall exercise wide discretion in weighing the equities involved and the advantages and disadvantages to the applicant and to the public at large when determining whether the variance shall be granted. The floodplain board shall conduct a hearing for each requested variance. At least thirty (30) days prior to the hearing, a notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be published at the petitioner’s expense in a newspaper of general circulation regularly published nearest the area of jurisdiction. In no case shall variances be effective for a period longer than twenty (20) years. A copy of any variance issued shall be sent to the Oklahoma Water Resources Board within fifteen (15) days after issuance.Added by Laws 1980, c. 179, § 15, emerg. eff. May 13, 1980. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 46, § 15, eff. Nov. 1, 2002; Laws 2011, c. 214, § 11.
82 OK Stat § 82-1616 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1616. Appeals.

|A. Appeals of any final decision of the Oklahoma Water Resources Board relating to a development permit shall be in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act. |B. Appeals of the decision of a county or municipal floodplain board, or floodplain administrator, shall be taken to the board of adjustment for the area of jurisdiction involved in the appeal or to the governing body of the county or municipality where no board of adjustment exists.C. Appeals may be taken by any person aggrieved or by a public officer, department, board or bureau affected by any decision of the floodplain board, or a floodplain administrator, in administering the floodplain management regulations.D. The appeal shall be taken within a period of not more than ten (10) days, by filing written notice with the appellant body and the floodplain board, stating the grounds thereof.E. An appeal shall stay all proceedings in furtherance of the action appealed from unless the floodplain board, or the floodplain administrator, from which the appeal is taken shall certify to the appellant body that by reason of facts stated in the certificate a stay would, in its opinion, cause imminent peril to life or property.F. The appellant body shall have the following powers and duties:1. To hear and decide appeals where it is alleged that there is error of law in any order, requirement, decision or determination made in the enforcement of the floodplain management regulations; and2. Reverse or affirm wholly or partly, or may modify the order, requirement, decision or determination as ought to be made, and to that end shall have all the powers of the floodplain board or administrator from which the appeal is taken.G. In acting upon any appeal, the appellant body shall apply the principles, standards and objectives set forth and contained in all applicable regulations and plans adopted.Added by Laws 1980, c. 179, § 16, emerg. eff. May 13, 1980. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 46, § 16, eff. Nov. 1, 2002; Laws 2011, c. 214, § 12.
82 OK Stat § 82-1617 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1617. New or improved structures, fills, excavations or other uses prohibited without written authorization - Violations.

|A. No new development or substantial improvement to a structure, or new fill, excavation or other floodplain use shall be allowed without securing a development permit from the floodplain board in which the area of jurisdiction includes the proposed development, substantial improvement, fill, excavation or other floodplain use. |B. Any person convicted of violating the applicable floodplain management regulations or rules shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.Added by Laws 1980, c. 179, § 17, emerg. eff. May 13, 1980. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 46, § 17, eff. Nov. 1, 2002; Laws 2011, c. 214, § 13.
82 OK Stat § 82-1618 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1618. Application of act - Accreditation of administrators.

|The provisions of the Oklahoma Floodplain Management Act shall not apply to those counties, municipalities or other agencies which are in compliance with federal floodplain regulations as of the date of this act and were participating in the program prior to May 13, 1980. Beginning November 1, 2005, persons designated to administer the floodplain requirements of the counties, municipalities or other agencies exempt from the Oklahoma Floodplain Management Act pursuant to this section shall be accredited by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board in the same manner as the Board accredits floodplain administrators. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 179, § 18, emerg. eff. May 13, 1980. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 46, § 18, eff. Nov. 1, 2002; Laws 2005, c. 219, § 1, emerg. eff. May 24, 2005.
82 OK Stat § 82-1620 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1620. Floodplain administrators.

|A. Each floodplain board shall designate a person to serve as the floodplain administrator to administer and implement floodplain regulations. |B. Each floodplain administrator shall be accredited by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board.Added by Laws 2004, c. 95, § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 2005. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 214, § 14.
82 OK Stat § 82-1620.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1620.1. Accreditation standards for floodplain administrators.

|A. In determining accreditation standards for floodplain administrators, the Oklahoma Water Resources Board may consider the knowledge, experiences, skills, and training of an applicant in floodplain management and in minimization and prevention of flood hazards and losses. The accreditation standards may include: |1. Passage of an examination;2. Completion of approved training; or3. Certification by a nationally recognized floodplain management organization.B. Continued training may be required for continued accreditation of a floodplain administrator.Added by Laws 2004, c. 95, § 5, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.
82 OK Stat § 82-1623 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1623. Comprehensive state flood plan.

|A. Contingent on available funding, the Oklahoma Water Resources Board shall prepare and adopt a comprehensive state flood plan. The plan shall: |1. Provide for orderly preparation for and response to flood conditions to protect against the loss of life and property;2. Be a guide to state and local flood control policy; and3. Contribute to water development when possible.B. The state flood plan shall include:1. An evaluation of the condition and adequacy of flood control infrastructure on a watershed basis;2. A statewide list of ongoing and proposed flood control and mitigation projects and strategies necessary to protect against the loss of life and property from flooding and a discussion of how those projects and strategies might further water development where applicable;3. An analysis of completed, ongoing and proposed flood control projects included in previous state flood plans including which projects received funding;4. An analysis of development in special flood hazard areas, as defined by the Federal Emergency Management Agency; and5. Legislative recommendations the Board considers necessary to facilitate flood control planning and project construction.C. On adoption of a state flood plan, the Oklahoma Water Resources Board shall deliver the plan to the Governor, President Pro Tempore of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives.Added by Laws 2020, c. 33, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2020.
82 OK Stat § 82-1624 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1624. State Flood Resiliency Revolving Fund.

|A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma Water Resources Board to be designated the "State Flood Resiliency Revolving Fund". |B. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies received by the Board from the appropriations, apportionments, donations, federal funding and fee revenues designated for the purposes of implementing the recommendations and provisions of the comprehensive state flood plan.Added by Laws 2020, c. 33, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2020.
82 OK Stat § 82-1630 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1630. Assessment on property within district - Exemptions.

|Any county in which a drainage district was organized and is continuing operations pursuant to statutes enacted prior to the effective date of this section shall be authorized to impose an assessment upon real or personal property located within the boundary of the district as such district was organized upon the effective date of this section for the same purpose, based upon the assessed value of the property as determined by the current assessment roll of the county assessor in the county where the property is located. Properties that are exempt from ad valorem taxation are exempt from the assessment referred to within this section. |Added by Laws 2008, c. 346, § 3, emerg. eff. June 2, 2008.
82 OK Stat § 82-1801.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1801.1. Short title.

|This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma Weather Modification Act”. |Added by Laws 1999, c. 400, § 1, emerg. eff. June 10, 1999.
82 OK Stat § 82-1801.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1801.2. Weather Modification Division – Director - Powers.

|There is hereby created in the Oklahoma Water Resources Board a division to administer the provisions of the Oklahoma Weather Modification Act. The Oklahoma Weather Modification Advisory Board, created pursuant to this act, shall be authorized to employ a Director of the Weather Modification Division. In addition to the Director, the Oklahoma Weather Modification Advisory Board is authorized to employ one full-time-equivalent employee to implement the provisions of this act. Funding for such positions shall be provided by the proceeds of the account created pursuant to subsection F of Section 4 of this act. The Director of the Weather Modification Division shall be authorized to contract with individuals or entities experienced with cloud-seeding operations in order to increase beneficial rainfall when needed and appropriate cloud formations are available, and to suppress hail in order to prevent property and crop damages. The Oklahoma Weather Modification Advisory Board may acquire equipment to accomplish the objectives of this act. |Added by Laws 1999, c. 400, § 2, emerg. eff. June 10, 1999.
82 OK Stat § 82-1801.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1801.4. Funding – Voluntary Participation Account.

|A. Funding to administer the provisions of the Oklahoma Weather Modification Act shall be provided by an appropriation of up to One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) made pursuant to law. In addition, voluntary participation by insurance companies and other interested persons, firms or corporations to reach a goal of Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) for a total of Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000.00) for the first year of the program. Goals for successive years will be Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000.00) from the insurance companies and other interested parties. Voluntary assessments for insurance companies pursuant to this section shall be based on the amount of insurance premiums written in this state on property insurance, as defined in Section 704 of Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and casualty insurance as defined in Section 707 of Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes, excluding accident and health insurance, workers' compensation insurance, burglary and theft insurance, leakage and fire extinguishing equipment insurance, credit insurance, malpractice insurance, and entertainments insurance. |B. Funding assessments to the insurance companies related to the provisions of this section shall be administered by the State Insurance Department. The Insurance Department shall be authorized to employ one additional full-time employee to perform these duties, funding for which shall be provided by proceeds derived from the provisions of this act. The State Insurance Department is hereby authorized to promulgate rules necessary to implement the provisions of this section.C. There is hereby created an account within the Oklahoma Weather Modification Revolving Fund created pursuant to Section 1085.6 of this title. The account shall be designated as the "Voluntary Participation Account" and shall consist of all monies received on behalf of the Oklahoma Weather Modification program pursuant to this act. All monies accruing to the credit of the account are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma Weather Modification Advisory Board for expenses relating to administration, duties, operations, maintenance, special projects and acquisitions for the Weather Modification Program. Expenditures from the account shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.Added by Laws 1999, c. 400, § 4, emerg. eff. June 10, 1999. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 1073.
83 OK Stat § 83-119 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 83. Weights and Measures|§83-119. Measurement standards for retail sales of natural gas.

|A. The Department of Labor shall adopt rules and procedures requiring that retail sales to the public of compressed natural gas and liquefied natural gas used as a motor vehicle fuel are dispensed in the following manner: |1. Compressed natural gas (CNG) shall be dispensed in gasoline gallon equivalent (GGE) units. A GGE of CNG shall initially be set at 5.66 (five and sixty-six hundredths) pounds and shall remain at that level until changed by the Department through the administrative rules process; and2. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) shall be dispensed in diesel gallon equivalent (DGE) units. A DGE of LNG shall initially be set at 6.06 (six and six-hundredths) pounds and shall remain at this level until changed by the Department through the administrative rules process.B. The Department of Labor is hereby authorized and directed to promulgate rules as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. If it subsequently becomes necessary to revise, through rule, the standards established in paragraphs 1 and 2 of subsection A of this section due to changes in the energy contents of motor fuels, the Department shall take into consideration whether the National Conference on Weights and Measures has adopted similar standards for dispensing CNG and LNG and whether those standards use different values for GGE and DGE units. If the National Conference on Weights and Measures has adopted different GGE and DGE units, it shall be presumed that such standards should also be adopted for Oklahoma unless good cause is shown otherwise.Added by Laws 2015, c. 253, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.
84 OK Stat § 84-1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 84. Wills and Succession|§84-1. Legacies classed.

|Legacies are distinguished and designated, according to their nature, as follows: |1. A legacy of a particular thing, specified and distinguished from all others of the same kind belonging to the testator is specific; if such legacy fails, resort cannot be had to the other property of the testator.2. A legacy is demonstrative when the particular fund or personal property is pointed out from which it is to be taken or paid; if such fund or property fails in whole or in part, resort may be had to the general assets as in case of a general legacy.3. An annuity is a bequest of certain specified sums periodically; if the fund or property out of which they are payable fails, resort may be had to the general assets, as in case of a general legacy.4. A residuary legacy embraces only that which remains after all the bequests of the will are discharged.5. All other legacies are general legacies. R.L. 1910, Sec. 8317.R.L.1910, § 8317.
84 OK Stat § 84-2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 84. Wills and Succession|§84-2. All property of interstate subject to debts.

|When a person dies intestate, all his property, real and personal, without any distinction between them, is chargeable with the payment of his debts, except as otherwise provided in this code and under civil procedure. R.L. 1910, Sec. 8318. |R.L.1910, § 8336.
84 OK Stat § 84-3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 84. Wills and Succession|§84-3. Order of resort to property for payment of debts, administration expenses and allowances.

|The property of a testator, except as otherwise especially provided in this code and in the chapter on civil procedure must be resorted to for the payment of debts in the following order: |1. The property which is expressly appropriated by the will for the payment of the debts.2. Property not disposed of by the will.3. Property which is devised or bequeathed to a residuary legatee.4. Property which is not specifically devised or bequeathed, and,5. All other property ratably. Before any debts are paid, the expenses of the administration and the allowance to the family must be paid or provided for.R.L.1910, § 8319.
84 OK Stat § 84-4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 84. Wills and Succession|§84-4. Order of resort to property for payment of legacies.

|The property of a testator, except as otherwise specially provided in this code and under civil procedure, must be resorted to for the payment of legacies in the following order: |1. The property which is expressly appropriated by the will for the payment of the legacies.2. Property not disposed of by the will.3. Property which is devised or bequeathed to a residuary legatee.4. Property which is specifically devised or bequeathed.R.L.1910, § 8320.