Oklahoma Statutes
Title 82. Waters and Water Rights
§82-1401. Approval of compact - Text.

The following Interstate Compact is hereby approved and ratified.

ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN COMPACT KANSAS-OKLAHOMA, 1970
The State of Kansas and the State of Oklahoma, acting through their duly-authorized Compact representatives, Robert L. Smith and Warden L. Noe, for the State of Kansas, and Geo. R. Benz and Frank Raab, for the State of Oklahoma, after negotations participated in by Trigg Twichell, appointed by the President as the representative of the United States of America, and in accordance with the consent to such negotiations granted by an Act of Congress of the United States of America, approved August 11, 1955 (Public Law 340, 84th Congress, 1st Session), have agreed as follows respecting the waters of the Arkansas River and its tributaries:
ARTICLE I
The major purposes of this Compact are:
A. To promote interstate comity between the States of Kansas and Oklahoma;
B. To divide and apportion equitably between the States of Kansas and Oklahoma the waters of the Arkansas River Basin and to promote the orderly development thereof;
C. To provide an agency for administering the water apportionment agreed to herein;
D. To encourage the maintenance of an active pollution-abatement program in each of the two states and to seek the further reduction of both natural and man-made pollution in the waters of the Arkansas River Basin.
ARTICLE II
As used in this Compact:
A. The term "state" shall mean either state signatory hereto and shall be construed to include any person or persons, entity or agency of either state who, by reason of official responsibility or by designation of the Governor of that state, is acting as an official representative of that state;
B. The term "Kansas-Oklahoma Arkansas River Commission" or the term "Commission" means the agency created by this Compact for the administration thereof;
C. The term "Arkansas River" means that portion of the Arkansas River from a point immediately below the confluence of the Arkansas and Little Arkansas Rivers in the vicinity of Wichita, Kansas, to a point immediately below the confluence of the Arkansas River with the Grand-Neosho River near Muskogee, Oklahoma;
D. The term "Arkansas River Basin" means all of the drainage basin of the Arkansas River as delimited above, including all tributaries which empty into it between the upstream and downstream limits;
E. The term "waters of the Arkansas River and its tributaries" means the waters originating in the Arkansas River Basin;
F. The term "conservation storage capacity" means that portion of the active storage capacity of reservoirs, including multipurpose reservoirs, with a conservation storage capacity in excess of one hundred 100 acre-feet, available for the storage of water for subsequent use, but it excludes any portion of the storage capacity allocated to flood and sediment control and inactive storage capacity allocated to other uses;
G. The term "new conservation storage capacity" means conservation storage capacity for which construction is initiated after July 1, 1963, and storage capacity not presently allocated for conservation storage which is converted to conservation storage capacity after July 1, 1963, in excess of the quantities of declared conservation storage capacity as set forth in the storage table attached to and made a part of the minutes of the Twenty-fourth meeting of the Compact Committee dated September 1, 1964, and as filed and identified to this Compact in the offices of the Secretaries of State of the respective states:
H. The term "pollution" means contamination or other alterations of the physical, chemical, biological or radiological properties of water or the discharge of any liquid, gaseous, or solid substances into any waters which creates or is likely to result in a nuisance, or which renders or is likely to render the waters into which it is discharged harmful, detrimental or injurious to public health, safety, or welfare or which is harmful, detrimental or injurious to beneficial uses of the water.
ARTICLE III
The physical and other conditions peculiar to the Arkansas River Basin constitute the basis for this Compact, and neither of the states hereby, nor the Congress of the United States by its consent hereto, concedes that this Compact establishes any general principle with respect to any other interstate stream.
ARTICLE IV
A. For the purpose of apportionment of water between the two states, the Arkansas River Basin is hereby divided into major topographic subbasins as follows:
(1) the Grand-Neosho River Subbasin;
(2) the Verdigris River Subbasin;
(3) the Salt Fork River Subbasin;
(4) the Cimarron River Subbasin; and
(5) the mainstem Arkansas River Subbasin which shall consist of the Arkansas River Basin, excepting the Grand-Neosho River, Verdigris River, Salt Fork River, and Cimarron River subbasins.
B. The two states recognize that portions of other states not signatory to this Compact lie within the drainage area of the Arkansas River Basin as herein defined. The water apportionments provided for in this Compact are not intended to affect nor do they affect the rights of such other states in and to the use of the waters of the basin.
ARTICLE V
The State of Kansas shall have free and unrestricted use of the waters of the Arkansas River Basin within Kansas subject to the provisions of this Compact and to the limitations set forth below:
A. New conservation storage capactiy in the Grand-Neosho River Subbasin within the State of Kansas shall not exceed six hundred fifty thousand (650,000) acre-feet plus an additional capacity equal to the new conservation storage in said drainage basin in Oklahoma excepting storage on Spavinaw Creek;
B. New conservation storage capacity in the Verdigris River subbasin within the State of Kansas shall not exceed three hundred thousand (300,000) acre-feet plus an additional capacity equal to the new conservation storage in said drainage basin in Oklahoma, excepting navigation capacity allocated in Oologah Reservoir;
C. New conservation storage capacity in the mainstem Arkansas River Subbasin within the State of Kansas shall not exceed six hundred thousand (600,000) acre-feet plus and additional capacity equal to the new conservation storage in said drainage basin in Oklahoma;
D. New conservation storage capacity in the Salt Fork River Subbasin within the State of Kansas shall not exceed three hundred thousand (300,000) acre-feet plus an additional capacity equal to the new conservation storage in said drainage basin in Oklahoma;
E. New conservation storage capacity in the Cimarron River Subbasin within the State of Kansas shall not exceed five thousand (5,000) acre-feet, provided that new conservation storage capacity in excess of that amount may be constructed if specific project plans have first been submitted to and have received the approval of the Commission.
ARTICLE VI
The State of Oklahoma shall have free and unrestricted use of the waters of the Arkansas River Basin within Oklahoma subject to the provisions of this Compact and to the limitations set forth below:
New conservation storage capactiy in the Cimarron River Subbasin within the State of Oklahoma shall not exceed five thousand (5,000) acre-feet provided that new conservation storage capacity in excess of that amount may be constructed if specific project plans have first been submitted to and have received the approval of the Commission.
ARTICLE VII
A. The Commission shall determine the conditions under which one state may construct and operate for its needs new conservation storage capacity in the other state. The construction or utilization of new conservation storage capacity by one state in the other State shall entitle the state whose storage potential is reduced by such construction to construct an equal amount of new conservation storage in a subbasin agreeable to the Commission.
B. New conservation storage capacity constructed by the United States or any of its agencies, instrumentalities or wards, or by a state, political subdivision thereof, or any person or persons shall be charged against the state in which the use is made.
C. Each state has the unrestricted right to replace within the same subbasin any conservation storage capacity made unusable by any cause.
D. In the event reallocation of storage capacity in the Arkansas River Basin in Oklahoma should result in the reduction of that state's new conservation storage capacity, such reallocation shall not reduce the total new conservation storage capacities available to Kansas under Article V; provided that a subsequent reinstatement of such storage capacity shall not be charged as an increase in Oklahoma's new conservation storage capacity.
ARTICLE VIII
A. In the event of importation of water to a major subbasin of the Arkansas River Basin from another river basin, or from another major subbasin within the same state, the state making the importation shall have exclusive use of such imported waters.
B. In the event of exporation of water from a major subbasin for use in another major subbasin or for use outside the Arkansas River Basin within the same state, the limitations of Articles V and VI on new conservation capacity shall apply against the subbasin from which the exportation is made in the amount of the storage capacity actually used for that purpose within the exporting subbasin, or in the event of direct diversion of water without storage on the basis of five (5) acre-feet of conservation storage capacity for each acre- foot of water on the average so diverted annually.
C. Any reservoir storage capacity which is required for the control and utilization of imported waters shall not be accounted as new conservation storage.
D. Should a transbasin diversion of water of the Arkansas River Basin be made in one state for the use and benefit of the other state or both states, the Commission shall determine a proper accounting of new conservation storage capacities in each state in accordance with the above principles and with the project uses to be made in that state.
ARTICLE IX
The States of Kansas and Oklahoma mutually agree to:
A. The principle of individual state effort to abate man-made pollution within each state's respective borders, and the continuing support of both states in an active pollution-abatement program;
B. The cooperation of the appropriate state agencies in Kansas and Oklahoma to investigate and abate sources of alleged interstate pollution within the Arkansas River Basin whenever such matters are called to their attention by the Commission;
C. Enter into joint programs for the identification and control of sources of natural pollution within the Arkansas River Basin which the Commission finds are of interstate significance;
D. The principle that neither state may require the other to provide water for the purpose of water-quality control as a substitute for adequate waste treatment;
E. Utilize the provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act in the resolution of any pollution problems which cannot be resolved within the provisions of this Compact.
ARTICLE X
A. There is hereby created an interstate administrative agency to be known as the "Kansas-Oklahoma Arkansas River Commission". The Commission shall be composed of three Commissioners representing each of the States of Kansas and Oklahoma who shall be appointed by the Governors of the respective states and, if designated by the President, one Commissioner representing the United States. The President is hereby requested to designate a Commissioner and an alternate representing the United States. The Federal Commissioner, if one be designated, shall be the presiding officer of the Commission, but shall not have the right to vote in any of the deliberations of the Commission.
B. One Kansas Commissioner shall be the state official who now or hereafter shall be responsible for administering water law in the state; the other two Commissioners shall reside in the Arkansas River basin in Kansas and shall be appointed to four-year staggered terms.
C. One Oklahoma Commissioner shall be the state official who now or hereafter shall be responsible for administering water law in the state; the other two Commissioners shall reside in the Arkansas River Basin in Oklahoma and shall be appointed to four-year staggered terms.
D. A majority of the Commissioners of each state and the Commissioner or his alternate representing the United States, if so designated, must be present to constitute a quorum. In taking any Commission action, each signatory state shall have a single vote representing the majority opinion of the Commissioners of that state.
E. The salaries and personal expenses of each Commissioner shall be paid by the government which he represents. All other expenses which are incurred by the Commission incident to the administration of this Compact shall be borne equally by the two states and shall be paid by the Commission out of the "Kansas-Oklahoma Arkansas River Commission Fund". Such fund shall be initiated and maintained by equal payments of each state into the fund. Disbursements shall be made from said fund in such manner as may be authorized by the Commission. Such funds shall not be subject to the audit and accounting procedures of the states; however, all receipts and disbursements of funds handled by the Commission shall be audited by a qualified independent public accountant at regular intervals, and the report of such audit shall be included in and become a part of the annual report of the Commission.
ARTICLE XI
A. The Commission shall have the power to:
(1) Employ such engineering, legal, clerical and other personnel as in its judgment may be necessary for the performance of its functions under the Compact;
(2) Enter into contracts with appropriate state or federal agencies for the collection, correlation, and presentation of factual data, for the maintenance of records, and for the preparation of reports;
(3) Establish and maintain an office for the conduct of its affairs;
(4) Adopt rules and regulations governing its operations;
(5) Cooperate with federal agencies in developing principles, consistent with the provisions of this Compact and with federal policy, for the storage and release of water from all-federal capacities of federal reservoirs, both existing and future within the Arkansas River Basin, for the purpose of assuring their operation in the best interests of the states and the United States; (6) Permit either state, with the consent of the proper operating agency, to impound water, for such periods of time deemed necessary or desirable by the Commission, in available reservoir storage capacity which is not designated as conservation or new conservation storage capacity for subsequent release and use for any purpose approved by the Commission;
(7) Hold bearings and take testimony and receive evidence at such times and places as it deems necessary;
(8) Secure from the head of any department or agency of the federal or state government such information, suggestions, estimates and statistics as it may need or believe to be useful for carrying out its functions and as may be available to or procurable by the department or agency to which the request is addressed;
(9) Print or otherwise reproduce and distribute all of its proceedings and reports.
B. The Commission shall:
(1) Cause to be established, maintained and operated such stream, reservoir, or other gaging stations as may be necessary for the proper administration of the Compact;
(2) Collect, analyze and report on data as to stream flows, water quality, conservation storage, and such other information as is necessary for the proper administration of the Compact;
(3) Perform all other functions required of it by the Compact and do all things necessary, proper or convenient in the performance of its duties thereunder;
(4) Prepare and submit an annual report to the Governor of each signatory state and to the President of the United States covering the activities of the Commission for the preceding fiscal year, together with an accounting of all funds received and expended by it in the conduct of its work;
(5) Prepare and submit to the Governor of each of the States of Kansas and Oklahoma an annual budget covering the anticipated expenses of the Commission for the following fiscal year;
(6) Make available to the Governor or any state agency of either state or to any authorized representative of the United States, upon request, any information within its possession.
ARTICLE XII
A. Recognizing the present limited uses of the available water supplies of the Arkansas River Basin in the two states and the uncertainties of their ultimate water needs, the States of Kansas and Oklahoma deem it imprudent and inadvisable to attempt at this time to make final allocations of the new conservation storage capacity which may ultimately be required in either state, and, by the limitations on storage capacity imposed herein, have not attempted to do so. Accordingly, after the expiration of 25 years following the effective date of this Compact, the Commission may review any provisions of the Compact for the purpose of amending or supplementing the same, and shall meet for the consideration of such review on the request of the Commissioners of either state; provided, that the provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect until changed or amended by unanimous action of the states acting through their Commissioners and until such changes are ratified by the legislatures of the respective States and consented to by the Congress in the same manner as this Compact is required to be ratified to become effective.
B. This Compact may be terminated at any time by the appropriate action of the legislatures of both signatory states.
C. In the event of amendment or termination of the Compact, all rights established under the Compact shall continue unimpaired.
ARTICLE XIII
Nothing in this Compact shall be deemed:
A. To impair or affect the powers, rights or obligations of the United States, or those claiming under its authority, in, over and to the waters of the Arkansas River Basin;
B. To interfere with or impair the right or power of either signatory state to regulate within its boundaries the appropriation, use and control of waters within that state not inconsistent with its obligations under this Compact.
ARTICLE XIV
If any part or application of this Compact should be declared invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, all other provisions and applications of this Compact shall remain in full force and effect.
ARTICLE XV
This Compact shall become binding and obligatory when it shall have been ratified by the legislatures of each state and consented to by the Congress of the United States, and when the Congressional Act consenting to this Compact includes the consent of Congress to name and join the United States as a party in any litigation in the United States Supreme Court, if the United States is an indispensable party, and if the litigation arises out of this Compact or its application, and if a signatory State is a party thereto. Notice of ratification by the legislature of each state shall be given by the Governor of that state to the Governor of the other state and to the President of the United States and the President is hereby requested to give notice to the Governor of each state of consent by the Congress of the United States.
In Witness Whereof, the authorized representatives have executed three counterparts hereof each of which shall be and constitute an original, one of which shall be deposited in the Archives of the Department of State of the United States, and one of which shall be forwarded to the Governor of each state.
DONE at the City of Wichita, State of Kansas, this 31st day of March, A.D., 1965.
Approved:
/s/ TRIGG TWICHELL
Trigg Twichell
Representative of the
United States of America
Attest:
/s/ I. D. YOST
I. D. Yost, Secretary
Approved June 2, 1965.
For Kansas:
/s/ ROBERT L. SMITH
Robert L. Smith,
Committee Member
/s/ WARDEN L. NOE
Warden L. Noe,
Committee Member
For Oklahoma:
/s/ GEO. R. BENZ
Geo. R. Benz,
Committee Member
/s/ FRANK RAAB
Frank Raab,
Committee Member
Laws 1965, c. 167, § 1.

Structure Oklahoma Statutes

Oklahoma Statutes

Title 82. Waters and Water Rights

§82-1B. Moratorium on sale or exportation of surface water and/or groundwater.

§82-1D. Oklahoma River - Designation of portion of North Canadian River.

§82-1E. Protection of water – Preemption by Legislature.

§82-105.1. Definitions.

§82-105.1A. Purpose of law - Legislative intent.

§82-105.2. Right to use water - Domestic use - Priorities.

§82-105.3. Right of eminent domain.

§82-105.4. Diversion of water.

§82-105.5. Impairment of water rights - Suits in district court.

§82-105.6. Adjudication of rights - Suit.

§82-105.7. Parties to suit - Intervention - Orders.

§82-105.8. Decree - Contents - Copies to be filed.

§82-105.9. Application for water rights.

§82-105.10. Rules governing applications.

§82-105.11. Notice of application - Protest - Hearing.

§82-105.12. Approval of application by Oklahoma Water Resources Board – Use of water outside the state.

§82-105.12A. Permits to use water outside of state.

§82-105.13. Seasonal, temporary, term and provisional permits - Limited quantity stream water permits.

§82-105.14. Denial of permit - Approval of application for lesser amount - Appeal.

§82-105.15. Time for commencement of works.

§82-105.16. Time for putting water to beneficial use.

§82-105.17. Reversion of water to public.

§82-105.18. Loss of right to use water - Notice - Hearing.

§82-105.19. Surrender of water rights.

§82-105.20. Violations.

§82-105.21. Surplus water.

§82-105.22. Severance and transfer of water right.

§82-105.23. Use of water for other purposes.

§82-105.24. Assignment of appropiation permit - Transfer of title to land.

§82-105.25. Notice of completion - Inspection.

§82-105.26. Certificate of completion.

§82-105.27. Unsafe works to be changed - United States works not subject to inspection.

§82-105.28. Measurement of water.

§82-105.29. Appropriations of water by the United States.

§82-105.30. Extension of period of withdrawal under national emergency.

§82-105.31. Records of Oklahoma Water Resources Board open to public.

§82-105.32. Effect of act on forfeited water rights and priority dates.

§82-110.1. Short title.

§82-110.2. Legislative intent.

§82-110.3. Definitions.

§82-110.4. Dams subject to regulation under this act.

§82-110.5. Oklahoma Water Resources Board - Powers and duties.

§82-110.6. Effect of act on liability of dam owners.

§82-110.7. Supervision of dam safety program.

§82-110.8. Notice of completion of construction - Certification.

§82-110.9. Records - Disclosure to Board - Notice of flood events.

§82-110.10. Failure, neglect or refusal to comply with act - Orders - Penalties - Judicial relief.

§82-110.11. Appeals of orders.

§82-110.12. Effect of act on other laws and rules.

§82-277. Short title.

§82-277.1. Definitions.

§82-277.2. Proposal by titleholders to organize irrigation district.

§82-277.3. Petition - Contents.

§82-277.4. Hearing - Notice - Order.

§82-277.5. Electors - Persons eligible to serve - First meeting - Adoption of bylaws - Other business.

§82-277.6. Board of directors - Oath of office - Surety bond - Powers and duties - Effect of section on other laws.

§82-277.7. Assessments - Collection - Delinquent assessments - Certificate.

§82-277.8. Collection of assessments and delinquent assessments - Reports.

§82-277.9. Liens - Collection of delinquent assessments - Invalid assessments - Deeds.

§82-277.10. Money judgments against district.

§82-277.11. Construction and assessment elections.

§82-277.12. Water delivery prohibited in delinquent cases.

§82-277.14. Irregularity or error in land description not jurisdictional.

§82-277.15. Payment of claims against district.

§82-277.16. Consolidation.

§82-277.17. Tax exemptions.

§82-277.18. Dissolution.

§82-277.19. Inactive districts.

§82-277.20. Holding and conveyance of property.

§82-277.21. Conflict of interest.

§82-277.23. Electors, who may become.

§82-277.24. Salt water - Exemption.

§82-277.25. Reclassification of land - Procedure.

§82-277.26. Transfer and substitution of land unsuitable for irrigation.

§82-501. State Board authorized to organize conservancy districts - Members of board as directors of districts.

§82-502. Organization of districts - Petition - Notice.

§82-503. Hearing on petition - Order for formation of district.

§82-504. Decree to describe district - State Board as directors.

§82-505. State Board to control district - Redress accorded persons injuriously affected.

§82-506. Jurisdiction of courts over creation of districts.

§82-507. Costs.

§82-508. Appeal from organization of district - Collateral attack.

§82-509. Act cumulative.

§82-510. Partial invalidity.

§82-521. County commissioners - Duties concerning conservation - Cooperation with State Board.

§82-526.1. Ratification and adoption of Compact.

§82-526.2. Notice of approval of compact.

§82-526.3. Approval by Texas and New Mexico - Consent of Congress.

§82-531. Short title - Definitions.

§82-532. Change of names of boards, commissions, etc. - Transfer of powers and duties to Oklahoma Planning and Resources Board.

§82-541. Conservancy Districts - Master Conservancy Districts - Purpose - Board of Directors.

§82-541.1. Board of directors - Federal contracts.

§82-541.2. Organization of master conservancy districts.

§82-542. Petition - Signatures - Contents - Transfer by Supreme Court to district court.

§82-543. Court costs.

§82-544. Notice of hearing on petition.

§82-545. Hearing on petition - Objections - Declaration of organization - Corporate powers - Appeal - Decree as final order.

§82-546. Decree of incorporation filed with Secretary of State.

§82-547. Irrigation districts - Formation.

§82-548. Amendment of district boundaries to include other necessary lands - Validation.

§82-549. Amendment of district boundaries to include other necessary lands - Validation.

§82-561. Appointment of directors - Election of successors.

§82-562. Board of Directors to organize - Records.

§82-563. Quorum.

§82-564. Secretary and other employees or staff.

§82-565. Plan of improvements - Inspection - Objections - Hearing - Dissolution in certain cases - Proceedings concerning plan.

§82-565.1. Dissolution of conservancy districts.

§82-566. Execution of plan - Powers of directors.

§82-567. Entry upon lands for surveys and examinations.

§82-568. Protection, reclamation or irrigation of lands - Petition and notice of action.

§82-569. Contracts - Advertisement - Bond - Waiver of advertisement in emergency – District bidding process.

§82-570. Dominant right of eminent domain.

§82-571. Condemnation under general law.

§82-571.1. Condemnation for easement purposes - Damages.

§82-572. Regulations to protect works - Enforcement - Penalty.

§82-573. Bridges or other structures - Changes - Notice - Damages - Appeal.

§82-574. Passing equipment through bridge or grade - Notice to owner.

§82-575. Establishing stream and rain gauges, etc. - Surveys and investigations.

§82-576. Cooperation with federal government or other agencies - Outlets in other states.

§82-577. Law governing.

§82-601. Appraisers - Appointment - Organization - Additional board.

§82-602. Appraisals, how made - Duties of appraisers.

§82-603. Lands outside district, appraisement of - Bringing in additional owners.

§82-604. Hearing on land excluded from or taken into district - Notice.

§82-605. Report of appraisers - Contents - Filing.

§82-606. Notice of hearings on appraisals.

§82-607. Hearing on appraisals.

§82-608. Decree on appraisals.

§82-609. Appeal from award.

§82-610. Payment before entry.

§82-611. Filing decree.

§82-612. Change of official plan - Powers and duties of directors.

§82-613. Appeal not to delay proceedings - Appeal by directors - Waiver by failure to appeal.

§82-614. Lands exempt and later liable to assessment.

§82-615. Subsequent appraisals - Procedure.

§82-616. Defects and irregularities, how cured.

§82-630. Funds, how carried - Vouchers.

§82-631. Abandonment of project - Sale of lands and property.

§82-632. Preliminary work, loans for.

§82-634. Levy of assessments.

§82-635. Owners may pay assessments in full - Bonding resolution for unpaid assessments.

§82-636. Bonds - Issuance - Election - Sale of bonds.

§82-636.1. Authority to contract indebtedness.

§82-637. Maintenance assessment - Apportionment - To be additional tax.

§82-638. Petition for readjustment of maintenance assessment - Notice and hearing.

§82-639. Annual levy of special assessment - Special assessment book.

§82-640. Collection of assessments - Duties of county officers - Delinquents.

§82-641. Bond of county treasurer.

§82-642. Lien of assessments - Correcting irregular assessments - Deeds.

§82-643. Assessment book to be prima facie evidence.

§82-644. Duties of municipal officers as to assessments against municipality - Dissolution of district - Rights of bond holders.

§82-645. Use of surplus funds.

§82-646. Compensation of officials.

§82-647. Borrowing of money - Approval.

§82-648. Necessity and amount of assessments in master conservancy districts.

§82-649. Designation of fiscal year - Reports - Accounting.

§82-661. Lands in more than one district.

§82-662. Jurisdiction of courts as to districts being organized in same territory.

§82-663. Union of districts - Petition - Notice - Order.

§82-663.1. Union or conversion of drainage districts.

§82-663.2. Order for union or conversion of drainage district - Rights, remedies, and obligations.

§82-664. Remedy for injury by district - Procedure.

§82-665. Subdistricts - Administration.

§82-666. Other improvements may come under act - Procedure.

§82-667. Annexation of additional land to a master conservancy district.

§82-668. Payment of monies due United States from master conservancy districts - Levies and assessments.

§82-669. Suits for or against district - Name - Service of process.

§82-671. Directors may police district.

§82-672. Injury to survey marks prohibited - Penalty.

§82-673. Owners liable for damage to district - Repairs.

§82-674. Fraud or other illegal acts of officials - Fine.

§82-675. Officials removed for cause.

§82-676. Performance of duties enforced by mandamus.

§82-681. Faulty notice - How corrected.

§82-682. Questions of validity of districts to be expedited in court.

§82-683. Act to be liberally construed.

§82-684. Partial invalidity.

§82-685. Repeals - Certain laws not affected.

§82-686. Short forms and abbreviations.

§82-687. Forms and suggestions.

§82-688. Exemption from taxation.

§82-688.1. Exemption from payment of sales, use and vehicle excise taxes - Registration of vehicles.

§82-861. District created and territory included - Governmental agency and body politic - Powers - Designation of land and water.

§82-861A. Grand River Dam Authority - Designation as state agency.

§82-862. Powers, rights and privileges of district.

§82-862.1. Grand River Dam Authority - Exemptions.

§82-863.2. Board of Directors.

§82-863.3. Joint Legislative Task Force on the Grand River Dam Authority - Members - Travel reimbursements.

§82-864. Appointment of secretary and other officers - Compensation of officers, agents and employees.

§82-864.1. Retired employees - Payment of health insurance premiums.

§82-865. District funds - Deposit - Official bonds - Surety.

§82-866. Domicile of district - Accounts and records - Contracts - Annual audit - Filing - Public inspection.

§82-867. Officers and employees to have no interest in contracts - Fine.

§82-868. Board authorized to fix and collect rates and charges - State's power to fix charges not to impair contracts.

§82-869. Sources for payment of obligations of district.

§82-870. Bonds - Authorization to issue - Provisions of resolution and indenture or agreement - Approval by Attorney General - Registration - Notice of meetings and conference concerning certain coal plants.

§82-870.1. Bond anticipation notes.

§82-871. Bonds negotiable.

§82-872. District to establish rules and regulations concerning labor and materials - Authority to request aid of United States engineers.

§82-873. District authorized to purchase, fund or refund bonds, etc. - Interest rate swaps and other financial instruments.

§82-874. Mortgage, sale, lease or other disposition of property - Pledge of revenues - Exemption from forced sale - Section not applicable to certain agreements.

§82-874.1. Watercraft landing on leased land.

§82-874.2. Licenses for real property encroachment.

§82-875. Rights of public - Fees - Rules and regulations - Permits - Attorney General to enforce compliance - Acquisition for land for park or road purposes

§82-876. Bonds exempted from taxation except inheritance taxes - Bonds and securities.

§82-877. Act to constitute only authority for bond issues - Other acts inapplicable.

§82-878. Construction of act.

§82-879. Partial invalidity.

§82-880. Short title.

§82-882. Judicial determination by Supreme Court of validity of bonds, contracts and other acts - Notice.

§82-887. Waters of Grand River and reservoirs thereon as nonnavigable and waters of State of Oklahoma.

§82-888. Distribution of copies of resolution.

§82-889. Permits for maintaining docks, wharves, vessels, etc. - Limitation - Rules.

§82-890. Control of segment of Grand River downstream from Fort Gibson Dam.

§82-895. Certain municipal annexations prohibited.

§82-896.1. Termination of Scenic Rivers Commission - Transfer of rights and authorities to Grand River Dam Authority

§82-896.2. Fees for use of flotation devices upon scenic rivers.

§82-896.3. Powers and duties for purposes of the Scenic Rivers Act

§82-896.4. Short title

§82-896.5. Preservation of certain free-flowing streams and rivers - Designation of scenic river areas

§82-896.6. Legislative intent - Construction, operation or maintenance of dams or related projects.

§82-896.7. Acquisition, development and maintenance of public access, easements and parks - Eminent domain prohibited

§82-896.8. Prohibited containers - Littering - Penalties

§82-896.9. Property rights of private landowners

§82-896.10. Agencies authorized to assist in maintaining and improving water quality - Coordinated watershed restoration and protection strategy

§82-896.11. Scenic rivers - Statement of purpose

§82-896.12. Construction of act

§82-896.13. Powers of cities, incorporated towns and counties

§82-896.14. Authority to provide funds for the Scenic Rivers Act

§82-896.15. Violations

§82-896.16. User fees - Licenses - Fines

§82-1020.1. Definitions.

§82-1020.2. Declaration of policy - Applicability.

§82-1020.2A. Taking and use of water from aquifers - Permits

§82-1020.3. Domestic use - Spacing of wells and waste.

§82-1020.4. Hydrologic surveys and investigations.

§82-1020.5. Determination of maximum annual yield.

§82-1020.6. Hearings on annual yield.

§82-1020.7. Application for permit to take and use groundwater.

§82-1020.8. Decree - Contents - Copies to be filed.

§82-1020.9. Approval of application.

§82-1020.9A. Sensitive sole source groundwater basins or subbasins - Moratorium on issuance of certain temporary permits.

§82-1020.9B. Moratorium on municipalities and other political subdivisions - Prohibition of contract or agreement for use of groundwater from sensitive sole source groundwater basin.

§82-1020.9C. Moratorium on actions related to operation of mines that may affect sensitive sole source groundwater basin or subbasins.

§82-1020.10. Temporary or special permits - Limited quantity groundwater permits.

§82-1020.11. Types of permits - Fees.

§82-1020.12. Report of water used.

§82-1020.13. Surrender of permits.

§82-1020.14. Prior use of groundwater.

§82-1020.15. Waste prohibited - Enforcement.

§82-1020.16. Commercial drilling or plugging license – Inspections - Deposit of fees - Penalties.

§82-1020.17. Spacing rules.

§82-1020.18. Location exceptions.

§82-1020.19. Metering of wells.

§82-1020.20. Unitizing and communitizing of land for water production purposes.

§82-1020.21. Wells within municipalities.

§82-1020.22. Violations.

§82-1020.23. Taking and using marginal water to augment water supply.

§82-1021.1. Short title - Groundwater Irrigation District Act.

§82-1021.2. Definitions.

§82-1021.3. Petition to organize a groundwater irrigation district – Composition of districts.

§82-1021.4. Content of petition.

§82-1021.5. Receipt of petition – Verification – Approval of petition.

§82-1021.6. Bylaws – Minimum requirements.

§82-1021.7. Promulgation of rules.

§82-1084.1. Waters of state - Public policy.

§82-1084.2. Definitions.

§82-1085.1. Creation - Status - Membership and tenure - Meetings - Removal - Vacancies - Oath - Officers.

§82-1085.2. Authority of Oklahoma Water Resources Board.

§82-1085.2A. Temporary employees.

§82-1085.3. State to be divided into water districts.

§82-1085.4. Fixing of fees - Schedule.

§82-1085.5. Account book.

§82-1085.7. Oklahoma Water Resources Board Fee Revolving Fund.

§82-1085.7A. Community Water Infrastructure Development Revolving Fund

§82-1085.7B. OWRB Revolving Fund.

§82-1085.7C. Phase II Arbuckle-Simpson Hydrology Study Revolving Fund.

§82-1085.8. Oklahoma Water Resources Board annual report.

§82-1085.9. Penalties.

§82-1085.10. Procedures and appeals.

§82-1085.11. Compilation, indexing and publishing of data.

§82-1085.12. Executive Director - Qualifications - Powers and duties.

§82-1085.12a. Executive Director of the Oklahoma Water Resources Board; absence or vacancy.

§82-1085.13. Special counsel.

§82-1085.14. Continuing study of water laws - Recommendations and proposals.

§82-1085.15. Cooperation.

§82-1085.16. Savings clause.

§82-1085.17. State policy - Purpose.

§82-1085.18. Commission created - Status - Membership - Expenses.

§82-1085.19. Meetings - Quorum - Record of proceedings.

§82-1085.20. Review of proposed projects or plans - Storage of surplus water.

§82-1085.21. Agreements with federal agencies - Cost of reimbursement.

§82-1085.22. Sale, transfer or lease of storage facilities.

§82-1085.23. Water Conservation Storage Fund - Investment certificates.

§82-1085.24. Purchase of certificates by State Treasurer.

§82-1085.25. Examination of proceedings by Attorney General - Incontestability.

§82-1085.26. Execution of certificates and contracts - Audits.

§82-1085.27. Legal services.

§82-1085.28. Contracts with Secretary of Agriculture for repayment of water storage costs.

§82-1085.29. Federal Clean Water Act Program - Official state agency.

§82-1085.30. See the following versions:

§82-1085.30a. Water standards.

§82-1085.30v1. Classification of water uses - Oklahoma Water Quality Standards.

§82-1085.30v2. Classification of water uses - Oklahoma Water Quality Standards.

§82-1085.31. Public policy.

§82-1085.32. Definitions.

§82-1085.33. Water Resources Fund.

§82-1085.34. Unlawful acts.

§82-1085.35. Investment certificates - Purchase - Sale.

§82-1085.36. Loans to political subdivisions and other eligible entities - Rate of interest - Security - Payment.

§82-1085.37. Certification of investment certificate proceedings and sale.

§82-1085.38. Assumption of obligations of Water Conservation Storage Commission.

§82-1085.39. Grants - Grant account - Rules and regulations - Disposition of investment income - Legal counsel.

§82-1085.40. Statewide Water Development Revolving Fund - Creation - Status - Uses and purposes - Investment.

§82-1085.41. Investment certificates - Security and collateral.

§82-1085.42. Judical review - Jurisdiction - Notice and hearing.

§82-1085.43. Application of subsection 1085.33 to 1085.42.

§82-1085.44. Monies appropriated to Statewide Water Development Revolving Fund - Use as security and collateral.

§82-1085.45. Compliance with Central Purchasing act.

§82-1085.47. Investment certificates - Issuance - Consideration of needs of certain entities.

§82-1085.48. Contingent effectiveness of Section 1085.44.

§82-1085.49. Investment certificates - Acquisition by brokers or dealers.

§82-1085.50. Additional powers and duties of the Oklahoma Water Resources Board.

§82-1085.51. Legislative intent.

§82-1085.52. Definitions.

§82-1085.53. Creation of account - Composition - Purpose - Investment.

§82-1085.54. Uses of funds.

§82-1085.55. Powers and duties of Board - Cost-effective analyses.

§82-1085.56. Rules - Minimum requirements.

§82-1085.57. Management of funds - Investment certificates.

§82-1085.58. Evaluation of wastewater projects - Financial review - Recommendation of Board - Approval or rejection of loan application - Disbursement of funds - Payment of loans.

§82-1085.59. Investment certificates - Review and approval of issuance.

§82-1085.60. Annual audit.

§82-1085.61. Default - Collection actions by Attorney General.

§82-1085.62. Establishment of criteria for determination of interest rates on loans - Annual report.

§82-1085.63. Intended use plan - Annual report.

§82-1085.64. Revolving fund.

§82-1085.65. Loan applications for nonpoint source management programs.

§82-1085.71. Purpose.

§82-1085.72. Definitions.

§82-1085.73. Creation - Monies and other sums - Investments.

§82-1085.74. Authorized uses of funds in account.

§82-1085.75. Powers and duties of Department.

§82-1085.76. Eligibility and priority of entities for drinking water treatment projects - Rules.

§82-1085.77. Powers and duties of Board.

§82-1085.79. Application of Oklahoma Bond Oversight and Reform Act.

§82-1085.80. Annual audit.

§82-1085.81. Default in payments.

§82-1085.82. Joint operating agreement between Department and Board.

§82-1085.83. Annual intended use plan and biennial report.

§82-1085.84A. Drinking Water Treatment Loan Administrative Fund.

§82-1085.91. Legislative intent.

§82-1085.92. Definitions.

§82-1085.93. Flood Hazard Mitigation Account – Source, use and investment of monies.

§82-1085.94. Powers and duties of Water Resources Board.

§82-1085.95. Use of loans and grants in conjunction with other financial assistance – Subagreements with owners of private property.

§82-1085.96. Use of monies for security and collateral for investment certificates.

§82-1086.1. Policy of state as to use of surplus and excess water - State water plan.

§82-1086.2. Powers of Oklahoma Water Resources Board.

§82-1086.3. Transaction of certain business for profit by members prohibited.

§82-1086.4. Open meetings.

§82-1086.5. Existing rights unimpaired.

§82-1086.6. Grand River Dam Authority - Exemption.

§82-1087.1. Short title.

§82-1087.2. Definitions.

§82-1087.3. Powers of Board.

§82-1087.4. Continued conduct of research and development activities.

§82-1087.5. Hearings.

§82-1087.6. Grants, appropriations, gifts, donations and bequests - Weather Modification Revolving Fund.

§82-1087.7. Necessity for licenses and permits.

§82-1087.8. Exemptions.

§82-1087.9. Issuance of licenses.

§82-1087.10. Issuance of permits.

§82-1087.11. Separate permits - Notice of intention.

§82-1087.12. Contents of notice of intention.

§82-1087.13. Publication of notice of intention.

§82-1087.14. Proof of financial responsibility.

§82-1087.15. Permit fees.

§82-1087.16. Records and reports.

§82-1087.17. Monitoring by United States Government.

§82-1087.18. Revocation or suspension of licenses or permits - Modification of permits.

§82-1087.19. Certain liabilities not imposed or rights affected.

§82-1087.20. Penalties.

§82-1088.11. Water for 2060 Act.

§82-1088.12. Public policy.

§82-1088.13. Oklahoma Water Conservation Grant Program - Pilot programs - Goals and objectives - Purpose - Awards.

§82-1088.14. Water for 2060 Advisory Council.

§82-1101. Definitions.

§82-1102. Creation of authority - Joint authorities - Status - Dissolution - Limitation on obligations.

§82-1103. Board of directors - Appointment and tenure - Qualifications - Vacancies - Removal - Officers - Compensation.

§82-1104. Employees.

§82-1105. Area of jurisdiction.

§82-1105.1. Regulation of vehicles within area of jurisdiction - Rules - Enforcement.

§82-1106. Port authority - Powers.

§82-1107. Plan for future development, construction and improvement.

§82-1108. Modification, amendment or extension of plan.

§82-1109. Conclusiveness and validity of plan.

§82-1110. Participation of private enterprise.

§82-1111. Prohibitions.

§82-1112. Bids.

§82-1113. Budget - Disposition of rents and charges.

§82-1114. Bond of secretary - Deposit of funds - Disbursements.

§82-1121. Authorization for port authority to borrow money and issue bonds.

§82-1122. Terms, maturities, form, etc. of bonds.

§82-1123. Bonds issued pursuant to loan or purchase agreement with United States Government.

§82-1124. Exemption from taxation - One bond issue for more than one project or facility - Payment from combined revenues.

§82-1125. Refunding bonds.

§82-1126. Bonds as special obligation of port authority concerned.

§82-1127. Powers of board of directors in connection with payment of principal and interest.

§82-1128. Agreements or contracts with United States.

§82-1129. Segregation and use of proceeds from bond sales - Construction contracts.

§82-1130. Approval of bonds by Attorney General - Incontestablility.

§82-1131. Lawful securities for investments.

§82-1132. Interim notes and conditions of issue.

§82-1133. Public bids for bonds sold.

§82-1134. Trustees - Oath of office - Fidelity bond.

§82-1135. Meetings and records of authority open to public.

§82-1136. Limitation on liability of trustee or beneficiary.

§82-1141. McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System Infrastructure Revolving Fund.

§82-1142. Tri-State Commission on the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS) – Creation - Duties.

§82-1266. Definitions.

§82-1267. Purpose of district - Activities.

§82-1268. Interlocal agreements.

§82-1272. Powers of district.

§82-1273. Right of aggrieved persons to petition district court.

§82-1274. Exemption from taxes and assessments.

§82-1275. Rates and charges - Disposition of revenues.

§82-1276. Annexation of additional territory.

§82-1277. Annual written report.

§82-1278. Dissolution of district.

§82-1279. Inactive districts.

§82-1280. District property.

§82-1281. Conflict of interest.

§82-1282. Joining and withdrawing from district - Consent to provide certain services - Purchase of certain facilities.

§82-1283. Contracts and agreement for purchase of district services or products.

§82-1284. Issuance and sale of bond obligations.

§82-1285. County sales tax revenues - Application to facilities.

§82-1286. Annual audit, report and meeting.

§82-1287. Applicable statutory provisions.

§82-1288. Exemption from Corporation Commission jurisdiction.

§82-1324.1. Short title.

§82-1324.2. Definitions.

§82-1324.3. Purpose of districts - Organization.

§82-1324.4. Petition for incorporation of petition - Contents.

§82-1324.5. Notice of filing and pendency of petition - Public hearing - Notice of hearing.

§82-1324.6. Duties of board of commissioners at hearing - Declaration of incorporation.

§82-1324.7. Board of directors - Bylaws.

§82-1324.8. Filing of water purchase contracts.

§82-1324.9. Board as governing body – Meetings – Vacancies - Rules – Records – Power to charge water fee.

§82-1324.10. Powers of district.

§82-1324.11. Revenues.

§82-1324.12. Benefit units.

§82-1324.13. Annexation of additional territory - Petition.

§82-1324.14. Notice of filing of annexation petition.

§82-1324.15. Hearing on annexation petition.

§82-1324.16. Term of office - Annual meeting - Elections - Training workshops - Nepotism.

§82-1324.17. Officers.

§82-1324.18. Duty of chairman - Compensation for services - District audits, reviews or compilations.

§82-1324.19. Dissolution of district prior to acquisition of assets.

§82-1324.20. Dissolution of district - Disposition of facilities and property.

§82-1324.21. Release of lands from district - Petition - Notice.

§82-1324.22. Exemption from taxes and assessments.

§82-1324.23. Exemption from jurisdiction and control of Corporation Commission.

§82-1324.24. Validating provisions.

§82-1324.25. Annexation of additional territory - Petition.

§82-1324.26. Enlargement of purposes and powers - Procedure.

§82-1324.30. Definitions.

§82-1324.31. Organization of district.

§82-1324.32. Written proposals - Approval or disapproval - Petition for establishment of district - Hearing - Orders.

§82-1324.33. Dissolution of corporation - Transfer of assets, property, obligations and benefits.

§82-1324.34. Order constituting rural water districts.

§82-1324.35. Continuation of certain services.

§82-1324.41. Definitions.

§82-1324.42. Prohibition of acquisition of district assets or merger if action leads to control of district unless approved by Board.

§82-1324.43. Statement and information provided by acquiring party - Type of acquiring party - Amendment of statement.

§82-1324.44. Board approval of acquisition - Conditions for disapproval - Public hearing.

§82-1324.45. Notice of public hearing - Payment of expenses - Security.

§82-1324.46. Domestic water public utility as acquiring party - Approval procedures - Inapplicability of certain provisions.

§82-1324.47. Jurisdiction.

§82-1324.48. Power of Board - Expenses of analysis or investigation - Payment.

§82-1324.49. Authority to enjoin violations and enforce compliance.

§82-1324.50. Willful and knowing violations - Penalties.

§82-1401. Approval of compact - Text.

§82-1421. Approval of compact - Text.

§82-1422. Amendment - Ratification.

§82-1431. Approval and ratification - Text of compact.

§82-1432. Commissioners - Number - Appointment - Staffing and services - Expenses - Absence or vacancy in position of Executive Director.

§82-1501-205.1. Definitions - State Geographic Information Council.

§82-1501-205.2. Geographic Information Revolving Fund.

§82-1501-205.3. Office of Geographic Information – Manager – Funding – Duties – Cooperation of House of Representatives and Senate.

§82-1501-801. Liberal interpretation.

§82-1501-802. Act not to limit authority of other agencies.

§82-1501-803. Effect of headings.

§82-1501-901. Salary increases.

§82-1601. Short title.

§82-1602. Purpose of act.

§82-1603. Definitions.

§82-1604. County and municipal floodplain boards – Floodplain management.

§82-1605. County, municipal and state floodplain board - Composition - Term - Compensation.

§82-1606. Establishment and delineation of floodplains and one-hundred-year flood elevations for Oklahoma.

§82-1607. Floodplain definitions and one-hundred-year flood elevations to be submitted.

§82-1608. Floodplain management regulations - Requirements - Contents.

§82-1609. Cooperative agreements for delineation of floodplains and adoption of regulations.

§82-1610. Promulgation of floodplain management rules - Procedure.

§82-1611. Redefining floodplain upon completion of flood control protective work.

§82-1612. Construction or development in floodplain area prohibited - Exceptions.

§82-1613. Existing prior use may continue - Conditions.

§82-1614. Business needs to be considered in promulgating floodplain rules and preparing floodplain regulations.

§82-1615. Variances.

§82-1616. Appeals.

§82-1617. New or improved structures, fills, excavations or other uses prohibited without written authorization - Violations.

§82-1618. Application of act - Accreditation of administrators.

§82-1620. Floodplain administrators.

§82-1620.1. Accreditation standards for floodplain administrators.

§82-1623. Comprehensive state flood plan.

§82-1624. State Flood Resiliency Revolving Fund.

§82-1630. Assessment on property within district - Exemptions.

§82-1801.1. Short title.

§82-1801.2. Weather Modification Division – Director - Powers.

§82-1801.4. Funding – Voluntary Participation Account.