Title 82 — Title 82 — Waters and Water Rights

hundred-year flood elevations for Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Water Resources Board shall coordinate with floodplain boards in the use of flood insurance rate maps and flood hazard boundary maps for the establishment and delineation of the floodplains and the one-hundred-year flood el…

elevations to be submitted. The floodplain boards shall delineate and submit to the Oklahoma Water Resources Board all floodplain definitions and one-hundred- year flood elevations within their respective area of jurisdiction, using methods consistent with the criteria and rules …

Contents. A. All floodplain boards that participate in the program shall adopt floodplain management regulations, which shall conform with the requirements necessary to establish eligibility and to maintain participation in the program. The regulations shall include, but not be l…

adoption of regulations. The floodplain boards may enter into cooperative agreements pursuant to the "Interlocal Cooperation Act" for the delineation of floodplains and adoption of regulations to manage development within the floodplains. Added by Laws 1980, c. 179, § 9, emerg. e…

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 Fl…

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 regulatio…

- 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 …

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 th…

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 …

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 managemen…

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…

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 juris…

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. Beginni…

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, …

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 a…

145, § 359, eff. July 1, 1993.

82 O.S. § 1622 Repealed by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 362, eff. July 1, 1993

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…

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 r…

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 su…

82 O.S. § 1700 Repealed by Laws 1999, c. 59, § 6, eff. July 1, 1999

82 O.S. § 1701 Repealed by Laws 1993, c. 49, § 3, eff. July 1, 1993

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.

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 …

82 O.S. § 1801.3 Repealed by Laws 2007, c. 93, § 18, eff. Nov. 1, 2007

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, firm…

groundwater. A. In order to provide for the conservation, preservation, protection and optimum development and utilization of surface water and groundwater within Oklahoma, the Legislature hereby establishes a moratorium on the sale or exportation of surface water and/or groundwa…

82 O.S. § 1C Repealed by Laws 2007, c. 93, § 16, eff. Nov. 1, 2007

River. A seven-mile section of the North Canadian River, between Meridian Avenue and Eastern Avenue in Oklahoma City, shall be designated as the Oklahoma River for economic development purposes. The Oklahoma Centennial Commission shall cause suitable markers to be placed along th…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the protection of the waters of the state as defined in Title 82 of the Oklahoma Statutes is declared to be a compelling state interest subject only to legislative authority and the regulatory authority granted by the Legislature to any…

Sections 1 through 25 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Irrigation District Act". Added by Laws 1992, c. 69, § 1, emerg. eff. April 13, 1992.

As used in the Oklahoma Irrigation District Act: 1. "District" means an irrigation district, organized under the laws of this state, including but not limited to those which have a contract with this state or the United States Government, or agencies thereof, under the reclamatio…

Money judgments against the district shall be satisfied in the manner provided in Sections 365.1 through 365.6 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes, for paying judgments against county or other municipal subdivisions of this state. The district is authorized to levy special asses…

A. When the board calls an election and submits to the electors the question whether or not a construction plan and an assessment shall be levied to raise money to be used for any of the purposes provided in the Oklahoma Irrigation District Act, the election shall be called upon …

No water shall be delivered to any land on which there are delinquent assessments owed to the district. Before any water user who has been delinquent is entitled to the delivery of water, such water user shall procure from the secretary-treasurer a certificate that all assessment…

13, 1992.

jurisdictional. Any irregularity or error in a description of land shall not be deemed jurisdictional if the land can otherwise be identified. Laws 1973, c. 179, § 14, emerg. eff. May 16, 1973; Laws 1992, c. 69, § 14, emerg. eff. April 13, 1992.

No claims for goods or services shall be paid by the district until the claims have been allowed by the board. The claims shall be paid only upon warrants signed by the manager and countersigned by the secretary-treasurer. The warrants shall state the date authorized by the board…

Two or more districts desiring to consolidate into one district may file a petition with the Oklahoma Water Resources Board and shall attach the following: 1. A certified resolution authorizing the same approved by the board of directors of all the districts; 2. A certified resol…

A. All property, owned or purchased by a district, both real and personal and reasonably necessary to accomplish the purposes of the district, shall be exempt from taxation by this state, or by any municipal corporation, county or other political subdivision or taxing district of…

A. Upon petition by twenty-five percent (25%) of the electors of a district, the board shall call a special election to determine whether the district should be dissolved and a settlement of its financial obligations made. B. The election shall be conducted as provided by the byl…

If a district is inactive, the district judge of the county in which the greater part of the district is situated may designate a board of directors who shall act with the same authority and in the same manner in dissolving the district as if such board had been duly elected offi…

district. If a minimum of ten or a majority of the holders of title to irrigable lands from a common source or combined sources and by the same system or combined systems of works, desire to provide for the irrigation of such irrigable lands, the holders may propose the organizat…

The district shall hold title to its property in its corporate name for the uses and purposes of the district unless required to hold title in some other name or manner by the United States or this state. The formation of a district shall not transfer water rights to the district…

A. Except for contracts of employment, directors and employees shall not be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract entered into by the district unless the district court of the county wherein the principal office of the district is located considers the contract, the…

13, 1992.

A. A municipality may become an elector in the district by action of the council or trustees in execution of the petition by the mayor or chairman and attestation by the clerk. The mayor or chairman may cast one vote on behalf of such municipality in all district elections and sh…

The provisions of the Oklahoma Irrigation District Act shall not apply to the taking, use, or disposal of salt water associated with the exploration, production and recovery of oil and gas. Laws 1973, c. 179, § 24, emerg. eff. May 16, 1973; Laws 1992, c. 69, § 23, emerg. eff. Apr…

A. The reclassification of land within any irrigation district now or hereafter organized under the provisions of the Oklahoma Irrigation District Act, may be changed in the manner prescribed by this section. Such reclassification shall not impair or affect the irrigation distric…

irrigation. A landowner who owns assessed irrigable land which is no longer useful or suitable for irrigation may transfer and substitute such land for other land owned by such landowner within the district or to land outside of but adjacent to the district when such transfer is …