2014 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 11. Cities and Towns
§11-36-105. Granting right to close, alter or appropriate roads or streets for certain purposes.

A. A municipal governing body, by and with the written approval of the State Highway Commission insofar as state and federal highways may be affected, may grant to the United States of America, or any irrigation district, conservancy district, or water users' association, organized under the laws of Oklahoma, the right to close, inundate, destroy, alter, or appropriate any municipal roads or streets in the municipality in connection with the construction, development, operation, or maintenance of any irrigation, reclamation, water conservation and utilization, flood control, military, or national defense project, for needful public buildings, or other public projects being constructed, operated, developed, or maintained by the United States of America, or any such district or association, upon such terms and conditions and for such consideration as the governing body may determine to be just and proper.

B. The municipal governing body may authorize the execution of, and the mayor or other chief official shall in accordance with such authorization have the power to execute, any and all contracts, deeds, easements, and other instruments of conveyance as may be required in or convenient to the exercise of the powers granted in this section.

Laws 1977, c. 256, § 36-105, eff. July 1, 1978.