2016 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 82. Waters and Water Rights
§82-1462. Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department - Power and duties.

The Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department shall:

1. Establish procedures for organizing and certifying Scenic Rivers Commissions to administer a resource management program for designated scenic river areas and adjacent lands, consistent with the purposes of the Scenic Rivers Act. No Commission shall be certified as an agency of the state to exercise the powers provided for in the Scenic Rivers Act until an interim commission has formulated procedures for holding an election for the additional Commission members. No Scenic Rivers Commission shall be established unless otherwise provided for in the Scenic Rivers Act or recommended for organization by one of the following methods:

a.a resolution signed by two or more counties or one county and a city or conservation district of an adjoining county statutorily defined as part of the designated scenic river area, or

b.a resolution signed by at least one county statutorily defined as part of the designated scenic river area and a state agency, or

c.a petition signed by five hundred (500) registered voters residing in any county statutorily defined as a part of the designated scenic river area;

2. Disburse line-item or other state appropriations to certified Scenic Rivers Commissions established in accordance with the Scenic Rivers Act and provide upon request, if funds and resources are available, technical assistance to said Commissions in the planning and administration of resource management programs within its operating areas;

3. Prepare procedures for review and comment by appropriate state and local agencies on proposed management plans, standards, and developments identified by a Scenic Rivers Commission as having a significant impact within its operating area; and

4. Establish, as provided in subsection C of Section 1461 of this title, a Scenic Rivers Commission for the Flint Creek, Illinois River Scenic River Areas, and those portions of Barren Fork Creek within Cherokee County.

Added by Laws 1977, c. 29, § 3, emerg. eff. May 3, 1977. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 332, § 2, emerg. eff. June 29, 1983; Laws 1989, c. 147, § 2, emerg. eff. May 1, 1989; Laws 1990, c. 205, § 2, emerg. eff. May 10, 1990; Laws 1997, c. 241, § 14, eff. July 1, 1997.