Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-37-128: Public water trusts – Supervision by municipalities –

Penalties - Exceptions.

A. Any public water trust formed pursuant to Sections 176

through 180.4 of Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes whose beneficiary

is the state, any county or municipality or any combination thereof,

supplying water directly to residents of a municipality, shall be

subject to general supervision by such municipality with regards to

any waterworks within the city limits of the municipality.

B. 1. The municipality shall have power to promulgate

regulations and enact ordinances affecting the services, operation,

management, rates and manner of conduct of the business of any

public water trust having waterworks within the city limits of the

municipality.

2. The municipality shall have full visitorial and

inquisitorial power to examine the records of such public water

trust and keep informed as to the general condition, rates, plants,

equipment, apparatus, conduct, operation, practices and services,

and compliance with regulations and ordinances and laws of this

state with respect to the waterworks within the city limits of the

municipality and with respect to any other management or conduct of

the public water trust which affects any of the waterworks within

the city limits of the municipality.

C. It shall be unlawful for any public water trust to operate

any waterworks within the city limits of a municipality in violation

of the regulations promulgated or ordinances enacted by the

municipality pursuant to this section.

D. 1. Any person who violates any of the provisions of any

regulation promulgated or ordinance enacted issued pursuant to this

section, upon conviction thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Each day upon which such violation occurs shall constitute a

separate violation.

2. In addition to any criminal penalty imposed pursuant to this

subsection, a public water trust which has been determined by the

municipality to have violated any regulation or ordinance issued

pursuant to this section may be liable for a civil penalty of not

more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each day that such

violation continues. The amount of such penalty shall be assessed

by the municipality, after notice and hearing.

E. 1. The district attorney of the appropriate district court

of Oklahoma may bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction

for the prosecution of such violation of any regulation or order

issued pursuant to this section.

2. The court has jurisdiction to determine such action and to

grant the necessary or appropriate relief, including, but not

limited to, mandatory or prohibitive injunctive relief, interim

equitable relief, and punitive damages.

F. The provisions of this section shall not apply to:

1. Any public trusts formed as rural water districts and

established pursuant to the Rural Water, Sewer, Gas and Solid Waste

Management District Act;

2. Any municipality in a county having a population less than

Two Hundred Fifty Thousand (250,000) persons; or

3. Waterworks or water systems owned or operated by a

municipality or by any public trust of which a municipality is the

sole beneficiary.

G. For purposes of this section, "waterworks" means facilities

used in the procurement, supply, treatment, storage, pumping or

distribution of water for human consumption or fire protection, and

includes the necessary facilities from the initial source to the

place for consumer utilization.