Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1002: Purpose - Commission created

The purpose of this act is to foster and promote the

establishment, maintenance and operation of city-county park and

recreation systems in order to give all of the citizens of the

counties affected hereby equal access to a comprehensive system of

recreational facilities. It is the policy of the state to encourage

the formation of such cooperative park and/or recreation systems to

the end of avoiding unnecessary duplication in the maintenance and

operation of public recreational facilities.

In order to make adequate recreational services available to the

residents of the more densely populated counties of this state, to

provide for the most efficient development of recreational

facilities for such counties and to provide for each of such

counties a city-county park and recreation system, there is hereby

created in each such county which avails itself of the provisions of

this act a city-county park and recreation commission, with the

powers and duties set out in this act.