Okla. Stat. tit. 27A, § 27A-3-3-411: "Operation and maintenance" or "operate and maintain"

- Interpretation.

A. Oklahoma has a large number of preventive and control

measures and works of improvement that are operated and maintained

by conservation districts and their assigns throughout the state.

These preventive and control measures and works of improvement

include, but are not limited to, flood control dams, erosion control

practices, and channels constructed with the assistance of the

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) through USDA’s

watershed programs.

B. Pursuant to the Conservation District Act, the phrase

“operation and maintenance” or “operate and maintain” as used in a

variety of contractual documents, easements, statutes, rules, and

other legal authority by the conservation districts and their

assigns shall be interpreted to:

1. Encompass the terms repair, modification, alteration,

rehabilitation, upkeep, upgrade, improvement, construction,

reconstruction, decommission, and inspection; and

2. Benefit the state and conservation districts.