Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-690.1: Short title – Purposes

A. Sections 7 through 12 of this act shall be known and may be

cited as the “Oklahoma Flood Hazard Mitigation Program”.

B. The purposes of the Oklahoma Flood Hazard Mitigation Program

are to provide:

1. An orderly and continuing means of assistance by the state

government to political subdivisions of this state in carrying out

their responsibilities to alleviate the suffering and damage that

result from flooding by:

a. providing state assistance programs for public losses

and needs sustained in flood disasters,

b. encouraging the development of comprehensive disaster

preparedness and assistance plans, programs,

capabilities, and organizations by the state and

political subdivisions,

c. achieving greater coordination and responsiveness of

flood disaster preparedness and relief programs, and

d. encouraging hazard mitigation measures, such as

development of land-use and construction regulations,

floodplain management, and environmental planning, to

reduce losses from flood disasters in municipalities;

2. For the protection of life and property and to limit the

repetitive expenditures of public funds in areas that are subject to

chronic flooding and other flood disasters;

3. Financial assistance to local governments for the

development and implementation of flood hazard mitigation projects;

4. For the cooperation of state environmental agencies and

other state and federal agencies in the development and

implementation of the Oklahoma Flood Hazard Mitigation Program; and

5. For the establishment of land development principles which

will eliminate inappropriate and unsafe real estate development in

municipal areas subject to repetitive or chronic flooding.