Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-105.12A: Permits to use water outside of state

A. The State of Oklahoma has long recognized the importance of

the conservation and preservation of its public waters and the

necessity to maintain adequate supplies for the present and future

water requirements of the state and to protect the public welfare of

its citizens, and has entered into interstate compacts for that

purpose.

B. No permit issued by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board to

use water outside the boundaries of the State of Oklahoma shall:

1. Impair the ability of the State of Oklahoma to meet its

obligations under any interstate stream compact; or

2. Impair or affect the powers, rights, or obligations of the

United States, or those claiming under its authority or law, in,

over and to water apportioned by interstate compacts.

C. Water apportioned to the State of Oklahoma by an interstate

compact is subject to the right and power of the State of Oklahoma

to control, among other matters, the method of diversion of the

water and the place of use.

D. No permit for the use of water out of state shall authorize

use of water apportioned to the State of Oklahoma under an

interstate compact unless specifically authorized by an act of the

Oklahoma Legislature and thereafter as approved by it.