Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1085.12: Executive Director - Qualifications - Powers and

duties.

A. The Oklahoma Water Resources Board shall appoint an

Executive Director, who shall have had at least six (6) years

practical and administrative experience in water resource management

and fix his or her duties and compensation. The Board is

specifically authorized to delegate to such Executive Director such

of its powers and duties as it may deem proper, including powers and

duties involving the exercise of official discretion. The authority

hereby granted to the Board to delegate powers and duties to the

Executive Director shall extend to any powers and duties given or

transferred to the Board under this title, or under any other law

conferring powers or imposing duties upon the Board, and shall also

extend to any powers conferred or duties imposed upon the Board by

any future law, unless any law expressly negates the authority to

make such delegation. Any other part of this title, or any other

law granting authority to the Board to delegate any powers or

duties, shall not be deemed to be a limitation upon the authority

conferred by this section. The Executive Director shall exercise

any such delegated powers and perform such delegated duties, in

accordance with any rules, regulations or orders made by the Board

which are applicable thereto. Provided, however, the Board shall

not delegate to such director any power of determining policy, the

execution of any contract or the final adjudication of any claims,

applications or controversies, all of which powers and duties shall

be exercised solely by the Board.

B. In addition to the powers and duties specified in subsection

A of this section, the Executive Director shall have the power and

duty to issue temporary permits and regular permits excluding all

permits from sensitive sole source aquifers that meet all the

requirements of Titles 27A and 82 of the Oklahoma Statutes and other

considerations required by law and that have not been the subject of

a protest from an interested party.