Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1085.18: Commission created - Status - Membership - Expenses

There is hereby created a body corporate and politic to be known

as the Water Conservation Storage Commission which may sue and be

sued and plead and be impleaded. The Commission, where necessary to

promote the optimum development and utilization of reservoir sites,

shall have the power to acquire by purchase, gift, devise or eminent

domain land and interests in land except mineral interests. The

Commission is hereby constituted an instrumentality of the State of

Oklahoma, and exercise by the Commission of the powers conferred by

this act shall be deemed and shall be held to be an essential

governmental function of the State of Oklahoma. The Commission shall

be composed of the members of the Oklahoma Water Resources Board and

the officers of said Oklahoma Water Resources Board shall be the

officers of the Commission. The duties assigned to each member of

the Commission by the provisions of this act shall be considered

additional duties to those required by virtue of their membership on

the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, and they shall not receive any

additional compensation for the performance of the duties required

by this act, except that they shall be entitled to their actual

expenses incurred, and reimbursement for such expenses shall be paid

out of the funds available for the operation of their department, on

the same basis as now provided by law.