Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1610: Promulgation of floodplain management rules - Procedure

A. Floodplain management rules enacted pursuant to the Oklahoma

Floodplain Management Act shall only be promulgated by the Oklahoma

Water Resources Board in accordance with the Administrative

Procedures Act.

B. Floodplain management regulations adopted pursuant to the

Oklahoma Floodplain Management Act and any amendments to the

regulations shall go into effect thirty (30) days after adoption

unless the regulation or amendment specifies a later date; provided,

that no floodplain management regulation or amendment thereto shall

be in force unless published in a newspaper of general circulation

regularly published nearest the area of jurisdiction within fifteen

(15) days after adoption.

C. At least thirty (30) days prior to the date of adoption of a

regulation or amendment thereto, written notice shall be furnished

to the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, accompanied by a copy of each

proposed regulation or amendment.

D. A certified copy of any regulation or amendment thereto

adopted by a floodplain board pursuant to the Oklahoma Floodplain

Management Act shall be filed with the Oklahoma Water Resources

Board within fifteen (15) days after adoption.