Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-521: County commissioners - Duties concerning conservation -

Cooperation with State Board.

The board of county commissioners of the various counties of the

State of Oklahoma are hereby authorized to cooperate with the

Conservation Commission of the State of Oklahoma in all instances

where such cooperation is necessary and will expedite the provisions

of this act or any other act to which this act is cumulative, and

such boards are further empowered and authorized to devise methods

and means to stop and/or prevent soil erosion or soil drifting in

their respective counties. In any county or any part thereof of the

state where the Conservation Commission of the State of Oklahoma has

not exercised its powers for the prevention and control of soil

erosion, the board of county commissioners may order the land

subject to soil erosion and drifting to be cultivated, plowed,

listed or planted, or may in any other manner take such steps as are

necessary to prevent such soil erosion and drifting. Upon any such

order being made by the board of county commissioners, all owners of

land within the district designated by the board of county

commissioners shall forthwith take such steps as are designated by

said board and in case any land owner shall fail or refuse to comply

therewith, the board of county commissioners is hereby authorized to

employ agents to go upon the land of any such person who shall fail

or refuse to comply with such orders, for the purpose of plowing,

ditching, listing or planting the same to prevent soil erosion and

drifting, and said board of county commissioners is hereby expressly

authorized to assess reasonable charges for such services against

such lands affected thereby, which charges and assessments shall be

levied and collected as other taxes on real estate; provided, that

no order for the plowing, ditching, listing or planting of any lands

in any given area shall be ordered by any board of county

commissioners unless and until sixty percent (60%) of the land

owners of such area have filed with such board of county

commissioners written requests for such action.