Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-576: Cooperation with federal government or other agencies -
Where this section sits in the code
- OK Code
- Title 82
Outlets in other states.
The board of directors shall also have the right and authority
to enter into contracts or other arrangements with the United States
Government or any department thereof, with persons, railroad or
other corporations, with public corporations, cities and towns, and
the state government of this or other states with drainage
conservation, conservancy, or other improvement districts, in this
or other states, for cooperation or assistance in constructing,
maintaining, using and operating the works of the district or the
waters thereof, not in violation of Article VI of the Constitution
or for making surveys and investigations or reports; and may
purchase, lease or otherwise acquire land or other property in
adjoining states in order to secure outlets or spend money for
securing such outlets or reservoirs or other works in adjoining
states, and the Governor of the State of Oklahoma is hereby
authorized to assist any conservancy district in negotiating any
agreements with other states and the United States, under the power
conferred upon him by Section 8 of Article VI of the Constitution of
Oklahoma. That the streams constituting boundaries between this and
other states for more than one hundred (100) miles shall not be
organized within the conservancy districts until the state
governments of this and other states affected shall have executed
agreements as to equitable division of costs and benefits between
the areas with different states affected by the agreement.
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