{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-27a-27a-3-3-114","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 27A, § 27A-3-3-114","heading":"Purpose - Rules - Definition","body":"A. The Oklahoma Conservation Commission is hereby authorized to\n\nestablish and administer a conservation cost-share program as funds\n\nbecome available. The conservation cost-share program shall provide\n\nmonies to eligible persons for the purpose of implementing\n\nconservation or best management practices on such eligible land as\n\ndescribed in conservation management plans according to rules\n\npromulgated by the Commission.\n\nB. The Commission shall promulgate rules governing the cost-\n\nshare program.\n\nC. To implement the program, the Commission shall require\n\nconservation districts to enter into contracts for eligible projects\n\non eligible land detailing the eligible person's responsibilities.\n\nD. For purposes of the conservation cost-share program:\n\n1. \"Eligible person\" means any individual, partnership,\n\ncorporation, legally recognized Indian tribe, estate, or trust who\n\nas an owner, lessee, tenant, or operator participates in the care\n\nand/or management of land within a conservation district;\n\n2. \"Eligible land\" means:\n\na. privately owned land within the state,\n\nb. land owned by the state or a political subdivision of\n\nthe state,\n\nc. land owned by corporations which are partly owned by\n\nthe United States,\n\nd. land temporarily owned by the United States or a\n\ncorporation wholly owned by it, which were not\n\nacquired or reserved for conservation purposes,\n\nincluding lands administered by the Farm Service\n\nAgency, the U.S. Department of Defense, or by any\n\nother government agency,\n\ne. any cropland farmed by private persons which is owned\n\nby the United States or a corporation wholly owned by\n\nit, and\n\nf. noncropland owned by the United States on which\n\npractices are performed by private persons where such\n\npractices directly conserve or benefit nearby or\n\nadjoining privately owned lands of the persons\n\nperforming the practices and such persons maintain and\n\nuse such federally owned noncropland under agreement\n\nwith the federal agency having jurisdiction thereof;\n\nand\n\n3. \"Eligible projects\" means conservation practices determined\n\nto be needed by a conservation district to:\n\na. improve or protect water quality,\n\nb. reduce soil erosion,\n\nc. accomplish both the objectives described in\n\nsubparagraphs a and b of this paragraph, or\n\nd. reduce feral swine population by use of electronic hog\n\ntraps.","path":["OK Code","Title 27A"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os27A.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"3a70bd79c8b46e55388e869634bdd82dad7633ed0cda04cfa61738a570e81317","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-27a-27a-3-3-113","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-27a-27a-3-3-115"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}