{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-29-29-7-101","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 29, § 29-7-101","heading":"Dams constructed by the U.S.; safety zones","body":"A. Except as otherwise provided for in subsection E of this\n\nsection, no person shall enter, swim, wade, operate a boat or\n\noperate or float any floating device in any safety zone as defined\n\nin Section 2-139 of this title. This provision shall not be\n\nconstrued to prohibit fishing from the bank or shore when otherwise\n\nlawful.\n\nB. The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation shall have\n\nthe authority to maintain buoy lines, cable nets or any other device\n\nwhich it may find necessary to keep persons, boats or floating\n\ndevices out of the safety zone and shall have authority to erect\n\nsigns or other warning devices to mark the existence and extent of\n\nsafety zones. The Department shall be exempt from any penalty\n\nshould it fail to comply with this provision.\n\nC. In all water bounded by a turbine outlet, a continuous\n\nwarning signal by means of a horn shall be sounded for a period of\n\nfive (5) minutes prior to the opening of the gates of the dam and\n\nthe releasing of water through the same, in order that the public\n\nshall have notice thereof.\n\nD. Subsections A and B of this section shall not be applicable\n\nto the waters below any particular dam when, and to the extent that,\n\nsuch application would be in conflict with the laws of the United\n\nStates or valid rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.\n\nFurther, the lack of any line, net, device or sign, pursuant to\n\nsubsection B of this section, shall not prevent a violation of\n\nsubsection A from taking effect.\n\nE. The provisions of this section shall apply to the safety\n\nzone below all federal dams. Notwithstanding the provisions of\n\nsubsection A of this section, persons may enter and wade in the\n\nsafety zone below the dams on the Salt Plains Lake, Tenkiller Lake,\n\nFort Supply Lake, Copan Lake, Hulah Lake, and Canton Lake.\n\nF. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this\n\nsection shall be punished by a fine of not less than Ten Dollars\n\n($10.00) nor more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00), or by imprisonment in\n\nthe county jail not exceeding thirty (30) days, or both such fine\n\nand imprisonment.","path":["OK Code","Title 29"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os29.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"37321ff41439c21751bf4ab2a0fa8bd625b5c242c7afe0b4d894ba1aacfe7186","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-29-29-6-601","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-29-29-7-102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}