{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-82-82-573","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-573","heading":"Bridges or other structures - Changes - Notice - Damages -","body":"Appeal.\n\nWhenever the official plan requires the building, modification,\n\nremoval, or rebuilding of any bridge, grade, aqueduct, or other\n\nconstruction, and a hearing upon the report of the appraisers has\n\nbeen had and a final order issued by the court for appraisals and\n\nassessments affecting such construction, the owner of said bridge,\n\ngrade, aqueduct or other structure shall be bound to make such\n\nchanges or adjustments within the time specified in the official\n\nplan, or within the time directed by the court, which time shall be\n\na reasonable one under all circumstances. In case such changes or\n\nadjustments are not made, the board of directors may make such\n\nadjustments or removals. If the change or improvement of a natural\n\nwater course is made necessary by the insufficiency of the bridge or\n\nother structure to permit the water of the stream to pass through it\n\nin time of high water, the work of altering or removing said bridge\n\nor other structure shall be at the expense of the owner. Before the\n\nremoval or modification of any works outlined in this section, the\n\nboard of directors shall give thirty (30) days' notice to the owner\n\nof such bridge or such construction that the same be adapted to the\n\nplans. In case the owner of any bridge or other structure shall\n\nobject to the modification or removal of such bridge or other\n\nstructure on the ground that the cost of the modification will be\n\ngreater than the benefits resulting from such removal, a hearing\n\nshall be had before the district court having the original case, and\n\nif such contention is sustained, such modification or removal shall\n\nnot be required. If said building, modification or removal, or\n\nrebuilding of any bridge, aqueduct or other construction causes\n\ndamage to the owner or owners thereof, which damages are required\n\nunder this act to be paid by the conservancy district, the owner or\n\nowners thereof shall not be required to make any changes or\n\nalterations until the damages have been paid them by the district.\n\nThe board of directors of any district organized under this law\n\nshall have full power and authority to improve in alignment,\n\nsection, grade or in any other manner any watercourse, and they may\n\nrequire the removal, widening, lengthening, deepening, raising or\n\nother change of any public or private road bridge, or railroad\n\nbridge, or any aqueduct, or telephone, telegraph, gas, oil, sewer,\n\nwater or other pipelines or any other construction over, along,\n\nacross, under or through such watercourse. In case such change is\n\nmade necessary in any such structure by the failure of such bridge\n\nor other structure to permit the free flow of the water in such\n\nstream in time of flood, then the owner of any such construction\n\nshall make such change, without cost to the district, or without any\n\nclaim for damages against the district, except that the district\n\nshall pay the cost of excavating the earth for the enlargement of\n\nany channel where such excavation or filing is required as a part of\n\nplans of the district in making the changes outlined in this\n\nsection, but the district shall not be required to make such fill or\n\nexcavation unless it would be necessary to the plans of the district\n\nif the bridge or other construction did not exist; provided,\n\nhowever, that the board of directors shall not exercise any of the\n\nduties mentioned herein, without first publishing a notice in the\n\ncounty affected, for at least thirty (30) days before the\n\ncontemplated action is taken and any interested taxpayer may appeal\n\nfrom the decision of the board and the district court that had\n\noriginal jurisdiction of the matter, which appeal shall be lodged by\n\nfiling a motion in the court of the appellant and any order of the\n\nsaid district court may be appealed from to the Supreme Court of the\n\nState of Oklahoma.","path":["OK Code","Title 82"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os82.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"6537b96305daa44b4205d043e64338190b1bf5c0fd7f5eecee65241d560690fc","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-82-82-572","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-82-82-574"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}