Okla. Stat. tit. 27, § 27-4
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Water-power companies - Right of eminent domain
Official statutory text
Any water power company, organized under the laws of this state,
shall have power to exercise the right of eminent domain in like
manner as railroad companies, for the purpose of securing sites for
the erection of water power plants, together with the necessary dams
over any nonnavigable stream and sites for the storage of water, and
of securing rights-of-way for the necessary flumes and conduits for
the purpose of conducting water for public or private consumption,
and generating power, and for the purpose of securing rights-of-way
for poles, wire and cables for transferring and transmitting
electricity generated by water.
R.L. 1910, § 3187.
shall have power to exercise the right of eminent domain in like
manner as railroad companies, for the purpose of securing sites for
the erection of water power plants, together with the necessary dams
over any nonnavigable stream and sites for the storage of water, and
of securing rights-of-way for the necessary flumes and conduits for
the purpose of conducting water for public or private consumption,
and generating power, and for the purpose of securing rights-of-way
for poles, wire and cables for transferring and transmitting
electricity generated by water.
R.L. 1910, § 3187.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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