Okla. Stat. tit. 27A, § 27A-3-3-105

A. In addition to other powers and duties provided by law, a

conservation district and the directors thereof shall have the power

and duty to:

1. Obtain such information as may be necessary to the proper

carrying out of duties and powers prescribed in the Conservation

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District Act, by making surveys and investigations relating to the

conservation of renewable natural resources, and the preventive and

control measures and works of improvement needed; provided, however,

that such surveys and investigations shall not be undertaken except

in cooperation with the State Conservation Commission or with the

government of this state or any of its agencies, or with the United

States or any of its agencies;

2. Conduct operations for the conservation of renewable natural

resources within the district on lands owned or controlled by this

state or any of its agencies, with the cooperation of the agency

administering and having jurisdiction thereof, and on any other

lands within the district upon obtaining the consent of the owner of

such lands or the necessary rights or interests in such lands, in

order to demonstrate by example the means, methods, and measures by

which the conservation of renewable natural resources may be carried

out;

3. Carry out preventive and control measures and works of

improvement for the conservation of renewable natural resources

within the district including, but not limited to, engineering

operations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation and

changes in use of land on lands owned or controlled by this state or

any of its agencies, with the cooperation of the agency

administering and having jurisdiction thereof, and on any other

lands within the district upon obtaining the consent of the owner of

such lands or the necessary rights or interests in such lands;

4. Cooperate or enter into agreements with, and, within the

limits of appropriations duly made available to it by law, to

furnish financial or other aid to any agency, governmental or

otherwise, or any owner or occupier of lands within the district,

subject to such conditions as the directors may deem necessary to

advance the purposes of the Conservation District Act;

5. Obtain options upon and to acquire, by purchase, exchange,

lease, gift, grant, bequest, devise or otherwise, any property, real

or personal, or rights or interests therein; to maintain, administer

and improve any properties acquired; and to:

a. receive income from such properties and to expend such

income in carrying out the purposes and provisions of

the Conservation District Act, and

b. sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any of its

property or interests therein, all in furtherance of

the purposes and provisions of the Conservation

District Act; provided that in all cases when lands or

interests therein are deemed by the directors to be

necessary for upstream flood control purposes to carry

out the purposes of the Conservation District Act and

which cannot otherwise be acquired, the district shall

be vested with the power of eminent domain and may

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condemn and acquire such lands as provided by the laws

of this state governing the acquisition of lands by

railroad corporations;

6. Make available, on such terms as it shall prescribe, to

landowners and occupiers within the district, agricultural and

engineering machinery and equipment, fertilizer, seeds and

seedlings, and such other material or equipment as will assist such

landowners and occupiers to carry on operations upon their lands for

the conservation of renewable natural resources;

7. Construct, improve, repair, operate and maintain such

structures as may be necessary or convenient for the performance of

any of the operations or activities authorized in the Conservation

District Act;
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seedlings, and such other material or equipment as will assist such

landowners and occupiers to carry on operations upon their lands for

the conservation of renewable natural resources;

7. Construct, improve, repair, operate and maintain such

structures as may be necessary or convenient for the performance of

any of the operations or activities authorized in the Conservation

District Act;

8. Develop resource conservation programs and annual work plans

as provided in the Conservation District Act;

9. Acquire by purchase, lease or otherwise, and to administer

any project or program concerned with the conservation of renewable

natural resources located within its boundaries undertaken by any

federal, state or other public agency; and to:

a. accept donations, gifts and contributions, in money,

services, materials or otherwise, from the United

States or any of its agencies, or from this state or

any of its agencies, or from any other source, and

b. use or expend such moneys, services, materials or

other contributions in carrying out the purposes of

the Conservation District Act, and

c. enter into contracts and negotiate with any agency of

the United States or the State of Oklahoma in any plan

related to the conservation of renewable natural

resources;

10. Sue and be sued in the name of the district; and to:

a. have a seal, which seal shall be judicially noticed,

b. make and execute contracts and other instruments

necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers,

and

c. make, and from time to time amend and repeal, rules

and regulations not inconsistent with the Conservation

District Act to carry into effect its purposes and

powers; and

11. Carry workers' compensation insurance, in its discretion,

on any or all its employees, regardless of the nature of the work in

which such employee or employees are engaged, such insurance to be

carried with the State Insurance Fund, and to be paid for by each

district out of the funds of such district.

B. As a condition to the extending of any benefits under the

Conservation District Act to or the performance of work upon any

lands not owned or controlled by this state or any of its agencies,

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the directors may require contributions in money, services,

materials or otherwise to any operations conferring such benefits

and may require land occupiers to enter into and perform such

agreements or covenants as to the use of such lands as may be

consistent with the purposes of the Conservation District Act.

C. No provisions with respect to the acquisition, operation or

disposition of property by other public bodies shall be applicable

to a district organized hereunder unless the Legislature shall

specifically so state.

D. Soil and water conservation district directors have the

authority to accept appointment to serve as members of local,

municipal, county, regional and state planning agencies, boards,

commissions and authorities and districts may participate in the

funding thereof and performance of works and projects thereunder.