Okla. Stat. tit. 27A, § 27A-3-3-113

A. The districts shall invite the appropriate counties,

municipalities and special purpose districts or other governmental

units to designate liaison representatives for consultation on each

other's programs and plans for resource conservation. The counties,

municipalities, special purpose districts and other governmental

units are hereby authorized to appoint such liaison representatives

and to participate in the preparation and coordination of local

planning and programming for resource conservation. The districts

shall designate liaison representatives to advise and consult with

such other local agencies.

B. The districts shall consult and cooperate with state,

regional, interstate and federal agencies to promote harmony and the

avoidance of conflict in the programs and plans for resource

conservation developed and carried out by any of them. The

districts, other local agencies and the agencies of the government

of this state shall provide for liaison and consultation among them

for all programs that have direct impact on natural resources,

including plans for public land acquisition and management, schools,

dams and reservoirs, and other water management structures, highway

locations, public utilities and subdivisions. Districts shall hold

similar consultations with public and private agencies planning,

constructing or operating transportation or communication

facilities.

C. State agencies, the districts and other local agencies are

authorized to make available to each other maps, reports and data in

their possession that are useful in the preparation of their

respective programs and plans for resource conservation. The

districts shall keep the state and local agencies fully informed

concerning the status and progress of the preparation of their

resource conservation programs and plans.

D. The districts shall hold public hearings at appropriate

times in connection with the preparation of programs and plans,

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shall give careful consideration to the views expressed and problems

revealed in hearings, and shall keep the public informed concerning

their programs, plans and activities. Agencies and individuals

shall be invited to submit proposals for consideration at such

hearings. The districts may supplement such hearings with meetings,

referenda and other suitable means to determine the wishes of

interested parties and the general public in regard to current and

proposed plans and programs of a district. They shall confer with

public and private agencies, individually and in groups, to give and

obtain information and understanding of the impact of district

operations upon agriculture, forestry, water supply and quality,

flood control, particular industries, commercial concerns and other

public and private interests, both rural and urban.