Okla. Stat. tit. 27A, § 27A-3-3-411
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"Operation and maintenance" or "operate and maintain"
Official statutory text
- Interpretation.
A. Oklahoma has a large number of preventive and control
measures and works of improvement that are operated and maintained
by conservation districts and their assigns throughout the state.
These preventive and control measures and works of improvement
include, but are not limited to, flood control dams, erosion control
practices, and channels constructed with the assistance of the
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) through USDA’s
watershed programs.
B. Pursuant to the Conservation District Act, the phrase
“operation and maintenance” or “operate and maintain” as used in a
variety of contractual documents, easements, statutes, rules, and
other legal authority by the conservation districts and their
assigns shall be interpreted to:
1. Encompass the terms repair, modification, alteration,
rehabilitation, upkeep, upgrade, improvement, construction,
reconstruction, decommission, and inspection; and
2. Benefit the state and conservation districts.
A. Oklahoma has a large number of preventive and control
measures and works of improvement that are operated and maintained
by conservation districts and their assigns throughout the state.
These preventive and control measures and works of improvement
include, but are not limited to, flood control dams, erosion control
practices, and channels constructed with the assistance of the
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) through USDA’s
watershed programs.
B. Pursuant to the Conservation District Act, the phrase
“operation and maintenance” or “operate and maintain” as used in a
variety of contractual documents, easements, statutes, rules, and
other legal authority by the conservation districts and their
assigns shall be interpreted to:
1. Encompass the terms repair, modification, alteration,
rehabilitation, upkeep, upgrade, improvement, construction,
reconstruction, decommission, and inspection; and
2. Benefit the state and conservation districts.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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