Okla. Stat. tit. 29, § 29-7-101
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Dams constructed by the U.S.; safety zones
Official statutory text
A. Except as otherwise provided for in subsection E of this
section, no person shall enter, swim, wade, operate a boat or
operate or float any floating device in any safety zone as defined
in Section 2-139 of this title. This provision shall not be
construed to prohibit fishing from the bank or shore when otherwise
lawful.
B. The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation shall have
the authority to maintain buoy lines, cable nets or any other device
which it may find necessary to keep persons, boats or floating
devices out of the safety zone and shall have authority to erect
signs or other warning devices to mark the existence and extent of
safety zones. The Department shall be exempt from any penalty
should it fail to comply with this provision.
C. In all water bounded by a turbine outlet, a continuous
warning signal by means of a horn shall be sounded for a period of
five (5) minutes prior to the opening of the gates of the dam and
the releasing of water through the same, in order that the public
shall have notice thereof.
D. Subsections A and B of this section shall not be applicable
to the waters below any particular dam when, and to the extent that,
such application would be in conflict with the laws of the United
States or valid rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Further, the lack of any line, net, device or sign, pursuant to
subsection B of this section, shall not prevent a violation of
subsection A from taking effect.
E. The provisions of this section shall apply to the safety
zone below all federal dams. Notwithstanding the provisions of
subsection A of this section, persons may enter and wade in the
safety zone below the dams on the Salt Plains Lake, Tenkiller Lake,
Fort Supply Lake, Copan Lake, Hulah Lake, and Canton Lake.
F. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this
section shall be punished by a fine of not less than Ten Dollars
($10.00) nor more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00), or by imprisonment in
the county jail not exceeding thirty (30) days, or both such fine
and imprisonment.
section, no person shall enter, swim, wade, operate a boat or
operate or float any floating device in any safety zone as defined
in Section 2-139 of this title. This provision shall not be
construed to prohibit fishing from the bank or shore when otherwise
lawful.
B. The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation shall have
the authority to maintain buoy lines, cable nets or any other device
which it may find necessary to keep persons, boats or floating
devices out of the safety zone and shall have authority to erect
signs or other warning devices to mark the existence and extent of
safety zones. The Department shall be exempt from any penalty
should it fail to comply with this provision.
C. In all water bounded by a turbine outlet, a continuous
warning signal by means of a horn shall be sounded for a period of
five (5) minutes prior to the opening of the gates of the dam and
the releasing of water through the same, in order that the public
shall have notice thereof.
D. Subsections A and B of this section shall not be applicable
to the waters below any particular dam when, and to the extent that,
such application would be in conflict with the laws of the United
States or valid rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Further, the lack of any line, net, device or sign, pursuant to
subsection B of this section, shall not prevent a violation of
subsection A from taking effect.
E. The provisions of this section shall apply to the safety
zone below all federal dams. Notwithstanding the provisions of
subsection A of this section, persons may enter and wade in the
safety zone below the dams on the Salt Plains Lake, Tenkiller Lake,
Fort Supply Lake, Copan Lake, Hulah Lake, and Canton Lake.
F. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this
section shall be punished by a fine of not less than Ten Dollars
($10.00) nor more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00), or by imprisonment in
the county jail not exceeding thirty (30) days, or both such fine
and imprisonment.
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