Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-601.7

roads.

A. The boards of county commissioners are authorized to issue

permits which authorize and regulate the harvesting of hay along the

right-of-way of public roads of the county highway system within

their respective counties. Each permit shall authorize the

permittee to harvest hay for the duration of the calendar year.

B. The applicant for a permit shall be informed in writing and

shall sign a release acknowledging that he or she will assume all

risk and liability for hay quality and for any accidents and damages

that may occur as a result of the work and that the county and State

of Oklahoma assume no liability for the hay quality or for work done

by the permittee.

C. Any person who stores the harvested hay along the right-of-

way for later removal shall store the harvested hay at the outer

edge of the right-of-way and shall remove the harvested hay within

two (2) days after harvesting.

D. The county shall obtain consent from the owner whose land

abuts the right-of-way before issuing or reissuing a permit to

harvest hay. The owner may revoke his or her consent at any time.

E. The owner or the owner's assignee of land abutting the

right-of-way shall have priority to receive a permit for such land

under this section.

F. The county may charge a permit fee in an amount calculated

only to defray the actual costs of administering this section;

provided, that any owner or owner's assignee shall be granted a

permit at no cost when harvesting hay on the right-of-way abutting

that owner's land. All fees received under this section shall be

remitted to the county treasurer for credit to the county highway

fund.

G. Counties shall require permitees to carry and keep in force

liability insurance during the permit period. Counties shall

determine required minimum amounts of such coverage, which shall be

at least Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) for each

occurrence of bodily injury and One Hundred Thousand Dollars

($100,000.00) for each occurrence of property damage.

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H. Counties may establish regulations to carry out this

section.