Okla. Stat. tit. 80, § 80-8
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Flood control - Consent to acquisition of lands - Rights
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The consent of the State of Oklahoma is hereby given to the
acquisition by the United States by purchase, gift, or condemnation
with adequate compensation, of such lands in Oklahoma, as in the
opinion of the federal government may be needed for programs and
works of improvement for runoff and waterflow retardation and soil
erosion prevention or other purposes, in the interest of flood
control, within the state in accordance with the programs provided
for such purpose in Section 13 of the Act of the Congress of the
United States approved December 22, 1944, and entitled "An Act
authorizing the construction of certain public works on rivers and
harbors for flood control, and for other purposes;" provided, that
the State of Oklahoma shall retain a concurrent jurisdiction with
the United States in and over the lands so acquired, so far that
civil process in all cases, and such criminal process as may issue
under the authority of the State of Oklahoma against any person
charged with the commission of any crime without or within said
jurisdiction, may be executed thereon in like manner as if this act
had not been passed. The state's concurrent jurisdiction over said
lands also shall include the power to tax property and transactions
not exempt from the taxing power of the state. Power is hereby
conferred upon the Congress of the United States to pass such laws
and to make or provide for the making of such rules and regulations,
of both a civil and criminal nature, and provide punishment thereof,
as in its judgment may be necessary for the administration, control
and protection of such lands as may be from time to time acquired by
the United States, under the provisions of this section.
The consent of the State of Oklahoma is hereby given to the
acquisition by the United States by purchase, gift, or condemnation
with adequate compensation, of such lands in Oklahoma, as in the
opinion of the federal government may be needed for programs and
works of improvement for runoff and waterflow retardation and soil
erosion prevention or other purposes, in the interest of flood
control, within the state in accordance with the programs provided
for such purpose in Section 13 of the Act of the Congress of the
United States approved December 22, 1944, and entitled "An Act
authorizing the construction of certain public works on rivers and
harbors for flood control, and for other purposes;" provided, that
the State of Oklahoma shall retain a concurrent jurisdiction with
the United States in and over the lands so acquired, so far that
civil process in all cases, and such criminal process as may issue
under the authority of the State of Oklahoma against any person
charged with the commission of any crime without or within said
jurisdiction, may be executed thereon in like manner as if this act
had not been passed. The state's concurrent jurisdiction over said
lands also shall include the power to tax property and transactions
not exempt from the taxing power of the state. Power is hereby
conferred upon the Congress of the United States to pass such laws
and to make or provide for the making of such rules and regulations,
of both a civil and criminal nature, and provide punishment thereof,
as in its judgment may be necessary for the administration, control
and protection of such lands as may be from time to time acquired by
the United States, under the provisions of this section.
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