Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-105.9
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Application for water rights
Official statutory text
Any person, firm, corporation, state or federal governmental
agency, or subdivision thereof, intending to acquire the right to
the beneficial use of any water shall, before commencing any
construction for such purposes or before taking the same from any
constructed works, make an application to the Board, together with
the filing fee authorized by law, for a permit to appropriate in the
form required by rules and regulations established by the Board.
Such rules and regulations shall, in addition to providing the form
and manner of preparing and presenting the application, require that
such application state all the data necessary for the proper
description and limitation of the right applied for, as to the
amount of water requested, together with such information as may be
necessary to show the method and practicability of the construction
and the ability of the applicant to complete the same.
agency, or subdivision thereof, intending to acquire the right to
the beneficial use of any water shall, before commencing any
construction for such purposes or before taking the same from any
constructed works, make an application to the Board, together with
the filing fee authorized by law, for a permit to appropriate in the
form required by rules and regulations established by the Board.
Such rules and regulations shall, in addition to providing the form
and manner of preparing and presenting the application, require that
such application state all the data necessary for the proper
description and limitation of the right applied for, as to the
amount of water requested, together with such information as may be
necessary to show the method and practicability of the construction
and the ability of the applicant to complete the same.
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