Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1324.41
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Definitions
Official statutory text
As used in this act:
1. "Acquiring party" means a person and all affiliates thereof
by whom or on whose behalf an acquisition of control referred to in
Section 6 of this act is to be effected;
2. "Affiliate" means a person who directly, or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by,
or is under common control with, the person specified, including any
corporation created at the direction of the person specified, for
purposes of corporate reorganization;
3. "Assets" in the case of a district or corporation means the
physical plant, equipment, accounts receivable, accounts payable and
all other assets of such district or corporation;
4. "Board" means the Oklahoma Water Resources Board;
5. "Control", including the terms "controlling" or "controlled
by", and "under common control with", means the possession, direct
or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of a person, whether through ownership, by
contract, purchase of assets, or otherwise, unless such power is the
result of an official position with, or corporate office held in,
such person. Control shall be presumed to exist if any person,
directly or indirectly, owns or controls the assets of such district
or corporation. This presumption may be rebutted by showing that
control does not exist in fact. The Board may determine, after
furnishing all persons in interest notice and opportunity to be
heard and making specific findings of fact to support such
determination, that control exists in fact, notwithstanding the
absence of a presumption to that effect;
6. "Corporation" means a not-for-profit corporation organized:
a. pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma General
Corporation Act, Section 1001 et seq. of Title 18 of
the Oklahoma Statutes, for a purpose not involving
pecuniary gain to its shareholders or members, paying
no dividends or other pecuniary remuneration, directly
or indirectly, to its shareholders or members as such
and having no capital stock, and
b. for the purpose of developing and providing rural
water supplies to serve rural residents;
7. "District" means a public nonprofit water district created
pursuant to the Rural Water, Sewer, Gas and Solid Waste Management
Districts Act, Section 1324.1 et seq. of Title 82 of the Oklahoma
Statutes; and
8. "Person" means an individual, a corporation, a partnership,
an association, a joint stock company, a trust, an unincorporated
organization, any similar entity or any combination of the foregoing
acting in concert, but shall not include any securities broker
performing no more than the usual and customary broker's function.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 82. Waters and Water Rights Page 339
1. "Acquiring party" means a person and all affiliates thereof
by whom or on whose behalf an acquisition of control referred to in
Section 6 of this act is to be effected;
2. "Affiliate" means a person who directly, or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by,
or is under common control with, the person specified, including any
corporation created at the direction of the person specified, for
purposes of corporate reorganization;
3. "Assets" in the case of a district or corporation means the
physical plant, equipment, accounts receivable, accounts payable and
all other assets of such district or corporation;
4. "Board" means the Oklahoma Water Resources Board;
5. "Control", including the terms "controlling" or "controlled
by", and "under common control with", means the possession, direct
or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of a person, whether through ownership, by
contract, purchase of assets, or otherwise, unless such power is the
result of an official position with, or corporate office held in,
such person. Control shall be presumed to exist if any person,
directly or indirectly, owns or controls the assets of such district
or corporation. This presumption may be rebutted by showing that
control does not exist in fact. The Board may determine, after
furnishing all persons in interest notice and opportunity to be
heard and making specific findings of fact to support such
determination, that control exists in fact, notwithstanding the
absence of a presumption to that effect;
6. "Corporation" means a not-for-profit corporation organized:
a. pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma General
Corporation Act, Section 1001 et seq. of Title 18 of
the Oklahoma Statutes, for a purpose not involving
pecuniary gain to its shareholders or members, paying
no dividends or other pecuniary remuneration, directly
or indirectly, to its shareholders or members as such
and having no capital stock, and
b. for the purpose of developing and providing rural
water supplies to serve rural residents;
7. "District" means a public nonprofit water district created
pursuant to the Rural Water, Sewer, Gas and Solid Waste Management
Districts Act, Section 1324.1 et seq. of Title 82 of the Oklahoma
Statutes; and
8. "Person" means an individual, a corporation, a partnership,
an association, a joint stock company, a trust, an unincorporated
organization, any similar entity or any combination of the foregoing
acting in concert, but shall not include any securities broker
performing no more than the usual and customary broker's function.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 82. Waters and Water Rights Page 339
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