Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1422
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Amendment - Ratification
Official statutory text
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 82. Waters and Water Rights Page 361
This ratification is subject to the State of Oklahoma and the
State of Arkansas, acting through their duly authorized compact
representatives, amending said "Arkansas River Basin Compact" in the
particulars as set forth hereinafter, and further, the ratification
of said amendment of said compact by the Legislature of the State of
Arkansas. Said amendment being expressed as follows:
The following language shall be added to Article VI, Section A
of said compact, towit: "Provided however that nothing contained in
this compact or its ratification by Arkansas or Oklahoma shall be
interpreted as granting either state or the parties hereto the right
or power of eminent domain in any manner whatsoever outside the
borders of its own state."
This ratification is subject to the State of Oklahoma and the
State of Arkansas, acting through their duly authorized compact
representatives, amending said "Arkansas River Basin Compact" in the
particulars as set forth hereinafter, and further, the ratification
of said amendment of said compact by the Legislature of the State of
Arkansas. Said amendment being expressed as follows:
The following language shall be added to Article VI, Section A
of said compact, towit: "Provided however that nothing contained in
this compact or its ratification by Arkansas or Oklahoma shall be
interpreted as granting either state or the parties hereto the right
or power of eminent domain in any manner whatsoever outside the
borders of its own state."
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