Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-896.16
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User fees - Licenses – Fines
Official statutory text
A. 1. Until replaced or changed as provided for in subsection
C of this section, the Grand River Dam Authority is authorized and
directed to charge an annual use fee of Thirty-five Dollars ($35.00)
per commercially owned and operated flotation device on the Illinois
River within Adair, Cherokee and Delaware Counties.
2. The operation of a commercial flotation device without
displaying a proper license issued by the Authority shall result in
a fine not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). The fine shall
be assessed upon the owner or operator of the commercial flotation
device business and not upon the individual renting the commercial
flotation device.
3. Commercial flotation devices shall not be operated on Flint
Creek in Delaware County and those portions of Barren Creek in
Cherokee County.
B. For the Flint Creek and Illinois River within Adair,
Cherokee and Delaware Counties and those portions of Barren Fork
Creek within Cherokee County, the Authority is authorized and
directed to charge until replaced or changed as provided for in
subsection C of this section:
1. An annual use fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00) per noncommercial,
privately owned device; or
2. A use fee of One Dollar ($1.00) per day for all
noncommercial, privately owned flotation devices floating upon a
designated scenic river. Landowners located immediately adjacent to
a designated scenic river shall not be required to pay any fee for
private use as authorized in this section or otherwise by law.
C. Under the provisions of Section 896.2 of this title granting
the Authority the power to establish licenses and set fees, the
Authority may promulgate rules for the collection and administration
of the fees imposed pursuant to the provisions of this section or
may promulgate rules establishing licenses, providing for the
issuance, renewal, revocation, denial, and suspension of licenses,
and setting fees that change or replace the licenses and fees
imposed pursuant to the provisions of this section. Upon final
adoption of rules changing or replacing any or all of the licenses
and fees imposed pursuant to the provisions of this section, the
Authority shall cease to impose, collect or charge the license and
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fee that was changed or replaced by rule. Rules promulgated by the
Authority pursuant to this section shall be in accordance with the
Administrative Procedures Act.
D. Until replaced or changed as provided for in subsection C of
this section, the Grand River Dam Authority may charge a fee for use
of camping sites located in public use and access areas controlled
by the Authority in an amount that does not exceed the rate charged
by the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department for camping sites.
E. For the purposes of the Scenic Rivers Act, "commercial
flotation device" means a canoe, boat, kayak, inner tube, raft or
other similar device suitable for the transportation of a person or
persons on waterways which is available for hire by the public for
use on scenic rivers.
C of this section, the Grand River Dam Authority is authorized and
directed to charge an annual use fee of Thirty-five Dollars ($35.00)
per commercially owned and operated flotation device on the Illinois
River within Adair, Cherokee and Delaware Counties.
2. The operation of a commercial flotation device without
displaying a proper license issued by the Authority shall result in
a fine not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). The fine shall
be assessed upon the owner or operator of the commercial flotation
device business and not upon the individual renting the commercial
flotation device.
3. Commercial flotation devices shall not be operated on Flint
Creek in Delaware County and those portions of Barren Creek in
Cherokee County.
B. For the Flint Creek and Illinois River within Adair,
Cherokee and Delaware Counties and those portions of Barren Fork
Creek within Cherokee County, the Authority is authorized and
directed to charge until replaced or changed as provided for in
subsection C of this section:
1. An annual use fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00) per noncommercial,
privately owned device; or
2. A use fee of One Dollar ($1.00) per day for all
noncommercial, privately owned flotation devices floating upon a
designated scenic river. Landowners located immediately adjacent to
a designated scenic river shall not be required to pay any fee for
private use as authorized in this section or otherwise by law.
C. Under the provisions of Section 896.2 of this title granting
the Authority the power to establish licenses and set fees, the
Authority may promulgate rules for the collection and administration
of the fees imposed pursuant to the provisions of this section or
may promulgate rules establishing licenses, providing for the
issuance, renewal, revocation, denial, and suspension of licenses,
and setting fees that change or replace the licenses and fees
imposed pursuant to the provisions of this section. Upon final
adoption of rules changing or replacing any or all of the licenses
and fees imposed pursuant to the provisions of this section, the
Authority shall cease to impose, collect or charge the license and
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fee that was changed or replaced by rule. Rules promulgated by the
Authority pursuant to this section shall be in accordance with the
Administrative Procedures Act.
D. Until replaced or changed as provided for in subsection C of
this section, the Grand River Dam Authority may charge a fee for use
of camping sites located in public use and access areas controlled
by the Authority in an amount that does not exceed the rate charged
by the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department for camping sites.
E. For the purposes of the Scenic Rivers Act, "commercial
flotation device" means a canoe, boat, kayak, inner tube, raft or
other similar device suitable for the transportation of a person or
persons on waterways which is available for hire by the public for
use on scenic rivers.
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