A. Oklahoma has a large number of preventive and control measures and works of improvement that are operated and maintained by conservation districts and their assigns throughout the state. These preventive and control measures and works of improvement include, but are not limited to, flood control dams, erosion control practices, and channels constructed with the assistance of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) through USDA’s watershed programs.
B. Pursuant to the Conservation District Act, the phrase “operation and maintenance” or “operate and maintain” as used in a variety of contractual documents, easements, statutes, rules, and other legal authority by the conservation districts and their assigns shall be interpreted to:
1. Encompass the terms repair, modification, alteration, rehabilitation, upkeep, upgrade, improvement, construction, reconstruction, decommission, and inspection; and
2. Benefit the state and conservation districts.
Added by Laws 2008, c. 110, § 10, emerg. eff. May 2, 2008.