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 Oklahoma Statutes (Last Updated: September 18, 2014)
 Title 82. WATERS AND WATER RIGHTS

  § 82-1470. User fees.  

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  • A.  1.  The Scenic Rivers Commission for the Flint Creek and Illinois River within Adair, Cherokee and Delaware Counties and those portions of Barren Fork Creek within Cherokee County is authorized and directed to charge an annual use fee of Thirty-five Dollars ($35.00) per commercially owned and operated flotation device.

    2.  The operation of a commercial flotation device without displaying a proper Oklahoma Scenic Rivers Commission license is subject to a fine not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).  The penalty will be assessed upon the owner or operator of the commercial flotation device business and not upon the individual renting the commercial flotation device.

    B.  The Scenic Rivers Commission for the Flint Creek and Illinois River within Adair, Cherokee and Delaware Counties and those portions of Barren Fork Creek within Cherokee County is authorized and directed to charge:

    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 state-designated scenic rivers areas located within the operating area of jurisdiction of the Commission; provided, however, landowners located immediately adjacent to state-designated scenic rivers areas shall not be required to pay either fee authorized by this subsection.

    C.  The Scenic Rivers Commission for the Flint Creek and Illinois River within Adair, Cherokee and Delaware Counties and those portions of Barren Fork Creek within Cherokee County Scenic River Areas shall promulgate rules and regulations for the collection and administration of the fees imposed pursuant to the provisions of this section in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act.

    D.  The Commission may establish a fee for use of camping sites located in public use and access areas controlled by the Commission.  The fee charged by the Commission shall not exceed the rate charged by the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department for camping sites.  The Commission is authorized to promulgate rules to implement such fee pursuant to Article I of the Administrative Procedures Act.

    E.  The administrator of the Scenic Rivers Commission is authorized to be commissioned as a peace officer after completion of all required training for the purpose of supervision of peace officers employed by the Commission and such administrator may be utilized for any law enforcement purpose as may be necessary.

    F.  For the purposes of this section, "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 waterways within the operating area of the Oklahoma Scenic Rivers Commission.

Added by Laws 1980, c. 354, § 19, emerg. eff. June 25, 1980.  Amended by Laws 1983, c. 332, § 4, emerg. eff. June 29, 1983; Laws 1987, c. 208, § 105, operative July 1, 1987; Laws 1987, c. 236, § 100, emerg. eff. July 20, 1987; Laws 1989, c. 147, § 5, emerg. eff. May 1, 1989; Laws 1989, c. 249, § 37, emerg. eff. July 1, 1989; Laws 1990, c. 205, § 5, emerg. eff. May 10, 1990; Laws 1993, c. 61, § 1, emerg. eff. April 12, 1993; Laws 1997, c. 241, § 25, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2000, c. 318, § 2, emerg. eff. June 5, 2000; Laws 2001, c. 76, § 1, emerg. eff. April 11, 2001; Laws 2001, c. 355, § 20, emerg. eff. June 1, 2001; Laws 2003, c. 192, § 7, emerg. eff. May 7, 2003; Laws 2003, c. 364, § 1, eff. July 1, 2003; Laws 2008, c. 301, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Laws 2010, c. 391, § 1.