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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
HOUSE BILL 2057 By: Hardin
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to Grand River Dam Authority;
amending 82 O.S. 2021, Section 896.16, which relates
to user fees, licenses and fines; updating statutory
reference; authorizing the Grand River Dam Authority
to promulgate certain rules; and providing an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 82 O.S. 2 021, Section 896.16, is
amended to read as follows:
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 dev ice 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
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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 op erated 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 Auth ority 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 fo r 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 othe rwise by law.
C. Under the provisions of Section 5 of this act 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 pu rsuant to the provisi ons of
this section or may promulgate rules establishing licenses ,
providing for the issuance, r enewal, revocation, denial and
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suspension of licenses, and setting fees that change or replace the
licenses and fees imposed pursuant to th e provisions of this
section. Upon final adoption of rules changing or replacing any or
all of the licenses and fees im posed pursuant to the provisions of
this section, the Authority shall cease to impose, collect or charge
the license and fee that was ch anged 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 Author ity 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 fo r hire by the public for
use on scenic rivers.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
59-1-5603 JBH 12/13/22