An Act
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ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2057 By: Hardin and Sneed of the
House
and
Bergstrom of the Senate
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 declaring an
emergency.
SUBJECT:SUBJECT: Grand River Dam Authority
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 82 O.S. 2021, 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 annua l 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
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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 ope rated 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 Barr en 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 for all
noncommercial, privately owned flotation devices floating upon a
designated scenic river. Landowners located immediately adjac ent to
a designated scenic river shall not be required to pay any fee for
private use as authorized in this section or ot herwise by law.
C. Under the provisions of Section 5 of this act Section 896.2
of this title granting the Authority the power to estab lish 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, r enewal, revocation, denial and
suspension of licenses, and setting fees that change or repla ce 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 im posed pursuant to the provisions of
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the license and 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 subsec tion C of
this section, the Grand River Dam Au thority 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 Dep artment 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 ava ilable for hire by the public for
use on scenic rivers.
SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall tak e effect and
be in full force from and after its p assage and approval.
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Passed the House of Representatives the 7th day of March, 2023.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the 24th day of April, 2023.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of S tate this __________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________