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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
SENATE BILL 1010 By: Bullard
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to the Scenic Rivers Act; amending 82
O.S. 2021, Section 896.5, which relates to scenic
river area designation; providi ng designation for
certain waters; updating statutory language;
providing an effective date; and declaring an
emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 82 O.S. 2021, Section 896.5, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 896.5. The Oklahoma Legislature finds that certain
free-flowing streams and rivers of Oklahoma possess such unique
natural scenic beauty, water, fish, wildlife , and outdoor
recreational values of present and future benefit to the people of
the state that it is the policy of the Legislature to preserve these
areas for the benefit of the people of Oklahoma. For this purpose ,
the following are hereby designated as scenic rivers:
1. The Flint Creek in Delaware C ounty;
2. The Illinois River in Adair, Delaware and Cherokee Counties
above its confluence with the Barren Fork Creek;
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3. The Barren Fork Creek in Adair and Cherokee Counties from
the present alignment of U.S. Highway 59 West west to its confluence
with the Illinois River;
4. The Upper Mountain Fork River above the 600-foot six-
hundred-foot elevation level of Broken Bow Reservoir in McCurtain
and LeFlore Le Flore Counties;
5. Big Lee Creek in Sequoyah County, above the 420-foot four-
hundred-twenty-foot MSL elevation; and
6. Little Lee Creek in Adair and Sequoyah Counties ;
7. The Glover River in McCurtain County; and
8. The Kiamichi River in Le Flore, Choctaw, and Pushmataha
Counties.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
SECTION 3. 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 take effect and
be in full force from and after its pass age and approval.
60-1-114 RD 1/16/2025 2:23:07 PM