Oklahoma § 63-4205 - Sanctioned water events - Administering entities - Safety

§ 63-4205. Sanctioned water events - Administering entities - Safety

rules - Permits - Filing of notification of event - Holding event in

unsafe manner or unsafe environmental conditions.

A. The United States Army Corps of Engineers, the Oklahoma

Department of Tourism and Recreation, and the Grand River Dam

Authority may authorize the holding of sanctioned events on any

waters of this state under their jurisdiction. Said administering

entities shall promulgate rules pursuant to Article 1 of the

Oklahoma Administrative Procedures Act, concerning the safety of

other vessels and persons thereon, both observers and participants.

No sanctioned event shall be held without a written permit from said

administering entity, and said written permit shall be available for

inspection at all times during the event.

B. Whenever a sanctioned event is proposed to be held, the

administering entity shall, upon granting approval to hold such

event and at least ten (10) days prior thereto, file a notification

in writing of said event with the Marine Enforcement Section of the

Highway Patrol Division of the Department of Public Safety. Such

notification shall set forth the date, time, location where the

sanctioned event is proposed to be held, the type of event and the

person in charge of said event.

C. No person shall hold or give permission to hold any

sanctioned event in an unsafe manner or under unsafe environmental

conditions so as to endanger life or property. Should any duly

authorized peace officer of this state determine within their

jurisdiction that such event is being held or conducted in an unsafe

manner or under unsafe environmental conditions, such officer shall

have the authority to cancel or terminate said event.

Added by Laws 1989, c. 346, § 57, emerg. eff. June 3, 1989. Amended

by Laws 1992, c. 284, § 31, eff. Jan. 1, 1993; Laws 2000, c. 189, §

11, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2011, c. 104, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.