Oklahoma § 82-1604 - County and municipal floodplain boards – Floodplain

§ 82-1604. County and municipal floodplain boards – Floodplain

management.

A. 1. The boards of county commissioners and municipal

governing bodies are authorized to establish floodplain boards,

composed of membership as specified in Section 1605 of this title,

for their respective area of jurisdiction.

2. If a board of county commissioners or municipal governing

body dissolves its respective floodplain board that had been

established prior to the effective date of this act, the floodplain

management regulations adopted by such floodplain board shall

continue in effect to be administered by the board of county

commissioners or municipal governing body that assumes the role of

the local floodplain board.

3. To participate in the program, floodplain boards shall

adopt, administer and enforce floodplain management rules and

regulations, for the purpose of:

a.

delineation of floodplains and floodways,

b.

preservation of the capacity of the floodplain to

carry and discharge regional floods,

c.

minimization of flood hazards,

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d.

establishment and charging of reasonable fees, not to

exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), for services

provided by the Board, county commissioners and

municipalities in the administration of their

responsibilities pursuant to the Oklahoma Floodplain

Management Act,

e.

regulation of the use of land in the floodplain,

f.

protection of the natural and beneficial functions of

the floodplain, reducing damage to property from

floods, reducing injury and loss of life from floods,

and allowing communities to be eligible for flood

insurance, and

g.

hiring and employment of an accredited floodplain

administrator.

B. The floodplain management regulations shall be based on

adequate technical data and competent engineering advice and shall

be consistent with local and regional comprehensive planning.

C. The floodplain management regulations adopted by each

floodplain board shall be approved by the county or the

municipality, as the case may be, by appropriate resolution or

ordinance.

D. The Oklahoma Water Resources Board shall promulgate rules

for the purposes specified in paragraph 3 of subsection A of this

section.

E. Nothing contained within this section shall serve either to

require any county or municipality to participate in the National

Flood Insurance Program or to require any nonparticipating community

to enforce regulations related to floodplain management.

Added by Laws 1980, c. 179, § 4, emerg. eff. May 13, 1980. Amended

by Laws 2001, c. 37, § 1, emerg. eff. April 9, 2001; Laws 2002, c.

46, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2002; Laws 2004, c. 95, § 3, eff. Jan. 1,

2005; Laws 2011, c. 214, § 3.