Oklahoma Statutes

Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 861 (2026)

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agency and body politic - Powers - Designation of land and water. There is hereby created within the State of Oklahoma a conservation and reclamation district to be known as "Grand River Dam Authority", hereinafter called the district, and consisting of that part of the State of Oklahoma which is included within the boundaries of the Counties of Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Ottawa, Osage, Pawnee, Payne, Lincoln, Logan, Tulsa, Wagoner, Sequoyah, Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg, McIntosh, Creek, Okmulgee, Nowata, Washington and Rogers. Such district shall be, and is hereby declared to be, a governmental agency of the State of Oklahoma, body politic and corporate, with powers of government and with the authority to exercise the rights, privileges and functions hereinafter specified, including the control, storing, preservation and distribution of the waters of the Grand River and its tributaries, for irrigation, power and other useful purposes and reclamation and irrigation of arid, semiarid and other lands needing irrigation, and the conservation and development of the forests, minerals, land, water and other resources and the conservation and development of hydroelectric power and other electrical energy, from whatever source derived, of the State of Oklahoma.

Nothing in this act or in any other act or law contained, however, shall be construed as authorizing the district to levy or collect taxes or assessments, or to create any indebtedness payable out of the taxes or assessments, or in any manner to pledge the credit of the State of Oklahoma, or any subdivision thereof. All that body of land and the water impounded above the Pensacola Dam, Pensacola Project, shall be hereafter designated and known as "Grand Lake O'The Cherokees". All that body of land and the water impounded above Robert S. Kerr Dam, Markham Ferry Project, shall be hereafter designated and known as "Lake Hudson". All that body of land and the water impounded above Chimney Rock Dam, Salina Pumped-Storage Project, shall be designated and known as "W. R. Holway Reservoir". Laws 1935, p. 350, § 1; Laws 1937, p. 481, § 1; Laws 1941, p. 472, § 1; Laws 1941, p. 475, § 1; Laws 1949, p. 633, § 1; Laws 1957, p. 562, § 1; Laws 1978, c. 283, § 1, emerg. eff. May 10, 1978; Laws 1981, c. 204, § 9, emerg. eff. May 26, 1981.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 12 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1968–2024 · leading case: Wagoner Cnty. Rural Water Dist. No. 2 v. Grand River Dam Auth., 577 F.3d 1255 (10th Cir. 2009).

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Wagoner Cnty. Rural Water Dist. No. 2 v. Grand River Dam Auth., 577 F.3d 1255 (10th Cir. 2009). “Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 861 . The Grand River flows into the Fort Gibson Reservoir, which lies on federal land.”

Hughey v. Grand River Dam Auth., 897 P.2d 1138 (Okla. 1995). · cites it 2× “The terms of 82 O.S.1991 § 861 provides in pertinent part: "There is hereby created within the State of Oklahoma a conservation and reclamation district to be known as 'Grand River Dam Authority’, hereinafter called the district.”

Anderson v. Grand River Dam Auth., 446 P.2d 814 (Okla. 1968). “GRDA, a conservation and reclamation district, was created and is governed by statutes now codified as 82 O.S.1961, Sections 861 through 881 as amended.”

In re Grand River Dam Auth., 554 P.2d 5 (Okla. 1976). “1971, § 882, which provides that the Authority may file an action in the Supreme Court of Oklahoma to determine the validity of any proposed contract or action arising from the exercise of any power, right, privilege, or function conferred upon the Authority by reason of 82…”

In Re Grand River Dam Auth., 484 P.2d 505 (Okla. 1971). “Under authority of 82 O.S.1961 § 861 et seq., Grand River Dam Authority, a state agency, has applied to this Court for declaratory judgment determining validity, and action to be taken, under contract executed between petitioner and the City of Wagoner, and upon which depends…”

Dalrymple v. Grand River Dam Auth., 145 F.3d 1180 (10th Cir. 1998). “2d 1003, 1004 (1943) (citing Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 861 (1941)), cert.”

Rouse v. Grand River Dam Auth., 2014 OK 39 (Okla. 2014). “" 82 O.S.2011, § 861. This Court has previously held that GRDA's status as "a governmental agency of the State of Oklahoma" makes GRDA "a governmental entity intended to be encompassed within the protective cloak of [the Governmental Tort Claims Act]," including the Act's…”

Question Submitted by: Daniel S. Sullivan, Chief Exec. Officer, Grand River Dam Auth., 2024 OK AG 9 (Okla. Att’y Gen. 2024). · cites it 4× “1935 (codified at 82 O.S. § 861). Further, the Court found that GRDA's enabling act does not pledge "any revenues derived from taxation, either on an ad valorem basis or by special taxes" and that "[i]n the event of the failure of revenues from the properties to be acquired by…”

Question Submitted by: Mike Jackson, Exec. Dir., Legislative Off. of Fiscal Transparency, 2023 OK AG 8 (Okla. Att’y Gen. 2023). · cites it 4× “4, SB 395, 82 O.S.2021, § 861. From its inception, the Legislature described GRDA as a "governmental agency of the State of Oklahoma, body politic and corporate, with powers of government .”

Mineral Resource, Tech., L.L.C. v. Grand River Dam Auth., 97 F. Supp. 2d 1266 (N.D. Okla. 1999). “The GRDA is a conservation and reclamation district created by the State of Oklahoma pursuant to Okla.Stat. tit. 82 § 861 et seq. The GRDA owns various electrical power generation facilities in northeast Oklahoma, including two coal fired generating units near Chouteau.”

Question Submitted by: Daniel S. Sullivan, Chief Exec. Officer, Grand River Dam Auth., 2024 OK AG 9 (Okla. Att’y Gen. 2024). · cites it 2× “1935 (codified at 82 O.S. § 861). Further, the Court found that GRDA's enabling act does not pledge "any revenues derived from taxation, either on an ad valorem basis or by special taxes" and that "[i]n the event of the failure of revenues from the properties to be acquired by…”

GRAND LAKE MARINA, LTD v. Grand River Dam Auth., 2008 OK CIV APP 4 (Okla. Civ. App. 2007). “See 82 O.S.2001 §§ 861 and 861A. It has the authority to prescribe and enforce rules for the use of recreational and commercial purposes of the lakes within its district, including the issuance of permits for wharfage, docks or anchoring privileges and to charge fees for such…”

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