SECTION 725:30-2-2. Applicability and scope

(a)   The regulations contained in this chapter apply to all persons entering, using, visiting or otherwise within:

(1)   The boundaries of state owned lands and waters administered by or subject to the jurisdiction of the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department, Division of State Parks.

(2)   The boundaries of lands and waters, controlled, leased, administered or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department, Division of State Parks.

(b)   The rules contained in Subchapter 18 of this chapter are special rules prescribed for special use areas. Those rules may amend, modify, relax or make more stringent the rules defined in this chapter but do not preclude the application of all rules in this chapter unless expressly indicated.

(c)   The rules contained in this chapter shall not be construed to prohibit administrative activities conducted by the Division of State Parks, or its agents, in accordance with general operations and management plans, or in emergencies involving threats to life, property and park resources.

(d)   The rules contained in this chapter are intended to treat a mobility-impaired person using a manual or motorized wheelchair as a pedestrian, and are not intended to restrict the activities of such a person beyond the degree that the activities of a pedestrian are restricted by the same rules.

(e)   In addition to the rules set forth in this chapter, nothing shall preclude the application of any state law or federal regulation and the penalties prescribed therein.

(f)   The rules in this chapter are severally adopted. If one or more of these sections are deemed invalid, the remaining sections are intended to remain in effect. Where a rule herein is amended or revoked, acts or omissions prior thereto such amendment or revulsion may be prosecuted as though such section or rule had not been so amended or revoked.

[Source: Added at 10 Ok Reg 3235, eff 6-25-93; Amended at 23 Ok Reg 2012, eff 6-11-06]