A. The State Department of Agriculture is hereby directed to administer a rural fire protection program and is hereby authorized to acquire federal excess property for the support and operation of fire departments and fire districts.

B. For the purpose of coordination of improved rural fire protection, rural fire protection coordination districts are hereby created to consist of the following counties:

District 1, composed of Washington, Nowata, Craig, Ottawa, Mayes, Delaware and Rogers Counties.

District 2, composed of Wagoner, Cherokee, Adair, Sequoyah, Muskogee, Okmulgee and McIntosh Counties.

District 3, composed of Pittsburg, Haskell, LeFlore, Pushmataha, Latimer, McCurtain and Choctaw Counties.

District 4, composed of Garvin, Pontotoc, Coal, Atoka, Johnston, Murray, Carter, Love, Marshall and Bryan Counties.

District 5, composed of Lincoln, Okfuskee, Hughes, Seminole, Pottawatomie, Payne and Pawnee Counties.

District 6, composed of Creek, Osage and Tulsa Counties.

District 7, composed of Alfalfa, Grant, Kay, Noble, Garfield, Major, Blaine and Kingfisher Counties.

District 8, composed of Canadian, Oklahoma, Cleveland and Logan Counties.

District 9, composed of Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Jefferson, McClain, Stephens and Tillman Counties.

District 10, composed of Roger Mills, Custer, Washita, Beckham, Greer, Kiowa, Jackson and Harmon Counties.

District 11, composed of Cimarron, Texas, Beaver, Harper, Woods, Ellis, Woodward and Dewey Counties.

Added by Laws 1988, c. 294, § 7, operative July 1, 1988. Amended by Laws 2013, c. 29, § 1, eff. July 1, 2013.