The codifying and renumbering of the several sections of Chapter 1 in Title 82 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall not alter their effectiveness by the adoption of this act; nor shall this act with its several amendments to existing law be deemed to reestablish any water rights that have heretofore been lost or forfeited under laws heretofore in effect prior to the effective date of this act; nor shall the adoption of this act change in any manner priority dates for the right to use water under the laws in effect prior to the adoption of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 105.32