An Act
ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2330 By: Steagall and Baker of the
House
and
Rosino of the Senate
An Act relating to water s and water rights; amending
82 O.S. 2011, Section 1020.21, which relates to wells
within municipalities; allowing municipalit y to drill
wells on land within or outside of its corporate
limits; and providing an effective date.
SUBJECT: Waters and water rights
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 82 O.S. 2011, Sect ion 1020.21, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 1020.21 A municipality has the authority to regulate or
permit the drilling of domestic and industrial water wells within
its corporate limits. A municipality may use the water allocated to
the platted land within its corporate limits provided the
municipality can make water available to the platted land, and a
permit therefor is obtained from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board,
and the wells are. Wells may be located not less than six hundred
(600) feet within its corporate limits, and such wells are drilled
on the platted land or outside the corporate limits .
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
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Passed the House of Representatives the 8th day of March, 2021.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the 14th day of April, 2021.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________
day of _______________ ____, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________