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34	29		BILL NO. 3995 By: Dobrinski of the House
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43	40		An Act relating to cities and towns; amending 11 O.S.
44	41		2021, Section 24-104, which relates to members of the
45	42		Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority election
46	43		committee; clarifying language of applicability in
47	44		regards to filing date; amending 11 O.S. 2021,
48	45		Section 24-105, which relates to defini tions;
49	46		modifying terms; amending 11 O.S. 2021, Section 24-
50	47		107, which relates to the powers, rights, and
51	48		privileges of the Authority; changing office
52	49		responsible for approving actions taken b y the
53	50		Authority; modifying when the Authority may not sell
54	51		output; modifying applicability ; amending 11 O.S.
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56	53		records of the Authority; changing citation to
57	54		applicable statute; amending 11 O.S. 20 21, Section
58	55		24-117, which relates to construction of act;
59	56		modifying limitation on the Authority ; repealing 11
60	57		O.S. 2021, Section 24-105.1, which relates to joint
61	58		interest in electric generation project; repealing 11
62	59		O.S. 2021, Section 24 -114, which relates to
63	60		acquisition and construction contracts; repealing 11
64	61		O.S. 2021, Section 24-120, which relates to personnel
65	62		included in unclassified service ; and providing an
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71	68		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLA HOMA:
72	69		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 11 O.S. 2021, Section 24-104, is
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101	97		Section 24-104. (a) (i) Election Committee. The Authority
102	98		shall be governed by a Board of Directors c onsisting of seven
103	99		members or such greater number, b ut in no event more than eleven
104	100		members, as provided in the bylaws of the Authority as in effect
105	101		from time to time. Members of the Board of Directors of the
106	102		Authority shall be eligible to succeed themsel ves and shall be
107	103		elected by the election committee a s hereinafter provided in this
108	104		section. On or before the 90th day following the eff ective date of
109	105		this act, each of those eligible public agencies which shall have,
110	106		prior to such 90th day, by proper reso lution of its governing body
111	107		or its public trust, de clared its intention to participate, or to
112	108		have any public trust operating its elect ric system participate,
113	109		with the Authority in the development of power supply resources,
114	110		shall designate one person as i ts representative on the election
115	111		committee. All such resolutions of declaration of intention to
116	112		participate with the Authority shall b e filed with the Secretary of
117	113		State and shall be presented to the election committee at its first
118	114		meeting which shall be held in the office of the Municipal Electric
119	115		Systems of Oklahoma at 11:00 a.m. on the first Tuesday following
120	116		such 90th day. At such meeting the election committee s hall
121	117		organize and elect a chairman and such other officers as may be
122	118		desirable in the dete rmination of the election committee. The
123	119		election committee shall then determine the sufficiency of the
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152	147		(ii) Election Committee Voting. For purposes of voting upon
153	148		any matter which may properly come before the election commi ttee,
154	149		each representative shall have one vote unless otherwise provided in
155	150		the bylaws of the Authority as in effect from time to time. The
156	151		presence at any meeting of the election committee of representatives
157	152		entitled to cast a majority of the total votes to which the election
158	153		committee shall be entitled sh all, unless otherwise provided in the
159	154		bylaws of the Authority as in effect from time to time, constitute a
160	155		quorum of the election committee.
161	156		(iii) Bylaws of the Authority.
162	157		(A) The bylaws of the Authorit y shall be adopted by the
163	158		election committee of the Authority by a majority vote
164	159		of the election committee and may thereafter be
165	160		amended at any time and from time to t ime in whole or
166	161		in part by the election committee or by the Board of
167	162		Directors by a major ity of the total votes entitled to
168	163		be cast at any properly called and constituted meeting
169	164		thereof, provided, however, that any such amend ment
170	165		shall not violate the pro visions of Section 19 hereof
171	166		24-119 of this title.
172	167		(B) The bylaws of the Authority shall provide the
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205	199		(2) the time, place, manner of calling, notice,
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207	201		procedural rules for regular and special meetings
208	202		of the Board of Directors of the Authority;
209	203		(3) provisions for the n umber, election, term of
210	204		office and removal of members of the Board of
211	205		Directors and for filling vacancies on the Board
212	206		of Directors;
213	207		(4) the titles, duties and manner of election,
214	208		removal and replacement of officers of the
215	209		Authority;
216	210		(5) provisions governing when the Authority may
217	211		dissolve and the disposition of property of the
218	212		Authority and the pr ocedures to be followed in
219	213		the event of such a disso lution, provided,
220	214		however, that any such dissolution shall not
221	215		violate the provisions of Section 19 hereof 24-
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223	217		(6) such other rules for regulating the affairs of
224	218		the Authority as the election committee or the
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254	247		(iv) Board of Directors. The initial members of the Board of
255	248		Directors of the Authority shall be elected by the election
256	249		committee of the Authority. Members of the Board of Directors of
257	250		the Authority shall be residents of the State of Oklahoma. Members
258	251		of the Board of Directors of the Authority may, but need not, be
259	252		members of the election commi ttee. Each member of the Board of
260	253		Directors of the Authority shall hold office u ntil the adjournment
261	254		of the annual meeting of the Bo ard of Directors held at, or nearest
262	255		to, the expiration of his the Director's term of office as provided
263	256		in the bylaws of the Authority and until his a successor is elected.
264	257		(b) Additional Members of Ele ction Committee. Each eligible
265	258		public agency declaring its intention, by proper resolution of its
266	259		governing body, to participate, or to have any public trust
267	260		operating its electric system participate, with the Authority in the
268	261		development of power supply resources after the 90th day following
269	262		the effective date of this act shall promptly file such resolution
270	263		with the Secretary of State and give written notice to the Authority
271	264		of the adoption of such resolution and shall then designate one
272	265		person as an additional member of the election committee who se term
273	266		shall begin with the first meeting of the election committee which
274	267		is held following the expiration of ten (10) days from th e date of
275	268		receipt of notice of the adoption of such resolution by the
276	269		Authority. Members of the election committee shall se rve at the
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304	296		pleasure of the governing body of the eligible public agency by
305	297		which they were appointed.
306	298		SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 11 O.S. 2021, Section 24-105, is
307	299		amended to read as follows :
308	300		Section 24-105. As used in this act the f ollowing words shall
309	301		have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
310	302		otherwise:
311	303		(a) "Authority" shall mean the Oklahoma Municipal Power
312	304		Authority hereby created and any successor or successors thereto.
313	305		Any change in name or composition of the Authority shall i n no way
314	306		affect the vested rights of any person under the provisions of this
315	307		act or impair the obligations of any contracts existing under this
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317	309		(b) "Board of Directors" shall mean the Board of Director s
318	310		elected by the election c ommittee as set forth in Section 4 24-104
319	311		of this act title which shall exercise all the powers and manage and
320	312		control all the affairs and property of the Authority unless
321	313		otherwise specifically provided herein or in the bylaws of the
322	314		Authority as in effec t from time to time.
323	315		(c) "Bonds" shall mean any revenue bonds, notes or other
324	316		evidences of obligations of the Authority issued by the Authority
325	317		under the provisions of this act, including, without limitation,
326	318		bond anticipation notes and refunding bonds.
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355	346		authority or other public body which owns, maintains or operates an
356	347		electrical energy generation , transmission or distribution system
357	348		within the State of Oklahoma on the date on which this act becom es
358	349		law.
359	350		(e) "Person" shall mean (i) any natural person; (ii) any
360	351		eligible public agency as defined herein; (iii) any public trust as
361	352		defined herein; (iv) the United States, any state, any municipality,
362	353		political subdivision, municipal corporation, unit of local
363	354		government, governmental unit or public corporation created by or
364	355		pursuant to the laws of the United States or any state, or any
365	356		board, corporation or other entity or body declared by the laws of
366	357		the United States or any state to be a department, ag ency or
367	358		instrumentality thereof; (v) any corporation, not for profit
368	359		corporation, firm, partnership, cooperative association, electric
369	360		cooperative or business trust of any nature whatsoever organized and
370	361		existing under the laws of the United States or any state; or (vi)
371	362		any foreign country, any political subdivision or governmental unit
372	363		of any foreign country or any corporation, not for profit
373	364		corporation, firm, partnership, cooperative association, electric
374	365		cooperative or business trust of any nature whats oever organized and
375	366		existing under the laws of any foreign country or of any political
376	367		subdivision or governmental entity thereof.
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404	394		(f) "Project" shall mean any plant, works, system, facilities
405	395		and real and personal property of any nature whatsoever, toget her
406	396		with all parts thereof and appurtenances thereto, located within or
407	397		without the State of Oklahoma, used or useful in the generation,
408	398		production, transmission, purchase, sale, exchange or interchange of
409	399		electrical energy and in the acquisition, extracti on, processing,
410	400		transportation or storage or of fuel of any kind for any such
411	401		purposes or any interest in, or right to the use, services, output
412	402		or capacity, of any such plant, works, system or facilities;
413	403		provided, however, a project shall not include (i) any interest in
414	404		any plant for the generation of electrical energy which is to be
415	405		owned jointly with any investor -owned utility if such plant is not
416	406		existing on May 10, 1981, or (ii) any interest in any nuclear
417	407		powered generating plant. For purposes of th is definition, a plant
418	408		shall be considered to be existing if construction shall have been
419	409		commenced at the plant site, if orders have been placed for majo r
420	410		components of equipment or if the plant is to consist of an
421	411		additional unit at the site of an alread y existing unit which will
422	412		use in common any of the existing facilities at such site .
423	413		(g) "Public trust" shall mean any public trust created and
424	414		existing under the provisions of the Trusts for Furtherance of
425	415		Public Functions Law, as provided by Sections 1 76 et seq. of Title
426	416		60 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and the Oklahoma Trust Act, as provided
427	417		by Sections 175 et seq. of Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes, whi ch
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455	444		has as its beneficiary a municipality and which owns, maintains or
456	445		operates an electrical energy ge neration, transmission or
457	446		distribution system serving the residents and consumers of such
458	447		municipality and existing on the date on which this act becomes law
459	448		or created hereafter with an eligible public agency as the
460	449		beneficiary.
461	450		SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 11 O.S. 2021, Section 24-107, is
462	451		amended to read as follows :
463	452		Section 24-107. (a) The Authority shall have and is her eby
464	453		authorized to exercise all po wers, rights and privileges enumerated
465	454		in this section. Such powers, rights and privileges shall be
466	455		exercised by its Board of Directors unless otherwise specifically
467	456		provided herein or by the bylaws of the Authority as in effect from
468	457		time to time.
469	458		(b) The Authority may plan, finance, acquire, construct,
470	459		reconstruct, own, lease, opera te, maintain, repair, improve, extend
471	460		or otherwise participate, individually or jointly with other
472	461		persons, in one or more projects, proposed, existing or under
473	462		construction, and may act as agent, or designate one or more
474	463		persons, whether or not participat ing in a project, to act as its
475	464		agent, in connection with the planning, financing, acquisition,
476	465		construction, reconstruction, ownership, lease , operation,
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506	494		necessity for additional sources and supplies of electrical energy
507	495		and fuel and other supplies of any kind for such purpos e, and make
508	496		studies, surveys and estimates as may be necessary to determine the
509	497		feasibility and cost thereof.
510	498		(d) The Authority may co operate with other persons in the
511	499		development of sources and supplies of electrical energy and fuel
512	500		and other supplies of any kind for such purposes, and give
513	501		assistance with personnel and equipment in any project.
514	502		(e) The Authority m ay apply to any perso n for consents,
515	503		authorizations or approvals required for any project within its
516	504		powers and take all actions necessary to comply with the conditions
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518	506		(f) The Authority may perform any act authorized by this act
519	507		through, or by means of, its officers , agents or employees or by
520	508		contract with any person, including, without limitation, the
521	509		employment of engineers, archite cts, attorneys, appraisers,
522	510		financial advisors and such other consultants and employees as may
523	511		be required in the judgment of the Board of Directors, and fix and
524	512		pay their compensation from funds available to the Authority
525	513		therefor.
526	514		(g) The Authority may acquire, hold, use and dispose of income,
527	515		revenues, funds and money.
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556	543		persons, acquire, own, hire, use, operate and dispose of personal
557	544		property and any interest therein.
558	545		(i) The Authority may, ind ividually or jointly with other
559	546		persons, acquire, own, use, lease as lessor or lessee, operate and
560	547		dispose of real property and interes ts in real property, including
561	548		projects existing, proposed or under construction, and make
562	549		improvements thereon.
563	550		(j) The Authority may grant the use by f ranchise, lease or
564	551		otherwise and make charges for the use of any property or faci lity
565	552		owned or controlled by it.
566	553		(k) The Authority may borrow money and issue negotiable bonds,
567	554		secured or unsecured, in accordance with this act, and may enter
568	555		into interest rate swaps and other derivative products, and other
569	556		financial instruments intende d to hedge interest r ate risk or manage
570	557		interest rate costs, including any option to enter into or terminate
571	558		any of them, that the Authority d eems to be necessary or desirable
572	559		in connection with any bonds issued prior to, at the same time as,
573	560		or after entering into such arrang ement, and containing such terms
574	561		and provisions, and may be with such parties, as determined by the
575	562		Authority. Provided, any action taken by the Authorit y pursuant to
576	563		this subsection must first be approved by the Office of the State
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605	591		Bond Oversight pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Bond
606	592		Oversight and Reform Act.
607	593		(l) The Authority may invest money of the Authority not
608	594		required for immediate use, including proc eeds from the sale of any
609	595		bonds.
610	596		(m) The Authority may exercise the power of eminent domain in
611	597		accordance with the provisions of Section 24-110 of this title.
612	598		(n) The Authority may determine the location and character of,
613	599		and all other matters in connect ion with, any and all projects it is
614	600		authorized to acquire, hold, establish, effectuate, operate or
615	601		control.
616	602		(o) The Authority may contract w ith any person for the
617	603		planning, development, construction, operation, sale or lease as
618	604		lessor or lessee of any pr oject or for any inte rest therein, on such
619	605		terms and for such period of time as its Board of Directors shall
620	606		determine.
621	607		(p) The Authority may contract with any eligible publi c agency,
622	608		any public trust, or any other person for the sale of power and
623	609		energy, transmission service s, power supply development services or
624	610		other services within or without the State of Oklahoma on such terms
625	611		and conditions as the Board of Directors shal l approve. Any such
626	612		contract may be for the sale of output and services of a par ticular
627	613		project or may be for output and services generally without regard
628	614		to a specific project and may be for the supply of a specific
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656	641		quantity of output or a percentage of the output of a specific
657	642		project or other specific facility or may be based on th e
658	643		requirements of the purchaser or may be on such other terms and
659	644		conditions as the Board of Directors deems appropriate.
660	645		(q) The Authority m ay enter into any contract or agr eement
661	646		necessary, appropriate or incidental to the effectuation of its
662	647		lawful purposes and the exercis e of the powers granted by this act,
663	648		including, without limitation, contracts or agreements for the
664	649		purchase, sale, excha nge, interchange, wheeling, pooli ng,
665	650		transmission or storage of electric power and energy, and fuel and
666	651		other supplies of any kind for any such purposes, within and without
667	652		the State of Oklahoma, in such amounts as it shall determine to be
668	653		necessary and appropriate to make the most effect ive use of its
669	654		powers and to meet its responsibilities, on such terms and for suc h
670	655		period of time as the Board of Directors determines, and derivative
671	656		or other instruments intended to hedge fuel cost risk associated
672	657		with any projects or power purchases or supply arrangements of the
673	658		Authority, or to hedge fixed or variable interest rate exposure
674	659		associated with permitted investments, including any option to enter
675	660		into or terminate any of them, that the Authority deems to be
676	661		necessary or desirable, and contai ning such terms and provisions,
677	662		and may be with such parties, as determined by th e Authority.
678	663		(r) In any case in which the Authority participates in a
679	664		project as a joint owner with one or more persons, the Authority may
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707	691		enter into an agreement or agreemen ts with respect to such project
708	692		with the other person or persons participating th erein, and any such
709	693		agreement may contain such terms, conditions and provisions
710	694		consistent with the provisions of the act as the parties there to
711	695		shall deem to be in their best interest. Any such agreement may
712	696		include, but need not be limited to, provision s defining what
713	697		constitutes a default thereunder and providing for the rights and
714	698		remedies of the parties thereto upon the occurrence of such a
715	699		default deemed appropriate by t he Board of Directors including, to
716	700		the extent deemed appropriate, the acquisitio n by nondefaulting
717	701		parties of all or any part of the defaulting party's interest;
718	702		provisions setting forth such restraints on alienation of th e
719	703		interests of the parties in the project as the Board of Directors
720	704		deems appropriate; provisions for the construc tion, operation and
721	705		maintenance of such electric generation or transmission facility by
722	706		any one or more of the parties to such agreement which party or
723	707		parties shall be design ated in or pursuant to such agreement as
724	708		agent or parties thereto or by such othe r means as may be det ermined
725	709		by the parties thereto; and provisions for a method or methods of
726	710		determining and allocating, among or between th e parties, costs of
727	711		construction, operation, maintenance, renewals, replacements,
728	712		improvements and disposals with respect to such proje ct. In
729	713		exercising its power to participate in a project as a joint owner
730	714		with one or more persons, the Authority may not loan its credit to
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758	741		any person which is a joint owner of such project; provided,
759	742		however, the appropriate allocati ons of the costs of c onstruction,
760	743		operation, maintenance, renewals, replacements, improvements and
761	744		disposals with respect to such project betw een the Authority and
762	745		such persons shall not be a loan of credit by the Authority to such
763	746		persons. In carrying ou t its functions and a ctivities as such agent
764	747		with respect to construction, operation and maintenance of a
765	748		project, such agent shall be governe d by the laws and regulations
766	749		applicable to such agent as a separate legal entity and not by any
767	750		laws or regulations which may be appli cable to any of the other
768	751		participating parties. Notwithstanding anything contained in any
769	752		other law to the contrary, pu rsuant to the terms of any such
770	753		agreement, the Authority may delegate its powers and duties with
771	754		respect to the construction, operation and maintenance of such
772	755		project to the person acting as agent; and all actions taken by such
773	756		agent in accordance with th e provisions of such agreement ma y be
774	757		made binding upon the Authority without further action or approval
775	758		by the Authority.
776	759		(s) The Authority may procure insurance against any losses in
777	760		connection with its property, operations or assets in such amounts
778	761		and from such insurers as it deems d esirable, or may self-insure
779	762		against such losses.
780	763		(t) The Authority may contract for and accept any g ifts, grants
781	764		or loans of funds or property or financial or other aid in any form
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809	791		from any person, and may comply, subject to the provisions of this
810	792		act, with the terms and conditions thereof.
811	793		(u) The Authority may adopt a corporate se al and may sue or be
812	794		sued.
813	795		(v) The Authority may exercise all other powers not
814	796		inconsistent with the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma or the
815	797		United States Constitution, which powers may be reasonably necessary
816	798		or appropriate for or incidental to effe ctuate its authorized
817	799		purposes or to the exercise of any of the powers enumerated in this
818	800		act.
819	801		(w) Notwithstanding any other provision herein seemingly to the
820	802		contrary, the Authority may not sell output (i) at retail to the
821	803		ultimate consumers thereof, or (ii) to any municipality which does
822	804		not qualify as an eligible public agency under the definition set
823	805		forth in subsection (d) of Section 24-105 of this title, or (iii) to
824	806		any trust created and existing under the provisions of the Local
825	807		Industrial Development Act, as provided by S ections 651 et seq. of
826	808		Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or the Trusts for Furtherance of
827	809		Public Functions Law, as provi ded by Sections 176 et seq. of Ti tle
828	810		60 of the Oklahoma Statutes, which does not qualify as a public
829	811		trust under the definition set for th in subsection (g) of Section
830	812		24-105 of this title own an electrical energy distribution system .
831	813		SECTION 4. AMENDATORY 11 O.S. 2021, Section 24-116, is
832	814		amended to read as follows:
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860	841		Section 24-116. All meetings of the Authority shall be subject
861	842		to the provisions of the Ok lahoma Open Meeting Act, as provided by
862	843		Sections 301 et seq. of Title 25 of the Oklahoma Statutes. All
863	844		records of the Authority shall be subject to the provisions of
864	845		Section 24 the Oklahoma Open Records Act, as provided by Section
865	846		24A.1 et seq. of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
866	847		SECTION 5. AMENDATORY 11 O.S. 2021, Section 24-117, is
867	848		amended to read as foll ows:
868	849		Section 24-117. This act and all the terms and provisions
869	850		hereof shall be liberally construed to effectuate the p urposes set
870	851		forth herein; provided, however, nothing in this act shall be
871	852		construed to authorize the Authority to loa n its credit to any
872	853		investor-owned utility nor to acquire or subsidize any nuclear
873	854		powered generating plant.
874	855		SECTION 6. REPEALER 11 O.S. 2021, Section 24-105.1, is
875	856		hereby repealed.
876	857		SECTION 7. REPEALER 11 O.S. 2021, Section 24-114, is
877	858		hereby repealed.
878	859		SECTION 8. REPEALER 11 O.S. 2021, Section 24-120, is
879	860		hereby repealed.
880	861		SECTION 9. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
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	888	+	Passed the House of Representatives the 10th day of March, 2022.
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	897	+	Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2022.
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