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331 BILL NO. 4412 By: Lowe (Dick) and Moore of
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40+[ natural resources - creating the Healthy Soil
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47+AUTHOR: Add the following Senate Coauthor: Stephens
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49+AMENDMENT NO. 1. Page 1, strike the enacting clause
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53+Passed the Senate the 28th day of April, 2022.
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94+BILL NO. 4412 By: Lowe (Dick) and Moore of
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16-An Act relating to natural resources; creating the
17-Healthy Soil Program Act; defining terms; requiring
18-Oklahoma Conservation Commissio n administer program;
19-stating purpose of the program; stating composition
20-of the program; stating certain Commission dutie s;
21-authorizing the promulgation of certain rules;
22-authorizing uses of certain funds; providing for
23-codification; and providing an effe ctive date.
105+[ natural resources - creating the Healthy Soil
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30112 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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32113 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
33114 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3-6-101 of Title 27A, unless
34115 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as fo llows:
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36116 This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Healthy Soil
37117 Program Act".
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39118 SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
40119 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3-6-102 of Title 27A, unless
41120 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
121+As used in the Healthy Soil Program Act:
122+1. "Champion" means a land manager who is declared a soil
123+health champion due to the land manager's excellence in applying and
124+promoting soil health principles, as modeled by the Soil Health
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47-promoting soil health principles, as modeled by the Soil Health
48151 Champions Network of the National Association of Conservation
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51153 2. "Commission" means the Oklahoma Conservation Commission;
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53154 3. "Eligible entity" means a local governmental entity with
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57157 4. "Healthy soil" means soil that enhances its continuing
58158 capacity to function as a biological system, increases its organic
59159 matter, and improves its structure and water- and nutrient-holding
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79172 keystone species, such as earthworms;
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81199 7. "Supported method" means a method that is b ased upon soil
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91207 9. "Technical assistance provider" means a local, state,
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95211 conservation district, the United States Natural Resources
96212 Conservation Service, the United States Forest Service, the United
97213 States Bureau of Land Management, or the state Forestry Division.
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100215 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3-6-103 of Title 27A, unless
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103217 A. There is hereby created a healthy soil program to be
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109248 water retention to improve the health, yield, and profitability of
110249 the soils of the state.
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113251 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3-6-104 of Title 27A, unless
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116253 A. The healthy soil program shall be composed of:
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144298 microbiology, and aggregate stability of soils, in
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149302 health stewardship, offer guidance to producers and land managers ,
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177349 disadvantaged communities; and
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187356 health stewardship across private, state, federal, and tribal land
188357 jurisdictions by fostering collaboration among prod ucers, land
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202367 sourcing of the resources needed for the program, including testing
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208397 F. The Commission may adopt rules to carry out the provisions
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212400 in the Oklahoma Statutes as S ection 3-6-105 of Title 27A, unless
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258-OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
259-Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________
260-day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
261-By: _________________________________
262-Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
263-day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
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267- Governor of the State of Oklahoma
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269-OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
270-Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
271-day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
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