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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
SENATE BILL 1021 By: David
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to oil and gas; creating the Hydrogen
Pipeline Task Force; providing for membership of task
force; providing duties of task force; requiring a
quorum for certain action; requir ing task force meet
with certain frequency ; authorizing the chair to call
meetings; subjecting meetings to Oklahom a Open
Meetings Act and the Oklahoma Open Records Act;
providing that members recei ve no compensation;
requiring certain report by certain date; requiring
task force report to certain persons; providing for
noncodification; providing an effective date ; and
declaring an emergency .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPL E OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
There is hereby created the Hydrogen Production, Transportation
and Infrastructure Task Force until December 31, 2021.
A. The task force shall be comprised of fifteen (15) members as
follows:
1. The chair shall be the Secretary of Energy and Environment.
2. The co-chairs shall be:
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a. one member appointed by the President Pro Tempore of
the Senate, and
b. one member appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives;
3. Two members shall be:
a. one member appointed by the President Pro Tempore of
the Senate, and
b. one member appointed by the Sp eaker of the House of
Representatives;
4. Ten members shall be appointed by the chair of the task
force as follows:
a. a member representing the Secretary of Commerce;
b. a member representing the Secretary of Transportation;
c. a member representing the Corporation Commission.
d. a member representing the Oklahoma Water Re sources
Board,
e. a member representing the Oklahoma Cent er for Science
and Technology
f. a member representing the Grand River Dam Authority,
g. a member representing an oil and gas midstream service
provider,
h. a member representing a regulated natural gas
distribution company ,
i. a member representing an electric service pro vider, and
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j. a member representing a company producing, or looking
to produce, hydrogen fuel.
B. A quorum of the task force shall be required to approve any
final action of the task force. A quorum shall be determined by the
chair of the task force.
C. The task force shall meet at least once per month . The
chair shall call the first meeting and all subsequent meetings shall
be made at the call of the chair.
D. The task force shall:
1. Investigate on the viability of utilizing the existing
pipeline infrastructure in this state to move hydrogen fuel; and
2. Investigate the existing and potential needs of the pipeline
industry to integrate hydrogen fuel; and
3. Investigate opportunities to ensure this state is positioned
to support the future development of the hydrogen fuel sector; and
4. Investigate the availability for cost competitive electric
power necessary for producing hydrogen fuel; and
5. Investigate the taxation treatment of hydrogen fuel; and
6. Investigate incentives for necessary pip eline transmission
of hydrogen fuel, the production of hydrogen fuel and ena bling
hydrogen fuel vehicle mobility; and
7. Investigate a state -wide roadmap for a hydrogen economy
including, but not limited to, vehicles, infrastructure, production,
distribution and off-taker market users.
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E. The meetings of the task force shall be subject to the
Oklahoma Open Meeting Act and the Oklahoma Open Records Act.
F. The members of the task force shall receive no compensation
or travel reimbursem ent.
G. The task force shall submit a report of its findings and
recommendations including fiscal impact statements on all of the
recommendations of the task force no later than December 1, 2021, to
the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the
Speaker of the House of Representatives .
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2021.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for t he preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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