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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
SENATE BILL 1021 By: David and Montgomery of the
Senate
and
McBride of the House
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to oil and gas; creating the Hydrogen
Production, Transportation and Infrastructure 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 Oklaho ma Open
Meeting 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 PEOPLE OF T HE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as foll ows:
There is hereby created the Hydrogen Production, Transportation
and Infrastructure Task Force until December 31, 2021.
A. The task force shall be comprised of sixteen (16) members as
follows:
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1. The chair shall be the Secretary of Energy and Environment;
2. The co-chairs shall be:
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 Tempor e of
the Senate, and
b. one member appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives;
4. Eleven 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 Res ources
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,
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h. a member representing a regulated natural gas
distribution company ,
i. a member representing an electric service pro vider,
j. a member representing a company p roducing, or looking
to produce, hydrogen fu el, and
k. a member representing an electric energy developer.
B. A quorum of the task force shall be required to approve any
final action of the ta sk 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 the viability of utilizing the existing pipeline
infrastructure in this state to move h ydrogen fuel;
2. Investigate the existing and potenti al needs of the pipeline
industry to integrate hydrogen fuel;
3. Investigate opportunities to ensure this state is positioned
to support the future development of the hydrogen fuel sector;
4. Investigate the availability for cost competitive elec tric
power necessary for producing hydrogen fuel;
5. Investigate the taxation treatment of hy drogen fuel;
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6. Investigate incentives for necessary pip eline transmission
of hydrogen fuel, the production of hydrogen fuel and enabling
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.
E. The meetings of the tas k 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, 20 21.
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 passag e and approval.
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