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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 1021 By: David, Montgomery,
Leewright and Murdock of
the Senate
and
McBride of the House
An Act relating to oil an d 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; requiring task force meet with
certain frequency; authoriz ing the chair to call
meetings; subjecting meetings to Oklahoma Open
Meeting Act and the Oklahoma Open Records Act;
providing that members receive no compensation;
requiring certain report by certain date; requiring
task force report to certain persons; pr oviding for
noncodification; providing an effective date; and
declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
codified in the Oklahoma Statutes rea ds as follows:
There is hereby created the Hydrogen Production, Transportation
and Infrastructure Task Force until December 31, 2021.
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A. The task force shall be comprised of ten (10) members as
follows:
1. The chair shall be the Secretary of Energy and E nvironment;
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 T empore of
the Senate, and
b. one member appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives; and
4. Five members shall be appointed by the chair of the task
force as follows:
a. a member representing the Secretary of Commerce,
b. a member representin g the Secretary of Transportation,
c. a member representing the Corporation Commission,
d. a member representing the Oklahoma Water Resources
Board, and
e. a member representing the Oklahoma Center for Science
and Technology.
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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. Hold at least one meeting that focuses on the following
issues regarding hydrogen production:
a. the use and availability of water resources ,
b. availability of cost competitive power necessa ry for
producing hydrogen,
c. incentives and taxation necessary to encourage
development of hydrogen technology, infrastructure and
transportation, and
d. development of a state -wide roadmap for a hydrogen
economy including but not limited to infrastructur e,
production, distribution, transportation and off -taker
market uses; and
2. Hold at least one meeting that focuses on the distribution
of hydrogen including but not limited to:
a. investigating the viability of utilizing the existing
pipeline infrastructure in this state to move hydrogen
fuel,
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b. investigating the existing and potential needs of the
pipeline industry to integrate hydrogen fuel , and
c. investigating existing and potentially necessary
pipeline safety standards for distribution of hydrogen
fuel.
E. The chair and co -chairs shall invite representatives
including but not limited to the following list, to participate in
the meetings regarding issues relevant to their industry:
1. Representatives of companies producing, or looking to
produce hydrogen;
2. Representatives of oil and gas midstream service providers;
3. Representatives of regulated natural gas distribution
companies;
4. Representatives of electric service providers; and
5. Representatives of electric energy developers.
F. The meetings of the task force shall be subject to the
Oklahoma Open Meeting Act and the Oklahoma Open Records Act.
G. The members of the task force shall receive no compensation
or travel reimbursement.
H. 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.
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SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2021.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall ta ke effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES,
dated 04/01/2021 - DO PASS.