An Act
ENROLLED SENATE
BILL NO. 1021 By: David, Montgomery,
Leewright and Murdock of
the Senate
and
McBride of the House
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 Oklah oma 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.
SUBJECT: Oil and gas
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 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 ten (10) 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; 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 representing the Secretary of Transportation,
c. a member representing the Corporation Commission,
d. a member representing the Oklahoma Water Res ources
Board, and
e. a member representing the Oklahoma Cent er for Science
and Technology.
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.
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D. The task force shall:
1. Hold at least one meeti ng that focuses on the following
issues regarding hydrogen production:
a. the use and availability of water resources ,
b. availability of cost competitive power necessary 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 infrastructure,
production, distribution, transportation and off -taker
market uses; and
2. Hold at least one meeting that focuses on the distrib ution
of hydrogen including but not limited to:
a. investigating the viability of utilizing the existing
pipeline infrastructure in this state to move hydrogen
fuel,
b. investigating the existing and potential ne eds of the
pipeline industry to integrate h ydrogen 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 oi l and gas midstream service providers;
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3. Representatives of regulated natural gas distribution
companies;
4. Representatives of electric service providers; and
5. Representatives of elect ric 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 reimbursem ent.
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.
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 take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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Passed the Senate the 10th day of March, 2021.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
Passed the House of Representatives the 13th day of April, 2021.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this _______ _____________
day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _______________________________ __
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this _______ ___
day of __________________, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _______________________________ __