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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 109 By: Bullard
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to water and water rights ; defining
66	66	terms; specifying applicability o f act; requiring the
67	67	Oklahoma Water Resou rces Board to create committees
68	68	to conduct instream flow studies; establishing
69	69	membership of committees; requiring Board to
70	70	promulgate rules; authorizing committee to petition
71	71	Board to conduct instream flow study in certain
72	72	circumstances; requiring Board t o authorize study in
73	73	certain timeframe; specifying purpose of study;
74	74	establishing duties and responsibilities of
75	75	committee; requiring committee to submit result of
76	76	study to certain entities; prohibiting implementati on
77	77	of recommendations of committee until p assage of
78	78	concurrent resolution; requiring Board to promulgate
79	79	rules related to recommendations in certain
80	80	circumstance; requiring Board to promulgate
81	81	procedures to develo p instream flow program;
82	82	requiring Board to include instream flow in Oklahoma
83	83	Comprehensive Water Plan updates; requiring Board to
84	84	designate mechanisms for implementing instream flow
85	85	in certain areas; requiring Board to coordinate with
86	86	certain state entities; authorizing Board to make and
87	87	enter into certain contracts and agreements;
88	88	authorizing Board to receive and spend certain funds;
89	89	authorizing Board to contract with certain agencies
90	90	for certain purpose; construing provision; providing
91	91	for codification; and providing an effective date.
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97	97	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLA HOMA:
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149	149	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
150	150	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1085.97 of Title 82, unless
151	151	there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as fo llows:
152	152	For the purposes of this act:
153	153	1. "Instream flow" means the water flows required to maintain
154	154	the functions and resilience of freshwa ter stream systems and the
155	155	needs of communities that depend on the healthy ecosys tems;
156	156	2. "Instream flow program " means an ongoing program in which a
157	157	treasured stream is monitored for compliance with instream flow
158	158	determinations and biological assessments are conducted to maintain
159	159	instream flows;
160	160	3. "Stakeholder" means any state or l ocal government entity,
161	161	tribal government, business entity, higher education institutio n,
162	162	any individual or entity with an existing water permit affected by
163	163	the instream flow study or any individual or entity who has
164	164	successfully petitioned the Oklahoma Wa ter Resources Board to become
165	165	a stakeholder pursuant to the process prescribed in this act;
166	166	4. "Stakeholder committee " means a body of stakeholders, as
167	167	designated by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board , tasked with
168	168	determining what metrics should be i ncluded and what goals should be
169	169	achieved by instream flows, reviewing data obtained from th e
170	170	instream flow program and suggesting impr ovements to the instream
171	171	flow determination methodology and the instream flow pr ogram for
172	172	each treasured stream in their area ; and
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224	224	5. "Treasured stream" means a watercourse in a definite,
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226	226	definite source or sources of supply .
227	227	SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
228	228	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1085.98 of Title 82, unless
229	229	there is created a duplica tion in numbering, reads as follows:
230	230	A. The provisions of this act shall only apply to the following
231	231	basins and rivers, to the extent they are located east of Interstate
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233	233	1. The Blue River;
234	234	2. The Kiamichi Basin and River;
235	235	3. The Little River Basin;
236	236	4. The Mountain Fork Basin;
237	237	5. The Muddy Boggy Basin;
238	238	6. Spring Creek;
239	239	7. Snake Creek;
240	240	8. Pennington Creek; and
241	241	9. Any area designated as a scenic river pursuant to Sec tion
242	242	896.5 of Title 82 of the Oklah oma Statutes.
243	243	B. For the purpose of enabling the protection, conservation,
244	244	recreational use and economic development of water resources and to
245	245	protect the rights of the citizens of this state to use water for
246	246	riparian and domestic use as established in Sec tion 105.2 of Title
247	247	82 of the Oklahoma Statut es, the Oklahoma Water Resources Board
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299	299	shall create standing, regional stakeholder committee s for the
300	300	purpose of conducting instream flow studies on the basins and river s
301	301	specified in subsection A of this section .
302	302	C. Each stakeholder committee shall be comprised of nine (9)
303	303	members including at least one member from each of the following :
304	304	a. the Department of Wildlife Conservation ,
305	305	b. the United States Geological Survey ,
306	306	c. the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma St ate University,
307	307	or the University of Tulsa ,
308	308	d. the Grand River Dam Authority Sce nic Rivers
309	309	Operations,
310	310	e. a tribal nation located in th e relevant region, and
311	311	f. stakeholders, as defined in this act, from the
312	312	relevant region who have been selected by or
313	313	successfully petitioned the Board to become a membe r
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315	315	The Board shall establish and promulgate rules for petitioning
316	316	to become a stakeholder member in a stakeholder committee , which
317	317	shall include but not be limited to an application process a nd an
318	318	appeals process.
319	319	D. 1. Once the Board has designated a stakeholder committee
320	320	and upon availability of funding , the committee is hereby empowered
321	321	to petition the Board to initiate an instream flow study on the
322	322	basin and/or river the commit tee represents. The Board shall
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374	374	initiate a petitioned study wit hin two (2) years of receiving
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376	376	2. The purpose of the study shall includ e identifying what
377	377	methodology and metrics are to be measured and which biolo gical
378	378	assessments are to be made during each instream flow study and
379	379	providing recommendations for the completion of in stream flow
380	380	determinations in the basin and/or river represented by the
381	381	committee, monitoring the progress of each instream flow program in
382	382	the represented basin and/or river and recommending changes to
383	383	instream flow determinations , as necessary.
384	384	E. Duties and responsibilities of a stakeholder committee shall
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386	386	1. Presenting an instream flow study work plan for approval to
387	387	the Board prior to the commencement of any study including the
388	388	methodology to be used and metrics to be me asured by the study;
389	389	2. Presenting annual updates to the Board on the status of any
390	390	instream flow study in the represented basin and/or river;
391	391	3. Analyzing data from any completed instream flow study and
392	392	developing recommendations for the Board on develo ping an instream
393	393	flow program; and
394	394	4. Submitting the final version of any completed instream flow
395	395	study including the recommendations of the committee to the
396	396	Governor, the President Pr o Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of
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448	448	the House of Representatives and the Board within six (6) months of
449	449	the completion of the stu dy.
450	450	F. The recommendations of t he stakeholder committee are to be
451	451	approved or disapproved by the Legislature by the proper passage of
452	452	a concurrent resolution prior to implementation of any of t he
453	453	recommendations developed by the stakeholder committee . If the
454	454	Legislature disapproves by concurrent resolution the recommendations
455	455	of the stakeholder committee or the concurrent resolution fail s to
456	456	pass both houses of the Legislature, the stakeholder committee may
457	457	amend and resubmit its recommendations to the entities specified in
458	458	paragraph 4 of subsection E of this section. There shall be no
459	459	limit on the number of times the committee may resub mit its
460	460	recommendations.
461	461	G. If the Legislature approves b y concurrent resolution the
462	462	recommendations of the stakeholder committee , the Board is hereby
463	463	directed to promulgate rules pursuant to the recommendations of the
464	464	committee within one year of adoptio n of the concurrent resolution.
465	465	H. The Board is also auth orized and directed:
466	466	1. To promulgate procedures for the development of an instream
467	467	flow program as recommended in the final report of the Oklahoma
468	468	Comprehensive Water Plan Instream Flow workgro up that meets the
469	469	needs of treasured streams in the relevant stream system;
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521	521	2. To include instream flow determination and the status of any
522	522	ongoing instream flow in any updates to the Oklahoma Comprehensive
523	523	Water Plan;
524	524	3. To designate voluntary, incenti ve based or conditional
525	525	mechanisms for implementing instream f low on a petitioned stream
526	526	including allowing those that hold permits to use str eam water to
527	527	voluntarily reallocate their permits in full or in part to instream
528	528	flows of the stream to which t he permit applies;
529	529	4. To cooperate with all relevant state agenc ies. All state
530	530	institutions, agencies, departments and boards and officers ar e
531	531	hereby authorized and directed to cooperate with the Board;
532	532	5. To make and enter into all contracts and agreeme nts
533	533	necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the
534	534	execution of its powers under this act;
535	535	6. To receive and accept from this state or the United States
536	536	of America or any agency or instrumentali ty thereof, grants of funds
537	537	and to receive and accept aid or contributions from any source of
538	538	either money, property, labor or other things of value to be held,
539	539	used and applied only for the purpos es for which such grants and
540	540	contributions may be made; and
541	541	7. To expend income and funds of the Boar d in the exercise of
542	542	any or all the powers granted to the Board under the provisions of
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595	595	I. The Oklahoma Water Resources Board may contract with a state
596	596	or federal research agency for review of proposed instream flow
597	597	study work plans and final in stream flow studies.
598	598	J. Nothing in this act shall be construed to waive, amend,
599	599	negate, reduce, define, affect or detract from the provisions of the
600	600	State of Oklahoma, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Chickasaw Nation ,
601	601	City of Oklahoma City Water Settlement Au gust 2016 and any conformed
602	602	Settlement Agreement, the Amended St orage Contract Transfer
603	603	Agreement among City of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City Water Utiliti es
604	604	Trust and Oklahoma Water Resources Board, Oklahoma Water Resources
605	605	Board Regular Permit No. 2007 -17 or the Settlement Act (Water
606	606	Infrastructure Improvements f or the Nation Act, Pub. Law 114-322,
607	607	Section 3608, 130 Stat. 1628, 1796 -1814).
608	608	K. Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting or
609	609	intending to affect existing water permits, private wat er rights or
610	610	the transferability of such, or prior riparian righ ts.
611	611	SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
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