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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
SENATE BILL 1588 By: Bullard
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to water and water rights; creating
the Oklahoma Water Economic Impact Study Act;
defining terms; creating the Oklahoma Water Econo mic
Impact Study Fund; stating purpose of fund; making
fund continuing and nonfiscal; stating sources of
revenue; establishing procedures of expenditur es of
monies accruing to the credit of the fund;
authorizing the Oklahoma Water Resources Board to
conduct instream flow studies upon certain agreement;
requiring studies to include certain information and
recommendations; requiring certain cooperation in
conduction of studies; requiring submission of
completed study to certain entities; requiring
promulgation of rules by Oklahoma Water Resources
Board; requiring certain legislative appropriation;
providing for codification; and providing an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1702 of Title 82, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, rea ds as follows:
A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma
Water Economic Impact Study Act ”.
B. As used in this section :
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1. “Instream flow” means the water flow required to maintain
the functions and resilience of freshwater stream syst ems and the
needs of communities that depend on th e healthy ecosystems ; and
2. “Instream flow study” means a study to develop the instream
flow determinations and biological assessments needed to maintain
instream flows and support a sound ecological envi ronment.
C. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving
fund for the Oklahoma Water Resources Board to be designated the
“Oklahoma Water Economic Impact Study Fund ” for the purpose of
conducting instream flow studies . The revolving fund shall be a
continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall
consist of all monies received by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board
from the appropriations, apportionments, donations, federal grants,
and fee revenues designated for the p urposes of implementing the
provisions of this act. All monies accruing to the credit of the
fund may be budgeted and expended by the Secretary of Energy and
Environment, in agreement w ith the Executive Director of the
Oklahoma Water Resources Board, the Executive Director of the
Department of Wildlife Conservation, the Secretary of Agriculture ,
and the Secretary of Commerce . Expenditures from the fund shall be
made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims
filed as prescribed by law with the Di rector of the Office of
Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
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D. Upon agreement of the Secretary of Energy and Environment,
the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, the
Executive Director of the Department of Wildlife Conservation, the
Secretary of Agriculture , and the Secretary of Commerce , the Board
may conduct an instream flow study on any body of water agreed upon
by the entities to enable the protection, conservation, recreation al
use, and economic developme nt of water resources and to protect the
rights of the citizens of this state to use water for riparian and
domestic use, as authorized pursuant to Section 105.2 of Title 82 of
the Oklahoma Statutes. Such study shall include the identification
of the methodology and metric to be measured by the instream flow
study and any biological assessments that are to be made during the
study, and shall include recommendations for the completion of
instream flow determinati ons in the body of water that is the
subject of the study.
E. The Oklahoma Water Resource s Board shall work in cooperation
with the Department of Commerce to conduct an instream flow study
required pursuant to this section. A final copy of the completed
instream flow study shall be submitted to the Governor, the
President Pro Tempore of the Senate , the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, the Secretary of Energy and Environment, and the
Department of Wildlife Conservation. The Oklahoma Water Resources
Board shall promulgate rules to implement t he provisions of this
act.
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SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1703 of Title 82, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, rea ds as follows:
There is hereby appropriat ed to the Oklahoma Water Resources
Board any monies not otherwise appropriated from the General Revenue
Fund of the State Treasury for the fiscal year ending June 30, 20 23,
the sum of Three Million Dollars ($3,0 00,000.00) to transfer to the
Oklahoma Water Economic Impact Study Fund created pursuant to
Section 1 of this act.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective Nove mber 1, 2022.
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