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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
SENATE BILL 1835 By: Bergstrom
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to the Oklahoma Water Resources
Board; requiring that certain permit holders receive
certain reports and citations; establishing date by
which certain subjects of reports and citations may
be resolved; establishing penalties for
noncompliance; 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 1091 of Title 82, unless there
is created a duplication in numb ering, reads as follows:
A. On or after the effective date of this act, any holder of a
water use permit administered by the Oklahoma Water R esources Board
that is found to be out of compliance pursuant to a fact-finding
investigation conducted pursuant to Rule 785:1-11-1 of the Oklahoma
Administrative Code shall receive by either certified mail or
electronic mail the written report that is provided to the
complainant pursuant to the Rule and a citation stating any
necessary action or remedy to be taken. The citation shall include
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any statutory requirements, administrative rules, and regulations
that the Board deems to have been violated by the permit holder .
B. The Board shall by certified mail, return receipt requested,
or by electronic mail, read receipt requested, distribute the report
to the permit holder. The permit holder shall have fifteen (15)
days from the date that the report and citation are received to
resolve any cited issue pursuant to the filed complaint. The permit
holder shall be fined Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) per day until
all subjects of the complaint ar e resolved. If, by the thirtieth
day after the date that a report and citation under this section are
received by the permit holder, the permit holder is deemed to not be
in compliance with the cited statutory requirements, administrative
rules, and regulations, the Board shall revoke the water permit at
issue.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
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