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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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57	57	HOUSE BILL 3049 By: Boles
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to water; stating legislative intent;
66	66	promulgating standards for operation of municipa l
67	67	sanitary sewer systems; prohibiting right of personal
68	68	injury recovery for certain sanitary s ewer overflow
69	69	when standards are met ; requiring accordance with
70	70	certain standards to qualify for relief; listing
71	71	components that owner or operator may include to
72	72	qualify as operating in conformance; listing
73	73	requirements for certain conformance consideration;
74	74	providing for certain moratorium; setting expiration
75	75	for certain moratorium; providing for codification;
76	76	and providing an effecti ve date.
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83	83	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
84	84	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
85	85	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1085.66 of Title 82, unless
86	86	there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
87	87	A. To encourage municipalities to work to maintain and upgrade
88	88	sewage treatment and delivery systems , as well as to conserve the
89	89	resources of municipalities for such maintenance or to make such
90	90	upgrades, including having adequate available funding to particip ate
91	91	in grant or loan programs availa ble for such purposes through the
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143	143	Oklahoma Water Resources Board or other governmental avenues, there
144	144	is hereby recognized that there shall be no right of recovery for
145	145	personal injury from a sanitary s ewer overflow as long as the owner
146	146	or operator of the municipal sanitary sewer system is working to
147	147	maintain its sanitary sewage system in accordance with the
148	148	guidelines and criteria promulgated by th e Oklahoma Water Resources
149	149	Board to be eligible for a grant, loan, or other similar guidelines
150	150	or criteria promulgated by a governmental entity i ncluding, but not
151	151	limited to, an inter local cooperative created under Section 1001 et
152	152	seq. of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. While those
153	153	municipalities qualifying for relief und er this section shall be
154	154	exempt from personal injury damage claims of annoyance and
155	155	inconvenience associated with a sanitary sewer overflow th at alleges
156	156	a nuisance-based cause of action , nothing herein shall otherwise
157	157	prohibit a right of recovery for prope rty damages associated with a
158	158	sanitary sewer overflow in accordance with the Governmental Tort
159	159	Claims Act.
160	160	B. To qualify for relief under this section as operating in
161	161	conformance with recognized standards, the o perational standards
162	162	promulgated by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board or other
163	163	governmental entity may include any or all of the follow ing
164	164	components as such components are determined by the governing body
165	165	to be fiscally achievable considering available revenue streams to
166	166	the public utility to fund the same:
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218	218	1. Have their municipal sanitary sewer system mapped and have a
219	219	policy of recordkeeping for maintenance and operation of the
220	220	municipal system.
221	221	2. Have a policy of inspections, cleaning, and root control of
222	222	municipal lines that contain the following elements:
223	223	a. an inspection program of municipal lines to determine
224	224	whether sewage flows are clear, moderately occluded or
225	225	severely occluded,
226	226	b. a program of routine maintenance of municipal lines,
227	227	c. a cleaning or jetting program for those sections of
228	228	municipal lines for which the municipality has notice
229	229	of clogging or occlusion since the last routine
230	230	cleaning, and
231	231	d. a treatment program for municipal lines identified as
232	232	having blockages due to root infiltration of which the
233	233	municipality has notice with root control through
234	234	either mechanical or chemical treatments.
235	235	3. Have a policy of responding to calls for sanitary sewer
236	236	overflows (SSO) to clear municipal sewer mains, flush with water and
237	237	deodorize the land upon which SSO occurred, and remove SSO debris
238	238	from land upon which SSO occurred.
239	239	4. Have adopted a "Fats, Oils and Grease (FOG) Ordinance" that
240	240	makes unlawful the introduction of any fats, o ils or grease from
241	241	nonresidential entit ies that are connected to the municipal sanitary
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293	293	sewer system and incor porates pretreatment regulations ado pted by
294	294	the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Qual ity. Periodically
295	295	advise sewer system participants and dischargers of this
296	296	restriction.
297	297	5. Have adopted an ordinance that requires new construction or
298	298	renovations of existing building to be connected t o the sanitary
299	299	sewer system to include installation of a back flow prevention device
300	300	on the lateral line connection to the structure to the s anitary
301	301	sewer main line.
302	302	6. Have adopted a polic y that will periodically advise a
303	303	private residential property owne r who is connected to the municipal
304	304	sanitary sewer system of the option to provide additional personal
305	305	protection through the installation of a back flow prevention system
306	306	on the private service line. At the discretion of the governing
307	307	body after consideri ng available funding, p rivate residential
308	308	property owners connected to the municipal sewer system may be
309	309	offered public assistance with installing and in spection of backflow
310	310	prevention devices.
311	311	7. The governing body of the municipal sanitary s ewer system
312	312	shall adopt a funding availability model that considers the
313	313	following elements:
314	314	a. identifies the total revenue from ratepayers that can
315	315	reasonably be expected over a fiscal year,
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367	367	b. identifies other funding sources from municipal
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369	369	contributed to the sanitary s ewer system operations,
370	370	maintenance or capital improvements,
371	371	c. identifies other sources of funding, such as local,
372	372	state, or federal that could be available for sanitary
373	373	sewer system operations, maintenance, or capital
374	374	improvements,
375	375	d. identifies bonding capacities , whether revenue bonds
376	376	or general obligations bonds, that could be available
377	377	for sanitary sewer system operations, maintenance, or
378	378	capital improvements,
379	379	e. funding availability models should be reviewed at
380	380	least every five (5) years to include a "rate study"
381	381	recommending reasonable r ates for those connected to
382	382	the sanitary sewer system.
383	383	8. The governing body of the municipal sanitary sewer system
384	384	shall adopt a five-year capital improvement plan that considers
385	385	dedication of funding available to the following :
386	386	a. repair or replacement of municipal sanitary sewer
387	387	lines that have been identified as severely occluded,
388	388	b. repair or replacement of municipal sanitary sewer lift
389	389	stations necessary for the continued operation of the
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442	442	c. access to or purchase of equipment for operation of
443	443	the municipal sanitary sewer system serving the
444	444	citizens of the municipality that is connected to the
445	445	sanitary sewer system.
446	446	9. Periodically advising as refer enced in paragraphs 4 and 6 of
447	447	this subsection shall be satisfied by any one of the following:
448	448	a. annual publication in a newspaper of general
449	449	circulation within the county,
450	450	b. at least annually posting on a municipal s ponsored
451	451	website, or
452	452	c. providing at least annual inserts in a monthly utility
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454	454	C. 1. A municipality with a goal of completion and full
455	455	implementation within five (5) years of the effec tive date of this
456	456	measure shall be considered in conformance with recognized standards
457	457	if the municipality is in the process of implementing the following
458	458	policies:
459	459	a. mapping and recordkeeping policy as set out in
460	460	paragraph 1 of subsection B of this secti on,
461	461	b. creating policies for regular inspections, cleaning,
462	462	and root control as set out in paragraph 2 of
463	463	subsection B of this section,
464	464	c. funding availability models for operation and
465	465	maintenance of their municipal sanitary sewer systems
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517	517	as set out in paragraph 7 of subsection B of this
518	518	section, and
519	519	d. adopted a five (5) year capital improvement plan as
520	520	set out in paragraph 8 of subsection B of this
521	521	section.
522	522	2. There shall be a moratorium against nuisance -based tort
523	523	claims relating to the operation of m unicipal sanitary sewer systems
524	524	for five (5) years from the effec tive date this act for those
525	525	municipalities working towards implementing policies as set forth in
526	526	paragraph 1 of this subsection.
527	527	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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