Oklahoma 2024 Regular Session

Oklahoma House Bill HB3193 Compare Versions

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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 3193 By: Newton
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to water and water rights; amending
66	66	82 O.S. 2021, Section 1020.17, which relates to
67	67	spacing rules; providing additional spacing rules for
68	68	water wells; and providing an effective date.
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73	73	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEO PLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
74	74	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 82 O.S. 2021, Section 1020.17, is
75	75	amended to read as follows:
76	76	Section 1020.17 A. 1. Within bedrock groundwater basins or
77	77	subbasins, no new or propo sed well(s) shall be permitt ed to be
78	78	drilled and completed within one thousand three hundred twenty
79	79	(1,320) feet of a permitted existing well or proposed well location
80	80	on lands of another; provided, that the well on lands of another is
81	81	capable of taking wat er from the same basin.
82	82	2. Within alluvium and terrace groundwater basins or subbasins,
83	83	no new or proposed well(s) shall be authorized to be drilled and
84	84	completed within six hundred s ixty (660) feet of a permitted
85	85	existing well or proposed well locatio n on lands of another ;
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137	137	provided, that the well on lands of another is capable of taking
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139	139	B. No new or proposed well(s) shall be authorized to be drilled
140	140	and completed within three hundred (300) feet of the property
141	141	boundary of the land on which t he well(s) are to be located.
142	142	C. The Water Resource Board may promulgate rules under Article
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144	144	spacing of wells which, in its judgment, is necessary to an orderly
145	145	withdrawal of water in relation to the all ocation, by regular
146	146	permits and temporary permits, of water to the land overlying the
147	147	basin or subbasin. The Board shall conduct at least one public
148	148	hearing at a location within or in close proximity to each major
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151	151	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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