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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
HOUSE BILL 3193 By: Newton
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to water and water rights; amending
82 O.S. 2021, Section 1020.17, which relates to
spacing rules; providing additional spacing rules for
water wells; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEO PLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 82 O.S. 2021, Section 1020.17, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 1020.17 A. 1. Within bedrock groundwater basins or
subbasins, no new or propo sed well(s) shall be permitt ed to be
drilled and completed within one thousand three hundred twenty
(1,320) feet of a permitted existing well or proposed well location
on lands of another; provided, that the well on lands of another is
capable of taking wat er from the same basin.
2. Within alluvium and terrace groundwater basins or subbasins,
no new or proposed well(s) shall be authorized to be drilled and
completed within six hundred s ixty (660) feet of a permitted
existing well or proposed well locatio n on lands of another ;
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provided, that the well on lands of another is capable of taking
water from the same basin.
B. No new or proposed well(s) shall be authorized to be drilled
and completed within three hundred (300) feet of the property
boundary of the land on which t he well(s) are to be located.
C. The Water Resource Board may promulgate rules under Article
I of the Administrative Procedures Act which establish a proper
spacing of wells which, in its judgment, is necessary to an orderly
withdrawal of water in relation to the all ocation, by regular
permits and temporary permits, of water to the land overlying the
basin or subbasin. The Board shall conduct at least one public
hearing at a location within or in close proximity to each major
basin or subbasin before adopting rules e stablishing well spacing
for such basin or subbasin.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
59-2-8941 JL 01/11/24