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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 3194 By: Newton
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to water and water rights; amending
82 O.S. 2021, Section 1020.19, which relates to
metering of wells; providing that the Oklahoma Water
Resources Board require certain meters for water
wells; providing measuring requirements; requiring
data from the measuring system to be utilized for the
annual groundwater use report ; and providing an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 82 O .S. 2021, Section 1020.19, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 1020.19 Upon request of a majority of t he landowners
residing within a basin or subbasin, the Board is authorized to
require that water wells be metered and that such meters as the
Board shall approve be utilized by the applicant and placed under
seal, subject to reading by the agents of the Bo ard at any time.
The Oklahoma Water Resources Board shall require that all water
wells requiring a permit to take and use groundwater from the
Oklahoma Water Resource Board be equipped with water well flow
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meters or an alternative measuring system as defined by the Board.
Such measuring systems shall remain on the well and be in proper
operating condition at all times when groundwater is being produced.
Data from the measuring system shall be utilized for the annual
groundwater use report. The Board may also require that the
applicant report the reading of such meters or alternative measuring
system at reasonable intervals.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
59-2-10193 JL 02/14/24