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ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 1273 By: Alvord of the Senate
and
Townley of the House
[ Department of Environmental Quality - Revolving
Fund - Blue River-Little Blue Creek Stream Health
Assessment Study - coordination – appropriation -
codification - effective date -
emergency ]
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 2 -3-404 of Title 27A, unless
there is created a du plication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving
fund for the Department of Environmental Quality to be designated
the “Blue River-Little Blue Creek Stream Health Assessment Study
Revolving Fund”. The fund shall be a continuing fun d, not subject
to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies received
by the Department from appropriations, apportionments, donations,
and federal grants received for the purpose of completing the study
created pursuant to subsection B of this section . All monies
accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may
be budgeted and expended by the Department for the purpose provided
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for in this section. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upo n
warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as
prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and
Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
B. Pursuant to the requirements of Section 1 -3-101 of Title 27A
of the Oklahoma Statutes as it relates to waters emanating from a
sensitive sole source aquifer, the Department shall establish and
perform a Blue River-Little Blue Creek Stream Health Assessment
Study. The Department shall coordinate with the Center for
Reservoir and Aquatic Systems Research at B aylor University for the
purpose of defining the study scope and conducting the work
necessary to complete data collection and the development of the
Blue River-Little Blue Creek Stream Health Assessment Study. The
Department may coordinate with other relevant state and federal
agencies to effectuate the provisions of this section.
SECTION 2. There is hereby appropriated to the Department of
Environmental Quality from any monies not otherwise appropriated
from the General Revenue Fund of t he State Treasury for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 2023, the sum of One Million Dollars
($1,000,000.00) or so much thereof as may be necessary to perform
the duties imposed upon the Department by law.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 2024.
SECTION 4. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effe ct and
be in full force from an d after its passage and approval.
Passed the Senate the 11th day of March, 2024.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________,
2024.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives