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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR ENGROSSED
SENATE BILL NO. 1273 By: Alvord of the Senate
and
Townley of the House
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
[ 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 duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving
fund for the Department of E nvironmental Quality to be designated
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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 st udy
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
for in this section. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon
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. This act shall become effective July 1, 2024.
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SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary fo r the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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.
59-2-10963 JM 04/11/24