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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
SENATE BILL 433 By: Boren
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to the Oklahoma Department of
Commerce; amending 74 O.S. 2021, Section 5017.1,
which relates to federal energy conservation
programs; requiring Department to publish and
annually update certain information; providing
contents of certain published information; and
providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 5017.1, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 5017.1. A. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce shall
have the authority to e stablish, administer and enforce state and
federal energy conservation programs i ncluding, but not limited to,
implementing The Energy Conservation Act of 1975 (P.L. 94 -163),
National Energy Extension Service Act (P.L. 95 -39, 42 U.S.C. Section
7001 et seq.) and the National Conservation Policy Act (P.L. 95 -
619), except as otherwise pro vided by law.
B. The Energy Conservation Services Division of the Oklahoma
Corporation Commission is hereby abolished. All personnel,
equipment, files, fixtures, funds, furn iture, publications and
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supplies, and all duties, functions, authority and contra ctual
obligations that relate to the Energy Conservation Services Division
of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission are hereby transferred to and
vested in the Oklahoma Department of Commerce.
C. Employees transferred to the Oklahoma Department of Commerce
shall be classified and subject to the provisions of the Merit
System of Personnel Administration as provided for in the Oklahoma
Personnel Act. The salaries, grade and/or cl ass of the employees
transferred shall be adjusted to be commensurate with compar able
positions in the Oklahoma Department of Commerce.
D. The full-time-equivalent employee positions funded through
the federal energy conservation programs outlined in this section
shall terminate upon the exhaustion of said the federal funding.
E. The Department shall make publicly available on its website,
to be updated annually, information related to federal energy
efficiency incentive programs. The information provided shall
include, but not be limited to:
1. Information regarding ongoing program s for individual
households, multi-family housing, and any other energ y efficiency
programs;
2. Information related to Oklahoma businesses that are
promoting and implementing energy efficiency incentive programs; and
3. Any other information that would promote public awareness
and adoption of any available energy efficiency program.
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SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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