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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
SENATE BILL 454 By: Murdock
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to invasive woody species; requiring
certain reporting; identifying certain agencies and
institutions; requiring certain report transmission;
defining certain term ; and declaring an emergency .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAH OMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 126 of Title 74, unless there is
created a duplication in numb ering, reads as follows:
A. State agencies and public institutions listed in subsection
B of this section shall pre pare a report that includes :
1. Documented efforts and associated costs within the past ten
(10) years to eradicate invasive woody species ;
2. An estimate of the amount of acreage owned by the state
agency or public institution covered by invasive woody species ;
3. A plan on future eradication efforts on the property of the
state agency or public institution of invasive woody species within
the next five (5) years; and
4. The associated costs of the future eradication efforts.
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B. State agencies and public institu tions required to prepare a
report pursuant to subsection A of this s ection are as follows:
1. The Commissioners of the Land Office;
2. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry ;
3. The Department of Corrections ;
4. The Grand River Dam Authority ;
5. The Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department;
6. The Department of Transportation ;
7. The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority;
8. The Department of Wildlife Conservation ; and
9. Any public universities or technical school s of this state.
C. State agencies and public institutions required to prepare a
report pursuant to this section shall transmit th e report
electronically to the Governor, the P resident Pro Tempore of the
Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives , and to the
Office of Management and Enterprise Services by January 1, 2024.
D. As used in section, “invasive woody species” includes:
1. Juniperus virginiana or the easter n red cedar;
2. Tamarix ramosissima or the salt cedar;
3. Juniperus scopulorum or the Rocky Mountain junip er; and
4. Prosopis glandulosa or the honey mesquite.
SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, heal th or safety, an emergency is hereby
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declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage an d approval.
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