Oklahoma 2024 Regular Session

Oklahoma Senate Bill SB980 Compare Versions

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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 980 By: Murdock
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to planning and zoning; requ iring
66	66	certain easements to be approved by certain governing
67	67	bodies; clarifying terms of when certain easements
68	68	are approved and disapproved; requiring additional
69	69	approval of boards of county commissioners under
70	70	certain circumstances; defining reasons for
71	71	disapproval; providing for codification; and
72	72	declaring an emergency.
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77	77	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
78	78	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
79	79	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 863.3A of Title 19, unless there
80	80	is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
81	81	In order to minimize conflicts with land -use planning, each
82	82	conservation easement shall be app roved by the appropriate governing
83	83	body. Such approving body shall first refer the proposed
84	84	acquisition to and receive comments from the local planning
85	85	commission with jurisdiction over such property, which shall , within
86	86	sixty (60) days of the referral , provide such comments regarding the
87	87	conformity of the proposed acquisition to comprehensive planning for
88	88	the area. If such comments are not received within sixty days, the
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140	140	proposed acquisition shall be deemed approved by the local planning
141	141	commission. If the property is located partially or entirely within
142	142	the boundaries or zoning jurisdiction of a municipality or county,
143	143	approval of the governing body of such municipality or county shall
144	144	be required. If such property is located entirely outside the
145	145	boundaries and zoning jurisdiction o f any municipality or county,
146	146	approval of the board of county commissioners shall be required.
147	147	Approval of a proposed acquisition may be de nied upon a finding by
148	148	the appropriate governing body that the acquisition is not in the
149	149	public interest when the easement is inconsistent wi th:
150	150	1. A comprehensive plan for the area which had been officia lly
151	151	adopted and was in force at the time of the con veyance; or
152	152	2. Any national, state, regional, or local program furthering
153	153	conservation; or
154	154	3. Any known proposal by a governmental body for use of the
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156	156	SECTION 2. It being immediate ly necessary for the preservation
157	157	of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
158	158	declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take ef fect and
159	159	be in full force from and after its passage an d approval.
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