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30	30	1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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32	32	HOUSE BILL 1263 By: Hays
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38	38	AS INTRODUCED
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40	40	An Act relating to wind energy facilities; requiring
41	41	the Oklahoma Water Resources Board conduct certain
42	42	study; detailing study requirements ; requiring
43	43	certain collaboration; requiring report be submitted
44	44	by certain date; amending 17 O.S. 2021, Section
45	45	160.20, as amended by Section 21, Chapter 126, O.S.L.
46	46	2023 (17 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section 160.20), which
47	47	relates to setback requirements; modifyi ng date;
48	48	requiring setback from residential housing and
49	49	certain lakes; requiring greater setback distance for
50	50	towers exceeding a certain height; providing for
51	51	codification; and providing an effective date.
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58	58	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE ST ATE OF OKLAHOMA:
59	59	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
60	60	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1021.23 of Title 82, unless
61	61	there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
62	62	A. The Oklahoma Water Resources Board shall conduct a detailed
63	63	study to assess the effects of the placement of wind turbine
64	64	footings on the state’s aquifers and groundwater resources.
65	65	B. The study shall include, but shall not be limited to:
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92	92	1. Analysis of the physical impact of wind tu rbine
93	93	construction, including the placement of footings, on aquifer
94	94	integrity;
95	95	2. Assessment of potential changes in groundwater flow,
96	96	availability, and quality;
97	97	3. Evaluation of cumulative impacts in areas with high
98	98	concentrations of wind turbines; and
99	99	4. Recommendations for mitigating any identified adverse
100	100	effects.
101	101	C. The Board shall collaborate with relevant state and federal
102	102	agencies, academic institutions, and stakeholders, including
103	103	representatives from the wind energy industry, agricultural sect or,
104	104	and environmental organizations, to ensure the study is
105	105	comprehensive and inclusive.
106	106	D. The Board shall submit a report detailing its findings and
107	107	recommendations to the Governor, the Speaker of the Oklahoma House
108	108	of Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma
109	109	State Senate no later than December 31, 2026.
110	110	SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 17 O.S. 2021, Section 160.20, as
111	111	amended by Section 21, Chapter 126, O.S.L. 2023 (17 O.S. Supp. 2024,
112	112	Section 160.20), is amended to read as follows:
113	113	Section 160.20. A. 1. After August 21, 2015 November 1, 2025,
114	114	no wind energy facility may be constructed if the base of any tower
115	115	is located at a distance of less than:
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143	143	a. one and one-half (1 1/2) nautical miles from the
144	144	center line of any runway located on:
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146	146	(1) a public-use airport as defined in Secti on 120.2
147	147	of Title 3 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or
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149	149	(2) an airport owned by a municipality ;,
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151	151	b. one and one-half (1 1/2) nautical miles from any
152	152	public school which is a part of a public school
153	153	district; or,
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155	155	c. one and one-half (1 1/2) nautical miles from a
156	156	hospital,
157	157	d. one and one-half (1 1/2) nautical miles from any
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159	159	e. forty (40) nautical miles from any lake with a normal
160	160	level surface area that is in excess of ten thousand
161	161	(10,000) surface acres .
162	162	2. For any wind turbine tower that exceeds five hundred (500)
163	163	feet in height, the setback distance specified in subparagraphs a,
164	164	b, c, and d of paragraph 1 on this subsection shall be three (3)
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192	192	B. Attestation of compliance with the setback requirements in
193	193	this section shall be included in any reports required by the
194	194	Corporation Commission. Stakeholder and landowner disputes arising
195	195	under subsection A of this section shall fall und er the exclusive
196	196	jurisdiction of the district courts. The Corporation Commiss ion may
197	197	seek enforcement of the submission and attestation requirements of
198	198	this subsection and subsection C of this section through its
199	199	administrative court system.
200	200	C. After April 3, 2018, construction or operation of a proposed
201	201	individual wind turbine or any other individual structure requiring
202	202	a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Form 7460 -1 that is part of
203	203	a wind energy facility shall not encroach upon or otherwise have a
204	204	significant adverse impact on the mission, training or operations of
205	205	any military installation or branch of military as determined by the
206	206	Military Aviation and Installation Assurance Siting Clearinghouse
207	207	(Clearinghouse) and the FAA. Areas of impact include , but are not
208	208	limited to, military training routes, drop zones, approaches to
209	209	runways and bombing ranges. No individual wind turbine or any other
210	210	individual structure that requires a FAA 7460 -1 form that is part of
211	211	a wind energy facility may be constructe d or expanded unless there
212	212	is an active Determination of No Hazard from the FA A and adverse
213	213	impacts to the United States Department of Defense, pursuant to
214	214	Title 32 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 211.6, have
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242	242	for the individual wind turbine or other individual structure. The
243	243	Mission Compatibility Certification Letter or successor form may
244	244	serve as such evidence of adverse impacts being resolved with the
245	245	Department of Defense or successor agency.
246	246	1. The Determination of No Hazard and documentation of the
247	247	resolution of adverse impacts to the Department of Defense shall be
248	248	filed with the Corporation Commission and the Oklahoma Department of
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250	250	2. The requirements established by this subsection shall not
251	251	prohibit the construction of an individual wind turbine or any other
252	252	individual structure requiring a FAA 7460 -1 form that is part of a
253	253	wind energy facility if that individual wind turbine or other
254	254	individual structure has received a Determination of No Hazard or
255	255	mitigation plan on or before April 3, 2018.
256	256	3. The Corporation Commission is authorized to promulgate rules
257	257	and regulations for the implementation of the provisions of this
258	258	section and Section 160.21 of this title.
259	259	D. If an owner of a wind energy facility fails to submit an
260	260	active Determination of No Hazard and documentation that adverse
261	261	impacts to the Department of Defense have been resolved by the
262	262	Clearinghouse for the individual wind turbine or ot her individual
263	263	structure prior to the start of construction, the owner shall b e
264	264	subject to an administrative penalty not to exceed One Thousand Five
265	265	Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) per day, per violation from the
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292	292	Corporation Commission as provided by law. In addition,
293	293	stakeholders, including, but not limited to, the Corporation
294	294	Commission or the Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics
295	295	may institute an action in any court of general jurisdiction to
296	296	prevent, restrain, correct or abate any violation of s ubsection C of
297	297	this section other than Corporation Commission actions related to
298	298	submissions or attestations.
299	299	SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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