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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 2752 By: Caldwell (Trey)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to eminent domain; amending 27 O.S.
2021, Section 7, which relates to eminen t domain for
electricity; determining when eminent domain may be
used; providing that eminent domain shall not be used
for certain facilities on private property; requiring
certain entities seeking eminent domain to receive
specific certificates under cert ain circumstances;
providing the Corporation Commission grant such
certificates; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 27 O.S. 2021, Section 7, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 7. A. Except as otherwise provided in this section,
any person, firm or corporation organized under the laws of this
state, or authorized to do business in this state, to furnish light,
heat or power by electricity or natural gas, or any other person,
association or firm engaged in furnishing lights, heat or power by
electricity or natural gas shall have and exercise the right of
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eminent domain in the same manner and by like proceedings as
provided for railroad corporat ions by laws of this state.
B. The power of eminent domain shall not be used for the siting
or building of wind turbines energy facilities, solar energy
facilities, battery storage facilities, hydrogen gas facilities, or
other renewable energy facilities on private property.
C. Prior to seeking to exercise eminent domain for an electric
transmission facility rated greater than three hundred (300)
kilovolts, any person, firm, or corporation under the purview of
subsection A of this section must have obtain ed a Certificate of
Authority from the Corporation Commission, as required in Enrolled
House Bill No. 2756 of the First Session of the 60th Oklahoma
Legislature.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
60-1-12968 JBH 02/26/25