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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 1012 By: Murdock
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to the Oklahoma Wind Energy
66	66	Development Act; amending 17 O.S. 2021, Section
67	67	160.20, as amended by Section 21, Chapter 1 26, O.S.L.
68	68	2023 (17 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section 160.20), which
69	69	relates to setback requirements for wind energy
70	70	facilities; establishing waiver process for certain
71	71	setback provisions; updating statutory language;
72	72	providing an effective date; and declaring an
73	73	emergency.
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77	77	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
78	78	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 17 O.S. 2021, Section 160.20, as
79	79	amended by Section 21, Chapter 126, O.S.L. 2023 (17 O.S. Supp. 2024,
80	80	Section 160.20), is amended to read as follows:
81	81	Section 160.20. A. After August 21, 2015, no wind energy
82	82	facility may be constructed if the base of any tower is located at a
83	83	distance of less than:
84	84	1. One and one-half (1 1/2) nautical miles from the center line
85	85	of any runway located o n:
86	86	a. a public-use airport as defined in Section 120.2 of
87	87	Title 3 of the Oklaho ma Statutes, or
88	88	b. an airport owned by a municipality;
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140	140	2. One and one-half (1 1/2) nautical miles from any public
141	141	school which is a part of a public school district; or
142	142	3. One and one-half (1 1/2) nautical miles from a hospital.
143	143	B. The setback distances prescribed in paragraphs 2 and 3 of
144	144	subsection A of this section may be waived by a majority vote of the
145	145	applicable school board or by a hospital board of directors or other
146	146	governing body. Any approved waiver shall be submitted in writing,
147	147	signed by all parties, by the wind energy facility operator to the
148	148	Corporation Commission.
149	149	C. Attestation of compliance with the setback requirements in
150	150	this section shall be included in an y reports required by the
151	151	Corporation Commission. Stakeholder and landowner disputes arising
152	152	under subsection A or B of this section shall fall under the
153	153	exclusive jurisdiction of the district courts. The Corporation
154	154	Commission may seek enforcement of th e submission and attestation
155	155	requirements of this subsection and subsection C D of this section
156	156	through its administrative court system.
157	157	C. D. After April 3, 2018, construction or operation of a
158	158	proposed individual wind turbine or any other individual str ucture
159	159	requiring a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Form 7460 -1 that
160	160	is part of a wind energy facility shall not encroach upon or
161	161	otherwise have a significant adverse impact on the mission, training
162	162	or operations of any military installation or branch of military as
163	163	determined by the Military Aviation and Installation Assurance
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215	215	Siting Clearinghouse (Clearinghouse) and the FAA. Areas of impact
216	216	include, but are not limited to, military training routes, drop
217	217	zones, approaches to runways and bombing range s. No individual wind
218	218	turbine or any other individual structure that requires a an FAA
219	219	7460-1 form that is part of a wind energy facility may be
220	220	constructed or expanded unless there is an active Determination of
221	221	No Hazard from the FAA and adverse impacts to the United States
222	222	Department of Defense, pursuant to Title 32 of the Code of Federal
223	223	Regulations, Section 211.6, have been resolved as evidenced by
224	224	documentation from the Clearinghouse for the individual wind turbine
225	225	or other individual structure. The Mission Compatibility
226	226	Certification Letter or successor form may serve as such evidence of
227	227	adverse impacts being resolved with the Department of Defense or
228	228	successor agency.
229	229	1. The Determination of No Hazard and documentation of the
230	230	resolution of adverse impacts to the Department of Defense shall be
231	231	filed with the Corporation Commis sion and the Oklahoma Department of
232	232	Aerospace and Aeronautics.
233	233	2. The requirements established by this subsection shall not
234	234	prohibit the construction of an individual wind turb ine or any other
235	235	individual structure requiring a an FAA 7460-1 form that is part of
236	236	a wind energy facility if that individual wind turbine or other
237	237	individual structure has received a Determination of No Hazard or
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290	290	3. The Corporation Commission is authorized to promulgate rules
291	291	and regulations for the implementation of the provisions of this
292	292	section and Section 160.21 of this title.
293	293	D. E. If an owner of a wind energy facility fails to submit an
294	294	active Determination of No Hazard and documentation that adverse
295	295	impacts to the Department of Defense have been resolved by the
296	296	Clearinghouse for the individual wind turbine or other individual
297	297	structure prior to the start of construction, the owner shall be
298	298	subject to an administrative penalty not to exceed One Thousand Five
299	299	Hundred Dollars ($1,500. 00) per day, per violation from the
300	300	Corporation Commission as provided by law. In addition,
301	301	stakeholders, including, but not limited to, the Corporation
302	302	Commission or the Oklah oma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics
303	303	may institute an action in any court of general jurisdiction to
304	304	prevent, restrain, correct , or abate any violation of subsection C D
305	305	of this section other than Corporation Commission actions related to
306	306	submissions or attestations.
307	307	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
308	308	SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
309	309	of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
310	310	declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
311	311	be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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