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Oklahoma Legislature· HB 1813Authored by Senator Jech (principal Senate author)

An act relating to waters and water rights, the official text

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1                            STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2   1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)

3 HOUSE BILL 1813            By: Newton

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6                            AS INTRODUCED

7   An Act relating to waters and water rights;

    authorizing the Oklahoma Water Resources Board to

8   enter into memorandums of understanding or contracts

    with certain entities; providing for codification;

9   and providing an effective date.

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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

14  SECTION 1.      NEW LAW  A new section of law to be codified

15 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1324.27 of Title 82, unless

16 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

17  The Oklahoma Water Resources Board may enter into memorandums of

18 understanding or contracts with the Oklahoma Rural Water

19 Association, or with other Oklahoma-based not-for-profit entities

20 that are governed by community water and wastewater systems, and

21 that have an established and proven history of the relevant

22 expertise necessary, to provide technical assistance and training

23 for board members and operators in an effort to provide

24 uninterrupted assistance and services to water and wastewater

    Req. No. 10617                                                  Page 1
1 systems currently providing functioning water and wastewater

2 services to residents of rural areas.

3   SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.

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