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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
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3 SENATE BILL 1319 By: Frix
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to the Corporation Commission;
7 amending 17 O.S. 2021, Section 180.10, as amended by
8 Section 1, Chapter 211, O.S.L. 2025 (17 O.S. Supp.
8 2025, Section 180.10), which relates to the
9 Corporation Commission Plugging Fund; authorizing
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10 assistance application; stating certain assistance
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11 Corporation Commission to promulgate rules; providing
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14 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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15 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 17 O.S. 2021, Section 180.10, as
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16 amended by Section 1, Chapter 211, O.S.L. 2025 (17 O.S. Supp. 2025,
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17 Section 180.10), is amended to read as follows:
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18 Section 180.10. A. There is hereby created in the State
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19 Treasury a fund for the Corporation Commission to be designated the
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20 "Corporation Commission Plugging Fund". The plugging fund shall
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21 consist of monies received by the Corporation Commission as required
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22 by law to be deposited to the credit of the fund. The fund shall be
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23 a continuing fund not subject to fiscal year limitations and shall
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24 not be subject to legislative appropriations. Expenditures from the
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1 plugging fund shall be made pursuant to the laws of this state and
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2 the statutes relating to the Corporation Commission. For each
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3 fiscal year, the Commission may expend not more than eight percent
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4 (8%) of the total amount deposited to the credit of the plugging
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5 fund during the previous fiscal year for the purpose of responding
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6 to occurrences of seeping natural gas as provided for in Section
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7 317.1 of Title 52 of the Oklahoma Statutes. In addition,
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8 expenditures from the plugging fund may be made pursuant to Section
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9 2 of this act and the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act, Section 85.1
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10 et seq. of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, for purposes of
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11 immediately responding to emergency situations, within the
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12 Commission's jurisdiction, having potentially critical environmental
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13 or public safety impact. Warrants for expenditures from the fund
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14 shall be drawn by the State Treasurer, based on claims signed by an
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15 authorized employee of the Corporation Commission and approved for
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16 payment by the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise
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17 Services. The provisions of this act section; Sections 102, 310,
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18 and 318 of Title 52 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and Sections 1101,
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19 1102, 1103, and 1103.1 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes or rules
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20 promulgated pursuant thereto shall not be construed to relieve or in
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21 any way diminish the surety bonding requirements required by Section
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22 318.1 of Title 52 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
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23 B. Prior to July 1, 2031, the plugging fund shall be maintained
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24 at Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00). If the plugging fund falls
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1 below the five-million-dollar maintenance level, the Corporation
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2 Commission shall notify the Oklahoma Tax Commission that the
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3 plugging fund has fallen below the required maintenance level and
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4 that the excise tax which has been levied by subsection A of Section
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5 1101 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes and subsection A of
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6 Section 1102 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes which is credited
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7 and apportioned to the Corporation Commission Plugging Fund pursuant
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8 to Section 1103 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes is to be
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9 imposed. Such additional excise tax shall be imposed and collected
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10 until such time as is necessary to meet the additional five-million-
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11 dollar maintenance level. The Tax Commission shall notify the
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12 persons responsible for payment of the excise tax on oil and gas of
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13 the imposition of such tax. The provisions of this subsection shall
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14 terminate on July 1, 2031.
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15 SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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16 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 180.14 of Title 17, unless there
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17 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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18 A. The Corporation Commission shall create a method by which a
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19 homeowner, whose residence has become contaminated by a substance
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20 within the Commission's jurisdiction, including, but not limited to,
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21 brine or oil, may apply for remediation assistance.
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22 B. 1. The remediation assistance shall include a monetary
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23 denomination, the amount to be decided by the Corporation
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1 Commission, from the Corporation Commission Plugging Fund pursuant
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2 to Section 180.10 of Title 17 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
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3 2. A homeowner's insurance claim shall not be required prior to
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4 any monetary assistance provided pursuant to paragraph 1 of this
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6 3. In order to receive remediation assistance pursuant to
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7 paragraph 1 of this subsection, a homeowner must prove contamination
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10 C. The Corporation Commission shall promulgate rules to
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12 SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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