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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 1333 By: Hall
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to the Oklahoma Water Resources
7 Board; establishing the Water Infrastructure
8 Enhancement Program; stating purpose; prescribing
8 duties; authorizing promulgation of rules; creating
9 the Water Infrastructure Enhancement Revolving Fund;
9 stating purpose; authorizing the Oklahoma Water
10 Resources Board to enter into certain contracts;
10 stating authorized allotments; making an
11 appropriation; creating the Oklahoma Water Resources
11 Board Low-Interest Revolving Fund; stating purpose;
12 providing for codification; providing an effective
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16 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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17 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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18 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1086.8 of Title 82, unless there
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19 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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20 A. The Oklahoma Water Resources Board shall establish and
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21 administer a Water Infrastructure Enhancement Program for the
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22 purpose of securing long-term stability and modernizing essential
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23 water infrastructure in this state.
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1 B. The duties of the Board in administering the program shall
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2 include, but not be limited to:
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3 1. Delivering direct grants to communities in need;
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4 2. Deploying a water education outreach campaign;
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5 3. Incentivizing regional water system planning grants;
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6 4. Expanding current programs;
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7 5. Deploying environmental compliance programs; and
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8 6. Other actions as deemed pertinent by the Board.
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9 C. The Oklahoma Water Resources Board shall promulgate rules to
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10 effectuate the provisions of this act.
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11 SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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12 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1086.9 of Title 82, unless there
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13 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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14 A. 1. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a
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15 revolving fund for the Oklahoma Water Resources Board to be
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16 designated the "Water Infrastructure Enhancement Revolving Fund".
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17 The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year
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18 limitations, and shall consist of all monies appropriated pursuant
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19 to Section 3 of this act. All monies accruing to the credit of the
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20 fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the
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21 Oklahoma Water Resources Board for the purposes provided for in
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22 Section 1 of this act. Expenditures from the fund shall be made
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23 upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as
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1 prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and
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2 Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
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3 2. The Board may enter into contracts with financial
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4 institutions and execute such instruments as may be necessary to
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5 hold and disseminate funds in accordance with applicable regulations
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6 and Board policies.
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7 B. Monies allocated to the Water Infrastructure Enhancement
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8 Revolving Fund pursuant to this section may be expended in the
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9 following allotments:
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10 1. Twenty percent (20%) for the Rural Economic Action Plan
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11 grant program as provided for in Section 2003 of Title 62 of the
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13 2. Ten percent (10%) for technical assistance, regional
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14 planning, and outreach programs;
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15 3. Fifty percent (50%) for the Oklahoma Water Resources Board
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16 Low-Interest Revolving Fund as provided for in Section 4 of this
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17 act; and
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18 4. Twenty percent (20%) to launch a site-ready grant program.
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19 SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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20 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1086.10 of Title 82, unless
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21 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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22 There is hereby appropriated to the Water Infrastructure
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23 Enhancement Revolving Fund from any monies not otherwise
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24 appropriated from the General Revenue Fund of the State Treasury for
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1 the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the sum of Fifty Million
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2 Dollars ($50,000,000.00) or so much thereof as may be necessary to
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3 perform the duties imposed upon the Oklahoma Water Resources Board
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4 by law.
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5 SECTION 4. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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6 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1086.11 of Title 82, unless
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7 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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8 There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund
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9 for the Oklahoma Water Resources Board to be designated the
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10 "Oklahoma Water Resources Board Low-Interest Revolving Fund". The
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11 fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year
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12 limitations, and shall consist of all monies received by the
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13 Oklahoma Water Resources Board from the Water Infrastructure
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14 Enhancement Revolving Fund pursuant to paragraph 3 of subsection B
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15 of Section 2 of this act. All monies accruing to the credit of the
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16 fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the
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17 Oklahoma Water Resources Board for the purpose of providing low-
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18 interest loans. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon
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19 warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as
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20 prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and
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21 Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
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22 SECTION 5. This act shall become effective July 1, 2026.
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23 SECTION 6. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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1 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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