OKLAHOMA WATER RESOURCES BOARD

2022 Okla. Sess. Law Serv. 2nd Ex. Sess. Ch. 1 (S.B. 4XX) (WEST)

2022 Okla. Sess. Law Serv. 2nd Ex. Sess. Ch. 1 (S.B. 4XX) (WEST)
OKLAHOMA 2022 SESSION LAW SERVICE
Fifty-Eighth Legislature, 2022 Second Extraordinary Session
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CHAPTER 1
S.B. No. 4XX
OKLAHOMA WATER RESOURCES BOARD
An Act relating to the Oklahoma Water Resources Board; making an appropriation; stating a purpose; authorizing certain expenditures; providing certain limitations for projects; requiring rules and procedures to be established; and declaring an emergency.
SUBJECT: Oklahoma Water Resources Board
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated to the Oklahoma Water Resources Board from any monies not otherwise appropriated from the Statewide Recovery Fund created pursuant to Enrolled House Bill No. 3349 of the 2nd Session of the 58th Oklahoma Legislature, the sum of Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) or so much thereof as may be necessary to establish a grant program and to match tribal investment in rural water infrastructure projects. Such funds shall be used as recommended and approved by the Joint Committee on Pandemic Relief Funding on March 10, 2022. Projects shall meet the federal eligibility requirements of the U.S. Treasury's Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Final Rule for water and wastewater investments.
SECTION 2. The Oklahoma Water Resources Board shall promulgate rules and establish procedures for evaluating and awarding grant applications for the grant program provided for in this act.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
In accordance with Article VI, Section 11, of the Oklahoma Constitution, Senate Bill 4XX has become law without the Governor’s signature. It was filed with the Oklahoma Secretary of State on June 22, 2022.
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