Title 27A, Title 27A — Environment and Natural Resources

A. There is hereby created within the State Treasury a cost- share fund for the Oklahoma Conservation Commission to be designated the "Conservation Cost-Share Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies recei…

A. The Conservation Commission shall require applicants to submit information, forms and reports as are necessary to properly and efficiently administer the conservation cost-share program. B. Persons may apply to a conservation district for cost-share funds for eligible conserva…

Construction of act. Nothing in this act or in the contract executed pursuant to Section 3 of this act shall be interpreted or construed to constitute a financial or general obligation of the state. No state revenue shall be used to guarantee or pay for any damages to property or…

A. The governing body of the district shall consist of five (5) directors, elected or appointed as provided in the Conservation District Act. B. 1. Three directors shall be elected for a term of three (3) years and shall be elected for staggered terms beginning July 1 and ending …

A. The board of directors shall appoint such advisory committees as may be needed to assure the availability of appropriate channels of communication to the board, to persons affected by district operations, and to local, regional, state and interstate special purpose districts a…

A. There shall be an election each year in every conservation district on the first Tuesday in June, which is hereby designated as Conservation District Day, to elect one director in each district. B. All registered voters in a district shall be eligible to vote in the election. …

Each district shall give due notice of the filing period for election of district directors, during the first three (3) weeks in April, setting forth the period in which notifications and declarations of candidacy are to be filed. Due notice shall be given in each district of the…

candidacy. Any person found eligible by the Commission to be elected a district director shall have their name placed on the official ballot, upon filing with the Commission a notification and declaration of candidacy, during the first two weeks in May. The notification and decla…

A. The Conservation Commission shall designate the polling places in the district. B. The names of all candidates who have filed a proper notification and declaration and have been found eligible by the Commission within the time herein designated shall be printed on a ballot pre…

The name of any district may be changed by resolution of the board of directors thereof. Said resolution shall be submitted to the Commission, which shall present same to the Secretary of State who shall, if the Secretary of State finds that such name is not identical or so nearl…

In any suit, action or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of, or relating to, any contract, proceeding or action of a district, the district shall be deemed to have been established in accordance with the provisions of the Conservation District Act upon proof of the…

A conservation district shall not be liable for any fees or charges in connection with the filing, recording or indexing, in the office of the county clerk of any county of this state, of any instrument in favor of such district, or in connection with the certification, by such c…

In those counties of the state which contain in whole or in part a conservation district, the county excise board may, at it discretion, upon request of the directors of such conservation district, appropriate money from the county general fund for use by the district or district…

There is hereby created a revolving fund to be known as the Small Watersheds Flood Control Fund. Said fund shall consist of all monies appropriated to, deposited in or credited to said fund. Added by Laws 1971, c. 346, § 15-701, operative July 1, 1971. Renumbered from Title 82, §…

The Small Watersheds Flood Control Fund shall be under the control and supervision of the Oklahoma Conservation Commission and shall be paid on its itemized form which shall be audited by the said board and, upon final approval, vouchers which are payable from said fund shall be …

A. The Commission shall have authority to allocate to any conservation district in this state, from the Small Watersheds Flood Control Fund, such sum or sums as in the judgment of the said Commission may be necessary to enable such district to acquire real property or easements n…

None of the funds in the Small Watersheds Flood Control Fund shall be expended until eighty percent (80%) of the easements are obtained for the watershed project in which the money from the fund is to be used. Added by Laws 1971, c. 346, § 15-705, operative July 1, 1971. Renumber…

No funds from the Small Watersheds Flood Control Fund shall be used to acquire, by condemnation, lands under and existing valid oil and gas mining lease from which oil and/or gas are being produced. Added by Laws 1971, c. 346, § 15-706, operative July 1, 1971. Renumbered from Tit…

The Oklahoma Conservation Commission is hereby authorized to equitably apportion and pay dependent health insurance premiums for local conservation district employees from funds appropriated for such purpose. Added by Laws 1999, c. 370, § 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

- Interpretation. A. Oklahoma has a large number of preventive and control measures and works of improvement that are operated and maintained by conservation districts and their assigns throughout the state. These preventive and control measures and works of improvement include, …

control. Except as otherwise provided by state or federal law, a conservation district’s responsibility for the operation and maintenance of any structure for the purpose of flood control pursuant to any contractual, statutory, regulatory or other legal authority or obligation, s…

insurance plans. Directors of a conservation district may elect to participate in the health or dental insurance plan offered by the conservation district to its employees as provided for in the State and Education Employees Group Insurance Act. The conservation district director…

A conservation district employee who transfers to a state agency shall not lose the service time the employee has accrued for the purposes of calculating longevity benefits and leave benefits. Added by Laws 2008, c. 110, § 9, emerg. eff. May 2, 2008.

A. The Oklahoma Conservation Commission is hereby authorized to establish and administer the Oklahoma Conservation Commission Municipal Infrastructure Cost-Share Program as funds become available and otherwise appropriated. The Oklahoma Conservation Commission Municipal Infrastru…

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma Conservation Commission to be designated the "Oklahoma Conservation Commission Municipal Infrastructure Cost- Share Revolving Fund". B. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal ye…

Enhancement Act- Legislative findings and intent. A. This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma Carbon Sequestration Enhancement Act”. B. The Oklahoma Legislature finds that: 1. Increasing levels of carbon dioxide and other gases in the atmosphere have led to g…

The Oklahoma Conservation Commission shall: 1. Encourage the production of educational and advisory materials regarding terrestrial and agricultural carbon sequestration and storage and the opportunities to participate in a related system of carbon dioxide emissions trading or ma…

The Oklahoma Conservation Commission may apply for and accept grants, gifts, or other sources of public and private funds to carry out the purposes of the Oklahoma Carbon Sequestration Enhancement Act. Added by Laws 2001, c. 81, § 3, emerg. eff. April 16, 2001. Amended by Laws 20…

The "Carbon Sequestration Assessment Cash Fund" is hereby created. The fund shall be used by the Oklahoma Conservation Commission to carry out the Oklahoma Carbon Sequestration Enhancement Act. The State Treasurer shall credit to the fund any money appropriated to the fund by the…

certification program — Application information. A. The Oklahoma Conservation Commission is hereby authorized to establish and administer the terrestrial and agricultural carbon sequestration certification program. The purposes of the program are to provide a mechanism for creati…

Program. A. There is hereby created the Oklahoma State Facilities Energy Conservation Program. B. As used in this section: 1. "State agency" means any office, officer, bureau, board, commission, counsel, unit, division, body, authority or institution of the executive branch of st…

A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma Carbon Capture and Geologic Sequestration Act”. B. It is the intent of the Legislature that: 1. Efforts to capture, purify, compress, transport, inject, and store or sequester carbon dioxide will enhance the production …

As used in the Oklahoma Carbon Capture and Geologic Sequestration Act: 1. “Approved reservoir” means a reservoir that is determined by the Corporation Commission to be suitable for the receipt, storage or sequestration of injected carbon dioxide therein; 2. “Capture” means captur…

The Corporation Commission shall have exclusive jurisdiction over Class VI CO2 injection wells, and the injection of CO2 for carbon sequestration into approved reservoirs. Added by Laws 2009, c. 429, § 3, emerg. eff. June 1, 2009. Amended by Laws 2025, c. 247, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2…

Notice requirements - Powers and duties. A. The Corporation Commission may enter into memorandums of understanding with any governmental entity deemed necessary to address areas of implementation of the Oklahoma Carbon Capture and Geologic Sequestration Act that may require inter…

A. Unless otherwise expressly provided by a contract, bill of sale, deed, mortgage, deed of trust, or other legally binding document or by other law, carbon dioxide injected into a CO2 sequestration facility or a CO2 storage unit associated with a CO2 sequestration facility is co…

A. Nothing in the Oklahoma Carbon Capture and Geologic Sequestration Act shall supersede the provisions of the Oklahoma Carbon Sequestration Enhancement Act, Section 3-4-101 et seq. of this title. B. Nothing in the Oklahoma Carbon Capture and Geologic Sequestration Act shall alte…

— Application — Notice — Findings — Order. A. The Corporation Commission, upon filing of an appropriate application and following notice and hearing regarding the application, shall have the jurisdiction to create a CO2 storage unit as part of a CO2 sequestration facility and ord…

Duties and obligations — Monitoring responsibility. A. 1. Not earlier than fifty (50) years after cessation of injection of a CO2 stream into a CO2 sequestration facility or a CO2 storage unit as a part of a CO2 sequestration facility, or following the end of any other time frame…

Revolving Fund — Fee assessments — Reports. A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Corporation Commission to be designated the “Class VI Carbon Sequestration Storage Facility Revolving Fund”. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to f…

agricultural harvesting—Carbon neutral and carbon negative determination. A. As used in this section: 1. “Biomass” means bioenergy feedstocks from forest products manufacturing, which may include but not be limited to: a. forest products’ manufacturing residuals including but not…

sequestration of carbon captured from production of hydrogen from natural gas. The office of the Secretary of Energy and Environment shall create and administer a grant program for entities utilizing sequestration of carbon captured from production of hydrogen from natural gas. T…

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Healthy Soil Program Act". Added by Laws 2022, c. 410, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2022. NOTE: Editorially renumbered from § 3-6-101 of this title to avoid duplication in numbering.

As used in the Healthy Soil Program Act: 1. "Champion" means a land manager who is declared a soil health champion due to the land manager's excellence in applying and promoting soil health principles, as modeled by the Soil Health Champions Network of the National Association of…

A. There is hereby created a healthy soil program to be administered by the Oklahoma Conservation Commission. B. The purpose of the program is to promote and support farming and ranching systems and other forms of land management that increase soil organic matter, aggregate stabi…

A. The healthy soil program shall be composed of: 1. A healthy soil assessment and education program; 2. A healthy soil grant program; and 3. Other programs established by the Oklahoma Conservation Commission to accomplish the purposes of the Healthy Soil Program Act. B. In admin…

Funds appropriated to the Oklahoma Conservation Commission to administer the healthy soil program may be used for: 1. The healthy soil grant program; 2. The healthy soil assessment and education program; 3. Promotion and outreach; 4. Department staffing support; 5. Capacity build…

Legislative findings. A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Spring Creek Watershed Study Act”. B. The Legislature finds that: 1. Increasing pressure from agriculture and residential development as well as stream bank erosion and other activities have led to declinin…

A. 1. The Oklahoma Conservation Commission shall undertake a comprehensive watershed-based water quality plan designed to improve and protect the water quality and aquatic habitat in the Spring Creek watershed through the utilization of voluntary, incentive- based programs. 2. On…

Fund. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma Conservation Commission to be designated the “Spring Creek Watershed Study Cash Fund Revolving Fund”. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consi…