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82 OK Stat § 82-1020.18 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1020.18. Location exceptions.

|When it is shown in an individual proceeding that to require the drilling of a well at the prescribed location should be inequitable or unreasonable and that criteria and conditions established by the Board in rules are met, the Board shall authorize a well location exception and permit the well to be drilled and completed at a location which varies from that previously established. Rules promulgated by the Board shall establish the criteria and conditions under which location exceptions may be authorized. Criteria and conditions for location exceptions may include, but are not limited to, compliance with terms to prevent unreasonable impact on other wells, which terms may include the rate and timing of withdrawal, the level of perforating and the level of sealing the well. |Added by Laws 1972, c. 248, § 18, eff. July 1, 1973. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 112, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1995; Laws 2018, c. 203, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.
82 OK Stat § 82-1020.19 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1020.19. Metering of wells.

|Upon request of a majority of the landowners residing within a basin or subbasin, the Board is authorized to require that water wells be metered and that such meters as the Board shall approve be utilized by the applicant and placed under seal, subject to reading by the agents of the Board at any time. The Board may also require that the applicant report the reading of such meters at reasonable intervals. |Added by Laws 1972, c. 248, § 19, eff. July 1, 1973.
82 OK Stat § 82-1020.20 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1020.20. Unitizing and communitizing of land for water production purposes.

|The owners of land and the Commissioners of the Land Office are authorized to unitize and communitize lands for the purpose of production of water therefrom; provided, the production therefrom does not exceed the maximum annual yield. |Added by Laws 1972, c. 248, § 20, eff. July 1, 1973.
82 OK Stat § 82-1020.21 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1020.21. Wells within municipalities.

|A municipality has the authority to regulate or permit the drilling of domestic and industrial water wells within its corporate limits. A municipality may use the water allocated to the platted land within its corporate limits provided the municipality can make water available to the platted land, and a permit therefor is obtained from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board. Wells may be located within its corporate limits or outside the corporate limits. |Added by Laws 1972, c. 248, § 21, eff. July 1, 1973. Amended by Laws 2021, c. 119, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
82 OK Stat § 82-1020.22 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1020.22. Violations.

|A. Except as otherwise provided by subsection B of this section, any person who, after notice from the Board, violates or refuses or neglects to comply with any provision of Sections 1020.1 through 1020.21 of this title or of any rule or regulation promulgated by the Board pursuant thereto, or who commits waste as defined in Section 1020.15 of this title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) for each offense. Any person who, after notice that he is in violation thereof continues to violate any provision of Sections 1020.1 through 1020.21 of this title, and fails to comply therewith within a reasonable length of time, is guilty of a separate offense for each day the violation continues. |B. Any person causing pollution of the groundwater or placing or causing to be placed waste in a location where they are likely to cause pollution of the groundwater shall be subject to the Oklahoma Environmental Quality Code.Added by Laws 1972, c. 248, § 22, eff. July 1, 1973. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 323, eff. July 1, 1993.
82 OK Stat § 82-1020.23 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1020.23. Taking and using marginal water to augment water supply.

|A. The ability to take and use marginal water has the potential to augment water supply in many areas of Oklahoma. Therefore, the taking and use of marginal water in accordance with the Oklahoma Groundwater Law and the rules of the Oklahoma Water Resources Board shall be considered a beneficial use and not waste. Except as provided for in this section and Sections 1020.15 and 1020.16 of Title 82 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the provisions of this act shall not apply to the taking and use of marginal water. |B. The Oklahoma Water Resources Board shall promulgate and implement rules for the taking and use of marginal water, including the well construction standards, well spacing, and water use reporting. Rules related to well construction standards shall ensure that the taking and use of marginal water shall not impair any fresh water basins, and shall include, but not be limited to, the rate of withdrawal, the level of perforating and the level of sealing the well.C. Any use of marginal water under this section is in addition to any domestic use authorized under Section 1020.3 of Title 82 of the Oklahoma Statutes or any other use authorized pursuant to a permit issued under Section 1020.11 of Title 82 of the Oklahoma Statues.Added by Laws 2019, c. 508, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.NOTE: Editorially renumbered from § 1021.1 of this title to avoid a duplication in numbering.
82 OK Stat § 82-1021.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1021.1. Short title - Groundwater Irrigation District Act.

|This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Groundwater Irrigation District Act". |Added by Laws 2019, c. 324, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
82 OK Stat § 82-1021.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1021.2. Definitions.

|As used in this act: |1. "Board" means the Oklahoma Water Resources Board;2. "District" means a groundwater irrigation district;3. "District board" means the board of a groundwater irrigation district; and4. "Permit holder" means a person who possesses a permit to use groundwater as provided for in Section 1020.11 of Title 82 of the Oklahoma Statutes.Added by Laws 2019, c. 324, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
82 OK Stat § 82-1021.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1021.3. Petition to organize a groundwater irrigation district – Composition of districts.

|A. If ten individual permit holders in a proposed groundwater irrigation district desire to provide for the betterment of and the assistance and procurement of conservation grant funding for groundwater irrigation of such irrigable lands, the holders may propose the organization of a groundwater irrigation district by petition pursuant to this act. |B. Groundwater irrigation districts shall be comprised of a whole county or whole counties adjacent to one or the other but shall only include permit holders who desire to participate in the district. Any permit holder who does not desire to participate shall not be included upon a written document stating such to the district board.Added by Laws 2019, c. 324, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
82 OK Stat § 82-1021.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1021.4. Content of petition.

|The petition shall be signed by the petitioners, filed with the county commissioners of a petitioning county and the county commissioners of a participating adjacent county within the proposed district, and shall contain the following information: |1. A specific description of the county or counties within the proposed district;2. The names and addresses of all of the permit holders who have signed the petition within the proposed district as reflected by the permit records of the Oklahoma Water Resources Board;3. The proposed plan of organization, operation and such additional data and information required by rules of the Board; and4. A request that the district be organized.Added by Laws 2019, c. 324, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
82 OK Stat § 82-1021.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1021.5. Receipt of petition – Verification – Approval of petition.

|A. After receipt of the petition, the county commissioners and the county commissioners of any participating adjacent county shall: |1. Verify the authenticity of each signatory whose address is located within the county;2. Coordinate with the Oklahoma Water Resources Board and, if necessary, the adjacent counties to verify that ten individual permit holders within the proposed district have signed the petition; and3. If, upon consideration, it shall be found that such petition is in conformity with the requirements of this act, and that such a district should be created, the board of county commissioners shall thereupon immediately declare the land described in the petition or any part thereof to be incorporated as a district under the name of "____ Groundwater Irrigation District" (inserting unique name of irrigation district) and thereupon the district shall be a body politic and corporate and an agency and legally constituted authority of the State of Oklahoma for the public purposes set forth in this act. The board of county commissioners shall thereupon enter upon its records full minutes of such hearing, together with its order creating the district under the corporate name for the purposes of this act. Such districts shall not be political corporations or subdivisions of the state within the meaning of any constitutional debt limitations, nor shall the districts have any power or authority to levy any taxes whatsoever or make any assessments on property, real or personal.B. After the county commissioners and the county commissioners of any participating adjacent county have submitted a request for the formation of a groundwater irrigation district, each county board of commissioners shall assign members of the initial district board. A county board of commissioners shall select three members representing groundwater irrigation users within the county. If multiple counties reside within the district, each county shall have equal representation on the district board. Each of the three members of the initial district board shall be groundwater permit holders who irrigate in the county. District board members shall serve without compensation.Added by Laws 2019, c. 324, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
82 OK Stat § 82-1021.6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1021.6. Bylaws – Minimum requirements.

|At the time and place established by the county commissioners and the county commissioners of any participating adjacent county for the first meeting of the initial district board, the initial district board shall adopt bylaws. In addition to any other provisions normally and properly included in bylaws, the bylaws shall, at a minimum, include provisions regarding the following: |1. Establishing the district's name and principal place of business;2. Requiring an annual meeting of the district board and providing that a notice of such annual meeting be given, not less than fifteen (15) days prior to the annual meeting, in newspapers that are published in counties within the district. If no newspaper is published in the county, the notice shall be posted in three public places in the county, one of which shall be the county courthouse; and3. Requiring that the initial district board pursuant to the provisions of this section shall:a.establish the composition of the district board, qualifications of the members and a process to elect a board of directors within one (1) year of the approval of the district by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board,b.set the district board members' terms of office, andc.elect a district board member as director of the district.Added by Laws 2019, c. 324, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
82 OK Stat § 82-1021.7 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1021.7. Promulgation of rules.

|The Oklahoma Water Resources Board may promulgate rules to enforce the provisions of this act. |Added by Laws 2019, c. 324, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
82 OK Stat § 82-1084.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1084.1. Waters of state - Public policy.

|Whereas the pollution of the waters of this state constitutes a menace to public health and welfare, creates public nuisances, is harmful to wildlife, fish and aquatic life, and impairs domestic, agricultural, industrial, recreational and other legitimate beneficial uses of water, it is hereby declared to be the public policy of this state to conserve and utilize the waters of the state and to protect, maintain and improve the quality thereof for public water supplies, for the propagation of wildlife, fish and aquatic life and for domestic, agricultural, industrial, recreational and other legitimate beneficial uses; and to cooperate with other agencies of this state, agencies of other states and the federal government in carrying out these objectives. |Added by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 317, eff. July 1, 1993.
82 OK Stat § 82-1084.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1084.2. Definitions.

|Wherever used in this title the following terms shall have the respective meanings hereinafter set forth or indicated, unless the context otherwise requires: |1. "Pollution" means contamination or other alteration of the physical, chemical or biological properties of any natural waters of the state, or such discharge of any liquid, gaseous or solid substance into any waters of the state as will or is likely to create a nuisance or render such waters harmful or detrimental or injurious to public health, safety or welfare, or to domestic, commercial, industrial, agricultural, recreational, or other legitimate beneficial uses, or to livestock, wild animals, birds, fish or other aquatic life.2. "Wastes" means industrial waste and all other liquid, gaseous or solid substances which may pollute or tend to pollute any waters of the state.3. "Waters of the state" means all streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, watercourses, waterways, wells, springs, irrigation systems, drainage systems and all other bodies or accumulations of water, surface and underground, natural or artificial, public or private, which are contained within, flow through, or border upon this state or any portion thereof.4. "Person" means the state, any municipality, political subdivision, institution, public or private corporation, individual, partnership or other entity.5. "Board" means the Oklahoma Water Resources Board.Added by Laws 1972, c. 242, § 1. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 318, eff. July 1, 1993. Renumbered from § 926.1 of this title by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 361, eff. July 1, 1993.
82 OK Stat § 82-1085.2A (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1085.2A. Temporary employees.

|A. For the purposes of the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, seasonal employees employed by the Board who work less than nine hundred ninety-nine (999) hours in a twelve-month period shall be considered temporary employees and shall be unclassified. The Board may employ seasonal employees throughout the calendar year. |B. The Board, in its annual budget request, shall include a summary of the use of project labor, which shall include the number of workers employed under the provisions of this section and the total wages paid to these employees.Added by Laws 2015, c. 391, § 3, emerg. eff. June 4, 2015.
82 OK Stat § 82-1085.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1085.3. State to be divided into water districts.

|The Oklahoma Water Resources Board shall, from time to time as may be necessary for the economical and satisfactory apportionment of the water, divide the state in conformity with the drainage areas, into water districts to be designated by name and to comprise, as far as possible, one or more distinct stream systems in each district. The districts may be changed from time to time as may in its opinion be necessary for the economical and satisfactory apportionment of the water. |Added by Laws 1972, c. 253, § 3.
82 OK Stat § 82-1085.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1085.4. Fixing of fees - Schedule.

|The Oklahoma Water Resources Board shall prepare and charge a schedule of reasonable fees for services rendered. The fee for the annual groundwater permit administration for the submittal of water use reports shall not exceed Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) per permit. The Board may assess a late fee not to exceed Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) for annual groundwater use reports filed after the due date. |Added by Laws 1972, c. 253, § 4. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 260, § 1.
82 OK Stat § 82-1085.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1085.5. Account book.

|The Oklahoma Water Resources Board shall keep an account of all fees in a book provided for that purpose, showing the amount charged and the amount received, from whom and for what purpose, and the date thereof. The totals for each month shall, at the close thereof, be legibly and correctly entered in said book opposite the month during which the same have been collected or charged, showing the amount charged, the amount received and the amount remaining due and unpaid. |Added by Laws 1972, c. 253, § 5.
82 OK Stat § 82-1085.7 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1085.7. Oklahoma Water Resources Board Fee Revolving Fund.

|There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma Water Resources Board to be designated the "Oklahoma Water Resources Board Fee Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund for direct and indirect costs of enforcement and administration of the water duties of the Oklahoma Water Resources Board. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations and shall consist of all monies collected by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board for water-related fees. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted for the purpose of duties imposed upon the Oklahoma Water Resources Board. |Added by Laws 1972, c. 253, § 7. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 47, § 108, emerg. eff. April 9, 1979; Laws 1993, c. 145, § 324, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 2011, c. 311, § 1; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 1065; Laws 2018, c. 214, § 1, eff. July 1, 2018.
82 OK Stat § 82-1085.7A (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1085.7A. Community Water Infrastructure Development Revolving Fund

|A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma Water Resources Board to be designated the "Community Water Infrastructure Development Revolving Fund". |B. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies received by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board from the apportionment of gross production tax revenues as prescribed by Section 1004 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes.C. All monies accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board for the purpose of establishing and maintaining critical water infrastructure in all areas of the state, including projects to implement the recommendations of the Oklahoma Comprehensive Water Plan.D. Expenditures from said fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.Added by Laws 2006, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 43, § 4, eff. July 1, 2006. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 305, § 4, eff. July 1, 2009; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 1066; Laws 2016, c. 226, § 3.
82 OK Stat § 82-1085.7B (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1085.7B. OWRB Revolving Fund.

|There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma Water Resources Board to be designated the “OWRB Revolving Fund”. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations and shall consist of all monies collected by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board which are not otherwise designated. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board for the purpose of duties imposed upon the Oklahoma Water Resources Board by law. |Added by Laws 2011, c. 311, § 2.
82 OK Stat § 82-1085.7C (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1085.7C. Phase II Arbuckle-Simpson Hydrology Study Revolving Fund.

|A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma Water Resources Board to be designated the "Phase II Arbuckle-Simpson Hydrology Study Revolving Fund". |B. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies received by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board from the appropriations, apportionments, donations, federal grants and fee revenues designated for the purposes of completing in coordination with relevant state and federal agencies, specifically including the United States Geological Survey, data collection and development of an enhanced hydrologic framework and modeling of the eastern Arbuckle-Simpson Groundwater Basin necessary for purposes of implementing the requirements of subsection A of Section 1020.9 of Title 82 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or as otherwise appropriate for the Board's performance of its lawful function, which work is necessary for completion of Phase II of the Arbuckle-Simpson Hydrology Study.C. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board for the purpose of implementing Phase II of the Arbuckle-Simpson Hydrology Study. The Board shall coordinate with East Central University and the United States Geological Survey for the purpose of defining the study scope and conducting the work necessary to complete data collection and the development of an enhanced hydrologic framework and modeling of the eastern Arbuckle-Simpson Groundwater Basin necessary for purposes of implementing the requirements of subsection A of Section 1020.9 of Title 82 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or as otherwise appropriate for the Board's performance of its lawful function. The Board may coordinate with other relevant state and federal agencies necessary for the purposes of this fund.D. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.Added by Laws 2019, c. 255, § 1, eff. July 1, 2019.
82 OK Stat § 82-1085.8 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1085.8. Oklahoma Water Resources Board annual report.

|The Oklahoma Water Resources Board shall make an annual report to the Governor, setting forth in detail the operation of its office, including a report of all funds received by it and the disbursements of same. |Added by Laws 1972, c. 253, § 8.
82 OK Stat § 82-1085.9 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1085.9. Penalties.

|If any employee of the Oklahoma Water Resources Board shall fail to make his quarterly report to the Auditor of Oklahoma as provided herein, or shall wilfully make any false entry or statement therein, or shall fail to report all fees collected by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board or its clerks, or shall fail or refuse to pay into the State Treasury all monies received by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board or its clerks, as fees during each quarter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall upon conviction be fined not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00). |Added by Laws 1972, c. 253, § 9.