STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 53rd Legislature (2012)

SENATE BILL 1606	By:	Fields

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to stream water; stating certain water shall be considered private property right of landowner; providing for codification; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 60.1 of Title 60, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 60 of Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes and Section 105.2 of Title 82 the Oklahoma Statutes, water originating from a natural spring, when the natural spring’s point of origin is located on the property of the landowner, shall be considered the private property right of the landowner and shall not be subject to public appropriation nor subject to laws of eminent domain.
SECTION 2.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 105.2A of Title 82, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 60 of Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes and Section 105.2 of the Oklahoma Statutes, water originating from a natural spring, when the natural spring’s point of origin is located on the property of the landowner, shall be considered the private property right of the landowner and shall not be subject to public appropriation nor subject to laws of eminent domain.
SECTION 3.  It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and 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.

53-2-1912	MJM	1/19/2012 11:44:44 AM