STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 53rd Legislature (2012)

SENATE BILL 1620	By:	Newberry

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to water quality; stating public policy; 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 945 of Title 82, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
It shall be the policy of the State of Oklahoma that the Oklahoma Water Resources Board and the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality take appropriate steps in accordance with this act to protect aquatic life from toxic effects of discharges into waters of the state.
SECTION 2.  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.

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