STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 53rd Legislature (2011)

SENATE BILL 414	By:	Lerblance

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to pipelines; authorizing the Corporation Commission to promulgate rules regulating certain pipelines; stating exception; 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 5.3 of Title 52, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Corporation Commission is authorized to promulgate and enforce rules without restriction or exception to establish minimum state safety standards for the design, construction, maintenance and operation of all pipelines used for the transmission and distribution of petroleum products or hazardous liquids, as defined in Section 47.2 of Title 52 of the Oklahoma Statutes, in this state, unless regulation for such pipelines is preempted by the United States Government.
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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