Okla. Stat. tit. 27A, § 27A-1-1-207
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Kyoto Protocol – Implementation – Ratification by
Official statutory text
United States Senate.
A. Neither the legislative or executive branch of the State of
Oklahoma shall take actions to implement the Kyoto Protocol until
such time as the Kyoto Protocol has been ratified by the United
States Senate or otherwise enacted into law.
B. Nothing in this section shall:
1. Be construed to limit or to impede state or private
participation in any ongoing voluntary initiatives to reduce
greenhouse gases, including, but not limited to, the United States
Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Lights program, the United
States Department of Energy’s Climate Challenge program and similar
state and federal initiatives relying on voluntary participation;
provided, however, that such participation does not involve any
allocation or other distribution of greenhouse gas emission
entitlements pursuant to or under color of the Kyoto Protocol; or
2. Prohibit industry from complying with the Oklahoma Clean Air
Act as it exists or may be amended, or prohibit the Department of
Environmental Quality from carrying out its duties under the
Oklahoma Clean Air Act as it exists or may be amended, or prohibit
the Environmental Quality Board from promulgating rules to maintain
or achieve compliance with the Federal Clean Air Act as it exists or
may be amended.
C. This section shall remain in full force and effect until
repealed by the Legislature of the State of Oklahoma, or until such
time as the Kyoto Protocol is ratified by the United States Senate.
A. Neither the legislative or executive branch of the State of
Oklahoma shall take actions to implement the Kyoto Protocol until
such time as the Kyoto Protocol has been ratified by the United
States Senate or otherwise enacted into law.
B. Nothing in this section shall:
1. Be construed to limit or to impede state or private
participation in any ongoing voluntary initiatives to reduce
greenhouse gases, including, but not limited to, the United States
Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Lights program, the United
States Department of Energy’s Climate Challenge program and similar
state and federal initiatives relying on voluntary participation;
provided, however, that such participation does not involve any
allocation or other distribution of greenhouse gas emission
entitlements pursuant to or under color of the Kyoto Protocol; or
2. Prohibit industry from complying with the Oklahoma Clean Air
Act as it exists or may be amended, or prohibit the Department of
Environmental Quality from carrying out its duties under the
Oklahoma Clean Air Act as it exists or may be amended, or prohibit
the Environmental Quality Board from promulgating rules to maintain
or achieve compliance with the Federal Clean Air Act as it exists or
may be amended.
C. This section shall remain in full force and effect until
repealed by the Legislature of the State of Oklahoma, or until such
time as the Kyoto Protocol is ratified by the United States Senate.
Status: repealed · Read it on the official government site
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