Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1B
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Moratorium on sale or exportation of surface water and/or
Official statutory text
groundwater.
A. In order to provide for the conservation, preservation,
protection and optimum development and utilization of surface water
and groundwater within Oklahoma, the Legislature hereby establishes
a moratorium on the sale or exportation of surface water and/or
groundwater outside this state pursuant to the provisions of this
section. Unless otherwise repealed or revoked by the Oklahoma
Legislature, the moratorium shall be in effect for a five-year
period beginning on the effective date of this act or until such
time as the State of Oklahoma conducts and completes a comprehensive
scientific hydrological study of the water resources of this state.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 82. Waters and Water Rights Page 14
B. Subject to the moratorium set by subsection A of this
section, no state agency, authority, board, commission, committee,
department, trust or other instrumentality of this state or
political subdivision thereof, nor elected or appointed officer,
member of any governing body or other person designated to act for
an agency or on behalf of the state, or a political subdivision
thereof shall contract for the sale or exportation of surface water
or groundwater outside the state, or sell or export surface water or
groundwater outside the state without the consent of the Oklahoma
Legislature specifically authorizing such sale or export of water.
C. Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting or
intending to affect:
1. Any contract for the sale or exportation of surface water or
groundwater outside the state executed prior to the effective date
of this act which has received legislative approval or was executed
pursuant to law, provided such sale or exportation of surface water
or groundwater does not exceed eight million (8,000,000) gallons of
water per month; or
2. Water contained in agricultural crops, animal and dairy
products, beverages, or processed or manufactured products or to
products transported in cans, bottles, packages, kegs, or barrels.
A. In order to provide for the conservation, preservation,
protection and optimum development and utilization of surface water
and groundwater within Oklahoma, the Legislature hereby establishes
a moratorium on the sale or exportation of surface water and/or
groundwater outside this state pursuant to the provisions of this
section. Unless otherwise repealed or revoked by the Oklahoma
Legislature, the moratorium shall be in effect for a five-year
period beginning on the effective date of this act or until such
time as the State of Oklahoma conducts and completes a comprehensive
scientific hydrological study of the water resources of this state.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 82. Waters and Water Rights Page 14
B. Subject to the moratorium set by subsection A of this
section, no state agency, authority, board, commission, committee,
department, trust or other instrumentality of this state or
political subdivision thereof, nor elected or appointed officer,
member of any governing body or other person designated to act for
an agency or on behalf of the state, or a political subdivision
thereof shall contract for the sale or exportation of surface water
or groundwater outside the state, or sell or export surface water or
groundwater outside the state without the consent of the Oklahoma
Legislature specifically authorizing such sale or export of water.
C. Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting or
intending to affect:
1. Any contract for the sale or exportation of surface water or
groundwater outside the state executed prior to the effective date
of this act which has received legislative approval or was executed
pursuant to law, provided such sale or exportation of surface water
or groundwater does not exceed eight million (8,000,000) gallons of
water per month; or
2. Water contained in agricultural crops, animal and dairy
products, beverages, or processed or manufactured products or to
products transported in cans, bottles, packages, kegs, or barrels.
Status: repealed · Read it on the official government site
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