Oklahoma § 74-6112 - Coordination with representatives from Texas – Report

§ 74-6112. Coordination with representatives from Texas – Report

concerning joint action.

A. The Red River Boundary Commission shall confer and act in

conjunction with the representatives to be appointed on behalf of

the State of Texas for the following purposes:

1. To evaluate the methods, surveys, historical maps, and other

information used to establish the boundary line between this state

and the State of Texas in the Texoma Area, as such area is defined

in the Texoma Area Boundary Agreement;

2. To determine the location of the south bank of the Red River

as the bank was located and marked by the United States Army Corps

of Engineers before the beginning of construction of Lake Texoma, in

accordance with subsection C of Article II of Section 6106 of Title

74 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

3. To redraw the boundary line between this state and the State

of Texas on any real property for which the United States Army Corps

of Engineers granted an easement, prior to August 31, 2000, to at

least two districts or authorities created under Section 59 of

Article XVI of the Texas Constitution for the construction,

operation, and maintenance of a water pipeline and related

facilities in the Texoma Area in order to negate any effects the

boundary as it is currently drawn has on property interests

associated with such easements in the Texoma Area, and to redraw the

boundary on such real property so that there is no net loss of

property between either state so as to ensure that the redrawn

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boundary does not increase the political power or influence of

either state, in accordance with:

a.

the Lake Texoma preconstruction survey of the south

bank of the Red River prepared by the United States

Army Corps of Engineers, or

b.

other historical records or documentation of the

United States Army Corps of Engineers identifying the

location of the south bank of the Red River, if the

survey described by subparagraph a of this paragraph

is unavailable;

4. To hold hearings and conferences in this state and in the

State of Texas as necessary to accomplish the purposes of this act;

and

5. To take other action, alone or in cooperation with the State

of Texas or the United States, necessary to accomplish the purposes

of this act.

B. No later than January 15, 2022, the Commission shall report

to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the President Pro Tempore

of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and

appropriate committees of the Legislature the Commission's findings

and recommendations concerning joint action by this state and the

State of Texas regarding the amendment of the Texoma Area Boundary

Agreement to incorporate the boundary between this state and the

State of Texas in the Texoma Area as redrawn. No later than July

30, 2025, the Commission shall issue a final report to the Governor,

the Lieutenant Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate,

the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and appropriate

committees of the Legislature.

Added by Laws 2021, c. 327, § 3, emerg. eff. April 28, 2021.