Oklahoma § 82-1088.14 - Water for 2060 Advisory Council

§ 82-1088.14. Water for 2060 Advisory Council

A. There is hereby created an advisory council to be known as

the "Water for 2060 Advisory Council".

B. The Advisory Council shall consist of fifteen (15) members

as follows:

1. The Executive Director of the Oklahoma Water Resources

Board;

2. Four members appointed by the Governor who shall be well

versed in municipal, rural residential, and agriculture water uses,

as well as water-efficiency practices and technologies;

3. Five members, with one member being from each of the

congressional districts, appointed by the Speaker of the Oklahoma

House of Representatives, who shall be well versed in recreation,

industrial, oil and gas, and irrigation water uses, as well as water

and wastewater reuse practices and technologies; and

4. Five members, with one member being from each of the

congressional districts, appointed by the President Pro Tempore of

the Oklahoma State Senate, who shall be well versed in soil

conservation, small business, and environmental water interests, as

well as marginal quality and brackish water use practices and

technologies.

C. Appointed members shall serve at the pleasure of their

respective appointing authority.

D. The Executive Director of the Oklahoma Water Resources Board

shall serve as chair of the Advisory Council, with other officers

selected by the Advisory Council as it deems necessary. Meetings of

the Advisory Council shall be held at the call of the chair. A

majority of the members of the Advisory Council shall constitute a

quorum to transact business, but no vacancy shall impair the right

of the remaining members to exercise all of the powers of the

Advisory Council. A vacancy on the Advisory Council shall be filled

by the original appointing authority. Staff support for the

Advisory Council shall be provided by the staff of the Oklahoma

Water Resources Board. Other state agencies shall provide support

and information as requested by the Advisory Council.

E. The Advisory Council shall have the following duties and

responsibilities:

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 82. Waters and Water Rights

1. Recommend incentives to encourage improved irrigation and

farming techniques, more efficient infrastructure, use of water

recycling/reuse systems, promotion of "smart" irrigation techniques,

control of invasive species, artificial recharge of aquifers, and

increased use of marginal quality and brackish waters;

2. Make recommendations regarding the expansion of education

programs that modify and improve consumer water-use habits; and

3. Enhance existing, or develop new, financial assistance

programs that encourage Oklahoma water systems to implement leak

detection and repair programs that result in reduced loss and waste

of water, as well as encourage consolidation and regionalization of

smaller systems in order to utilize limited resources most

efficiently.

F. The Advisory Council shall submit a final report of its

findings and recommendations to the Governor, Speaker of the House

of Representatives, and President Pro Tempore of the Senate no later

than three (3) years following the effective date of this act.

G. Activities of the Advisory Council shall terminate no later

than December 31, 2015.

Added by Laws 2012, c. 274, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2012.