§27A-2201. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Lead-Impacted Communities Relocation Assistance Act”. Added by Laws 2004, c. 371, § 1. Renumbered from § 7601 of Title 10 by Laws 2006, c. 226, § 6, emerg. eff. June 6, 2006.
§27A-2202. Legislative findings.
A. The Legislature recognizes that historic lead and zinc mining operations have caused severe environmental degradation in areas of this state. The Legislature further recognizes that this degradation has caused the United States Environmental Protection Agency to place large areas within the state, including entire municipalities, on its Superfund National Priorities List of the most […]
§27A-2203. Relocation and rental assistance grants – Grants to municipalities, public entities and schools – Disposition of property.
A. The Department of Environmental Quality is hereby authorized to make grants, from monies appropriated for that purpose, to state beneficiary public trusts serving communities affected by historic lead and zinc mining and located within the boundaries of federal Superfund sites; provided, that any trust receiving such a grant shall accept the following grant conditions: […]
§27A-2204. Enforcement of reoccupation restrictions – Penalties – Injunction.
The restrictions on reoccupation or reestablishment described in subsections A and B of Section 2 of this act may be enforced by the trust in its own name or by the district attorney or the Attorney General in the name of the State of Oklahoma. Those violating such restrictions shall be liable for penalties in […]
§27A-2205. No property right or right in action created – Discretion of trust to determine affected areas and property values – Contracts with substate planning districts.
A. Neither the enactment of this act nor the grant of funds to a trust shall create any property right or right in action. The courts shall have no jurisdiction to entertain any action against a recipient trust, the State of Oklahoma, their officers or agents founded on a claim that the claimant should have […]
§27A-2206. Department of Health to monitor blood lead levels of children who remain in affected areas.
The State Department of Health shall carefully monitor the blood lead levels of children who remain within the most affected area, with particular attention to those who may take up residence in the most affected area after the institution of relocation assistance. Added by Laws 2004, c. 371, § 6. Renumbered from § 7606 of […]
§27A-2207. Ottawa Reclamation Authority – Termination.
On the effective date of this act, the Ottawa Reclamation Authority, created pursuant to Section 801, et seq., of Title 45 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall be terminated, and all activities of the Authority shall cease, notwithstanding the provisions of the Oklahoma Sunset Law. Upon dissolution of the Authority, its assets and records, in their […]
§27A-2250. Emergency Drought Relief Fund.
There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund to be known as the “Emergency Drought Relief Fund”. This fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations and shall consist of all monies received by the fund from state appropriations, gifts, grants, private donations or federal funding for the purpose […]
§27A-2251. Emergency Drought Commission.
In the event of a formal declaration of emergency drought conditions by the Governor, the Emergency Drought Commission shall be formed consisting of the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Conservation Commission, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Water Resources Board. The Emergency Drought Commission shall determine the expenditures to be […]
§27A-2252. Availability of Emergency Drought Relief Fund.
The Emergency Drought Relief Fund shall be available for drought response activities within the state that may include but shall not be limited to: 1. Pond cleanup and construction; 2. Water conservation methods in production agriculture; 3. Providing of water for livestock; 4. Rural fire suppression activities as directed by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, […]