SB 1007 — Conservation District Act; modifying definitions. Effective date.

STATESENATE OFFLOOR OKLAHOMAVERSION 2February 1st17, Session2025 of the 60th Legislature (2025) 3 SENATE BILL 1007NO. By:

Murdock1007 4By: 5 AS INTRODUCED 7 An Act relating to the Conservation District Act;

Murdock 5 An Act relating to the Conservation District Act;

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“Agency of this state” includes “Agency” or “agency of this 3 state” means the government of this state and any subdivision, agency or instrumentality, whether corporate or otherwise, of the 5 government of this state;

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“United States” or “agencies of the United States” includes 7 the United States of America, and any department, agency or instrumentality of the federal government;

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No.“District cooperator” means any person that has entered into a cooperative agreement with a conservation district for the purpose of protecting, conserving and practicing wise use of the renewable natural resources under his or her control;

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“District“Renewable cooperator”natural meansresources”, any“natural personresources” thator has“resources” enteredinclude intoland, 2soil, awater, cooperativevegetation, agreementtrees, withnatural abeauty, conservationscenery district for the purpose 3 of protecting, conserving and practicingopen wisespace; use of the renewable natural resources under his or her control;

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“Renewable natural resources”, “natural resources” or 6 “resources” include land, soil, water, vegetation, trees, natural 7 beauty, scenery and open space;

“Conservation” includes conservation, development, 9 improvement, maintenance, management, preservation, restoration, rehabilitation, protection and wise use of land, water and related natural resources;

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No.“Pollution” shall have the same meaning as such word is defined by the Oklahoma Environmental Quality Act;

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“Pollution”“Nonpoint shallsource haveworking group” means an advisory group established by the sameOklahoma meaningConservation asCommission suchto wordprovide input into the state’s nonpoint source management and assessment program and is 2open definedto byfederal, thestate Oklahomaand Environmentallocal Qualityenvironmental Act;agencies and natural resource agencies and other interested groups;

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“Nonpoint source working group” means an advisory group established by the Oklahoma Conservation Commission to provide input 5 into the state’s nonpoint source management and assessment program 6 and is open to federal, state and local environmental agencies and 7 natural resource agencies and other interested groups;

“Watershed” means an area of land that drains to a given 9 point;

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No.has earned a baccalaureate or higher degree in a field of soil science from an institution of higher education which is accredited by a regional or national accrediting agency, with a minimum of thirty (30) semester hours or forty-five (45) quarter hours of undergraduate work in a field of biological, physical, or earth science with a minimum of fifteen (15) semester hours of core soil science courses, and b.

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has earned a baccalaureate or higher degree in a field 2 of soil science from an institution of higher 3 education which is accredited by a regional or national accrediting agency, with a minimum of thirty 5 (30) semester hours or forty-five (45) quarter hours 6 of undergraduate work in a field of biological, 7 physical, or earth science with a minimum of fifteen (15) semester hours of core soil science courses, and 9 b.

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