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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
SENATE BILL 627
By: Bullard
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to the Red River Boundary
Commission; re-creating Commission; stating members
of Commission; specifying members will serve without
compensation; authorizing members to designate a
representative; specifying reimbursement methods;
providing for selection of chairperson; requiring
meeting; prescribing scope of Commission; requiring
report; specifying deadline for report; providing for
termination of Commission; providing certain
exemption from Oklahoma Sunset Law; authorizing
Governor to request commission from the State of
Texas; providing for codification; and declaring an
emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6110 of Title 74, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. A Red River Boundary Commission is hereby re-created. The
Commission shall consist of the Governor of Oklahoma or a designee,
the Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma or a designee, the Attorney
General of Oklahoma or a designee, the President Pro Tempore of the
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Oklahoma State Senate or a designee and the Speaker of the Oklahoma
House of Representatives or a designee.
B. Members of the Commission shall serve without additional
compensation, each of whom may from time to time serve by and
through a person designated by the member in writing for that
purpose. Legislative members shall receive reimbursement from the
house in which they serve pursuant to the provisions of Section 456
of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Other members of the
Commission who are state employees shall receive reimbursement
pursuant to the State Travel Reimbursement Act from the funds of
their employing agency.
C. Staffing for the Commission shall be provided by the
Legislative Service Bureau.
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6111 of Title 74, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The chairperson of the Red River Boundary Commission shall be
jointly appointed by the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the
Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives from the
Commission members identified in Section 1 of this act no later than
thirty (30) days after the effective date of this act. The first
meeting of the Red River Boundary Commission, as re-created in
Section 1 of this act, shall be held at the call of the chairperson
but no later than December 31, 2021.
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SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6112 of Title 74, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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 this 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 U.S. 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
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that there is no net loss of property between either state so as to
ensure that the redrawn 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, 2023, 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 findings and
recommendations of the Commission 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
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state and the State of Texas in the Texoma Area as redrawn. No
later than July 30, 2026, 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.
SECTION 4. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6113 of Title 74, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The Red River Boundary Commission shall terminate upon the date
mutually agreed upon by a majority of the members of the Commission
pursuant to a formal motion for dissolution of the Commission after
its business has concluded. The provisions of Section 3921 of Title
74 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall not apply to the Red River
Boundary Commission and the Commission may be dissolved only as
provided by this section.
SECTION 5. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6114 of Title 74, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The Governor of the State of Oklahoma is empowered and requested
to forward a copy of this act to the Governor of the State of Texas
and to request that the Governor or legislature of that state
appoint representatives of the State of Texas to confer and act in
conjunction with the Red River Boundary Commission for the purposes
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specified in this act, with the understanding that each state will
pay all expenses of its respective representatives.
SECTION 6. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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