A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Department of Environmental Quality to be designated the "Blue River-Little Blue Creek Stream Health Assessment Study Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies received by the Department from appropriations, apportionments, donations, and federal grants received for the purpose of completing the study created pursuant to subsection B of this section. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Department for the purpose provided for in this section. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.B. Pursuant to the requirements of Section 1-3-101 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes as it relates to waters emanating from a sensitive sole source aquifer, the Department shall establish and perform a Blue River-Little Blue Creek Stream Health Assessment Study. The Department shall coordinate with a research university for the purpose of defining the study scope and conducting work necessary to complete data collection and the development of the Blue River-Little Blue Creek Stream Health Assessment Study. The Department shall preference resources and partnerships within this state during evaluation for the performance of conducting this study. The Department may coordinate with other relevant state and federal agencies to effectuate the provisions of this section.Okla. Stat. tit. 27A, § 2-3-404
Added by Laws 2024, c. 438,s. 1, eff. 7/1/2024.