Oklahoma legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Oklahoma HB1543: Oklahoma Conservation Commission; expanding powers and duties of the Commission; effective date.
Status: Chaptered, May 29, 2025
What the bill says
An Act relating to the Oklahoma Conservation Commission; amending 27A O.S. 2021, Section 3-2-106, which relates to the powers and duties of the Commission; providing that the Commission may enter into contracts and agreements and execute certain instruments in certain circumstances; updating language to include tribes; removing the ability of the Commission to establish and maintain a Conservation District Consolidation Fund; and providing an effective date. SUBJECT: Oklahoma Conservation Commission.
From the enrolled text, May 7, 2025:
An Act relating to the Oklahoma Conservation Commission; amending 27A O.S. 2021, Section 3-2-106, which relates to the powers and duties of the Commission; providing that the Commission may enter into contracts and agreements and execute certain instruments in certain circumstances; updating language to include tribes; removing the ability of the Commission to establish and maintain a Conservation District Consolidation Fund; and providing an effective date. SUBJECT: Oklahoma Conservation Commission SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 27A O.S. 2021, Section 3-2-106, is amended to read as follows: Section 3-2-106. A. In addition to other powers and duties specified by law and except as otherwise provided by law, the Oklahoma Conservation Commission shall have the power and duty to: 1. Offer the assistance as may be appropriate to the directors of conservation districts in the carrying out of any of their powers and programs and to: a. assist and guide districts in the preparation and carrying out of programs for resource conservation authorized under the Conservation District Act, b. review district programs, c. coordinate the programs of the several districts and resolve any conflicts in such programs, and d. facilitate, promote, assist, harmonize, coordinate, and guide the resource conservation programs and activities of districts as they relate to other special purpose districts, counties, and other public agencies; 2. Keep the directors of each of …