Oklahoma legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Oklahoma HB4075: Oklahoma Water Resources Board; making appropriations; accounts; deposits; transfers; memorandums of understanding; emergency.
Status: Signed into law, May 4, 2026
What the bill says
An Act relating to Oklahoma Water Resources Board; making appropriations; identifying source; establishing amounts; providing purposes; identifying funds appropriated to the Oklahoma Water Resources Board; authorizing the Oklahoma Water Resources Board to transfer and allocate between projects as needed for certain purposes; requiring and limiting the utilization of funds; creating certain special accounts; limiting duration of accounts; requiring certain determination; providing and limiting the nature of the accounts and the funds within the accounts…
From the enrolled text, April 27, 2026:
An Act relating to Oklahoma Water Resources Board; making appropriations; identifying source; establishing amounts; providing purposes; identifying funds appropriated to the Oklahoma Water Resources Board; authorizing the Oklahoma Water Resources Board to transfer and allocate between projects as needed for certain purposes; requiring and limiting the utilization of funds; creating certain special accounts; limiting duration of accounts; requiring certain determination; providing and limiting the nature of the accounts and the funds within the accounts; authorizing agency to submit request for certain deposits or transfers; requiring certain compliance and verifications; authorizing certain memorandums of understanding; limiting scope; prohibiting certain memoranda terms; authorizing and limiting the promulgation of rules and utilization of procedures; requiring certain reports and submissions to certain entities; requiring appearance before certain joint committee; limiting duration of certain requirements; providing for noncodification; and declaring an emergency. SUBJECT: Oklahoma Water Resources Board SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows: There is hereby appropriated to the Oklahoma Water Resources Board from any monies not otherwise appropriated from the Statewide Recovery Fund established in Section 255 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the sum of Twenty-five Million Nine Hundred Ninety-eight Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety-eight Dollars ($25,998,798.00) or so much thereof as may be necessary to complete ongoing projects …