ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 1648	By:	Rousselot and Blackwell of the House

				and

		Wilson and Brogdon of the Senate

( waters and water rights - Grand River Dam   Authority – codification – 		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 894 of Title 82, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A.  In order to allow for a comprehensive study to be conducted relating to the power and duty of the Grand River Dam Authority to control, store, use, distribute, and sell the waters of the Grand River and its tributaries, the Board of Directors of the Grand River Dam Authority, hereinafter referred to as the district, shall not increase rates or charges or add additional rates and other charges collected from customers for the use of raw water and water connections for raw water supplied by the district for a period of five (5) years from the effective date of this act, provided however nothing shall prevent the district from reducing rates or charges.  
B.  Upon the effective date of this act, the rate and other charges collected from each class of customers for the use of raw water and water connections for raw water until the expiration of the freeze on the rates and charges as set forth in subsection A of this section shall not be more than was charged and collected from each class of customers prior to July 1, 2007. 
C.  The cochairs of the Joint Legislative Task Force on the Grand River Dam Authority created in Section 863.3 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall appoint a special committee composed of members of the Task Force which shall conduct a comprehensive study of the power and duty of the Grand River Dam Authority to control, store, use, distribute, and sell the waters of the Grand River and its tributaries.  
D.  For purposes of this section, “raw water” shall mean untreated, nonpotable water.
SECTION 2.  It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and 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.
Passed the House of Representatives the 10th day of March, 2009.

	
Presiding Officer of the House of
	Representatives

Passed the Senate the ____ day of __________, 2009.

	
Presiding Officer of the Senate