A. The Oklahoma Legislature finds that a safe public groundwater supply is one of the most valuable natural resources in this state.
B. The Legislature recognizes and declares that the management, funding, protection and conservation of public groundwater supplies and the beneficial uses thereof are essential to the economic prosperity and future well-being of the state. As such, the public interest demands procedures for the development and implementation of management practices to conserve and protect public groundwater supplies.
Added by Laws 1997, c. 241, § 1, eff. July 1, 1997. Amended by Laws 2019, c. 34, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.