A. The Commission is hereby given exclusive jurisdiction to prepare a Wetlands Management Strategy for the State of Oklahoma. The Strategy shall:
1. Define wetlands;
2. Enumerate their beneficial uses;
3. Identify and inventory wetlands within this state;
4. Recommend measures to mitigate losses of wetlands;
5. Provide measures to protect wetlands; and
6. Define standards for critical wetlands and measures to ensure protection of property rights of landowners.
B. Upon completion, the Conservation Commission is to forward the Wetlands Management Strategy for the State of Oklahoma and to submit said Strategy to the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma Senate, the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, and to the Secretary of the Environment or successor secretary position.
Added by Laws 1990, c. 243, § 1. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 214, eff. July 1, 1993. Renumbered from Title 82, § 1621 by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 359, eff. July 1, 1993.