1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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3 HOUSE BILL 3509 By: Johns
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to Oklahoma Coordinate System;
7 amending 60 O.S. 2021, Sections 1001, 1002, 1004,
8 1005, 1007, 1008, and 1009, which relate Oklahoma
8 Coordinate System; adding references to the Oklahoma
9 Plane Coordinate System; repealing 60 O.S. 2021,
9 Section 1006, which relates to limitations on
10 recording coordinates; and providing an effective
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 60 O.S. 2021, Section 1001, is
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15 amended to read as follows:
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16 Section 1001. A. The systems of plane coordinates which have
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17 been established by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
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18 Administration/National Geodetic Survey formerly the National Ocean
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19 Service/National Geodetic Survey, formerly the United States Coast
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20 and Geodetic Survey, or its successors for defining and stating the
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21 geographic positions or locations of points on the surface of the
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22 earth within the State of Oklahoma are hereafter to be known and
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23 designated as the Oklahoma Coordinate System of 1927 and, the
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 1 Oklahoma Coordinate System of 1983, and the Oklahoma Plane
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2 Coordinate System (OKPCS).
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3 For the purpose of the use of these systems the Oklahoma
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4 Coordinate System of 1927 and the Oklahoma Coordinate System of
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5 1983, the state is divided into a North Zone and a South Zone.
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6 B. 1. The area now included in the following counties shall
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7 constitute the North Zone: Adair, Alfalfa, Beaver, Blaine,
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8 Canadian, Cherokee, Cimarron, Craig, Creek, Custer, Delaware, Dewey,
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9 Ellis, Garfield, Grant, Harper, Kay, Kingfisher, Lincoln, Logan,
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10 Major, Mayes, Muskogee, Noble, Nowata, Okfuskee, Oklahoma, Okmulgee,
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11 Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Payne, Roger Mills, Rogers, Sequoyah, Texas,
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12 Tulsa, Wagoner, Washington, Woods and Woodward.
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13 2. The area now included in the following counties shall
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14 constitute the South Zone: Atoka, Beckham, Bryan, Caddo, Carter,
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15 Choctaw, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Grady, Greer,
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16 Harmon, Haskell, Hughes, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnston, Kiowa,
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17 Latimer, Leflore, Love, McClain, McCurtain, McIntosh, Marshall,
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18 Murray, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Pushmataha, Seminole,
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19 Stephens, Tillman and Washita.
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20 3. For the purpose of the use of the Oklahoma Plane Coordinate
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21 System (OKPCS), the most recent system of plane coordinate and zone
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22 designation that has been established by the National Geodetic
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23 Survey (NGS), or a successor, that is based on the North American
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24 Terrestrial Reference Frame of 2022 (NATRF2022), or a successor, and
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 1 the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS), or a successor, and
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2 known as the State Plane Coordinate System (SPCS), or a successor,
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3 for defining and stating the geographic positions or location of
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4 points within the state must be known as the "Oklahoma Plane
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5 Coordinate System" (OKPCS).
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6 C. 1. As established for use in the North Zone, the Oklahoma
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7 Coordinate System of 1927 or the Oklahoma Coordinate System of 1983
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8 shall be named; and in any land description in which it is used, it
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9 shall be designated the "Oklahoma Coordinate System of 1927 North
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10 Zone" or the "Oklahoma Coordinate System of 1983 North Zone".
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11 2. As established for use in the South Zone, the Oklahoma
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12 Coordinate System of 1927 or the Oklahoma Coordinate System of 1983
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13 shall be named; and in any land description in which it is used, it
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14 shall be designated the "Oklahoma Coordinate System of 1927 South
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15 Zone" or the "Oklahoma Coordinate System of 1983 South Zone".
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16 3. As established for use, the Oklahoma Plane Coordinate System
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17 (OKPCS) shall be named; and in any land description in which it is
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18 used, it shall be designated the "Oklahoma Plane Coordinate System"
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19 (OKPCS).
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20 SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 60 O.S. 2021, Section 1002, is
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21 amended to read as follows:
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22 Section 1002. The plane coordinate values for a point on the
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23 earth's surface, used to express the geographic position or location
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24 of such point in the appropriate zone of this system, shall consist
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 1 of two (2) distances expressed in U.S. Survey Feet and decimals of a
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2 foot when using the Oklahoma Coordinate System of 1927 and expressed
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3 in meters or U.S. Survey feet and decimals of a meter or U.S. Survey
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4 foot when using the Oklahoma Coordinate System of 1983 and expressed
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5 in International feet or meters and decimals of an International
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6 foot or meters when using the Oklahoma Plane Coordinate System
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7 (OKPCS). One of these distances, to be known as the "x-coordinate"
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8 (also known as "easting"), shall give the position in an east-and-
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9 west direction; the other, to be known as the "y-coordinate" (also
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10 known as "northing"), shall give the position in a north-and-south
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11 direction. These coordinates shall must be made to depend upon on
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12 and conform to plane rectangular coordinate values for the
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13 monumented points of the North American Horizontal Geodetic Control
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14 Network as published derived from the National Spatial Reference
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15 System (NSRS) as defined and promulgated by the National Ocean
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16 Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National
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17 Geodetic Survey, or its successors, and whose plane coordinates have
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18 been computed on the systems defined in this act. Any such station
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19 may be used for establishing a survey connection to either Oklahoma
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20 Coordinate System.
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21 SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 60 O.S. 2021, Section 1004, is
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23 Section 1004. When any tract of land to be defined by a single
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24 description extends from one into the other of the above coordinate
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 1 zone into other zones, the positions of all points on its boundaries
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2 may must be referred to either one of the two zones, the zone which
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3 is used being specifically named in the description.
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4 SECTION 4. AMENDATORY 60 O.S. 2021, Section 1005, is
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5 amended to read as follows:
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6 Section 1005. A. For purposes of more precisely defining the
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7 Oklahoma Coordinate System of 1927, the following definition by the
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8 United States Coast and Geodetic Survey (now National Ocean
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9 Service/National Geodetic Survey) is adopted:
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10 1. The "Oklahoma Coordinate System of 1927 North Zone", is a
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11 Lambert conformal conic projection of the Clarke spheroid of 1866,
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12 having parallels at north latitudes 35 degrees 34 minutes and 36
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13 degrees 46 minutes along which parallels the scale shall be exact.
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14 The origin of coordinates is at the intersection of the meridian 98
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15 degrees 00 minutes west of Greenwich and the parallel 35 degrees 00
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16 minutes north latitude. This origin is given the coordinates: x =
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17 2,000,000 feet and y = 0 feet.
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18 2. The "Oklahoma Coordinate System of 1927 South Zone", is a
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19 Lambert conformal conic projection of the Clarke spheroid of 1866,
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20 having parallels at north latitudes 33 degrees 56 minutes and 35
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21 degrees 14 minutes along which parallels the scale shall be exact.
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22 The origin of coordinates is at the intersection of the meridian 98
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23 degrees 00 minutes west of Greenwich and the parallel 33 degrees 20
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 1 minutes north latitude. This origin is given the coordinates: x =
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2 2,000,000 feet and y = 0 feet.
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3 B. For purposes of more precisely defining the Oklahoma
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4 Coordinate System of 1983, the following definition by the National
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5 Ocean Service/National Geodetic Survey is adopted:
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6 1. The "Oklahoma Coordinate System of 1983 North Zone" is a
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7 Lambert conformal conic projection of the North American Datum of
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8 1983, having parallels at north latitudes 35 degrees 34 minutes and
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9 36 degrees 46 minutes along which parallels the scale shall be
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10 exact. The origin of coordinates is at the intersection of the
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11 meridian 98 degrees 00 minutes west of Greenwich and the parallel 35
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12 degrees 00 minutes north latitude. This origin is given the
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13 coordinates: x = 600,000 meters and y = 0 meters.
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14 2. The "Oklahoma Coordinate System of 1983 South Zone" is a
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15 Lambert conformal conic projection of the North American Datum of
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16 1983, having standard parallels at north latitudes 33 degrees 56
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17 minutes and 35 degrees 14 minutes along which parallels the scale
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18 shall be exact. The origin of coordinates is at the intersection of
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19 the meridian 98 degrees 00 minutes west of Greenwich and the
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20 parallel 33 degrees 20 minutes north latitude. This origin is given
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21 the coordinates: x = 600,000 meters and y = 0 meters.
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22 C. For purposes of more precisely defining the Oklahoma Plane
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23 Coordinate System (OKPCS) the Oklahoma Plane Coordinate System must
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24 be the State Plane Coordinate System of 2022 (SPC2022)or its most
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 1 recent successor as defined by the National Geodetic Survey or its
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2 successor agency.
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3 SECTION 5. AMENDATORY 60 O.S. 2021, Section 1007, is
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5 Section 1007. A. For the Oklahoma Coordinate System, of 1927
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6 and the Oklahoma Coordinate System of 1983 the unit used to convert
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7 feet to meters shall be the United States survey foot 39.37/12 feet
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8 for each meter and defined as the U.S. survey foot.
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9 B. For the Oklahoma Plane Coordinate System (OKPCS) the
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10 international conversion value (1 International foot equals 0.3048
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11 meters exactly) must be used and defined as foot.
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12 SECTION 6. AMENDATORY 60 O.S. 2021, Section 1008, is
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14 Section 1008. A. The use of the "Oklahoma Coordinate System of
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15 1927 North Zone", or the term "Oklahoma Coordinate System of 1927
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16 South Zone" or "Oklahoma Coordinate System of 1983 North Zone" or
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17 "Oklahoma Coordinate System of 1983 South Zone" or "Oklahoma Plane
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18 Coordinate System" (OKPCS) on any map, report of survey, or other
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19 document shall be limited to coordinates based on the Oklahoma
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20 Coordinate System as defined in this act.
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21 B. Any legal description prepared prior to November 1, 1990 the
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22 most recent system of plane coordinates established by the National
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23 Geodetic Survey (NGS) or its successor, or any continual use of
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 1 which have been recorded or filed in official records within the
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2 State of Oklahoma, shall not be affected by this section.
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3 C. Nonconformity with the Oklahoma Coordinate System
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4 established by this act shall not invalidate any deed, map, plat,
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5 survey, description or other document which is otherwise proper.
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6 SECTION 7. AMENDATORY 60 O.S. 2021, Section 1009, is
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8 Section 1009. Nothing in this act shall invalidate or affect
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9 surveys done by the land tie method or surveys referring to the
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10 Indian Base and Meridian and Baseline or Cimarron Meridian and
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11 Baseline.
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12 SECTION 8. REPEALER 60 O.S. 2021, Section 1006, is
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13 hereby repealed.
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14 SECTION 9. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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Statutes affected:
Introduced: 60-1006
Floor (House): 60-1006
Floor (Senate): 60-1006
Engrossed: 60-1006
Enrolled (final version): 60-1006