1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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3 SENATE BILL 433 By: Boren
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to the Oklahoma Department of
7 Commerce; amending 74 O.S. 2021, Section 5017.1,
8 which relates to federal energy conservation
8 programs; requiring Department to publish and
9 annually update certain information; providing
9 contents of certain published information; and
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 5017.1, is
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14 amended to read as follows:
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15 Section 5017.1. A. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce shall
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16 have the authority to establish, administer and enforce state and
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17 federal energy conservation programs including, but not limited to,
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18 implementing The Energy Conservation Act of 1975 (P.L. 94-163),
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19 National Energy Extension Service Act (P.L. 95-39, 42 U.S.C. Section
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20 7001 et seq.) and the National Conservation Policy Act (P.L. 95-
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21 619), except as otherwise provided by law.
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22 B. The Energy Conservation Services Division of the Oklahoma
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23 Corporation Commission is hereby abolished. All personnel,
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24 equipment, files, fixtures, funds, furniture, publications and
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 1 supplies, and all duties, functions, authority and contractual
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2 obligations that relate to the Energy Conservation Services Division
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3 of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission are hereby transferred to and
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4 vested in the Oklahoma Department of Commerce.
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5 C. Employees transferred to the Oklahoma Department of Commerce
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6 shall be classified and subject to the provisions of the Merit
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7 System of Personnel Administration as provided for in the Oklahoma
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8 Personnel Act. The salaries, grade and/or class of the employees
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9 transferred shall be adjusted to be commensurate with comparable
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10 positions in the Oklahoma Department of Commerce.
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11 D. The full-time-equivalent employee positions funded through
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12 the federal energy conservation programs outlined in this section
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13 shall terminate upon the exhaustion of said the federal funding.
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14 E. The Department shall make publicly available on its website,
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15 to be updated annually, information related to federal energy
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16 efficiency incentive programs. The information provided shall
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17 include, but not be limited to:
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18 1. Information regarding ongoing programs for individual
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19 households, multi-family housing, and any other energy efficiency
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20 programs;
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21 2. Information related to Oklahoma businesses that are
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22 promoting and implementing energy efficiency incentive programs; and
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23 3. Any other information that would promote public awareness
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24 and adoption of any available energy efficiency program.
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 1 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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