Bill > HB3095

This bill, known as the Rural Landowners Protection Act, establishes new requirements for governmental entities before they can issue permits or authorizations for certain types of facilities, referred to as "covered facilities." These covered facilities are defined by their North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes and include operations like wind electric power generation, electric bulk power transmission primarily for wind energy, wind-turbine component recycling, large-scale data centers, grid-scale battery storage, and carbon capture operations. Before any such facility can be constructed or operated, landowners within a five-mile "impact radius" of the proposed project must approve it through an election. Each parcel of privately owned land within this radius gets one vote, exercised by the "landowner of record," meaning the person listed in county land records as the titleholder. For a project to be approved, at least two-thirds of all counted votes must be in favor. The board of county commissioners in the county where the largest portion of the project is located will administer these elections, which will follow procedures similar to those for county free-fair boards. If a project fails to gain landowner approval, a substantially similar project cannot be resubmitted for an election for three years. This act will become effective on November 1, 2026.

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http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=hb3095&Session=2600