Okla. Stat. tit. 27A, § 27A-3-2-108: Wetlands Management Strategy - Exclusive jurisdiction

- Contents - Submission to Legislature and other officials.

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.