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OK SB188

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/2/2015

Primary Sponsor

Rob Standridge

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Origin

Senate

2015 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Require appraisal and sale of GRDA's electric generation and transmission facilities (excluding hydro-generation) by January 1, 2017, with surplus property sold according to state surplus property procedures.

  • Assets with outstanding bonds shall not be sold until bonds are defeased; all hydro-generation facilities and lake management assets remain under GRDA authority.

  • Deposit proceeds from asset sales into the Oklahoma Public Education Trust Fund for classroom educational needs and teacher compensation, to be appropriated by the Legislature.

  • Commission a private auditing firm, selected through competitive bidding by the Legislative Service Bureau, to conduct an economic analysis of GRDA's non-hydro generation facilities considering fair market value, customer contracts, community impact, and bonded indebtedness.

  • Require analysis completion within one year of contract finalization and delivery of a report to the Governor, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and Speaker of the House upon completion.

Legislative Description

Grand River Dam Authority; providing for valuation and sale of certain GRDA assets; creating Oklahoma Public Education Trust Fund. Emergency.

Last Action

Second Reading referred to General Government Committee then to Appropriations Committee

2/3/2015

Committee Referrals

General Government2/3/2015

Full Bill Text

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