Oklahoma §52-137 — Oil & Gas Surface-Use Preemption (Corporation Commission Exclusive Jurisdiction) (OK)
Tracked preemption from the Oklahoma overlay bundle.
Overview
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Effective
2015-05-29
Sunset
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Authority
state
Scope
state:OK
Other Oklahoma preemptions
McGirt v. Oklahoma — Five Tribes + Secondary Reservation Overlay (Criminal Jurisdiction Settled; Civil/Zoning Unresolved)Oklahoma Wind Energy Development Act — Setbacks, Decommissioning, NoticeOklahoma §11-47-150 — Military Airfield Influence Zoning (Tinker / Fort Sill / Vance / Altus / McAlester)Oklahoma Brownfields Voluntary Redevelopment Program — DEQ Oversight + Liability LimitOklahoma Local Development Act — Tax Increment Finance DistrictsOklahoma §11-43-107 — Manufactured Housing Anti-Exclusion (Municipal) + §19-865.64a (County)Oklahoma Floodplain Management Act — State Mandate to Adopt Local Floodplain OrdinanceOklahoma Right to Farm Act — Agricultural Activity Protection from Nuisance + Zoning Encroachment
Trigger predicate
When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.
OR
project.use_type==oil_gas_wellproject.use_type==oil_gas_drillingproject.use_type==hydraulic_fracturingproject.use_type==produced_water_disposal
Preempted fields
3 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.
| Field | Op | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
base_districts[*].oil_gas_prohibition | waive | — | Municipalities are preempted from prohibiting oil and gas operations — exclusive jurisdiction vests in the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) |
base_districts[*].oil_gas_setback_ft | cap_at | reasonable_not_a_de_facto_ban | Municipal setbacks from occupied buildings must be 'reasonable' and may not amount to a de-facto ban (Stillwater 2014 setback ordinance episode → §137 rewrite by HB 2150, Laws 2015 c.231) |
review_type | require | occ_drilling_permit_controls | OCC drilling, completion, flaring, and site-restoration permits control; municipal review is limited to road-use, noise, odor, fencing/screening, and reasonable setbacks of general applicability |
Citation
Authority source
Okla. Stat. tit. 52 §137 (as substantially rewritten by HB 2150, Laws 2015 c.231 §1)
§ §137
Research notes
Legislative response to Stillwater's 2014 fracking-setback ordinance and similar Norman/OKC proposals. Cities over SCOOP/STACK, Mississippian, and Woodford plays — OKC, Edmond, Norman, Stillwater, Tulsa, Yukon, Mustang, Bethany, Del City, Moore, Midwest City — must write oil/gas overlays inside the §137 safe-harbor categories (road, noise, odor, fencing, reasonable setbacks). Carry per-city: `oil_gas_overlay_present: bool`, `setback_feet_from_occupied: int`, `state_137_status: applies_city_conforms | applies_city_at_risk | not_applicable`.