Kyoto Protocol – Implementation – Ratification by

United States Senate.

A. Neither the legislative or executive branch of the State of

Oklahoma shall take actions to implement the Kyoto Protocol until

such time as the Kyoto Protocol has been ratified by the United

States Senate or otherwise enacted into law.

B. Nothing in this section shall:

1. Be construed to limit or to impede state or private

participation in any ongoing voluntary initiatives to reduce

greenhouse gases, including, but not limited to, the United States

Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Lights program, the United

States Department of Energy’s Climate Challenge program and similar

state and federal initiatives relying on voluntary participation;

provided, however, that such participation does not involve any

allocation or other distribution of greenhouse gas emission

entitlements pursuant to or under color of the Kyoto Protocol; or

2. Prohibit industry from complying with the Oklahoma Clean Air

Act as it exists or may be amended, or prohibit the Department of

Environmental Quality from carrying out its duties under the

Oklahoma Clean Air Act as it exists or may be amended, or prohibit

the Environmental Quality Board from promulgating rules to maintain

or achieve compliance with the Federal Clean Air Act as it exists or

may be amended.

C. This section shall remain in full force and effect until

repealed by the Legislature of the State of Oklahoma, or until such

time as the Kyoto Protocol is ratified by the United States Senate.