Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-2001 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-2001
Legislative findings and intent - Funding
Status: in_force

A. The Legislature finds that the highway infrastructure in

this state is vital to the health, safety, and welfare of the

traveling public and to the economic development in this state. The

Legislature also finds that the highway infrastructure should be

continually improved and expanded in order to meet the general

public's desire for a safe and convenient highway system. Based on

these findings, it is the intent of the Legislature to expend and

equitably distribute approximately Seven Hundred Million Dollars

($700,000,000.00), plus any additional expenditures approved

pursuant to subsection F of this section, to construct new highways

and improve existing highways over a five-year period as set forth

in this act.

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B. To properly fund the construction and improvement of the

highway system in this state, it is the intent of the Legislature to

appropriate Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00) from the

Constitutional Reserve Fund each year for the first two (2) years

and Fifty-two Million Five Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars

($52,550,000.00) from the Constitutional Reserve Fund each year for

the next two (2) years for the purposes of highway construction and

improvement subject to the declaration of an emergency pursuant to

the provisions of Section 23 of Article X of the Constitution of the

State of Oklahoma. In addition to the appropriation of Fifty

Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00) from the Constitutional Reserve

Fund in the second year of this program, it is the intent of the

Legislature to appropriate an additional Ten Million Dollars

($10,000,000.00) in the second year of this program from the

Constitutional Reserve Fund to be divided equally between Oklahoma

and Tulsa Counties to further fund highway construction and

improvement projects as set forth in this act.

C. In addition to the funding specified in subsection A of this

section, the Legislature shall appropriate Thirty-four Million Nine

Hundred Thousand Dollars ($34,900,000.00) in the first year and

Forty Million Dollars ($40,000,000.00) in each of the next four (4)

years, and other sufficient monies to the Oklahoma Department of

Transportation to be deposited in the State Highway Construction and

Maintenance Fund for the construction and improvement of the highway

system in this state.

D. In addition to the funding specified in subsections B and C

of this section, the Oklahoma Capitol Improvement Authority shall be

authorized to issue bonds, other negotiable instruments or other

evidences of indebtedness in the principal amount sufficient to

generate Three Hundred Million Dollars ($300,000,000.00) in proceeds

available to fund the construction and improvements to the highway

system as set forth in this act.

E. For purposes of this act, and despite any provision to the

contrary as set forth in Section 1511 of this title, each State

Transportation Commission district in this state shall receive

equitable funding as follows:

1. Not more than twenty percent (20%) of the funding pursuant

to this act shall be allocated to each of State Transportation

Commission Districts 4 and 8. The percentage reflected in this

paragraph shall not include the additional Ten Million Dollars

($10,000,000.00) appropriated from the Constitutional Reserve Fund

as set forth in subsection B of this section; and

2. Not less than ten percent (10%) of the total funding

pursuant to this act shall be allocated to each of the remaining six

(6) transportation districts.

Only those highway projects set forth in Section 2002 of this title

shall be eligible for funding pursuant to this act. Any excess

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funds from a particular highway project shall only be expended for

other highway projects within the same transportation district. It

is the intent of the Legislature that highway projects listed on the

five-year plan for transportation facilities developed to meet

present and future needs of this state shall continue to be funded

as provided by current law. In addition, the Department of

Transportation shall be required to construct, improve, maintain,

and repair all highway projects listed on the five-year plan as such

plan exists on May 28, 1997, except for normal highway programming

adjustments, to the extent possible consistent with the funds

provided by law for such highway projects. The Department of

Transportation may issue Grant Anticipation Notes for projects of

economic significance. Such bond issue or issues shall be subject

to the unanimous approval of the Contingency Review Board.

F. 1. In addition to the provisions of this section, it is the

intent of the Legislature to reexamine in fiscal year 2000 the

status of the highway infrastructure as well as the highway

construction and improvement projects as set forth in Section 2002

of this title. Based on such reexamination, it is the intent of the

Legislature to expend additional monies, amounting to approximately

Three Hundred Million Dollars ($300,000,000.00) to continue the

construction of new highways and improve existing highways as set

forth in this subsection.

2. In order for any additional monies to be expended as

provided in this subsection, the Oklahoma Capitol Improvement

Authority shall be authorized to issue bonds, other negotiable

instruments or other evidences of indebtedness in a principal amount

sufficient to generate One Hundred Fifty Million Dollars

($150,000,000.00) in proceeds available to fund the construction and

improvement of the highway system as set forth in this act. The

terms and conditions of such issue shall be in accordance with the

provisions of Section 168.6 of Title 73 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

3. In addition to the funding specified in paragraph 2 of this

subsection, the Legislature shall authorize an appropriation in an

amount not to exceed One Hundred Fifty Million Dollars

($150,000,000.00) from the Constitutional Reserve Fund, subject to

the declaration of an emergency pursuant to the provisions of

Section 23 of Article X of the Constitution of the State of

Oklahoma, the General Revenue Fund, or the State Transportation

Fund, or a combination of each.

4. For purposes of this subsection, each State Transportation

Commission district in this state shall receive equitable funding as

follows:

a. not more than twenty percent (20%) of the funding

pursuant to this subsection shall be allocated to each

of State Transportation Commission Districts 4 and 8,

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b. not less than ten percent (10%) of the funding

pursuant to this subsection shall be allocated to each

of the remaining six transportation districts, and

c. any excess funds from a particular highway improvement

or highway improvements shall only be expended for

other highway improvements within the same

transportation district.

5. The additional funding as allocated by subparagraphs a and b

of paragraph 4 of this subsection may be used for the completion of

existing highway projects as set forth in subsection A of Section

2002 of this title, any highway projects or the continuation of

existing highway projects as set forth in subsection B of Section

2002 of this title, or any other highway improvements within such

transportation districts to which the funds were allocated pursuant

to this subsection.

G. Of the total funding allocated under this section to State

Transportation Commission District 4, sixty-seven percent (67%) of

such funds are allocated exclusively to Oklahoma County. Of the

total funding allocated under this section to State Transportation

Commission District 8, fifty-eight and eight-tenths percent (58.8%)

of such funds are allocated exclusively to Tulsa County.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-653 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-653
Numerical designation of section lines - System
Status: in_force

The State Highway Department shall numerically designate each

section line in the State of Oklahoma according to the following

system:

The first section line running north and south at the west end

of the State shall be designated NS1, each succeeding section line

shall have the number changed in numerical order, the prefix NS

remaining the same, until a number has been assigned to the last

section line paralleling the Arkansas border. In like manner the

first section line running east and west below the northern border

of Oklahoma shall be designated EW1 and each succeeding section line

shall be changed in numerical sequence, the prefix EW remaining the

same until the last section line north of the Red River has been

designated.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.270 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.270
Technical Sergeant Allen Chandler, Jr. Memorial
Status: in_force

Highway.

The route along US-277 beginning at the H.E. Bailey Turnpike

overpass extending north two and one-half (2.5) miles to the

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intersection of King Road in Comanche County shall be designated as

the "Technical Sergeant Allen Chandler, Jr. Memorial Highway". The

Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers

bearing that name to be placed on the highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-502.1 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-502.1
National Highway System connector route
Status: in_force

The Transportation Commission shall designate and maintain as

part of the State Highway System any road accepted by the Federal

Highway Administration as a National Highway System connector route

to an intermodal port. Such road shall not exceed one and one-half

(1 1/2) miles in length.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1502 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1502
Authorized expenditures of funds and money
Status: in_force

All funds appropriated to the Department of Transportation and

all funds credited to the State Highway Construction and Maintenance

Fund and all funds received from the United States Government under

contracts with the Federal Highway Administration are to be used and

expended by the Department to pay: Legal obligations in the

operation of the Department and the Commission, and in the

construction and maintenance of roads and highways; the expenses of

operating and maintaining the state highway system; expenses

incurred in constructing, repairing, and maintaining state highways,

farm-to-market roads and county highways as authorized by law;

matching federal funds for the annual Federal Highway Administration

allocation to the Center for Local Government Technology at Oklahoma

State University for the Federal Highway Administration Rural

Technical Assistance Program, up to seventy-five percent (75%) of

the amount of funding the state is required to provide; necessary

and convenient items not specifically mentioned herein; salaries,

wages, and lawful expenses of the members of the Commission, the

Director, the Departmental employees, the attorneys and other

professional help of the Department; for the purchase of office

supplies, furniture, fixtures, and equipment; for the construction,

maintenance, and repair of needed warehouses, garages, division

headquarters, and other needed buildings; for premiums on bonds,

workers' compensation insurance, public liability and property

damage insurance; for the purchase of materials, tools, machinery,

motor vehicles, and equipment necessary or convenient in the

operation of the Department and construction and maintenance of

roads and highways; for witnesses' fees, sheriffs' mileage, and

publication cost in actions to appropriate right-of-way, land or

materials needed in the construction or maintenance of roads and

highways; any expenses which may be necessary or convenient in

constructing and maintaining roads and highways and in accomplishing

the purposes for which the Commission and the Department were

created; for the acquisition by purchase of right-of-way and land

and relocation assistance to persons displaced as a result of such

acquisition; as shall be provided by commission regulations which

shall not exceed in amount similar assistance provided by federal

law and regulations, provided further that (1) all payments received

by persons displaced by reason of this act are not to be considered

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as income for state income tax purposes; (2) nothing in this act

shall be construed as creating in any condemnation proceeding

brought under the power of eminent domain, any element of value or

damage not in existence immediately prior to the date of enactment

of this act; (3) all final determinations made by the Commission as

to a person's eligibility for, or the amount of any benefit payable

by reason of this act, shall be determinative and not subject to

judicial review; any final judgment rendered by a court of competent

jurisdiction in eminent domain proceedings for the taking or

damaging of real or personal property for which the state is liable;

for the expense of audit as provided by law and for the satisfaction

of any and all lawful claims or demands of whatsoever kind or

character arising out of contracts with or judgments rendered

against the Commission or the State of Oklahoma as a result of the

construction and maintenance of roads and highways; and other

expenses authorized by law.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-204 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-204
Arterial highway
Status: in_force

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An arterial highway is a street or highway especially designed

for through traffic, entrance into which at intersections may be

limited by requiring all entering vehicles to be brought to a

complete stop, and the governing body having jurisdiction thereover

may otherwise protect the right-of-way of vehicles thereon.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.179 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.179
Coach Rick Gandy Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The portion of U.S. 70 from the intersection of Wildflower Road

and U.S. 70 in Carter County westbound to the eastern municipal

limit of the city of Ringling shall be designated as the "Coach Rick

Gandy Memorial Highway". Pursuant to the provisions of Title 69 of

the Oklahoma Statutes, the Department Of Transportation shall cause

suitable permanent markers to be placed upon the highway bearing

that name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.267 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.267
CPL Wilfred Flores Jr. Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The bridge over Medicine Bluff Creek on Interstate 44 located

approximately two and one-half (2 1/2) miles north of U.S. Highway

62 West shall be designated as the "CPL Wilfred Flores Jr. Memorial

Bridge". The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable

permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on the bridge.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.144 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.144
Barbara S. Swineford Highway
Status: in_force

The section of U.S. Highway 283 from Laverne, Oklahoma,

extending north to the intersection of U.S. Highway 283 and U.S.

Highway 64 shall be designated as the “Barbara S. Swineford

Highway”. The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable

permanent markers to be placed on the highway bearing that name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.346 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.346
John L. Hayden Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The section of State Highway 3 West beginning at the west side

of the State Highway 19 interchange extending west to the

intersection of County Road 1510 in Pontotoc County shall be

designated as the "John L. Hayden Memorial Highway". The Department

of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing

that name to be placed on the highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1320 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1320
Manner of assessments
Status: in_force

Assessments in conformity to the appraisement and apportionment

as corrected and confirmed by the governing body of the city or the

board of county commissioners shall be payable, in cash, in ten

equal installments, and shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed

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seven percent (7%) per annum until paid, payable in each year at

such time as the several installments are made payable. The

governing body of the city or the board of county commissioners

shall by ordinance or resolution levy assessments in accordance with

the appraisement and apportionment, as so confirmed, against the

various tracts, pieces and parcels of land liable therefor,

exclusive of streets and alleys. The ordinance or resolution shall

provide that the owners of the property so assessed shall have the

privilege of paying the amounts of their respective assessments

without interest at any time within thirty (30) days from the date

of the first publication of the ordinance or resolution.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.69 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.69
F.L. Holton Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The bridge crossing McMurtry Creek on the Poteau Bypass shall be

designated the “F.L. Holton Memorial Bridge”. The Department of

Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers to be placed

on the highway bearing that name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.27 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.27
Cpl. Bryan J. Scripsick Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The “Washita River Bridge” located on U.S. Highway 77 in Garvin

County shall be known as the “Cpl. Bryan J. Scripsick Memorial

Bridge”. The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable

permanent markers to be placed upon the bridge bearing that name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1682 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1682
Jack Begley Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The section of State Highway 54 that extends from the Texas

state line, near Texhoma, to the municipal limits of Optima shall be

designated as the “Jack Begley Memorial Highway”. The Department of

Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers to be placed

on that section of highway bearing that name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.387 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.387
Senator Billy A. Mickle Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The bridge crossing over U.S. Highway 69 on U.S. Highway 70 on

the south side of Durant in Bryan County shall be designated as the

"Senator Billy A. Mickle Memorial Bridge". The Department of

Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing that

name to be placed on the bridge.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.378 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.378
Army 2nd LT. Tobias Alexander Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The bridge over Medicine Creek on State Highway 49,

approximately two (2) miles west of State Highway 58, near Medicine

Park in Comanche County shall be designated as the "Army 2nd LT.

Tobias Alexander Memorial Bridge". The Department of Transportation

shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be

placed on the bridge.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1264 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1264
Use of funds
Status: in_force

The Commission is hereby authorized to use any funds

appropriated to it or received by it from the State Highway

Construction and Maintenance Fund for matching federal funds or for

other lawful purposes of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-207 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-207
Board
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners of a county.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-4012 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-4012
Transfer of Authorities to the Division of Planning and
Status: in_force

Research

The Fort Gibson Port Authority, Sallisaw Port Authority, Rogers

County Port Authority, Muskogee City-County Port Authority and the

Oklahoma Port and Development Authority are assigned to the Division

of Planning and Research, Department of Transportation, for the

purpose of advising the Division and Department as to the receipt

and use of federal funds and to receive whatever advisory

recommendations the Division and Department might offer. No powers

over these authorities may be exercised by the Department.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1233 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1233
Right of entry
Status: in_force

For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of

Sections 1229 through 1232, it shall be lawful for all persons

employed in making such re-marking of corners to enter upon and

across all lands within the state; provided, however, that in so

doing, no damage shall be done to private property.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.298 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.298
City Marshal Jefferson Davis "J.D." Graham Memorial
Status: in_force

Highway.

The section of State Highway 5 beginning at the intersection of

South Boundary Avenue and extending south and easterly to the

intersection of N2680 County Road in Cotton County shall be

designated as the "City Marshal Jefferson Davis "J.D." Graham

Memorial Highway". The Department of Transportation shall cause

suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on the

highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1628 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1628
Designation of portion of Highway 51 as the 42nd
Status: in_force

“Rainbow” Infantry Division Memorial Highway.

Highway 51, starting from the Oklahoma-Texas state line, 13.0

miles west of Arnett, extending east across the state to the

Oklahoma-Arkansas state line 9.0 miles south and east of Stilwell, a

total distance of approximately 350.0 miles, not including that area

designated as the “Jim Thorpe Memorial Highway” or that area

designated as the “Broken Arrow Expressway”, shall be designated the

“42nd 'Rainbow' Infantry Division Memorial Highway”. The Oklahoma

Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers

to be placed upon the highway bearing the name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.272 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.272
Robert B. Robison Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The portion of SH-66 in Rogers County beginning at the

intersection of County Road S4110 extending north to the

intersection of Fisher Road in the Town of Verdigris shall be

designated as the "Robert B. Robison Memorial Highway". The

Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers

bearing that name to be placed on the highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-632 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-632
Public utilities and public service corporations to pay
Status: in_force

tolls.

(a) The board of county commissioners may require any public

utility or public service corporation, using any such bridge or

approaches thereto, to pay such toll or rental for the use of such

bridge and the approaches thereto as it may agree upon with the

public utility or public service corporation and may make such

agreement and stipulation as to the use of the bridge and the

approaches thereto with such utility or public service corporation

as in its judgment shall conserve the public interest.

(b) Provided, that no public utility or public service

corporation shall use any such bridge or approaches thereto unless

and until it shall have so agreed with the board of county

commissioners as to the tolls, rentals and use of the bridge and the

approaches thereto, and then during such time only as it shall make

payment therefor and comply with its contract.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.307 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.307
Comanche Code Talker Trailway
Status: in_force

The section of State Highway 5 beginning at the intersection of

U.S. Highway 277 in Cotton County then extending east to the

intersection of North 7th Street in Walters shall be designated as

the "Comanche Code Talker Trailway". The Department of

Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing that

name to be placed on the highway.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-3012 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-3012
Judicial determination of validity of bonds
Status: in_force

The provisions of Section 1718 of Title 69 of the Oklahoma

Statutes are hereby made applicable to this act and the trustees of

any public trust proposing to lay out, construct, operate or

maintain any such toll expressway shall be entitled to have a

judicial determination of the validity of the bonds and any other

legal questions relating to the proceedings, the purpose of which is

to cause the construction of a toll expressway in the same manner as

provided in such act for the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-643 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-643
Survey of farm - Maintenance of terrace by farmer - Advice
Status: in_force

of county farm agent.

Before the board of county commissioners shall permit the use of any

such machinery, the board shall require that such farm be surveyed

for terracing purposes by an engineer from Oklahoma State University

or by the county agent of the county, either under his supervision

or by some other person competent to properly survey and lay off a

terrace, who shall be approved by the board of county commissioners.

Such permit for the use of the machinery shall provide that the

landowner shall maintain such terrace in good condition while he

owns said land. The board of county commissioners and contracting

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farmer or farmers shall at all times seek the advice of and

cooperate with, as far as possible, the county farm agent or agents

in the county.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1002 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1002
Compromise of claims for damage or loss
Status: in_force

The Transportation Commission shall have authority to

compromise, settle or litigate claims which it may have against any

person, firm or corporation for damages to or loss of property,

equipment, or facilities of any kind belonging to the Department of

Transportation or over which the Department or the Commission shall

have jurisdiction and control for those claims exceeding the amount

of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00). All other claims shall be

compromised, settled, or litigated by the Director of the Department

or the Director's designee.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-611 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-611
Contracts for bridges with public service corporations
Status: in_force

authorized - Bond issue - Tax levy.

Any public service corporation organized under the laws of the

State of Oklahoma may jointly contract with any municipality,

county, or citizen of same, for the joint construction, maintenance,

ownership and use of any bridge or bridge approaches over and across

any stream, river, or creek, and any such public service corporation

may contract with any municipality or county for the purchase of

such bridge and for the joint ownership and use thereof by the

public service corporation and the public; and the several parties

so interested may contract and set aside the part of such bridge or

bridges and approaches to be used or maintained by each, and such

municipality or county may issue and sell bonds, or levy taxes, to

pay for construction or purchase of such bridge or bridges, or

interest therein, the same as bonds are issued or taxes levied for

other bridge purposes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.67 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.67
Tommy Azlin Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

That portion of U.S. Highway 59 South of Heavener from the

Poteau River Bridge extending south to the Hodgen city limits shall

be designated as the “Tommy Azlin Memorial Highway”. The Department

of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers to be

placed on the highway bearing that name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-412 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-412
Revenue sources
Status: in_force

A. In order to administer the State Infrastructure Bank, the

following sources of revenues may be utilized:

1. Monies from the State Infrastructure Bank Revolving Fund

pursuant to the federal National Highway System Designation Act of

1995 and credit assistance pursuant to the Transportation

Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 1998;

2. Loan processing fees; and

3. Appropriations from the General Revenue Fund or other funds

as may be provided for this purpose.

B. All funds to be utilized for administration by the

Department of Transportation shall be subject to annual

appropriation by the Legislature.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.328 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.328
Paul Blevins, Jr., and Michael Rogers Memorial
Status: in_force

Highway.

The section of State Highway 82 beginning at the intersection of

U.S. Highway 62 and extending southeasterly to the intersection of

East Flournory Road south of Tahlequah in Cherokee County shall be

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designated as the "Paul Blevins, Jr., and Michael Rogers Memorial

Highway". The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable

permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on the highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.16 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.16
Lonnie Duke Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The bridge located on State Highway 31, approximately 2.5 miles

east of the intersection of State Highway 31 and State Highway 48

shall be designated as the "Lonnie Duke Memorial Bridge". The

Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers

to be placed upon the bridge bearing that name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1279 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1279
Compensation for signs and rights taken
Status: in_force

The Department is directed to acquire by purchase, gift or

condemnation, and shall pay just compensation upon the removal of,

the outdoor advertising signs, displays and devices specified in

subsections (a), (b) and (c) of this section, when and insofar as

their removal is required hereunder, as follows:

(a) Those lawfully in existence on the effective date of this

act.

(b) Those lawfully adjacent to any highway made a part of the

interstate or primary system on or after the effective date of this

act.

(c) Those lawfully erected, which later become unlawful.

(d) Such compensation shall be paid as follows;

(1) For the taking from the owner thereof the outdoor

advertising device.

(2) To the owner of the land on which the outdoor

advertising device is located for the right to erect and maintain

outdoor advertising thereon.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1511 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1511
Encumbering matching funds
Status: in_force

Except for the highway funding program set forth in this act, of

the monies accruing to the State Highway Construction and

Maintenance Fund and dedicated for matching federal funds and for

state-aid project contracts, not less than six percent (6%) shall be

allocated and encumbered in any one commissioner's district. All

highway projects listed on the five-year plan for transportation

facilities developed to meet present and future needs of this state

shall be subject to the allocation set forth in this section.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1237 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1237
Deposit and investment of monies
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 125

Any monies credited to, or appropriated to, the Highway Advance

Right-of-Way Acquisition and Management Fund, shall be deposited in

such fund in the State Treasury. Any monies in such fund shall be

invested by the State Treasurer upon direction of the State Highway

Director in direct obligations of the United States of America or in

certificates of deposits from banks in the State of Oklahoma

acceptable as depositories by the State Treasurer, when such

certificates of deposits are secured by acceptable collateral and

yield as much, or more, than direct obligations of the United States

of America. Any such investment shall mature in time to enable the

State of Oklahoma to issue warrants against the fund for payment of

indebtedness incurred for the purpose for which the Highway Advance

Right-of-Way Acquisition and Management Fund is created. Any

interest earned on such investments shall likewise be deposited in

said fund.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.469 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.469
Donald Ray Ward Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The bridge crossing over Interstate 240 on Interstate 40 in

Oklahoma County shall be designated as the “Donald Ray Ward Memorial

Bridge”. The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable

permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on the bridge.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1260 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1260
Acquisition of interest in lands by state
Status: in_force

When the Commission determines that the topography of the land

adjoining the highway will not permit adequate screening of such

junkyards or scrap metal processing facilities or the screening of

such junkyards or scrap metal processing facilities would not be

economically feasible, the Commission shall have the authority to

acquire, by gift, purchase, exchange or condemnation, such interest,

either real or personal, as may be necessary to secure the

relocation, removal or disposal of the junkyards or scrap metal

processing facilities and to pay the costs of relocation, removal or

disposal thereof. When the Commission determines that it is in the

best interest of the state, it may acquire such real or personal

property interest as may be necessary to provide adequate screening

of such junkyards or scrap metal processing facilities.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-227 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-227
Median
Status: in_force

The portion of a divided highway separating the traveled ways

for traffic in opposite directions.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.146 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.146
Sergeant Bucky Eisenberger Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The section of highway from the junction of State Highway 99 and

State Highway 11 extending south to the Wynona municipal limits

shall be designated as the "Sergeant Bucky Eisenberger Memorial

Highway". The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable

permanent markers to be placed on the highway bearing that name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1302 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1302
New and existing facilities - Grade crossing
Status: in_force

eliminations.

Each governing body shall have authority to designate and

establish limited access facilities as new and additional highways,

or may designate any existing street or highway as a limited access

facility. The governing body shall have authority to provide for

the elimination of intersections at grade of limited access

facilities with any highway, road, street, or alley now or hereafter

existing, either by grade separation, or by closing off such other

highway, road, street or alley, or by otherwise protecting such

limited access facility.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-626 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-626
Duties of county engineer
Status: in_force

(a) The county engineer shall, when requested by the board of

county commissioners, give instruction or advice with reference to

the construction, building or repairing of any roads or bridges.

(b) When requested by the board of county commissioners, the

county engineer shall personally inspect the condition of any of the

roads, culverts and bridges within his county, and shall upon the

board's request make such surveys and perform such other duties in

connection with his office as may be required as herein provided,

and he shall, if required, make his report of such examination in

writing, together with such recommendations as he may offer relative

to the construction, repairing or building of any such road or

bridge.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.289 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.289
Paul Henry Carr Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The bridge over U.S. Highway 266 on U.S. Highway 69 within the

municipal limits of Checotah shall be designated as the "Paul Henry

Carr Memorial Bridge". The Department of Transportation shall cause

suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on the

highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1617 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1617
Designation of bridge east of Allen as the "Hugh M
Status: in_force

Sandlin Bridge" - Plaques.

The bridge now under construction east of Allen, Oklahoma, be

and is hereby officially designated as the "Hugh M. Sandlin Bridge"

as a lasting testimonial to the leadership and industry of

Representative Hugh M. Sandlin in achieving the construction of said

bridge; and the State Highway Director, consistent with any

requirements of the State Highway Commission, is instructed to have

affixed to said bridge appropriate plaques visible from each end of

the bridge indicating that it is the "Hugh M. Sandlin Bridge."
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.474 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.474
SSGT Kenneth Michael Pannell Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The section of State Highway 7 beginning at the intersection of

State Highway 110, east of Davis, extending east to the intersection

of Chickasaw Trail in Murray County shall be designated as the “SSGT

Kenneth Michael Pannell Memorial Highway”. The Department of

Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing that

name to be placed on the highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-313 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-313
Reports and recommendations
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 41

It shall be the duty of the Commission and Director to make

quarterly reports in writing to the Governor of the complete

operation, activities, and plans of the Department, together with

such recommendations for future activities of the Department as the

Commission and Director may deem to be to the best interest of the

State of Oklahoma.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1504 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1504
Street improvement assessments - Payment from fund
Status: in_force

authorized.

The Commission, upon the filing of a claim as hereinafter

provided, may pay and discharge out of funds accruing in the State

Highway Construction and Maintenance Fund any and all matured or

delinquent installments of special assessments for street

improvements which were levied against and constituted a lien upon

any real property acquired by the Commission for any purpose at the

time of the acquisition thereof, provided such assessments

constitute a valid lien upon the property at the time of the payment

thereof which, except for the immunity of the state from suit, could

be enforced in the manner provided for the enforcement of such

liens.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-304 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-304
State Highway System - Construction and maintenance -
Status: in_force

Powers of Commission.

(a) The construction and maintenance of the State Highway

System, and all work incidental thereto, shall be under the general

supervision and control of the Transportation Commission.

(b) The Commission shall have power to make all final decisions

affecting the work provided for herein, and all reasonable rules and

regulations it may deem necessary, not inconsistent with this code,

for the proper management and conduct of such work, and for carrying

out the provisions of this article, in such manner as shall be to

the best interest and advantage of the people of this state.

(c) The Commission shall have power and authority to contract

for and purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any tools, machinery,

supplies, material or labor needed or to be needed for such work,

having the deliveries of such articles made as actually needed, and

to pay for engineering, preparation of plans and specifications,

costs of advertising, engineering supervision and inspection and all

expenses and contingencies in connection with the construction and

maintenance of the State Highway System. When quality and prices

are equal, preference shall be given materials produced within the

State of Oklahoma and highway construction companies domiciled,

having and maintaining offices in and being citizen taxpayers of the

State of Oklahoma.

(d) The Commission shall have authority to make all contracts

and do all things necessary to cooperate with the United States

Government in matters relating to the cooperative construction,

improvement and maintenance of the State Highway System, or any road

or street of any political or governmental subdivision or any

municipal or public corporation of this state, for which federal

funds or aid are secured. Such contracts or acts shall be carried

out in the manner required by the provisions of the Acts of Congress

and rules and regulations made by an agency of the United States in

pursuance of such acts.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 34

(e) Any political or governmental subdivision or any public or

municipal corporation of this state shall have the authority to

enter into contracts through or with the Commission to enable them

to participate in all the benefits to be secured from federal aid

funds, or funds made available from the federal government to be

used on roads and streets. The Commission may negotiate and enter

into contracts with the federal government, or any of its

constituted agencies, and take all steps and proceedings necessary

in order to secure such benefits for such political or governmental

subdivisions or public or municipal corporations.

(f) The Commission, on behalf of the state, and any political

or governmental subdivision or public or municipal corporation of

this state shall have the authority to enter into agreements with

each other respecting the planning, designating, financing,

establishing, constructing, improving, maintaining, using, altering,

relocating, regulating or vacating of highways, roads, streets or

connecting links.

(g) The Commission shall have authority to act in an advisory

capacity, upon request, to any political or governmental subdivision

or public or municipal corporation of this state in matters

pertaining to the planning, locating, constructing and maintaining

of roads, highways and streets and other related matters. The

Commission, in such instances, may provide services and may

cooperate with such subdivisions and corporations on such terms as

may be mutually agreed upon.

(h) The Commission may purchase out of the State Highway

Construction and Maintenance Fund such commercial vehicles and

passenger automobiles as may be necessary for the use of the

Department and its employees in the construction and maintenance of

the State Highway System and all work incidental thereto, and in

carrying out the duties now or hereafter imposed upon the Department

by the laws of this state.

(i) The Commission may enter into written agreements with

private citizens to allow such citizens to mow state highway rights-

of-way and keep the clippings from such mowing as the sole

compensation therefor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-4013 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-4013
Department - Limitation of jurisdiction
Status: in_force

The State Department of Transportation shall have no

responsibility or authority in any transportation matters under the

jurisdiction of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. The Department

shall not have jurisdiction of any matter now within or under the

jurisdiction of any town, city, county or any regional authority,

transportation authority, port authority or airport authority

heretofore created by any town, city or county or combination

thereof.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.396 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.396
SGT Ryan Hogan Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The bridge over the Union Pacific Railroad on U.S. Highway 62 on

the northeast edge of Muskogee in Muskogee County shall be

designated as the "SGT Ryan Hogan Memorial Bridge". The Department

of Transportation shall cause suitable markers bearing that name to

be placed on the bridge.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.217 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.217
SSG Travis Tompkins Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The section of State Highway 65 beginning at the intersection of

State Highway 7 in Comanche County and extending northward two (2)

miles shall be designated as the "SSG Travis Tompkins Memorial

Highway". The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable

permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on the highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-407 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-407
Rules
Status: in_force

The Department of Transportation shall prescribe such rules as

may be necessary for determining the eligibility and priority of

such entities for transportation projects in order to receive loans

made pursuant to the National Highway System Designation Act of

1995, credit assistance pursuant to the Transportation

Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 1998 and the State

Infrastructure Bank Revolving Fund. At a minimum, such rules shall:

1. Ensure the fair and equitable prioritization of entities

eligible for loans made pursuant to the provisions of this act;

2. Be in conformance with applicable provisions of the National

Highway System Designation Act of 1995 and the Transportation

Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 1998;

3. Require that, to be approved, an applicant needs or will

need the transportation project loan to comply with regulations and

standards adopted by the Department; and

4. Require the transportation project to:

a. be designed to enhance the economic development of

this state and provide safety to its citizens,

b. meet the established criteria of the Department as

provided for by the National Highway System

Designation Act of 1995 and the Transportation

Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 1998,

c. comply with all applicable federal, state, and local

laws and rules, and

d. meet any other consideration deemed necessary by the

Department.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1666 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1666
Troy Leathers Memorial Parkway
Status: in_force

State Highway 99 from the intersection of State Highway 66 near

Stroud, Oklahoma, south to the Sac and Fox Tribal Company shall be

designated as the “Troy Leathers Memorial Highway”. The Department

of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markings to be

placed upon the highway bearing said name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1259 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1259
Rules, regulations and policies
Status: in_force

The Commission is hereby empowered to prescribe reasonable

rules, regulations and policies not inconsistent with this act for

the implementation and administration of the junkyard control

program required hereunder.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.486 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.486
Will Hardin Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The section of State Highway 5 west of Temple beginning at the

intersection of N2620 road extending east to the intersection of

N2640 road in Cotton County shall be designated as the "Will Hardin

Memorial Highway". The Department of Transportation shall cause

suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on the

highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-229 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-229
Parkway
Status: in_force

Any street, highway or limited access facility from which

trucks, buses, and other commercial vehicles are, or may be,

excluded.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-704 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-704
Commission to complete and revise maps
Status: in_force

The Commission may complete the topographic mapping of the State

of Oklahoma and revise existing United States Topographic maps of

the state, so that a complete and accurate map of the entire state

may be complete and obtained by state departments and agencies, the

federal government, and all persons desiring information relative to

the natural resources of the State.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1801 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1801
Penalties for misdemeanor
Status: in_force

(a) It is a misdemeanor for any person to violate any of the

provisions of this Code unless such violation is by this Code or

other law of this state declared to be a felony.

(b) Every person convicted of a misdemeanor for a violation of

any of the provisions of this Code for which another penalty is not

provided in this Code shall upon conviction be punished by a fine of

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 344

not less than Ten Dollars ($10.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars

($100.00), or by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) days, or by

both such fine and imprisonment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.309 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.309
Bud Martin Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The bridge over Turkey Creek in Woodward County approximately

two (2) miles east of the Ellis and Woodward County border on

Highway 15 shall be designated as the "Bud Martin Memorial Bridge".

The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent

markers bearing that name to be placed on the bridge.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1736 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1736
Honor the Fallen Revolving Fund
Status: in_force

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund

for the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority to be designated the "Honor the

Fallen Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not

subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies

deposited to the credit of the fund by law. All monies accruing to

the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted

and expended by the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority for the purpose of

repaying turnpike tolls for the funeral procession of any member of

the United States Armed Forces, including the National Guard or

Armed Forces Reserve, who is either killed in the line of duty in a

combat zone or dies of wounds inflicted in a combat zone and who, at

the time of death, was a resident of this state. Expenditures from

the fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer

against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the

Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and

payment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.152 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.152
Lt. Colonel Warren Pingleton Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The bridge over Brushy Creek on State Highway 63 southwest of

Haileyville shall be designated as the "Lt. Colonel Warren Pingleton

Memorial Bridge". The Department of Transportation shall cause

suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on the

bridge.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-302 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-302
Members of Commission - Appointment and confirmation -
Status: in_force

Eligibility - Term - Compensation - Travel expenses - Ex officio

member.

A. The State Transportation Commission shall consist of an at-

large member and one (1) member from each of eight districts of the

state, such districts to serve as the maintenance districts and to

include the area as follows:

District 1. Wagoner, Cherokee, Adair, Sequoyah, Muskogee,

Okmulgee, McIntosh and Haskell Counties.

District 2. Pittsburg, Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain, Pushmataha,

Atoka, Choctaw, Bryan and Marshall Counties.

District 3. Lincoln, Cleveland, McClain, Garvin, Pottawatomie,

Okfuskee, Seminole, Hughes, Pontotoc, Coal and Johnston Counties.

District 4. Payne, Logan, Canadian, Kingfisher, Garfield,

Grant, Kay, Noble and Oklahoma Counties.

District 5. Roger Mills, Dewey, Custer, Washita, Beckham,

Greer, Kiowa, Harmon, Jackson, Blaine, and Tillman Counties.

District 6. Cimarron, Texas, Beaver, Harper, Woods, Alfalfa,

Ellis, Major and Woodward Counties.

District 7. Carter, Love, Murray, Grady, Comanche, Stephens,

Cotton, Caddo and Jefferson Counties.

District 8. Osage, Pawnee, Nowata, Creek, Craig, Ottawa,

Rogers, Mayes, Delaware, Washington and Tulsa Counties.

B. The members of the Commission shall be appointed as follows:

1. Members from Districts 5, 6, 7 and 8 and the at-large member

shall be appointed by the Governor;

2. Members from Districts 2 and 3 shall be appointed by the

Speaker of the House of Representatives; and

3. Members from Districts 1 and 4 shall be appointed by the

President Pro Tempore of the Senate.

C. Each member shall serve at the pleasure of his or her

appointing authority and may be removed or replaced without cause.

Any member of the Commission shall be prohibited from voting on any

issue in which the member has a direct financial interest. The

Director of the Department of Transportation shall be an ex officio

member of the Commission, but shall be entitled to vote only in case

of a tie vote.

D. The members of the Commission each shall receive an annual

salary of Four Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($4,800.00), payable

monthly, and each shall be entitled to receive travel expenses

pursuant to the State Travel Reimbursement Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.403 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.403
Bronze Star Recipient Marine Sgt. Justin Lee Noyes,
Status: in_force

KIA Iraq, Memorial Highway.

The section of U.S. Highway 60 beginning at the intersection of

South Kamo Drive extending northeasterly through Vinita to the west

side of the Will Rogers Turnpike entrance in Craig County shall be

designated as the "Bronze Star Recipient Marine Sgt. Justin Lee

Noyes, KIA Iraq, Memorial Highway". The Department of

Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing that

name to be placed on the highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1913 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1913
Rural Economic Transportation Reliability and
Status: in_force

Optimization Fund.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 346

There is hereby established a fund within the State Treasury to

be known as the "Rural Economic Transportation Reliability and

Optimization Fund" to be administered by the Oklahoma Department of

Transportation. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to

fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of any general revenues

as may be directly appropriated or otherwise provided by law.

Any monies appropriated to the Rural Economic Transportation

Reliability and Optimization Fund shall not result in a decrease in

historic and traditional total state transportation funding levels

or be used to supplant or replace existing state funds used for

transportation purposes.

In order to ensure that the funds from the Rural Economic

Transportation Reliability and Optimization Fund are used to enhance

and not supplant state funding for the Department of Transportation,

the State Board of Equalization shall examine and investigate the

funding levels as described. At the meeting of the State Board of

Equalization held within five (5) days after the monthly

apportionment in February of each year, the State Board of

Equalization shall issue a finding and report which shall state

whether expenditures from the Rural Economic Transportation

Reliability and Optimization Fund were used to enhance or supplant

state funding for the Department of Transportation. If the State

Board of Equalization finds that state funding for the Department of

Transportation was supplanted by funds from the Rural Economic

Transportation Reliability and Optimization Fund, the Board shall

specify the amount by which such funding was supplanted. In this

event, the Legislature shall not make any appropriations for the

ensuing fiscal year until an appropriation in that amount is made to

replenish state funding for the Department of Transportation.

All monies accruing to the credit of the Rural Economic

Transportation Reliability and Optimization Fund are hereby

appropriated and shall be used to assist the Department in the

equitable prioritization of construction, repair and maintenance of

state highways in rural areas where robust economic development has

resulted in traffic safety and circulation difficulties attributed

to significant and unanticipated increases in traffic volumes and as

fully recorded and documented by the Department. "Robust economic

development", as used in this act, shall mean those conditions of

the highways of this state in counties with a population of less

than seventy-five thousand (75,000) where traffic volumes have

increased to become so impaired or hazardous as to constitute a

threat to the safety of persons or property traveling over or upon

such highways.

When such traffic conditions as described may arise in rural

areas, the Department of Transportation shall engage the Oklahoma

Department of Commerce, the Oklahoma Tax Commission or other

agencies or entities of the state, as necessary, to confirm the

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 347

relationship of traffic conditions to robust economic development.

Once said relationship is confirmed and documented, the Department

of Transportation may utilize any proceeds from the Rural Economic

Transportation Reliability and Optimization Fund in an amount not to

exceed fifty percent (50%) of the total project costs to incentivize

and leverage the acceleration and prioritization of improvement

projects existing in or to be incorporated into the Department's

Eight-Year Construction Work Plan.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.414 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.414
Gold Star Families Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The section of U.S. Highway 277 on the west side of the H.E.

Bailey Turnpike and extending west to the intersection of U.S.

Highway 62 in Comanche County shall be designated as the "Gold Star

Families Memorial Highway". The Department of Transportation shall

cause suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on

the highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.7 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.7
Colonel Albert Hill Highway
Status: in_force

State Highway 69 from the Shawnee Bypass to Okmulgee Street in

Muskogee shall be designated as the “Colonel Albert Hill Highway”.

The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent

markers to be placed on the highway bearing that name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.164 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.164
Milton Irwin Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The bridge over Big Creek on State Highway 1 between Calvin and

Atwood in Hughes County shall be designated as the "Milton Irwin

Memorial Bridge". Pursuant to the provisions of Title 69 of the

Oklahoma Statutes, the Department of Transportation shall cause

suitable permanent markers to be placed upon the bridge bearing that

name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.461 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.461
Lawrence Moylan Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The section of State Highway 167 beginning at the north edge of

Bird Creek extending north to State Highway 266 in Rogers County

shall be designated as the "Lawrence Moylan Memorial Highway". The

Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers

bearing that name to be placed on the highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.176 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.176
Ret. Air Force Major General Albert Lee Logan
Status: in_force

Highway.

The portion of State Highway 1 from the municipal limits of

Ravia to the municipal limits of Mannsville shall be designated as

the "Ret. Air Force Major General Albert Lee Logan Highway".

Pursuant to the provisions of Title 69 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the

Department Of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers

to be placed upon the highway bearing that name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-3005 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-3005
Counties as trust beneficiaries
Status: in_force

Each of the counties in which a part of such toll expressway

will be located may be a trust beneficiary to the extent of the

portion of such expressway which is to be located within such

county.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.316 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.316
Navy Cross Recipient CPL Russell Keck Memorial
Status: in_force

Highway.

The portion of State Highway 56 beginning just west of North

Wood Drive extending approximately one (1) mile west through the

municipal limits of Okmulgee shall be designated as the "Navy Cross

Recipient CPL Russell Keck Memorial Highway". The Department of

Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing that

name to be placed on the highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.348 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.348
W.D. Bill Amis Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The bridge over Honey Creek Pass located on Interstate 35 just

south of Exit 51 in Murray County shall be designated as the "W.D.

Bill Amis Memorial Bridge". The Department of Transportation shall

cause suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on

the bridge.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.436 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.436
Senator Anthony M. Massad Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The section of U.S. Highway 183 beginning at the intersection of

E1820 Road extending north through the town of Frederick to the

intersection of Highview Avenue in Tillman County shall be

designated as the “Senator Anthony M. Massad Memorial Highway”. The

Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers

bearing that name to be placed on the highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.95 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.95
Jerry Lasker Memorial Interchange
Status: in_force

The interchange of Interstate Highway 44 crossing Harvard Avenue

in Tulsa County shall be designated as the “Jerry Lasker Memorial

Interchange”. The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable

permanent markers to be placed upon the highway bearing that name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.60 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.60
Don Bowser Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

State Highway 76 from 10th Street in Blanchard south to U.S.

Highway 62 shall be designated the “Don Bowser Memorial Highway”.

The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent

markers to be placed on the highway bearing that name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.380 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.380
SSGT Jerry Michael Chitwood Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The bridge over Walnut Creek on State Highway 24, east of the

town of Washington in McClain County, shall be designated as the

"SSGT Jerry Michael Chitwood Memorial Bridge". The Department of

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Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing that

name to be placed on the bridge.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.384 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.384
SSG Rodney Aaron Hagan Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The bridge at the interchange of U.S. Highway 81 and State

Highway 7 running southwest to northeast in Stephens County shall be

designated as the "SSG Rodney Aaron Hagan Memorial Bridge". The

Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers

bearing that name to be placed on the bridge.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.227 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.227
Weatherford Veterans Memorial Drive
Status: in_force

The portion of State Highway 54 from the junction of State

Highway 54 and County Road E1020 extending southeast to the junction

of State Highway 54 and 7th Street in Weatherford, Oklahoma, shall

be designated as the "Weatherford Veterans Memorial Drive". The

Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers

bearing that name to be placed on the highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1509 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1509
Payment for auditing accounts of State Department of
Status: in_force

Transportation.

Payment to the State Auditor and Inspector for each fiscal year,

from funds accruing to the State Highway Construction and

Maintenance Fund, for auditing accounts of the State Department of

Transportation, shall not exceed one-tenth of one percent (1/10 of

1%) of the total warrants issued by the State Department of

Transportation during the previous fiscal year.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1712 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1712
Monies deemed trust funds
Status: in_force

All monies received pursuant to the authority of this article,

whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds or as revenues, shall be

deemed to be trust funds, to be held and applied solely as provided

in this article. The resolution authorizing the bonds of any issue

or the trust agreement securing such bonds shall provide that any

officer to whom, or any bank or trust company to which, such money

shall be paid shall act as trustee of such monies and shall hold and

apply the same for the purposes hereof, subject to such regulations

as this article and such resolution or trust agreement may provide.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1912 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1912
Road and highway mapping system
Status: in_force

With monies made available, the Department of Transportation

shall create and maintain an on-line, updateable, real-time and

interactive mapping system for the road and highway systems for this

state. The Department shall promulgate rules that will provide for

accessing the mapping system information. The Department shall

submit an annual report to the Speaker of the House of

Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate on the

progress for the design and implementation of the mapping system

until the system is operational.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1697 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1697
David Gray Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The bridge that crosses the Muddy Boggy Creek on State Highway

48, south of Allen, Oklahoma, shall be designated as the “David Gray

Memorial Bridge”. The Department of Transportation shall cause

suitable permanent markers to be placed upon the bridge bearing that

name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.46 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.46
TSGT Jason Norton Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The bridge that crosses the Neosho River on State Highway 125 at

Riverview Park in Miami, Oklahoma, shall be designated the “TSGT

Jason Norton Memorial Bridge”. The Department of Transportation

shall cause suitable permanent markers to be placed on the bridge

bearing that name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-661 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-661
Priority of replacement or reconstruction projects -
Status: in_force

Selection - Apportionment of funds.

A. When a county receives monies pursuant to the County Bridge

and Road Improvement Act, a county shall give priority to

reconstructing, replacing, or closing those bridges in the county

that are rated less than three (3) tons or fifteen (15) tons or less

for those bridges on school bus routes. Bridge and road replacement

or reconstruction projects shall be selected by the individual

boards of county commissioners and shall be based on a countywide

assessment of bridge and road reconstruction and replacement needs.

B. Funds accruing to the County Bridge and Road Improvement

Revolving Fund shall be apportioned on the basis of a formula

developed by the Department of Transportation and approved by the

Department of Transportation County Advisory Board created pursuant

to Section 302.1 of this title. The formula shall be similar to

that previously used for the distribution of County Bridge

Improvement Program funds, but shall also take into consideration

the effects of terrain and traffic volume as related to county road

improvement and maintenance costs.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1705.6 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1705.6
Luther interchange
Status: in_force

The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority shall be authorized to construct

and it is the intent of the Legislature that they do construct, by

December 31, 1994, an interchange with a tollgate and full entry and

exit ramps in the vicinity of Luther on the turnpike in Oklahoma

County, provided that all right-of-way, grading, base preparation,

drainage and structures other than tollgates and paving, are

constructed without cost to the Authority and ownership thereof

transferred to the Authority upon completion thereof. Such

construction shall be in accordance with the most recent edition of

the geometric design standards of the American Association of State

Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO). The Authority shall

issue a progress report on the Luther interchange by December 31,

1992, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the

President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.248 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.248
Jack Schmiedel Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The State Highway 74 interchange bridge over NW 150th Street in

Oklahoma County shall be designated as the "Jack Schmiedel Memorial

Bridge". The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable

permanent markers to be placed upon the bridge bearing that name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.492 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.492
Monte Duane King, PLS Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The bridge on State Highway 7 crossing over Guy Sandy Creek in

Murray County shall be designated as the "Monte Duane King, PLS

Memorial Bridge". The Department of Transportation shall cause

suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on the

bridge.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-4010 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-4010
Turnpike Authority
Status: in_force

The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority shall retain its separate

identity, powers and duties as an instrumentality of the state

except that the Department shall be authorized to provide, on a

contractual basis, the following services and functions to the

Authority:

1. Record keeping, reporting, administrative, planning,

engineering, legal and clerical functions of the Authority not in

conflict with provisions of existing trust agreements.

2. Operation and maintenance of turnpikes.

Duplication of effort, facilities and equipment shall be minimized

by the Department of Transportation and Turnpike Authority in

operation and maintenance of turnpikes and highways of the state.

The Turnpike Authority and the Transportation Commission are

directed to take such action as necessary to implement this section,

including the temporary transfer of personnel, property and

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 380

equipment from the Authority to the Department to effect contracts

in 1 and 2 above. The integrity of the bonded indebtness shall be

maintained through the actions of the Turnpike Authority.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1503 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1503
Money for use on county roads - County highway fund
Status: in_force

(a) All monies raised for use on the county highways in each

county, or apportioned to each county for road purposes, from any

source, including all funds and monies derived by law, levy,

taxation, or apportionment shall, unless otherwise provided by law,

be placed in the county treasury in a fund to be known as the county

highway fund, to be expended on order of the board of county

commissioners on county highways as defined herein, or on state

highways within their respective counties including the lighting

thereof, if, in the judgment of the board of county commissioners,

such expenditure would be just and equitable and for the best

interest of the county.

(b) When state or federal funds are available for assistance in

constructing county roads or bridges, the board of county

commissioners of any county may place on deposit with the commission

such funds from the county highway fund, special highway funds and

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 169

proceeds of county bond issues as may be necessary to obtain such

state or federal funds, and the commission shall have authority to

accept such county funds and bond monies and to use the same for the

construction of county roads or bridges in the county depositing the

funds, pursuant to contract agreement with the board of county

commissioners of such county; provided, that the proceeds of any

county bond issue so deposited with the commission may be used by

the commission only for the designated purposes for which the bonds

were issued.

(c) All monies remaining in a county highway fund created by 69

O.S. 1961, Section 44(e), and all other assets thereof, and all

taxes, revenue and other funds payable to or required to be

deposited in such fund under the provisions of other laws, when the

Oklahoma Highway Code of 1968 becomes effective, shall be

transferred to, be deposited in and be a part of the county highway

fund created by this section in the same county; and the latter fund

shall be liable for the payment of all outstanding obligations

existing against the former fund.

(d) Expenditures allowed from the county highway fund may

include the removal and disposal of storm debris and dead animal

carcasses from county roads and rights-of-way thereof.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.275 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.275
James Robert "Bob" Kalsu Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The section of Interstate Highway 44 between SW 104th Street and

SW 119th Street in Cleveland County shall be designated as the

"James Robert "Bob" Kalsu Memorial Highway". The Department of

Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing that

name to be placed on the highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-659 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-659
County bridge standards - Demonstration bridge projects -
Status: in_force

Engineering services.

The Department of Transportation is hereby authorized to develop

a complete set of county bridge standards, including standards for

demonstration bridge projects and standards for county bridges with

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low average daily traffic volumes as defined by the latest published

version of the County Roads Design Guidelines Manual. Such

standards shall be developed under the direction of the Bridge

Division of the Department and prior to implementation shall be

approved by the Oklahoma Cooperative Circuit Engineering Districts

Board and the Transportation Commission. Such standards shall be

furnished without cost to local units of government. Monies

received by the county pursuant to the County Bridge and Road

Improvement Act, Section 657 et seq. of this title, may be used for

purposes of obtaining engineering services. Only registered

professional engineers, approved by the Department, experienced in

the design and construction of highway and related facilities, shall

be used for such services. Counties acquiring engineering services

as provided for in this section shall require the engineers

providing such services to execute professional service contracts

which include a requirement that the engineer shall maintain an

adequate policy of professional liability insurance.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1607 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1607
Designation of State Highway No. 2 in Latimer County as
Status: in_force

the Jim Cook Highway.

The part of State Highway No. 2 from Wilburton to the Haskell

County line shall be known as "The Jim Cook Highway" and the

Department shall cause it to be appropriately marked to memorialize

the services of the Honorable Jim Cook.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1321 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1321
Assessments for cost of acquisition
Status: in_force

(a) In the event condemnation proceedings have been instituted

in connection with the construction of such limited access facility

and interim certificates have been issued by the governing body or

board of county commissioners in accordance with this article, at

such time as all the proceedings become final and it may thus be

determined with definiteness the exact amount of money so advanced

by the contractor for that purpose, the governing body or the board

of county commissioners shall, by resolution, determine the exact

sum, together with accrued interest, due to the owners and holders

of the outstanding certificates, and shall appoint a time for

holding a session to apportion such total sum, and to hear

objections thereto.

(b) Notice of such hearing shall be published by the city or

county clerk in five consecutive issues of a daily newspaper or in

two consecutive issues of a weekly newspaper published in the county

and in general circulation in the city or county. The time fixed

for hearing shall not be less than five (5) days nor more than

fifteen (15) days from the date of the last publication.

(c) At the time and place specified in such notice the governing

body or the board of county commissioners shall apportion the amount

among the tracts, pieces and parcels of land in exact ratio and pro

rata to the apportionments theretofore made in accordance with this

article for the cost of construction; and objections and complaints

shall be limited to whether or not such apportionments are, or are

not, in strict ratio or in identical proportions to such previous

assessment.

(d) The apportionments shall be levied by ordinance or

resolution, which shall provide that the owners of the property so

assessed shall have the privilege of paying the amounts of their

respective assessments without interest at any time within thirty

(30) days from the date of the first publication of the ordinance or

resolution.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.359 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.359
Deputy Robert L. Criswell Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The bridge over old U.S. Highway 64 on Interstate 40 near

Muldrow in Sequoyah County shall be designated as the "Deputy Robert

L. Criswell Memorial Bridge". The Department of Transportation

shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be

placed on the bridge.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.343 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.343
Capt. David Arthur Peters Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The section of State Highway 9 beginning at the intersection of

Interstate 35 extending west to the intersection of U.S. Highway 62

in McClain County shall be designated as the "Capt. David Arthur

Peters Memorial Highway". The Department of Transportation shall

cause suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on

the highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.40 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.40
Richard L. Huddleston Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The new bridge on State Highway 74 south of Oklahoma County Line

crossing the Bloody Rush Creek shall be designated the “Richard L.

Huddleston Memorial Bridge”. The Department of Transportation shall

cause suitable permanent markers to be placed upon that bridge

bearing that name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.61 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.61
Don R. Dunn Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

That portion of State Highway 81 in Chickasha from Choctaw

Avenue to Grand Avenue shall be designated as the “Don R. Dunn

Memorial Highway” and the Department of Transportation shall cause

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suitable permanent markers to be placed upon the highway bearing

that name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.256 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.256
Lt. Lowry Douglas Durington Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The portion of U.S. Highway 377 in Johnston County beginning

north of Tishomingo at the intersection of U.S. Highway 377 and Golf

Course Road extending south four thousand (4,000) feet shall be

designated as the "Lt. Lowry Douglas Durington Memorial Highway".

The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent

markers bearing that name to be placed on the highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.220 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.220
PFC Ernest Ray Taylor Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The bridge located on State Highway 55 approximately two hundred

fifty (250) feet west of the municipal limits of Sentinel shall be

designated as the "PFC Ernest Ray Taylor Memorial Bridge". The

Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers

to be placed upon the bridge bearing that name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1680 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1680
Rider Daugherty Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The bridge crossing Little Lee Creek, which is located on State

Highway 101, shall be designated as the “Rider Daugherty Memorial

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 199

Bridge”. The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable

permanent markers to be placed upon the bridge bearing that name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.38 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.38
OHP Lt. J.C. Burris Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The section of State Highway 105 from I-35 east to the Lincoln

County line shall be designated the “OHP Lt. J.C. Burris Memorial

Highway”. The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable

permanent markers to be placed on the highway bearing that name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-317 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-317
Cooperation with counties, municipalities, other states
Status: in_force

and United States.

The Department shall have the power and authority to cooperate

with the several counties and municipalities of the State of

Oklahoma, and with the State Highway Departments, bureaus,

commissions, and the authorities now in existence or hereafter

created by the Congress of the United States and by the Legislature

of this State, or other states, and by whatever name or title

designated, by providing surveys, maps, specifications, and other

things necessary in planning, supervising, locating, improving, and

constructing roads and highways, and bridges including interstate

bridges, and streets, in any part, section, or area of the State of

Oklahoma.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1910 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1910
Agreements to repair streets or bridges within real
Status: in_force

estate development.

The board of county commissioners of any county, after

determining that a life-threatening situation exists due to a

natural disaster, may enter into agreements for the repair of any

public street or bridge within a real estate development as defined

in Section 851 of Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes, with the owners

association formed within the real estate development as provided

for in Section 852 of Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes, regardless

of whether the real estate development exists within or outside the

limits of a city, town, or municipality. Such an agreement shall be

entered into only when the owners association has sufficient funds

escrowed to pay all of the costs for said repairs at the time of the

agreement.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.239 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.239
Dr. Herbert Rowland Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 253

The bridge crossing the Kiamichi River on State Highway 271

north of Antlers shall be designated as the "Dr. Herbert Rowland

Memorial Bridge". The Department of Transportation shall cause

suitable permanent markers to be placed on the bridge bearing that

name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.369 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.369
SGT Billy Rodgers Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The bridge crossing over Coal Creek on U.S. Highway 59 north of

Panama in LeFlore County shall be designated as the "SGT Billy

Rodgers Memorial Bridge". The Department of Transportation shall

cause suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on

the bridge.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.177 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.177
Veteran's Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The portion of U.S. Highway 62 from Willey Road to the western

municipal limits of Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, shall be designated as

the "Veteran's Memorial Highway". Pursuant to the provisions of

Title 69 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the Department of Transportation

shall cause suitable permanent markers to be placed upon the highway

bearing that name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-237 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-237
Right-of-way appraisal
Status: in_force

A determination of the market value of property including

damages, if any, as of a specified date, resulting from an analysis

of facts.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.190 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.190
Pikey's Crossing Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The section of State Highway 4 beginning at State Highway 37 and

extending north to the South Canadian River shall be designated as

the "Pikey's Crossing Memorial Highway". The Department of

Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing that

name to be placed on the highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1506 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1506
Printing service change Fund
Status: in_force

(a) The Commission may provide a special cash fund within the

Printing Services Section of the Department to be identified as the

printing service change fund, which shall be available for the

purpose only of making change when payments are tendered for

services of such section. The printing service change fund shall be

maintained at a constant daily balance of Two Hundred Dollars

($200.00) cash on hand.

(b) All monies remaining in the Printing Service Change Fund

provided for by Section 1 of Chapter 285, Oklahoma Session Laws 1965

(69 O.S. Supp. 1967, Section 92d), when this Code becomes effective

shall be transferred to and be a part of the fund provided for by

this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.393 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.393
Lt. Shirley Lanning Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The section of State Highway 3 beginning at the intersection of

Morgan Road extending northwesterly to the intersection of Sara Road

in Canadian County shall be designated as the "Lt. Shirley Lanning

Memorial Highway". The Department of Transportation shall cause

suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on the

highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.266 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.266
Deputy Sheriff David Wade Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The portion of U.S. Highway 77 located in Logan County beginning

at the municipal limits on the south side of Mulhall and extending

southward to the municipal limits on the north side of Guthrie shall

be designated as the "Deputy Sheriff David Wade Memorial Highway".

The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent

markers bearing that name to be placed on the highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1670 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1670
W.R. “Dick” Stubbs Memorial Parkway
Status: in_force

State Highway 75 from Trudgeon road to Junction 266 in

Henryetta, Oklahoma, shall be designated as the “W.R. ‘Dick’ Stubbs

Memorial Highway”. The Department of Transportation shall cause

suitable permanent markers to be placed on the highway bearing his

name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-223 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-223
Improvement
Status: in_force

Any dwelling, outbuilding, other structure or fence, or part

thereof, but not including public utilities, which lie within an

area to be acquired for highway purposes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.98 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.98
C.E. Pittman Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The bridge located on N.E. 4th Street crossing over Interstate

35 in Oklahoma City shall be designated as the “C.E. Pittman

Memorial Bridge”. The Department of Transportation shall cause

suitable permanent markers to be placed on the bridge bearing that

name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.260 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.260
RM3 Bill Lester Driver, US Navy, Memorial Bridge,
Status: in_force

WWII Veteran.

The bridge over Elk Creek on State Highway 44 approximately two

and one-half (2.5) miles south of the municipal limits of Sentinel

shall be designated as the "RM3 Bill Lester Driver, US Navy,

Memorial Bridge, WWII Veteran". The Department of Transportation

shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be

placed on the bridge.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.10 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.10
Sergeant Buddy Hughie honorary highway
Status: in_force

The overpass located where State Highways 59 and 271 meet at the

north end of the Poteau Bypass in Poteau, Oklahoma, shall be

designated to honor Sergeant Buddy Hughie. The Department of

Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers to be placed

on the highway bearing that name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1213 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1213
Obstructing or damaging roads - Defacing, damaging, destroying or removing any traffic-
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 6destroying or removing any traffic-control device, road sign,

signboard, guide sign or signpost - Felony penalty.

A. Any person or persons who shall willfully or knowingly

obstruct or damage any public road or highway by obstructing the

side or cross drain or ditches thereof, or by turning water upon

such road or highway or right-of-way, or by throwing or depositing

brush, trees, stumps, logs, or any refuse or debris whatsoever in

the road or highway, or on the sides or in the ditches thereof, or

by fencing across or upon the right-of-way of the same, or by

planting any hedge within the lines established for such road or

highway, or by changing the location thereof, or shall obstruct said

road, highway or drains in any other manner whatsoever, or, except

as provided in subsection B of this section, any person or persons

who shall willfully or knowingly deface, damage, destroy or remove

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any traffic-control device, road sign, signboard, guide sign or

signpost shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.

B. If any person or persons willfully or knowingly defaces,

damages, destroys or removes any traffic-control device, road sign,

signboard, guide sign or signpost and such action results in

personal injury to or death of any person, the person or persons

responsible for such action shall be guilty of a Class D3 felony

offense punishable by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B

through F of Section 20P of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or by

a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both

such fine and imprisonment. Notice of this provision shall be

placed in the manual provided by the Department of Public Safety

which manual is issued for purpose of passing driving privilege.

C. The governing body who finds any road or highway obstructed

as above specified shall notify the person violating the provisions

of this section, verbally or in writing, to remove such obstruction

forthwith, and if such person does not remove the obstruction within

ten (10) days after being notified, he shall pay the sum of Five

Dollars ($5.00) for each and every day after the tenth day such

obstruction is maintained or permitted to remain, such fine to be

recovered by suit brought by the governing body in any court of

competent jurisdiction.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-305 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-305
Director of the Department of Transportation - Salary
Status: in_force

There is hereby created the office of the Director of the

Department of Transportation, who shall be appointed by the Governor

with the advice and consent of the Senate and who shall serve at the

pleasure of the Governor and may be removed or replaced without

cause. Compensation for the Director shall be determined by the

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 35

Governor. The Director may be removed from office by a two-thirds

(2/3) vote of the members elected to and constituting each chamber

of the Legislature.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.340 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.340
Sgt. Maj. Marvail Lewis Memorial Causeway
Status: in_force

The causeway over Old Spiro Lake on State Highway 9 in LeFlore

County shall be designated as the "Sgt. Maj. Marvail Lewis Memorial

Causeway". The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable

permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on the causeway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-627 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-627
Cost records of road work, engineer to keep
Status: in_force

The county engineer shall keep, prepare and submit cost records

upon all road work in his charge in order that the best and most

economical method of doing the work may be thus ascertained and put

into practice.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.243 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.243
United States Submarine Veterans Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The portion of State Highway 20 in Owasso beginning at the

junction of State Highway 20 and 145th E Avenue extending west to

the junction of State Highway 20 and U.S. Highway 169 shall be

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 254

designated as the "United States Submarine Veterans Memorial

Highway". The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable

markers bearing that name to be placed on the highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-636.6 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-636.6
Disposal of surplus road machinery and equipment
Status: in_force

A. Any surplus road machinery and equipment in excess of the

needs of the Department of Transportation which was purchased

pursuant to the provisions of this act shall be offered for sale to

all counties before it is disposed of. Whether sold to a county or

sold as otherwise provided by law, the proceeds derived from selling

surplus road machinery and equipment shall be deposited with the

State Treasurer to be credited to the County Road Machinery and

Equipment Revolving Fund.

B. Whenever any county owns road machinery and equipment which

it deems as surplus it may request the Department of Transportation

to dispose of said equipment. If so requested, the Department in

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 80

turn shall issue notice to all counties of county-owned surplus road

machinery or equipment available at fair market value. If no other

county offers to purchase said machinery or equipment the Department

may, at the request of the county owning the road machinery or

equipment, sell said machinery or equipment as otherwise provided by

law and return the proceeds to the county to whom the machinery or

equipment belonged.

C. If a county disposes of its surplus road machinery and

equipment, it shall do so pursuant to Sections 421 et seq. of Title

19 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1648 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1648
Pearl Harbor/USS Oklahoma Memorial Highway - Renaming of
Status: in_force

Keystone Expressway as Sand Springs Expressway.

A. State Highway 77H, from where it intersects with State

Highway 9 in Cleveland County, north to where it intersects with

Interstate Highway 240 in Oklahoma County, shall be designated as

the “Pearl Harbor/USS Oklahoma Memorial Highway”. The Department of

Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers to be placed

on the highway bearing such name.

B. Any portion of Interstate Highway 412/64 in Tulsa County

that is currently designated as the Keystone Expressway shall be

renamed as the Sand Springs Expressway. The Department of

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Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers to be placed

on the highway bearing such name.Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 9
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.3 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.3
Representative Elmer Maddux Highway
Status: in_force

State Highway 412 from the intersection of State Highway 50 in

Mooreland, east to Orienta shall be designated as the

“Representative Elmer Maddux Highway”. The Department of

Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers to be placed

on the highway bearing that name:
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1609 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1609
Designation of part of State Highway No. 47 in Roger
Status: in_force

Mills County as The Jodie S. Moad Highway.

State Highway No. 47 in Roger Mills County from Roll eastward to

the Dewey County line shall be known as "The Jodie S. Moad Highway",

as a tribute to the outstanding public service of the Honorable

Jodie S. Moad, and the Department shall cause it to be appropriately

marked as such.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1692 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1692
Medicine Park Trail
Status: in_force

The portion of State Highway 49 beginning at the intersection of

State Highway 58 extending west to the Wichita Mountains Wildlife

Refuge shall be designated as the "Medicine Park Trail". The

Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers

to be placed upon the portion of highway bearing that designation.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-403.1 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-403.1
Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purposes of Sections 403 through 412 of this title:

1. "Eligible project" means the construction, restoration, or

replacement of a public transportation facility, limited to

highways, bridges, roads, streets, rail, rail crossings, and right-

of-way acquisition that would enhance the economic development of

this state and provide safety to the citizens of this state;

2. "Eligible applicant" means state agencies, counties, cities,

special districts, municipal corporations, and Indian tribal

governments;

3. "Commission" means the Transportation Commission;

4. "Department" means the Department of Transportation; and

5. "Director" means the Director of the Department of

Transportation.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.468 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.468
ABLE Agent Lori Thomas Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 300

The bridge on U.S. Highway 70 crossing over South 9th Avenue of

Durant in Bryan County shall be designated as the “ABLE Agent Lori

Thomas Memorial Bridge”. The Department of Transportation shall

cause suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on

the bridge.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.494 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.494
PFC John Dudley Good Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The bridge on U.S. Highway 412 crossing over U.S. Highway 69 in

Mayes County shall be designated as the "PFC John Dudley Good

Memorial Bridge". The Department of Transportation shall cause

suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on the

bridge.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.28 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.28
Veterans Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

U.S. Highway 69 from South 760 county road extending north to

South 690 county road in Wagoner County shall be designated as

“Veterans Memorial Highway”. The Department of Transportation shall

cause suitable permanent markers to be placed on the highway bearing

that name.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 208
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-306.1 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-306.1
Contracts - Price adjustment clauses
Status: in_force

The provisions of any other law to the contrary notwithstanding,

the Department of Transportation is hereby authorized and empowered

to provide for the use of and inclusion in, its construction

contracts price adjustment clauses, providing adjustments in

contract bid prices as may be deemed necessary and appropriate by

the Director for increases or decreases of energy-intensive

materials based upon the price FOB source on the day of bidding and

actual invoice price FOB source on the day of delivery.

This authorization is to be applied only to such contracts as

may be determined by the Director and approved by the Transportation

Commission and further specified in the notice to bidders.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.394 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.394
Senator Bruce L. Frazier WWII Veteran Memorial
Status: in_force

Highway.

The section of U.S. Highway 177 beginning at the intersection of

East 1660 Road, north of Sulphur, extending north to the Murray-

Garvin County line shall be designated as the "Senator Bruce L.

Frazier WWII Veteran Memorial Highway". The Department of

Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing that

name to be placed on the highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.12 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.12
Senator Byron Dacus Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

State Highway 54 beginning at the junction with State Highway

152 and extending to the junction with State Highway 62 shall be

designated as the “Senator Byron Dacus Memorial Highway”. The

Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers

to be placed on the highway bearing that name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.193 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.193
OHP Captain Pete Norwood Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The section of US Highway 62 between the municipal limits of

Anadarko and the municipal limits of Verden shall be designated as

the "OHP Captain Pete Norwood Memorial Highway". The Department of

Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers to be placed

on the highway bearing that name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.417 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.417
PO2 Casey Alan Lewis Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The section of U.S. Highway 77 beginning at the intersection of

South 8th Street extending north to the intersection of U.S. Highway

77 and East Post Oak Road in Cleveland County shall be designated as

the "PO2 Casey Alan Lewis Memorial Highway". The Department of

Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing that

name to be placed on the highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1322 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1322
Assessments - How payable
Status: in_force

(a) All special assessments made under the provisions of this

article and each installment and interest thereon are hereby

declared to be a lien against the lots, tracts and pieces of land so

assessed from the date of the publication of the ordinances or the

adoption of the resolution levying the same, coequal with the lien

of other taxes and prior and superior to all other liens, and such

lien shall continue until the same shall be fully paid, but

unmatured installments shall not be deemed to be within the terms of

any general covenant or warranty.

(b) As soon as each or either of the assessing ordinances or

resolutions is adopted, the city or county clerk shall prepare a

book which shall be known as the "limited access assessment record",

in which shall be entered the description of each lot, tract or

parcel of land with a blank space for entering the amount of

assessment and suitable columns for entering each installment

thereof and date regarding the payments thereon.

(c) With respect to assessments made by the board of county

commissioners, within fifteen (15) days after the adoption of the

assessing resolution a full and complete copy thereof, together with

the "limited access assessment record", shall be certified by the

county clerk to the county treasurer and shall thereafter be a

permanent record of his office and all collections thereunder shall

be made and disbursed by the county treasurer.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.400 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.400
Trooper Don Henley Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The section of U.S. Highway 271 beginning at the south edge of

Antlers extending south to the intersection of Airport Road in

Pushmataha County shall be designated as the "Trooper Don Henley

Memorial Highway". The Department of Transportation shall cause

suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on the

highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-101 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-101
Declaration of legislative intent
Status: in_force

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(a) Recognizing that safe and efficient highway transportation

is a matter of important interest to all the people in the state,

the Legislature hereby determines and declares that an integrated

system of roads and highways is essential to the general welfare of

the State of Oklahoma.

(b) The provision of such a system of facilities, and its

efficient management, operation and control, are recognized as

urgent problems, and as the proper objectives of highway

legislation.

(c) Inadequate roads and streets obstruct the free flow of

traffic; result in undue cost of motor vehicle operation; endanger

the health and safety of the citizens of the state; depreciate

property values; and impede generally economic and social progress

of the state.

(d) In designating the highway systems of this state, as

hereinafter provided, the Legislature places a high degree of trust

in the hands of those officials whose duty it shall be, within the

limits of available funds, to plan, develop, operate, maintain and

protect the highway facilities of this state, for present as well as

for future use.

(e) To this end, it is the intent of the Legislature to make the

State Highway Commission and its Director, and the Department of

Highways of the State of Oklahoma acting through the Commission,

custodian of the State Highway System and to provide sufficiently

broad authority to enable the Commission and the Department to

function adequately and efficiently in all areas of appropriate

jurisdiction, subject to the limitations of the Constitution and the

legislative mandate hereinafter imposed.

(f) The Legislature intends to declare, in general terms, the

powers and duties of the Commission and its Director, leaving

specific details to be determined by reasonable rules, regulations

and policies which may be promulgated by the Commission. In short,

the Legislature intends by a general grant of authority to the

Commission to delegate sufficient power and authority to enable the

Commission and the Department to carry out the broad objectives

stated above.

(g) It is the further intent of the Legislature to bestow upon

the boards of county commissioners similar authority with respect to

the county highway system. The efficient management, operation and

control of our county roads and other public thoroughfares are

likewise a matter of vital public interest. The problem of

establishing and maintaining adequate roads and highways,

eliminating congestion, reducing accident frequency, providing

parking facilities and taking all necessary steps to ensure safe and

convenient transportation on these public ways is no less urgent.

(h) While it is necessary to fix responsibilities for the

location, design, construction, maintenance and operation of the

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 23

several systems of highways, it is intended that the State of

Oklahoma shall have an integrated system of all roads, highways and

streets to provide safe and efficient highway transportation

throughout the state. The authority hereinafter granted to the

Commission and to counties and municipalities to assist and

cooperate with each other and to coordinate their activities is

therefore essential.

(i) The Legislature hereby determines and declares that this

Code is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health

and safety, for promotion of the general welfare, and as a

contribution to the national defense.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.381 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.381
SP-4 Wilbert Gresham Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The section of U.S. Highway 266 beginning at the intersection of

Porter Road extending northeasterly to the intersection of County

Road N4030 in Okmulgee County shall be designated as the "SP-4

Wilbert Gresham Memorial Highway". The Department of Transportation

shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be

placed on the highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.107 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.107
Major Scott Hagerty USAR Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 224

The section of State Highway 177 from the intersection of State

Highway 33 in Perkins north to the Stillwater municipal limits shall

be designated as “Major Scott Hagerty USAR Memorial Highway”. The

Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers

to be placed on the highway bearing that name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-613 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-613
Working convicts on county highways - Duties of officers
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners of any county shall have

authority to work any convicts confined in the county jail, either

as punishment for crime or in lieu of payment of fine and costs,

upon public highways in the county, and to employ such guards and

other assistants as may be required. It shall be the duty of the

sheriff, upon the order of the board of county commissioners, to

deliver, to any person authorized to receive them for work, upon

public highways, any persons sentenced and confined in the county

jail either as punishment for crime or in lieu of payment of fine

and costs.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-4005 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-4005
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act:

1. Department means the Department of Transportation.

2. Commission means the Transportation Commission.

3. Director means the Director of the Department of

Transportation.

4. Public Transportation means transportation services,

facilities and equipment with multiple passenger capabilities,

available to the public on a scheduled or demand basis including

intercity, regional and city bus, minibus, van pool, car pool and

taxicab services, and commuter rail services.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 378
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.351 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.351
Mayor Martin Dyer Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the section of U.S.

Highway 77 beginning at the intersection of Broadway Avenue in

Ardmore extending north to the intersection of State Highway 142 in

Carter County shall be designated as the "Mayor Martin Dyer Memorial

Highway". The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable

permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on the highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.262 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.262
HM3 (FMF) Eric "Doc" Warren Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The portion of Interstate 40 in Pottawatomie County beginning at

mile marker 184 and extending east to mile marker 186 shall be

designated as the "HM3 (FMF) Eric "Doc" Warren Memorial Highway".

The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent

markers bearing that name to be placed on the highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-301 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-301
Creation of department and commission - Rules, regulations
Status: in_force

and policies - Powers, duties and obligations of former department,

commission and director continued.

A. There is hereby created a Department of Transportation and a

Transportation Commission in and for this state, pursuant to the

provisions of Section 1 of Article XVI of the Oklahoma Constitution,

and such department shall be governed by the Director of the

Department of Transportation, provided for by Section 305 of this

title, under such reasonable rules, regulations and policies and

road improvement programs as may be prescribed by the Commission.

Such rules and regulations and amendments thereto as adopted by the

Commission shall be filed and recorded in the Office of the

Secretary of State.

B. The Department and the Commission created by subsection A of

this section and the Director of the Department of Transportation

provided for by Section 305 of this title shall be the legal

successors of, and unless and except as otherwise provided by this

title shall also have the powers and duties vested by other laws in,

and shall take immediate charge of all equipment, supplies and

property now in the possession of, the Department, Commission and

Director, respectively, created and provided for by 69 O.S. 1961,

Sections 20.1 and 20.6, as amended, and shall be liable for their

respective obligations.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1721 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1721
Law deemed supplemental and additional
Status: in_force

This article shall be deemed to provide an additional and

alternative method for the doing of the things authorized thereby,

and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers

conferred by other laws, and shall not be regarded as in derogation

of any powers now existing; provided, however, that the issuance of

turnpike revenue bonds or turnpike revenue refunding bonds under the

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 334

provisions of this article need not comply with the requirements of

any other law applicable to the issuance of bonds.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.291 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.291
1LT Damon Leehan Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The bridge over Interstate 35 on 4th Street within the municipal

limits of Moore shall be designated as the "1LT Damon Leehan

Memorial Bridge". The Department of Transportation shall cause

suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on the

highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-601.4 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-601.4
Application of waste oil to streets and roads
Status: in_force

prohibited.

A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the practice

of applying waste oil to any street or road in this state is hereby

prohibited. Upon authorization of the Corporation Commission and

compliance with the provisions of this section, a board of county

commissioners of any county in this state may apply waste oil to any

street or road in the county.

B. The Corporation Commission may issue authorization for the

application of waste oil on any street or road in this state. No

authorization shall be issued except upon proper application and a

showing by the county requesting such authorization that the use of

waste oil on the street or road is necessary for the care,

maintenance, and improvement of the street or road, that such

activity is in the public interest, and that the procedure for the

application of the waste oil shall be made in such a manner so as to

protect any adjoining public or private property from damage and

made in such a manner so as to prevent the pollution of surface and

subsurface waters.

C. The Corporation Commission shall promulgate rules and

regulations which are necessary to protect, from damage, public and

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 61

private property adjoining any street or road upon which waste oil

is to be applied and prevent the pollution of surface and subsurface

waters and which are reasonable and necessary to effectuate and

enforce the provisions of this section including but not limited to

the types of waste oil which may be used in such applications and

when the application of the waste oil shall be made. The

Corporation Commission shall supervise the application of waste oil

to ensure that such application is made in the manner required by

the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission pursuant to

this section.

D. Any person who authorizes the application of or applies

waste oil to any street or road without authorization of the

Corporation Commission or in violation of any rule or regulation of

the Corporation Commission promulgated pursuant to this section

shall be held personally liable. A proven violation of the

provisions of this section or of any rules or regulations

promulgated thereto shall be punishable, in the first instance, by a

fine not in excess of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00).

A second proven violation in any calendar year shall result in a

fine not in excess of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00). A third

proven violation in any calendar year shall result in a fine not in

excess of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) and suspension of

authority for up to thirty (30) days.

E. For the purpose of this section, "waste oil" includes crude

petroleum oil or other hydrocarbons produced from or obtained or

used in connection with the drilling, development, producing and

processing of oil or any residue obtained from any oil storage

facility. The term waste oil shall not include any hydrocarbon to

which lead has been added.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-4023 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-4023
Erection and maintenance of signs - Responsibilities of
Status: in_force

contractor.

The Department of Transportation shall contract to erect and

maintain, on the right-of-way of interstate and controlled access

highways, logo signs informing the public of gas, food, lodging and

camping facilities. The contractor shall furnish, install,

maintain, and replace signs for the benefit of advertisers who

provide gas, food, camping and lodging facilities for the general

public, and lease advertising space on the sign to operators of

these facilities.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1622 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1622
Designation of portion of Interstate Highway No. 40 as
Status: in_force

the Roger Miller Memorial Highway.

Interstate Highway 40-Business from westbound exit number 11 on

Interstate Highway 40 west near Erick to State Highway 30 shall be

designated the "Roger Miller Memorial Highway" as a lasting tribute

to the "King of the Road" Roger Miller, a favorite son from Erick.

The Oklahoma Department of Transportation shall cause suitable

permanent markers to be placed upon the highway bearing said name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.210 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.210
Army Ranger Staff Sgt. Vinson Bryon "Trinity"
Status: in_force

Adkinson III Memorial Highway.

The section of State Highway 7 beginning at the intersection of

State Highway 65 in Comanche County and extending eastward to the

intersection of U.S. Highway 81 in Stephens County shall be

designated as the "Army Ranger Staff Sgt. Vinson Bryon "Trinity"

Adkinson, III Memorial Highway". The Department of Transportation

shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be

placed on the highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1102 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1102
Suspension of contract due to federal order or directive - Renegotiation - Cancellation
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 5- Renegotiation - Cancellation and reletting.

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When any contract for the construction or improvement of a state

highway, or for the construction or improvement of a bridge, has not

been carried out or work thereunder has been suspended by virtue of

an order or directive of any officer or agency of the federal

government issued under authority vested in or delegated to such

officer or agency during any national emergency, and the Commission

finds that in order to prevent further delay in the construction and

completion of any such project, or that for any other reason it is

to the best interest of the state to renegotiate the contract with

the original contractor, or to cancel the contract and relet the

same on advertised bids, the Commission in its discretion may

renegotiate the contract with the original contractor on the most

advantageous terms to the state obtainable, or may cancel the

contract with the consent of the contractor upon such terms as may

be mutually agreed upon and relet the cancelled contract on

advertised bids at a public letting.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.313 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.313
Medal of Honor Recipient Sergeant John R. Crews
Status: in_force

Memorial Bridge.

The bridge over Western Avenue on Interstate 240 within the

municipal limits of Oklahoma City shall be designated as the "Medal

of Honor Recipient Sergeant John R. Crews Memorial Bridge". The

Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers

bearing that name to be placed on the bridge.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.480 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.480
Dawson Sumner Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The section of State Highway 16 beginning at the railroad bridge

in Beggs extending east two (2) miles in Okmulgee County shall be

designated as the "Dawson Sumner Memorial Highway". The Department

of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing

that name to be placed on the highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1304 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1304
Cost of limited access facilities
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of a city or the board of county

commissioners of a county, to the extent that such governing body or

board of county commissioners shall determine that any benefit

results to any property served by the limited access facility, shall

have authority to:

(1) Assess the amount of the benefits against such property so

served or benefited by the limited access facility;

(2) Create street improvement districts to the extent of such

benefits and assess against such property benefited that portion of

the cost of acquisition and construction of such limited access

facility in the manner provided by this article.

(b) In the event the governing body of the city or the board of

county commissioners shall find that such limited access facility

does not benefit the property served by it, or that the benefits to

such property do not equal the cost of acquisition or construction,

or both, of such limited access facility, the city or county may pay

the cost of such limited access facility in its entirety, or the

amount in excess of the benefits assessed as herein provided, out of

the proceeds of bonds to be issued for such acquisition or

construction, or both.

(c) The city or county shall have authority to submit to the

voters thereof the question of whether or not the city or county

shall become indebted for the acquisition or construction of the

limited access facility, and any and all bond issues for such

purposes are hereby authorized to the same extent and in the same

manner and with such limitations as is authorized by the

Constitution for the creation of a debt in excess of the income and

revenue provided for the year.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1619 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1619
Veterans Memorial Highway - Perryman Memorial Highway -
Status: in_force

Colonel John L. Hillman Parkway - Designation.

A. State Highway 99 from the Kansas border extending through

Pawhuska, Drumright, Prague, Seminole, Ada, and Tishomingo to Lake

Texoma shall be designated the "Veterans Memorial Highway" in honor

of all veterans who have served this country in times of war and

peace. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation shall cause

suitable permanent markers to be placed upon the highway bearing

said name and an appropriate designation to memorialize the veterans

of this country.

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B. U.S. Highway 75, from I-44 to the southern city limits of

Glenpool, shall be designated the "Perryman Memorial Highway". The

Oklahoma Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent

markers to be placed upon the highway bearing such name.

C. U.S. Highway 75 from the southern city limits of Glenpool

through Okmulgee to Henryetta shall be designated the "Colonel John

L. Hillman Parkway" in honor of one of Oklahoma's most outstanding

military veterans and former Commander of the 279th Infantry

Regiment. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation shall cause

suitable permanent markers to be placed upon the highway bearing

said name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1691 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1691
W.R. Shaver Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The portion of State Highway 62 that extends within the

municipal limits of Boley, Oklahoma, in Okfuskee County shall be

designated as the “W.R. Shaver Memorial Highway”. The Department of

Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers to be placed

upon the highway bearing that name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1101 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1101
Letting contracts – Advertisement for bids – Contract
Status: in_force

extension.

A. All contracts for construction work upon the state highway

system shall be let and awarded pursuant to the provisions of the

Public Competitive Bidding Act of 1974. If the project advertised

pursuant to the provisions of the Public Competitive Bidding Act of

1974 is for the construction of more than eight (8) miles of road,

and is not a surface treatment only project, said advertisement

shall provide for bids on sections of the road no longer than eight

(8) miles, as well as bids on the project as a whole. If the

project advertised pursuant to the provisions of the Public

Competitive Bidding Act of 1974 is a surface treatment only project

of more than twenty (20) miles of road, the advertisement shall

provide for bids on sections of the road no longer than twenty (20)

miles, as well as bids on the project as a whole.

B. The Department may extend a contract no more than twenty-

five percent (25%) of the length and extent of the original project.

The price for the extension work shall not be greater than the

contract unit basis.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.292 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.292
Deputy Sean Cookson Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The portion of State Highway 82 beginning at the junction of

State Highway 82 and West Gideon Road in Cherokee County extending

southeast to the junction of State Highway 82 and North Elm Grove

Road in Cherokee County shall be designated as the "Deputy Sean

Cookson Memorial Highway". The Department of Transportation shall

cause suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on

the highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.39 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.39
Zach D. Taylor, Jr. Memorial Interchange
Status: in_force

The interchange of Interstate 235 and North 36th street in

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, shall be designated the “Zach D. Taylor,

Jr. Memorial Interchange”. The Department of Transportation shall

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 210

cause suitable permanent markers to be placed upon the bridge

bearing that name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1704 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1704
Definitions - Concession contracts or leases
Status: in_force

As used in this article, the following words and terms shall

have the following meanings, unless the context shall indicate

another or different meaning or intent:

1. "Authority" means the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, created

by Section 1703 of this title, or, if such Authority shall be

abolished, the board, body, or commission succeeding to the

principal functions thereof or to whom the powers given by this

article to the Authority shall be given by law;

2. “Project” or "turnpike project" means any express highways,

superhighways, or motorways, wayports, aviation transfer centers or

aviation hubs constructed under the provisions of this article by

the Authority, and shall embrace all bridges, tunnels, overpasses,

underpasses, interchanges, entrance plazas, approaches, free access

roads, bridges, and road construction, toll houses, service

stations, and administration, storage and other buildings which the

Authority may deem necessary for the operation of such turnpike,

together with all property, rights, easements and interests which

may be acquired by the Authority for the construction or the

operation of such turnpike. The Authority may contract or lease

concessions for gas stations, garages, restaurants, parking

facilities and other services for all or any portion of any turnpike

project or projects;

3. “Cost”, as applied to a turnpike project, shall embrace the

cost of construction, the cost of the acquisition of all land,

rights-of-way, property, rights, easements and interests acquired by

the Authority for such construction, the cost of all machinery and

equipment, financing charges, provision for working capital,

interest prior to, during, and after construction and a reserve for

interest in such amounts as the Authority shall determine, cost of

traffic estimates and of engineering and legal expenses, plans,

specifications, surveys, estimates of cost, and of revenues, other

expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or

practicability of constructing any such project, administrative

expense, and such other expense as may be necessary or incident to

the construction of the project, the financing of such construction,

and the placing of the project in operation. Any obligation or

expense incurred by the Transportation Commission with the approval

of the Authority for traffic surveys, borings, preparation of plans

and specifications, and other engineering services in connection

with the financing and construction of a project shall be regarded

as a part of the cost of such project and shall be reimbursed to the

state out of the proceeds of the turnpike revenue bonds hereafter

authorized. However, the Transportation Commission shall not incur

obligations or expenses totaling more than One Thousand Five Hundred

Dollars ($1,500.00) per turnpike mile. Provided further, however,

that an additional sum not to exceed One Thousand Dollars

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 311

($1,000.00) per turnpike mile may be expended for updating reports

prior to financing; and

4. “Owner” means and includes all individuals, copartnerships,

associations, or corporations having any title or interest in any

property, rights, easements, and interests authorized to be acquired

by this article.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.249 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.249
Trail Of Tears Historic Bike Route
Status: in_force

From the Cherokee Nation Capitol Building, along U.S. Highway 62

from the City of Tahlequah to the Arkansas border shall be

designated as the "Trail Of Tears Historic Bike Route". The cost

associated with signage required by this section shall be provided

from private sources and shall include the cost of the initial

erection of signs as well as the cost of potential replacement or

reconstruction of signs. Upon receiving adequate funding from

private sources and after a shoulder lane has been provided, the

Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers

to be placed upon the highway bearing the name "Trail Of Tears

Historic Bike Route". Contingent upon the availability of funds,

the Department shall provide a shoulder lane designated for use by

bicycle traffic on the Trail Of Tears Historic Bike Route.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-209 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-209
Commission
Status: in_force

The State Highway Commission of the State of Oklahoma.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.362 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.362
SGT John Burl Thompson Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the easternmost

bridge on State Highway 20 crossing over Skiatook Lake in Osage

County shall be designated as the "SGT John Burl Thompson Memorial

Bridge". The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable

permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on the bridge.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1608 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1608
Designation of part of State Highway No. 47 in Roger
Status: in_force

Mills County as The S. S. McColgin Highway.

State Highway No. 47 in Roger Mills county, from the Texas line

eastward to Cheyenne, and thence northward to Roll, shall be known

as "The S. S. McColgin Highway", as a memorial to the outstanding

public career of the Honorable S. S. McColgin, and the Department

shall cause it to be appropriately marked as such.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.467 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.467
Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Stafford Memorial Interchange
Status: in_force

The interchange of Interstate 40 and Airport Road in Weatherford

in Custer County shall be designated as the “Lt. Gen. Thomas P.

Stafford Memorial Interchange”. The Department of Transportation

shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be

placed on the bridge.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.135 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.135
Aaron Harrison Scott Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The bridge over the Kiamichi River on U.S. Highway 271 located

one mile south of the municipal limits of Clayton shall be

designated as the "Aaron Harrison Scott Memorial Bridge". The

Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers

to be placed on the bridge bearing that name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.479 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.479
Trooper Bob Impson Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The section of U.S. Highway 271 beginning at the intersection of

East 1900 Road extending northeasterly to the intersection of East

1880 Road in Pushmataha County shall be designated as the "Trooper

Bob Impson Memorial Highway". The Department of Transportation

shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be

placed on the highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-506 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-506
High Priority State Bridge Revolving Fund
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving

fund to be known as the "High Priority State Bridge Revolving Fund".

The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year

limitations, and shall consist of all appropriations and transfers

made by the Legislature and the apportionments made pursuant to

Sections 500.6 and 500.7 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes. All

monies accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby appropriated

and may be budgeted and expended beginning with the fiscal year

ending June 30, 2008, and each fiscal year thereafter pursuant to

subsection B of this section. Expenditures from said fund shall be

made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims

filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.

B. The funds shall be used for the sole purpose of construction

or reconstruction of bridges on the state highway system that are of

the highest priority as defined by the Transportation Commission.

The fund shall be invested in whatever instruments are authorized by

law for investments by the State Treasurer and the interest earned

by any investment of monies from the fund shall be credited to the

fund which shall earn the same, if there is any unexpended balance

of such fund to which to credit the interest.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.391 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.391
Cecil A. Davis Sr. Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The bridge over the Canadian River on Interstate 40 in Canadian

County shall be designated as the "Cecil A. Davis Sr. Memorial

Bridge". The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable

permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on the bridge.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.23 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.23
PFC Danny Leo Evans Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 207

The bridge located where State Highway 7 crosses the western

portion of Clear Boggy Creek in Atoka County shall be designated as

the "PFC Danny Leo Evans Memorial Bridge". The Department of

Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers to be placed

upon the bridge bearing that name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1632 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1632
Designation of State Highway 51 between Broken Arrow and
Status: in_force

Coweta as Dr. William R. Bright Bypass.

State Highway 51 between Broken Arrow and Coweta shall be

designated the "Dr. William R. Bright Bypass". The Department of

Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers to be placed

upon the highway bearing such name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.186 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.186
Private First Class John Bennie Laskey Memorial
Status: in_force

Bridge.

The southernmost bridge on State Highway 66 crossing Sand Creek

north of Bristow shall be designated as the "Private First Class

John Bennie Laskey Memorial Bridge". The Department of

Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing that

name to be placed upon the bridge.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1627 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1627
Designation of portion of State Highway 74 as the John N
Status: in_force

Happy Camp Memorial Highway.

State Highway 74 within the borders of Garfield County shall be

designated the "John N. Happy Camp Memorial Highway" in respect for

this joyous practitioner of representative government. The Oklahoma

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 189

Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers

to be placed upon the highway bearing his name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1683 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1683
Lyle Rymer Highway
Status: in_force

State Highway 64 in Roland, Oklahoma, between PawPaw Road and

Cottonwood Road shall be designated as the “Lyle Rymer Highway”.

The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent

markers to be placed upon the highway bearing that name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.338 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.338
USAF Capt. Nick Karpis Vietnam Veteran Memorial
Status: in_force

Highway.

The section of State Highway 78 beginning just north of the

intersection of State Highway 22 extending northwesterly to the

eastern municipal limits of Milburn in Johnston County shall be

designated as the "USAF Capt. Nick Karpis Vietnam Veteran Memorial

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 274

Highway". The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable

permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on the highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.80 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.80
95th Division Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

That portion of Interstate 44 located in Comanche County from

the junction of Interstate 44 and State Highway 7 extending north to

mile marker 46 shall be designated as the “95th Division Memorial

Highway”. The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable

permanent markers to be placed on the highway bearing that name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-3018 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-3018
Determination of fuel consumption
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 374

In determining the amount of motor fuel consumed each month, the

Oklahoma Tax Commission shall divide the total miles traveled on the

toll expressways by passenger automobiles, single unit trucks, and

combination trucks and buses as certified each month by the trust,

by the average number of miles per gallon of motor fuel consumed by

each of those classes of motor vehicles. For the purpose of this

section, the Oklahoma Tax Commission shall use the following rates

for motor fuel consumed:
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.141 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.141
Specialist Christopher D. Horton Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The section of U.S. Highway 169 from 106th Street North to 116th

Street North shall be designated as the "Specialist Christopher D.

Horton Memorial Highway". The Department of Transportation shall

cause suitable permanent markers to be placed on the highway bearing

that name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-601.6 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-601.6
Acceptance of public road or bridge project bids
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners in every county in this state

must notify the Department of Transportation at least twenty-one

(21) days prior to accepting bids on any publicly let road or bridge

work projects in the county. The Department shall make this

information available to the public on their website.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.438 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.438
Nelson F. Carr Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The bridge over the Caney River on State Highway 123 in

Bartlesville in Washington County shall be designated as the “Nelson

F. Carr Memorial Bridge”. The Department of Transportation shall

cause suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on

the bridge.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.317 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.317
TSgt Marshal D. Roberts Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The section of State Highway 20 beginning at the junction of

State Highway 20 and N 145th E Avenue in Owasso extending east to

the junction of State Highway 20 and S 4080 Road in Rogers County

shall be designated as the "TSgt Marshal D. Roberts Memorial

Highway". The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable

permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on the highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.280 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.280
Michael "Mike" Dale Russell Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The bridge located on U.S. Highway 412A crossing over U.S.

Highway 412 in Delaware County shall be designated as the "Michael

"Mike" Dale Russell Memorial Bridge". The Department of

Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing that

name to be placed on the bridge.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1207 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1207
Purchase and sale of unneeded parcels
Status: in_force

Whenever a part of a parcel of land is to be taken for state

highway purposes and the remainder is to be left in such shape or

condition as to be of little value to its owner, or to give rise to

claims or litigation concerning severance or other damage, the

Department may acquire by condemnation or as otherwise provided by

law the whole parcel and may sell the remainder or may exchange the

same for other property needed for state highway purposes. The

Department shall also have authority to acquire lands or interests

therein to be used as passageways between tracts of land severed by

limited access highways and to convey the same to the owners whose

land is so severed.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1643 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1643
Sailboat Bridge
Status: in_force

The bridge that crosses over Grand Lake on U.S. Highway 59 in

Delaware County shall be designated as “Sailboat Bridge”. The

Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers

to be placed at the north and south ends of the bridge.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1693 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1693
Newt Sexton Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The bridge across the Cimarron River, north of Coyle, Oklahoma,

which is located on State Highway 33, shall be designated as the

“Newt Sexton Memorial Bridge”. The Department of Transportation

shall cause suitable permanent markers be placed upon the bridge

bearing that name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.147 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.147
Pamela Cleveland Argo Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The bridge over the Canadian River on State Highway 2 north of

Whitefield, Oklahoma, shall be designated as the "Pamela Cleveland

Argo Memorial Bridge". The Department of Transportation shall cause

suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on the

bridge.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.181 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.181
Edna Hennessee Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The portion of State Highway 58 from the intersection of State

Highway 49 and extending north approximately two-tenths (.2) of a

mile past NW Meers Porter Hill Road in Comanche County shall be

designated as the "Edna Hennessee Memorial Highway". Pursuant to

the provisions of Title 69 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the Department

of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers to be

placed upon the highway bearing that name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-621 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-621
Maintenance and construction by adjoining counties
Status: in_force

All county highways on county lines in this state shall be

maintained and constructed by the counties adjoining. County

commissioners of each of the counties or other jurisdictions between

which such roads are located may enter into agreements to provide

for said maintenance and construction.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1660 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1660
David “Rocky” Eales Memorial Parkway
Status: in_force

State Highway 1 from where it intersects with the Indian Nation

Turnpike, east to where it intersects with U.S. Highway 69 shall be

designated as the “David ‘Rocky’ Eales Memorial Highway”. The

Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers

to be placed an the highway bearing his name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.255 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.255
SSG Jack Morgan Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The bridge crossing over the Arkansas River on State Highway 99

on the border between Osage and Pawnee Counties shall be designated

as the "SSG Jack Morgan Memorial Bridge". The Department of

Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing that

name to be placed on the bridge.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1612 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1612
Designation of bridge between Purcell and Lexington on U
Status: in_force

S. Highway 77 as the James C. Nance Bridge.

The bridge between Purcell and Lexington, on U. S. Highway 77,

shall be known as "The James C. Nance Bridge", and the Department

shall cause suitable permanent markers to be placed upon the bridge

bearing such name and an appropriate designation to memorialize the

public services and contributions of the Honorable James C. Nance.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1284 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1284
Citation
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the "Highway Advertising Control Act of

1972."
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.442 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.442
SP4 Donald P. Sloat Medal of Honor Recipient Memorial
Status: in_force

Highway.

The section of State Highway 51B beginning at the intersection

of State Highway 72 extending southeasterly to the intersection of

East 161st Street South in Wagoner County shall be designated as the

“SP4 Donald P. Sloat Medal of Honor Recipient Memorial Highway”.

The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent

markers bearing that name to be placed on the highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1508 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1508
Reimbursement of contractors for city sales taxes paid
Status: in_force

The State Highway Department is hereby authorized to make

reimbursement, from the State Highway Construction and Maintenance

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 171

Fund in the State Treasury, to contractors who have been, or who may

hereafter be, awarded construction or repair contracts for state

highway projects and become subject to a city sales tax when such

tax became effective following award of a contract. Any such

contractor shall submit to the State Highway Department copies of

invoices of taxes paid, the project number and the materials invoice

that became subject to a city sales tax. The State Highway

Department, after a review of the file, shall issue a voucher of

payment to the contractor for the monies spent to satisfy the

payment by the contractor of the city sales tax.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1602 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1602
Designation of bridge on State Highway No. 51 as The
Status: in_force

Robert S. Kerr Bridge.

The bridge on State Highway No. 51 across the Verdigris River

between Wagoner and Coweta, in Wagoner County, shall be known as

"The Robert S. Kerr Bridge" as an expression of appreciation of the

entire state, and the Department shall cause suitable markers to be

maintained on the bridge bearing such name and designation to

memorialize the service and contributions of the Honorable Robert S.

Kerr.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.365 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.365
Judge Dean Linder Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The section of U.S. Highway 281 beginning at the intersection of

N2400 Road extending approximately five (5) miles east then north to

the intersection of E270 Road south of Alva in Woods County shall be

designated as the "Judge Dean Linder Memorial Highway". The

Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers

bearing that name to be placed on the highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1659 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1659
Matthew Evans/Jeffery Rominger Memorial Parkway
Status: in_force

Interstate Highway 40 from where it intersects with Interstate

Highway 35, eastbound to where it intersects with Interstate Highway

44 shall be designated as the “Matthew Evans/Jeffery Rominger

Memorial Parkway”. The Department of Transportation shall cause

suitable permanent markers to be placed on the parkway bearing their

names.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-601.7 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-601.7
Permits for harvesting of hay along right-of-way public
Status: in_force

roads.

A. The boards of county commissioners are authorized to issue

permits which authorize and regulate the harvesting of hay along the

right-of-way of public roads of the county highway system within

their respective counties. Each permit shall authorize the

permittee to harvest hay for the duration of the calendar year.

B. The applicant for a permit shall be informed in writing and

shall sign a release acknowledging that he or she will assume all

risk and liability for hay quality and for any accidents and damages

that may occur as a result of the work and that the county and State

of Oklahoma assume no liability for the hay quality or for work done

by the permittee.

C. Any person who stores the harvested hay along the right-of-

way for later removal shall store the harvested hay at the outer

edge of the right-of-way and shall remove the harvested hay within

two (2) days after harvesting.

D. The county shall obtain consent from the owner whose land

abuts the right-of-way before issuing or reissuing a permit to

harvest hay. The owner may revoke his or her consent at any time.

E. The owner or the owner's assignee of land abutting the

right-of-way shall have priority to receive a permit for such land

under this section.

F. The county may charge a permit fee in an amount calculated

only to defray the actual costs of administering this section;

provided, that any owner or owner's assignee shall be granted a

permit at no cost when harvesting hay on the right-of-way abutting

that owner's land. All fees received under this section shall be

remitted to the county treasurer for credit to the county highway

fund.

G. Counties shall require permitees to carry and keep in force

liability insurance during the permit period. Counties shall

determine required minimum amounts of such coverage, which shall be

at least Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) for each

occurrence of bodily injury and One Hundred Thousand Dollars

($100,000.00) for each occurrence of property damage.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 63

H. Counties may establish regulations to carry out this

section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.308 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.308
William Charles "Charley" Coen Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The section of U.S. Highway 64 beginning at the western

municipal limits of the town of Buffalo in Harper County extending

to N1860 Road shall be designated as the "William Charles "Charley"

Coen Memorial Highway". The Department of Transportation shall

cause suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on

the highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.85 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.85
Walter Merrick Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The portion of State Highway 66 from the I-40 loop at exit 25 to

4th Street in Sayre shall be designated as the “Walter Merrick

Memorial Highway”. The Department of Transportation shall cause

suitable permanent markers to be placed upon the highway bearing

that name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1733 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1733
Prohibition on construction or financing under public
Status: in_force

trusts provisions.

No turnpikes or state highways except toll urban expressways

shall ever be constructed or financed under the terms of 60 O.S.

1961, Sections 176 - 180, inclusive.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.388 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.388
Undersheriff Monty Martin Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The bridge over Wolf Creek on U.S. Highway 283 north of Shattuck

in Ellis County shall be designated as the "Undersheriff Monty

Martin Memorial Bridge". The Department of Transportation shall

cause suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on

the bridge.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1301 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1301
Application of article to state and certain cities and
Status: in_force

counties.

The provisions of this article, except those provisions

authorizing the use of special assessments, shall extend to the

State of Oklahoma through the Commission, and to every city in this

state having a population of two thousand (2,000) or more, according

to the last preceding Federal Decennial Census, whether such city is

or shall hereafter be operating under a charter form of government

or under general law. The provisions of this article authorizing

the use of special assessments shall extend to very county of the

state having a population of forty-two thousand (42,000) or more, in

which there is located a city having a population in excess of

twenty-seven thousand (27,000) as shown by the last preceding

Federal Decennial Census, and the provisions of this article

authorizing the use of special assessments shall extend to every

city in this state having a population in excess of twenty-seven

thousand (27,000) as shown by the last preceding Federal Decennial

Census.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-213 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-213
County highway system
Status: in_force

The system of highways the responsibility for which is lodged

with the counties.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1701 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1701
Purpose - Authority to construct, maintain, repair and
Status: in_force

operate projects.

In order to facilitate vehicular traffic throughout the state

and remove the present handicaps and hazards on the congested

highways in the state, and to provide for the construction of modern

express highways embodying reasonable safety devices including ample

shoulder widths, long sight distances, the bypassing of cities and

towns, and grade separations at intersecting highways and railroads,

the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, as created in Section 1703 of this

title, is hereby authorized and empowered to construct, maintain,

repair, and operate turnpike projects as defined in Section 1704 of

this title, at such locations as shall be approved by the

Transportation Commission, and to issue turnpike revenue bonds of

the Authority payable solely from revenues to pay the cost of such

projects. The Authority is further authorized and empowered to

develop and market alternative uses of the Oklahoma Turnpike

Authority Electronic Toll Collection System, and construct,

maintain, repair, and operate inter-modal transportation transfer

facilities and infrastructure relating thereto, including, without

limitation, warehouses and utility facilities and intercity rail

transit projects as it shall determine to be feasible and

economically sound.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.153 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.153
Major Bill Morgan Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The bridge over Brushy Creek on U.S. Highway 270 northwest of

Haileyville shall be designated as the "Major Bill Morgan Memorial

Bridge". The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable

permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on the bridge.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1201.1 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1201.1
Preexisting easements to remain in full force and
Status: reserved

effect

Whenever a section line is designated a "reserved section line,"

any preexisting easements granted to public utilities, rural

electric cooperatives, rural water districts, rural sewer districts,

nonprofit rural water corporations or other entities shall remain in

full force and effect. After the effective date of this act, use

for future public utility, rural electric cooperative, rural water

district, rural sewer district or nonprofit rural water corporation

easements of any section line in reserve status shall be subject to

the same conditions and agreements between public utility companies,

rural electric cooperatives, rural water districts, rural sewer

districts or nonprofit rural water corporations and the board of

county commissioners as apply on other section lines.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 113
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-2003 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-2003
Funding
Status: in_force

In order to maximize the funds available for the construction,

improvement, and maintenance of the highway and bridge projects set

forth in Section 2002 of Title 69 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the

Oklahoma Department of Transportation may utilize funds dedicated to

a highway or bridge project to obtain additional federal matching

funds for any bridge project for which such federal matching funds

are available. If federal matching funds are available for the

construction of all or part of a bridge project, the Department of

Transportation may give priority to the construction of all or part

of the bridge project, despite any description of such project to

the contrary, in order to obtain the federal matching funds. Any

remaining funds for such project may be used for the purchase of

right-of-way and relocation expenses.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1316 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1316
Report
Status: in_force

(a) Within five (5) days after being notified of their

appointment, the commissioners shall proceed to appraise and

apportion the benefits to such lots and tracts of land, exclusive of

streets and alleys, as are located within the assessment district,

after having taken an oath to make a full and impartial

apportionment. Any error in the description of a lot, parcel or

tract of land liable for assessment shall not invalidate such

assessment or lien thereof.

(b) The commissioners shall use as a guide the estimated

assessments theretofore prepared by the engineer, but the estimates

shall not be binding upon the commissioners.

(c) The commissioners shall have full and complete authority to

vary the total assessment as between the various tracts, pieces and

parcels of land, depending upon their nearness or remoteness to the

facility, and nearness or remoteness to points of access to the

limited access facility and any other factors that to the

commissioners may appear as resulting in greater benefit to one such

tract or parcel of ground than another.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 154

(d) A written report of such apportionment shall be returned and

filed with the city or county clerk, within fifteen (15) days from

the date of the notice to them of their appointment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1672 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1672
Dr. Ernest L. Holloway Highway
Status: in_force

State Highway 33 beginning one-half mile from the east end of

the Cimarron River Bridge extending to where State Highway 33

intersects with State Highway 105 in Guthrie shall be designated as

the “Dr. Ernest L. Holloway Highway”. The Oklahoma Department of

Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers to be placed

upon the highway bearing his name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.229 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.229
President George W. Bush Highway
Status: in_force

The portion of U.S. Highway 81 from five-tenths (0.5) of a mile

north of the junction of U.S. Highway 81 and County Road E0700

extending north to five-tenths (0.5) of a mile south of the junction

of U.S. Highway 81 and County Road E0650 shall be designated as the

"President George W. Bush Highway". The Department of

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 251

Transportation shall cause suitable markers bearing that name to be

placed on the highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.273 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.273
Sergeant Jeffrey Lee Drake Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The portion of State Highway 169 beginning at the intersection

of U.S. 266 and extending south to the intersection of East 36th

Street North within the municipal limits of Tulsa shall be

designated as the "Sergeant Jeffrey Lee Drake Memorial Highway".

The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent

markers bearing that name to be placed on the highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.269 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.269
Silver Star Recipient Captain John Lee Prichard
Status: in_force

Memorial Bridge.

The bridge on U.S. Highway 77 over Northeast 122nd Street within

the municipal limits of Oklahoma City shall be designated as the

"Silver Star Recipient Captain John Lee Prichard Memorial Bridge".

The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent

markers bearing that name to be placed on the bridge.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-4008 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-4008
Abolition of the Department of Highways, the Highway
Status: in_force

Safety Coordinating Committee, and the Railroad Maintenance

Authority.

The Department of Highways, the Highway Safety Coordinating

Committee and the Railroad Maintenance Authority are hereby

abolished. The powers, duties and responsibilities exercised by the

above-listed entities pursuant to law are hereby transferred to the

Department. Effective July 1, 1993, the powers, duties and

responsibilities of the Highway Safety Coordinating Committee that

were transferred to the Department shall be transferred to the

Department of Public Safety. Any statutory references to the

Department of Highways or the Railroad Maintenance Authority shall

mean the Department of Transportation. Any statutory references to

the Highway Safety Coordinating Committee shall mean the Department

of Public Safety, pursuant to Section 3 of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1280 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1280
Acquisition of outdoor advertising and property rights by
Status: in_force

Department - Condemnation.

A. Outdoor advertising and property rights pertaining thereto

may be acquired by the Department of Transportation under agreement

between the Department, the owner of the outdoor advertising and the

owner of the land upon which the outdoor advertising is located if

the outdoor advertising is lawfully in existence pursuant to

Sections 1274 and 1275 of this title and located within areas

prohibited to advertising by the Highway Advertising Control Act of

1968. The compensation must be based on fair market value.

B. Outdoor advertising is a trade fixture, and owners shall be

awarded just and fair compensation for its taking.

C. If the Department and the owners are unable to agree upon

the amount of compensation to be paid by the Department, the

Department may acquire by condemnation such outdoor advertising and

property rights pertaining thereto. This right of eminent domain or

condemnation shall be exercised in the manner provided by law.

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D. Any outdoor advertising authorized under Sections 1274 and

1275 of this title which does not conform with standards set forth

in Sections 1274 and 1275 of this title except as provided in

Section 1278 of this title, and any outdoor advertising prohibited

by law and not subject to compensation under other terms of this

section shall be a public nuisance. The Department shall give

notice by certified mail to the owner of the sign and to the owner

of the land upon which the outdoor advertising is located, ordering

the notified owners to cause the outdoor advertising to conform with

rules relating to outdoor advertising or to remove prohibited

outdoor advertising. If the owner of the sign or the landowner

fails to act within ninety (90) days after mailing of the notice,

the Department may, at its discretion, remove the outdoor

advertising device.

E. All persons or business entities engaged in the outdoor

advertising business, which includes but is not limited to, the

erection, maintenance and selling of advertising space on and along

the interstate and federal-aid primary highways of this state,

shall, not later than October 31, 1972, furnish the Director of the

Department of Transportation a written inventory of all outdoor

advertising signs, displays or devices erected and being maintained

by the person or entity. The inventory shall include, with respect

to each such sign, not less than the following information:

1. Location and dimensions of the sign;

2. Distance from the nearest edge of the right-of-way;

3. Date erected; and

4. Name and address of the owner of the property on which the

sign is located.

F. For failure to comply with the conditions set forth in

subsection E of this section, the Department may declare such

outdoor advertising signs, displays or devices to be a public

nuisance and remove them in the manner provided by subsection D of

this section.

G. Regardless of any local ordinance requiring amortization,

the compensation provided in subsections A through C of this section

and subsections (a) through (d) of Section 1279 of this title shall

be the exclusive remedy for taking such outdoor advertising and

property rights pertaining thereto. Such compensation shall also be

required for the partial taking or diminishment of the value of such

outdoor advertising and property right caused by any local ordinance

which forces the owners of such outdoor advertising to downsize,

reduce the height or width or otherwise alter legal nonconforming

signs.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.254 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.254
Col Noble A. Miller, USAF – WWII, Korea and Vietnam,
Status: in_force

Memorial Highway.

The portion of State Highway 31 in Pittsburg County beginning at

the intersection of State Highway 31 and 9th Street in McAlester

extending east approximately four and one-half (4.5) miles to the

intersection of State Highway 31 and Adamson Road shall be

designated as the "Col Noble A. Miller, USAF – WWII, Korea and

Vietnam, Memorial Highway". The Department of Transportation shall

cause suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on

the highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1718 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1718
Judicial determination of validity of bonds
Status: in_force

The Authority is authorized in its discretion to file an

application with the Supreme Court of Oklahoma for the approval of

any bonds to be issued hereunder, and exclusive original

jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Supreme Court to hear and

determine each such application. It shall be the duty of the Court

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 332

to give such applications precedence over the other business of the

Court and to consider and pass upon the applications and any

protests which may be filed thereto as speedily as possible. Notice

of the hearing on each application shall be given by a notice

published in a newspaper of general circulation in the state that on

a day named the Authority will ask the Court to hear its application

and approve the bonds. Such notice shall inform all persons

interested that they may file protests against the issuance of the

bonds and be present at the hearing and contest the legality

thereof. Such notice shall be published one time not less than ten

(10) days prior to the date named for the hearing and the hearing

may be adjourned from time to time in the discretion of the Court.

If the Court shall be satisfied that the bonds have been properly

authorized in accordance with this article and that when issued,

they will constitute valid obligations in accordance with their

terms, the Court shall render its written opinion approving the

bonds and shall fix the time within which a petition for rehearing

may be filed. The decision of the Court shall be a judicial

determination of the validity of the bonds, shall be conclusive as

to the Authority, its officers and agents, and thereafter the bonds

so approved and the revenues pledged to their payment shall be

incontestable in any court in the State of Oklahoma.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1212 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1212
Geological signs on highway through Arbuckle Mountains
Status: in_force

not affected.

The provisions of Sections 1208 through 1211 shall not affect in

any way the geological signs on the right-of-way of Highway No. 77

through the Arbuckle Mountains.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.22 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.22
P.O.W./M.I.A. Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The bridge located where U.S. Highway 60 crosses the Arkansas

River in Ponca City, Oklahoma, shall be designated as the

"P.O.W./M.I.A. Memorial Bridge". The Department of Transportation

shall cause suitable permanent markers to be placed upon the bridge

bearing that name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-654 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-654
Adoption of county primary road system
Status: in_force

The boards of county commissioners of the various counties in

this state shall adopt a system of county highways and public roads

which shall constitute the county primary road system of their

respective counties. Said system shall consist of functionally

classified county collector routes as determined by the Department

of Transportation in cooperation with the various boards of county

commissioners and approved by the Federal Highway Administration.

In constructing and maintaining the various routes comprising

the county primary road system, county officials shall take into

consideration the relative traffic volumes existing on the various

segments of such system in the county, population, industrial and

marketing centers, and connections with improved segments of the

respective county primary road systems in adjoining counties, the

state highway system and the city street system.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.257 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.257
SPC Sonny Gene Sampler Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The portion of U.S. Highway 62 in Lawton beginning at the

intersection of U.S. Highway 62 and NW 82nd Street extending east to

the intersection of U.S. Highway 62 and Interstate 44 shall be

designated as the "SPC Sonny Gene Sampler Memorial Highway". The

Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers

bearing that name to be placed on the highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-652 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-652
Federal aid secondary highway projects - Consulting
Status: in_force

engineers.

The board of county commissioners of any county shall have authority

to employ consulting engineers to make locations and prepare plans

and specifications on any federal aid secondary highway project on

the county highway system; and the supervision and inspection of any

such project may be done by a consulting engineer, or by an engineer

of the department assigned for such purpose when request therefor is

made to the Department by the board of county commissioners.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.402 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.402
Bataan Death March Survivor Elmer "Red" Vanover
Status: in_force

Memorial Highway.

The section of U.S. Highway 60 just east of the Will Rogers

Turnpike entrance in Vinita extending easterly to the intersection

of State Highway 82 South in Craig County shall be designated as the

"Bataan Death March Survivor Elmer "Red" Vanover Memorial Highway".

The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent

markers bearing that name to be placed on the highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.207 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.207
Captain Kyle King Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The section of U.S. Highway 64 beginning at the municipal limits

of Perry and extending east to the municipal limits of Morrison

shall be designated as the "Captain Kyle King Memorial Highway".

The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent

markers bearing that name to be placed on the highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.122 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.122
Representative Rusty Farley Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The portion of U.S. Highway 70 from Broken Bow, Oklahoma,

extending south to Idabel, Oklahoma, shall be designated as the

“Representative Rusty Farley Memorial Highway”. Pursuant to the

provisions of Title 69 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the Department of

Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers to be placed

upon the highway bearing that name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1277 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1277
Licenses and permits - Fees - Revocation
Status: in_force

A. The Transportation Commission is hereby authorized to enact

and adopt rules and regulations for the issuance of licenses and

permits and the charging and collection of permit fees for other

than "on-premise" outdoor advertising structures as defined in this

act.

B. The Department of Transportation shall have the authority to

revoke any permit issued under Sections 1271 through 1288 of this

title if the permit holder for any reason is no longer making lease

payments or other agreed-upon compensation to the landowner for use

of the land where the sign is located.

C. After July 1, 2014, the Department of Transportation shall

have the authority to revoke a permit issued under Sections 1271

through 1288 of this title if the permit holder fails to construct a

sign at the permitted site prior to the second expiration date of

the permit, or the permitted site is determined by the Department to

be a discontinued sign site.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1315 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1315
Appointment of appraisers
Status: in_force

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(a) After the work covered by the contract has been completed,

the engineer shall prepare and file with the city or county clerk a

final, complete and accurate statement of the cost of the work

covered by the contract. Such statement shall cover the

engineering, appraising, advertising, and the expenses incurred, or

to be incurred, by the city or county incident thereto, but shall

exclude the cost of acquisition. The engineer shall file at the

same time a statement of the portion thereof previously determined

by the governing body or the board of county commissioners to be

assessed. Upon the filing of the statements by the engineer, the

governing body of the city or the board of county commissioners

shall adopt and confirm the same if found to be correct.

(b) The engineer's report shall also include a proposed schedule

of estimated assessments proposed to be made against each lot, tract

and parcel of land included in the district. The governing body or

the board shall, by resolution, appoint commissioners to appraise

and apportion for the benefits of the several lots or tracts of

land, exclusive of streets and alleys, located within the assessment

district. The commissioners shall consist of three disinterested

freeholders of the city or county, not owners of any of the property

to be assessed. Such commissioners shall be paid not to exceed Ten

Dollars ($10.00) for each day while actually employed in such

service. The act of a majority of the commissioners shall have like

force and effect as the act of all.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.174 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.174
Mayor Jon Gumerson Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The bridge over Cottonwood Creek on State Highway 33 in the City

of Guthrie, Logan County shall be designated the "Mayor Jon Gumerson

Memorial Bridge". Pursuant to the provisions of Title 69 of the

Oklahoma Statutes, the Department of Transportation shall cause

suitable permanent markers to be placed upon the bridge bearing that

name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-210 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-210
Control of access (full)
Status: in_force

Full control of access means that the authority to control

access is exercised to give preference to through traffic by

providing access connections with selected frontage or local roads

only and by prohibiting crossings at grade or direct private

driveway connections.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.457 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.457
Trooper Charlie Hanger Honorary Mile
Status: in_force

The section of Interstate 35 beginning at mile marker 202

extending north for one (1) mile in Noble County shall be designated

as the "Trooper Charlie Hanger Honorary Mile". The Department of

Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing that

name to be placed on the highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1646 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1646
McIntosh County Korean Veterans Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

U.S. Highway 69, from south of I-40 to the South Canadian

River, shall be designated as the “McIntosh County Korean Veterans

Memorial Highway” to honor those persons from McIntosh County that

served our country in the Korean Conflict. The Department of

Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers to be placed

upon the highway bearing such name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1625 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1625
Designation of portion of State Highway 101 in Sequoyah
Status: in_force

County as the Thomas D. Peace Memorial Highway.

State Highway 101 in Sequoyah County from Highway 64B to the

Arkansas state line shall be designated as the "Thomas D. Peace

Memorial Highway" as a lasting memorial to the outstanding

leadership and public service of Thomas D. Peace, former

Commissioner of Health. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation

shall cause suitable permanent markers to be placed upon the highway

bearing the name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.192 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.192
Specialist Howard Lee Jones Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The bridge over Clear Boggy Creek on State Highway 48 south of

the municipal limits of Tupelo shall be designated as the

"Specialist Howard Lee Jones Memorial Bridge". The Department of

Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing that

name to be placed on the bridge.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1685 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1685
Veterans Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

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State Highway 81 between Duncan and Comanche shall be designated

as the “Veterans Memorial Highway”. The Department of

Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers to be placed

upon the highway bearing that name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-222 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-222
Highway, street or road
Status: in_force

A general term denoting a public way for purposes of vehicular

travel including the entire area within the right-of-way.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.324 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.324
James Amos Callins Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The bridge located on State Highway 34 over the Salt Fork of the

Red River, south of Mangum, in Greer County shall be designated as

the "James Amos Callins Memorial Bridge". The Department of

Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing that

name to be placed on the bridge.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.240 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.240
Air Force TSgt Eugene S. Bell, MD, POW WWII, Memorial
Status: in_force

Bridge.

The bridge crossing the Washita River in Johnston County on

State Highway 99 shall be designated as the "Air Force TSgt Eugene

S. Bell, MD, POW WWII, Memorial Bridge". The Department of

Transportation shall cause suitable markers bearing that name to be

placed on the bridge.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-226 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-226
Local road
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 27

A road constructed to provide access to property abutting on or

adjacent to the highway and which has but one connection to the

highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.205 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.205
LCpl Lamont N. Wilson Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The section of Interstate 44 beginning at mile marker 42 and

extending north to mile marker 44 within Comanche County shall be

designated as the "LCpl Lamont N. Wilson Memorial Highway". The

Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers

bearing that name to be placed on the highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1232 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1232
Applicability to counties
Status: in_force

The provisions of Sections 1229 and 1230 shall apply with full

force and effect and in like manner to the board of county

commissioners of each county in this state.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-303-A — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-303-A
Soliciting or receiving political contributions by
Status: in_force

members of Highway Commission prohibited.

No appointed member of the State Highway Commission shall

directly or indirectly solicit, receive or in any manner be

concerned in soliciting or receiving any assessment, subscription or

contribution for any political organization, candidacy or other

political purpose.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-647 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-647
Opening section lines and building and establishing roads
Status: in_force

The boards of county commissioners of the respective counties of

this state, within the boundaries of which counties a state park is

located, are hereby authorized to open section lines leading into

such state parks, to build and establish roads thereon, to extend

said roads into the state parks and connect same with recreational

facilities therein, the location and extent of such roads to be in

the discretion of the board of county commissioners; provided, that

the location thereof be first approved by the Division of Parks,

Recreation and Waterways of the Oklahoma Industrial Development and

Park Commission, or the agency having control of state parks.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1641 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1641
Senator Frank Mahan Highway - Designation of portion of
Status: in_force

State Highway 18.

State Highway 18 southbound from Fairfax, Oklahoma, to where it

intersects with State Highway 20 in Osage County shall be designated

"Senator Frank Mahan Highway". The Department of Transportation

shall cause suitable permanent markers to be placed upon the highway

bearing said name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.156 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.156
Aaron Harrison Scott Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The bridge over the Kiamichi River on U.S. Highway 271 located

one (1) mile south of the municipal limits of Clayton shall be

designated as the "Aaron Harrison Scott Memorial Bridge". The

Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers

bearing that name to be placed on the bridge.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.263 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.263
Representative David Brumbaugh Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other section of statute and due to the

untimely and sudden passing of State Representative David Brumbaugh,

a proud and dedicated leader for House District 76 and a

distinguished and decorated veteran of the United States Army who is

worthy of such recognition, the bridge over North Aspen Avenue on

the Broken Arrow Expressway shall be designated as the

“Representative David Brumbaugh Memorial Bridge” as soon as

practical after the effective date of this legislation. The

Department of Transportation is hereby directed to cause suitable

permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on the bridge.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1696 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1696
T.A. Olivo Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The bridge that crosses the Baker’s Branch Creek on State

Highway 1, east of Allen, Oklahoma, shall be designated as the “T.A.

Olivo Memorial Bridge”. The Department of Transportation shall

cause suitable permanent markers to be placed upon the bridge

bearing that name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1930 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1930
Short title - Oklahoma Road User Charge Program
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Road

User Charge Program".
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-4004 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-4004
Department divisions
Status: in_force

The Department may be divided into divisions which may include

the following:

1. The Division of Planning and Research.

2. The Division of Design.

3. The Division of Administration.

4. The Division of Contract Administration.

5. The Division of Construction and Maintenance.

6. The Division of Land Acquisition.

7. The Division of Traffic Services.

8. The Division of Highway Safety.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-202 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-202
Abandonment
Status: in_force

The cessation of use of right-of-way or activity thereon with no

intention to reclaim or use again for highway purposes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.9 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.9
Danny Martinez Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The portion where State Highways 270 and 271 are one common

merged highway in Wister, Oklahoma, and extending approximately five

(5) miles directly west of Wister, Oklahoma, shall be designated as

the “Danny Martinez Memorial Highway”. The Department of

Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers to be placed

on the highway bearing that name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.395 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.395
Captain Mark E. Barker Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The section of U.S. Highway 277 beginning at the intersection of

Keeney Road near Elgin extending northeasterly to the H.E. Bailey

Turnpike overpass in Comanche County shall be designated as the

"Captain Mark E. Barker Memorial Highway". The Department of

Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing that

name to be placed on the highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.278 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.278
Veterans Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The bridge located on State Highway 66 crossing Pryor Creek

approximately three-tenths (0.3) miles east of Chelsea in Rogers

County shall be designated as the "Veterans Memorial Bridge". The

Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers

bearing that name to be placed on the bridge.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.88 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.88
Dr. D.P. Richardson, M.D. Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The portion of United States Highway 81 beginning and ending

with the city limits of Union City shall be designated as the “Dr.

D.P. Richardson, M.D. Memorial Highway”. The Department of

Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers to be placed

upon the highway bearing that name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-225 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-225
Limited access highway
Status: in_force

A street or highway especially designed for through traffic, and

over, from, or to which neither owners nor occupants of abutting

lands nor other persons have any right or easement of access, light,

air, or view.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.382 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.382
Boone Pickens Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The section of State Highway 51 beginning at the intersection of

Country Club Road and extending west to the intersection of Karsten

Creek Road in Payne County shall be designated as the "Boone Pickens

Memorial Highway". The Department of Transportation shall cause

suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on the

highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.231 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.231
J. Cooper West Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

The section of Interstate 40 Business extending west from the

Beckham County Line to one-quarter (1/4) of a mile west of the

Interstate 40 and State Highway 34 Interchange shall be designated

as the "J. Cooper West Memorial Highway". The Department of

Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing that

name to be placed on the highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-650 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-650
Execution of necessary instruments
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners shall have the power to authorize

the execution of, and the chairman of the board in accordance with

such authorization shall have the power to execute, any and all

contracts, deeds, easements and other instruments of conveyance as

may be required in or convenient to the exercise of the powers

granted in the preceding section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-3003 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-3003
Financing - Trustees - Construction contract
Status: in_force

No road shall be financed or constructed under the terms of this

act, except such access roads or connecting roads which are

incidental to some authorized facility, unless the trust indenture,

the financing provisions, the selection of the trustees and the

construction contract shall conform with the following provisions:

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 368

1. The contractor shall be paid in bonds issued by the trust,

which shall constitute complete compensation for the performance of

the contract with the trust in accordance with the terms and

conditions thereof.

2. The plans and specifications for the project must be at

least equal to minimum standards of the State Highway Department for

the State of Oklahoma or the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority for like

facilities and subject to reasonable approval of engineer to be

designated by the trust.

3. Before any right-of-way is acquired, excluding any interest

acquired in a right-of-way by option, or any condemnation action is

commenced for the purpose of acquiring right-of-way, the contractor

shall first have filed a payment and performance bond with the

trust, in an amount as provided in the construction contract, but

not less than the total estimated cost of actual construction.

4. The trustees of any trust which has the power, under the

terms of this act and of its trust indenture, to contract for the

construction and financing of any toll expressway shall be selected

as follows:

a. The governing body of each participating municipality

shall designate one person and shall submit such

person's name in writing to the principal district

judge presiding over the territory of such

participating municipality. If such person is

approved by such judge or if the judge takes no action

within thirty (30) days from the date such name was

submitted to him, such person, upon taking the oath,

shall become a trustee.

b. When the appointment of a member of the board of

trustees by each participating municipality has been

completed, such members shall meet and elect a

temporary chairman, and shall notify the Governor of

the State of Oklahoma by registered mail of:

(1) Existence of the trust;

(2) The names of the participating municipalities;

and

(3) The name of the member of the board appointed by

each participating municipality, and shall

request that the Governor appoint within thirty

(30) days a like number of trustees, less one.

If the Governor fails to make any or all of such

appointments, the trustees shall fill such

vacancies by a nomination by any member of the

board of trustees and the approving vote of a

majority of the trustees.

c. When all vacancies have been filled, the trustees

shall elect a permanent chairman who shall serve for

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the longest term provided for in the trust indenture.

All other members shall draw lots for staggered terms.

d. Subsequent vacancies shall be filled by action of the

surviving trustees for the unexpired term thereof.

e. Subsequent appointments shall be made in the manner

provided above.

5. The construction contract shall provide for reimbursement to

the trust for an amount equal to the cost of engineering, including

inspection, subject to such reasonable limits as the parties may

agree to, or, the trust must have a prior commitment that the cost

of such inspection or any portion thereof shall be borne by one or

more of the participating municipalities, or the state, as

established by a written agreement between the trust and such

municipalities or the state.

6. The construction contract shall make provisions for the

providing of maintenance when the facility is completed and open to

the public. Such maintenance cost may be borne or shared in any

lawful manner that the trust, contractor and participating

municipality may agree upon. Until the trust bonds are retired, any

surplus revenues shall be deposited in a special fund for the

purpose of providing maintenance for the facility until the fund is

of sufficient size that such surplus revenues may be prudently

diverted to other lawful purposes within the discretion of the board

of trustees.

7. The construction contract shall set a maximum and a minimum

for the toll to be collected from the traveling public on such toll

expressway for each separate class of vehicles and shall set forth

the formula by which the actual toll shall be set, which shall be

effective until all the bonds issued for the payment of the project

shall have been retired, unless changed by an agreement of such

trust and a majority of the registered bondholders.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-702 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-702
Entry upon premises to make surveys and examinations for
Status: in_force

establishment or relocation of highways - Notice.

The Department, through its authorized agents and employees, may

enter upon any lands, waters, and premises in the state for the

purpose of making surveys, soundings and drillings, and examinations

as may be determined necessary or convenient for the purpose of

establishing, locating, relocating, constructing, and maintaining

state highways or relocations thereof and facilities necessary and

incidental thereto. Such entry shall not be deemed a trespass, nor

shall an entry for such purpose be deemed an entry under any

condemnation proceedings which may be then pending; but notice shall

be given to the owner of or person residing on the premises,

personally or by registered mail, at least ten (10) days prior to

such entry.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.405 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.405
Col William A. Ahrberg World War II and Korea
Status: in_force

Memorial Highway.

The section of State Highway 33 beginning at the intersection of

State Highway 18 North in Cushing extending west two (2) miles in

Payne County shall be designated as the "Col William A. Ahrberg

World War II and Korea Memorial Highway". The Department of

Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing that

name to be placed on the highway.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.93 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.93
Bass Reeves Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The bridge over the Arkansas River on United States Highway 62

within the limits of the City of Muskogee shall be designated as the

“Bass Reeves Memorial Bridge”. The Department of Transportation

shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be

placed on the bridge.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1698.251 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-1698.251
Keith Alan Copeland Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

The bridge over Interstate 35 on Historic Route 66 in northern

Oklahoma County shall be designated as the "Keith Alan Copeland

Memorial Bridge". The Department of Transportation shall cause

suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on the

bridge.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-312 — OK Code / Title 69 / Section 69-312
Rules and regulations - Nonresidents transacting business
Status: in_force

with Commission - Agent for service of process - Appointment -

Secretary of State as agent - Financial statement by bidders.

The Commission shall have authority to promulgate such

reasonable rules and regulations as it may deem necessary for the

proper and orderly transaction of its business. Every nonresident

person, natural or artificial, firm or entity, including any

corporation not domiciled in this state, shall, before it be

permitted to transact business or continue business with the

Commission, appoint and maintain an agent upon whom service or

process may be had in any action to which such person, natural or

artificial, firm or entity shall be a party. Such agent shall

reside in the State of Oklahoma and shall file with the Secretary of

State a formal declaration as to his place of residence in the State

of Oklahoma. Service had upon such agent shall be taken and held as

service upon such person, natural or artificial, firm or entity.

Such appointment, properly executed and acknowledged, shall be filed

with the Secretary of State and shall give the residence address or

place of business of such agent. Contractors or other persons

desiring to bid upon construction or maintenance work shall be

required to submit a financial statement and such other information

as the Commission may deem necessary or desirable, such statement

and information to be on file with the Commission for a period of at

least ten (10) days prior to the date on which they expect or desire

to submit bid or bids to the Commission. Any person, natural or

artificial, firm or entity failing to comply with the provisions of

this section shall be deemed to have appointed the Secretary of

State as his service agent in accordance with the provisions of

Title 47, Sections 391 - 398, O.S.1961, as amended, and service of

process may be had as therein provided.