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69 OK Stat § 69-641 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-641. Contract by farmers as to expenses and for return of machinery.

|(a) The board of county commissioners may not permit the use of such machinery and equipment, as provided in the preceding section, until the farmer desiring the use thereof shall make and enter into a contract with such county, providing that the farmer shall pay all expenses incurred in moving the machinery and equipment and the upkeep thereof, and that the same shall be returned to the county in as good condition as it was when received, the usual wear and tear alone excepted. |(b) The farmer shall further, to enforce the compliance with such contract, deposit a bond with the board of county commissioners guaranteeing the compliance with such contract and the payment for oil and gas, etc., such bond to be approved by the board, or, in lieu of such bond, shall make a cash deposit in such sum as may be required by the board; provided, that no farmer shall be liable for major breakage of such equipment.Laws 1968, c. 415, § 641, operative July 1, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-642 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-642. Operation of machinery and equipment used by farmers.

|Such machinery and equipment when used as hereinbefore provided shall be operated by and be under the control of the duly appointed agents and employees of the counties. |Laws 1968, c. 415, § 642, operative July 1, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-643 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-643. Survey of farm - Maintenance of terrace by farmer - Advice 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 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. |Laws 1968, c. 415, § 643, operative July 1, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-643.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-643.1. Circumstances under which county commissioners authorized to enter and perform work on private property.

|The board of county commissioners is authorized to enter onto private property adjoining county roads and to perform work by county employees or by contractors working for the county, on such private property, when: |1. The available right-of-way does not provide enough space for needed conservation works of improvement to diminish erosion and siltation of the right-of-way;2. The owner, or owners, of the adjoining property sign a cooperative agreement permitting such works, which agreement shall state the amount of land to be treated, and the works of improvement to be constructed. Any work performed will be restricted solely to that specified in the cooperative agreement;3. The local Conservation District has approved the proposed works of improvement; and4. A copy of the cooperative agreement and a statement of approval from the local Conservation District has been filed with the records of the county commissioners in the office of the county clerk and the cooperative agreement and statement from the local Conservation District have become a part of the minutes of the county commissioners' proceedings.Added by Laws 1985, c. 274, § 2, emerg. eff. July 18, 1985.
69 OK Stat § 69-644 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-644. Loan of machinery and equipment to municipalities.

|The board of county commissioners may, upon such terms and conditions as it deems advisable, loan the county road machinery, tractors and equipment to municipalities located within the county for the purpose of permitting the use thereof in the building, grading and maintaining of streets, alleys and roads within such municipalities. |Laws 1968, c. 415, § 644, operative July 1, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-645 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-645. Marking of equipment.

|The board of county commissioners shall cause each piece of county-owned, rented or leased road machinery and equipment, and each automobile and truck, to be marked in accordance with the provisions of this section. County-owned automobiles, trucks, road machinery and equipment shall be conspicuously and legibly marked PROPERTY OF (name of county) COUNTY, and leased automobiles, trucks, road machinery and equipment shall be conspicuously and legibly marked LEASED BY (name of county) COUNTY, on each side, in upper case letters, on a background of sharply contrasting color. |Laws 1968, c. 415, § 645, operative July 1, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-647 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-647. Opening section lines and building and establishing roads.

|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. |Laws 1968, c. 415, § 647, operative July 1, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-648 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-648. Appropriation of highway by county or city for public purpose - Dedication of adjacent land.

|In any case in the state where a public highway has been appropriated and occupied by a county or municipality for a public purpose and such county or municipality owns adjacent land, the board of county commissioners of such county or the governing body of such municipality may convey and dedicate to the public for street or highway purposes such adjacent lands or a sufficient part thereof for such purpose in lieu of the highway by them so appropriated and occupied. |Laws 1968, c. 415, § 648, operative July 1, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-649 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-649. Grant of right to close, inundate, destroy, alter or appropriate county highway for public purposes.

|The board of county commissioners of each county, by and with the written approval of the Commission, may grant to the United States of America or any irrigation district, conservancy district or water user's association, organized under the laws of the state, the right to close, inundate, destroy, alter or appropriate any county highway in such county in connection with the construction, development, operation or maintenance of any irrigation, reclamation, water conservation and utilization, flood control, military or national defense project, for needful public buildings, or other public projects being constructed, operated, developed or maintained by the United States of America, or any such district or association, upon such terms and conditions and for such consideration as the board of county commissioners may determine to be just and proper. The grant of any such right or rights may include the right to construct irrigation ditches and canals across and along any such highway. |Laws 1968, c. 415, § 649, operative July 1, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-650 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-650. Execution of necessary instruments.

|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. |Laws 1968, c. 415, § 650, operative July 1, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-651 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-651. Section and quarter section corners.

|The provisions of Sections 1229 - 1233 of this Code, relating to the marking and obliteration of section and quarter section corners within rights-of-way of state highways, shall apply with full force and effect and in like manner to the board of county commissioners of each county, whenever section corners or quarter section corners are obliterated, or may be obliterated by the construction or resurfacing of either low type or high type paved roads of any county highway within the county. |Laws 1968, c. 415, § 651, operative July 1, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-652 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-652. Federal aid secondary highway projects - Consulting 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. |Laws 1968, c. 415, § 652, operative July 1, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-653 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-653. Numerical designation of section lines - System.

|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.Laws 1968, c. 237, § 1, emerg. eff. April 24, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-654 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-654. Adoption of county primary road system.

|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.Laws 1968, c. 237, § 2, operative July 1, 1968; Laws 1970, c. 97, § 1, emerg. eff. March 30, 1970; Laws 1992, c. 80, § 1, eff. July 1, 1992.
69 OK Stat § 69-655 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-655. County route markers.

|The board of county commissioners in each county may, within one (1) year after the designation of the county primary road system in that county, locate, erect and thereafter maintain markers designating those routes classified as county primary roads. Markers shall bear the cardinal number or other identification assigned the particular route on which the marker is erected and shall indicate the name of the county. The responsibility for devising a practical, systematic county primary route numbering scheme, including the configuration of the identifying device, readily lending itself to functional implementation is vested and imposed jointly on representatives of the Oklahoma Cooperative Circuit Engineering Districts Board and the Department of Transportation. The scheme shall be so devised as to offer intracounty and intercounty road users a convenient means of identifying and using the county primary road system and shall provide for continuous numbering of routes crossing county boundaries. The Department of Transportation is hereby authorized to negotiate with the counties, on a statewide basis, to manufacture and provide the markers on a materials plus cost basis. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 237, § 3, eff. July 1, 1968. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 80, § 2, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 2017, c. 20, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
69 OK Stat § 69-657 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-657. Short title.

|This act shall be known and may be cited as the "County Bridge and Road Improvement Act". |Added by Laws 1980, c. 307, § 1, emerg. eff. June 17, 1980. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 284, § 18, eff. July 1, 1997.
69 OK Stat § 69-659 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-659. County bridge standards - Demonstration bridge projects - 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 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. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 307, § 3, emerg. eff. June 17, 1980. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 44, § 2, operative July 1, 1989; Laws 1989, c. 352, § 2, operative July 1, 1989; Laws 1993, c. 206, § 1, emerg. eff. May 25, 1993; Laws 1997, c. 284, § 20, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2010, c. 256, § 6, eff. July 1, 2010; Laws 2017, c. 20, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
69 OK Stat § 69-660 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-660. Replacement, expansion, or repair of bridges - Expenditures.

|The boards of county commissioners may enter into cooperative agreements with the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority for the purpose of replacement, expansion or repair of functionally obsolete and structurally deficient bridges which cross over or under turnpikes. The expenditures for such projects will be from any federal, state or county public funds appropriated and earmarked for such purpose. Counties may apply for the expenditure of these earmarked funds for projects that have been requested by the board of county commissioners of the county where the bridge is located. Once approved by the Oklahoma Cooperative Circuit Engineering Districts Board, the Board will select and prioritize the bridge replacement projects based on criteria which shall include, but not be limited to, high traffic volume and current bridge safety assessments. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 307, § 4, emerg. eff. June 17, 1980. Amended by Laws 1981, c. 68, § 1, emerg. eff. April 16, 1981; Laws 1989, c. 352, § 3, operative July 1, 1989; Laws 1991, c. 98, § 1, eff. July 1, 1991; Laws 1995, c. 20, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1995; Laws 1997, c. 284, § 21, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2006, c. 157, § 1, emerg. eff. May 15, 2006; Laws 2009, c. 281, § 1, emerg. eff. May 22, 2009; Laws 2010, c. 256, § 7, eff. July 1, 2010.
69 OK Stat § 69-661 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-661. Priority of replacement or reconstruction projects - 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.Added by Laws 1980, c. 307, § 5, emerg. eff. June 17, 1980. Amended by Laws 1981, c. 68, § 2, emerg. eff. April 16, 1981; Laws 1984, c. 239, § 15, operative July 1, 1984; Laws 1989, c. 44, § 3, operative July 1, 1989; Laws 1989, c. 352, § 4, operative July 1, 1989; Laws 1995, c. 25, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1995; Laws 1997, c. 284, § 22, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2001, c. 73, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2001; Laws 2004, c. 419, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2004; Laws 2006, c. 157, § 2, emerg. eff. May 15, 2006; Laws 2010, c. 256, § 8, eff. July 1, 2010.
69 OK Stat § 69-662 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-662. Approval of projects – County-built projects.

|A. A professional engineer registered by the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors pursuant to Section 475.1 et seq. of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall approve projects that may be awarded to contractors by the boards of county commissioners, Transportation Commission or by other federal or state agencies under their normal competitive bidding procedures, excluding prequalification of bidders. A “county-built” project may be a road or bridge in whole or in part built with its own county forces or entirely let to contract, but all costs associated are payable. |B. County-built bridges using the County Bridge and Road Improvement Fund shall meet or exceed the following criteria:1. The bridge has been built according to the current edition of the County Bridge Standards manual or from field notes drawn by a registered professional engineer that provide the basic structural requirements to achieve a load rating of H. twenty-three (23) tons or greater. Field notes may be handwritten specifications or sketches which have been stamped or signed;2. The finished bridge shall achieve a twenty-three-ton or greater rating. The rating criteria shall be determined by the National Bridge Inventory and approved by the Department of Transportation for bridges twenty (20) feet or more in length;3. The subsurface foundation of the bridge shall meet the minimum guidelines established by using approved engineering methods, details of which shall be kept as shop notes;4. The finished bridge shall have a minimum roadway width of twenty-four (24) feet; and5. Materials used in the construction of the bridge shall meet or exceed the specifications for materials as specified in the current edition of the County Bridge Standards or certified in writing by the engineer or supplier.C. Prior to construction of the bridge, a county may request that construction supervision be provided by the Circuit Engineering District of which the county is a member to ensure quality control and quality assurance.Added by Laws 1980, c. 307, § 6, emerg. eff. June 17, 1980. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 25, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1995; Laws 1997, c. 284, § 23, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 1998, c. 29, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1998; Laws 1999, c. 240, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1999; Laws 2000, c. 110, § 1, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2001, c. 73, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2001; Laws 2006, c. 157, § 3, emerg. eff. May 15, 2006; Laws 2009, c. 231, § 3, eff. July 1, 2009; Laws 2010, c. 256, § 9, eff. July 1, 2010; Laws 2011, c. 63, § 1, eff. July 1, 2011.
69 OK Stat § 69-665 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-665. Review of contracts - Expenditures permitted.

|A. All consulting engineering contracts for services referred to in this act may be reviewed by the Department of Transportation except those contracts entered into pursuant to the provisions of Section 687.1 of this title or by the county or circuit engineer. The Department, county or circuit engineer shall make findings on all contracts reviewed that the cost is reasonable and the firm involved is capable of performing the service within a reasonable period of time. |B. Expenditures which may be allowed pursuant to the provisions of this act shall include the following:1. The cost of county bridge inspections, classifications, and evaluations, and county road inspections, classifications and evaluations for federal and state purposes and to match federal or state funds, provided the applicable federal or state funds are available;2. Project engineering costs;3. The cost of rights-of-way acquired for projects pursuant to the provisions of this act and the cost of the relocation of utilities from the rights-of-way so acquired;4. The cost of reconstruction or replacement of roadway structures which may be less than twenty (20) feet in length;5. Any cost or expense for administration, program management, engineering, including the development of appropriate local road standards which shall apply only to those roads reconstructed, maintained, or otherwise constructed pursuant to this act, or construction supervision necessarily incurred by the Department of Transportation or Circuit Engineering Districts in fulfilling its duties and responsibilities pursuant to this act;6. Any cost or expense related to a comprehensive plan for signing or inventory of signs on the county road system;7. The expense and related costs of employing an engineer to assist a county or counties in carrying out the daily operations of road and bridge maintenance and construction, including the employment of a circuit engineer; and8. All costs associated with constructing a bituminous surface treatment or gravel roadway.Added by Laws 1980, c. 349, § 14, emerg. eff. June 25, 1980. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 25, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1995; Laws 1997, c. 284, § 25, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2010, c. 256, § 10, eff. July 1, 2010.
69 OK Stat § 69-666 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-666. Replacement of county bridge – Environmental studies.

|Environmental studies as otherwise required by state or federal law shall not be required prior to the replacement of any existing county bridge. |Added by Laws 2011, c. 257, § 1, emerg. eff. May 18, 2011.NOTE: Editorially renumbered from § 663 of Title 69 to avoid duplication in numbering.