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69 OK Stat § 69-1201.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1201.1. Preexisting easements to remain in full force and 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. |Laws 1975, c. 80, § 2, emerg, eff. April 24, 1975; Laws 1976, c. 47, § 1, emerg. eff. April 9, 1976.
69 OK Stat § 69-1201.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1201.2. New section lines not created - Existing lines not widened - Indian lands.

|Nothing in this act shall be construed to create a section line where none existed, nor to widen an existing section line, nor in any way to conflict with provisions relating to section lines of Indian Treaties or acts of Congress providing for disposition of Indian lands, nor to diminish any existing rights of any owners of abutting land, or registered land surveyors to enter section lines in the official conduct of their business. |Laws 1975, c. 80, § 3, emerg. eff. April 24, 1975.
69 OK Stat § 69-1202 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1202. Highways - Right of adjoining owner.

|An owner of land bounded by a road or street is presumed to own to the center of the way, but the contrary may be shown. |Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1202, operative July 1, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-1204 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1204. Highway construction – No issuance of work order until securing of all rights-of-way.

|No work order on a contract for construction, reconstruction, maintenance, or any other type of highway construction shall be issued by the Transportation Commission unless all rights-of-way necessary for such construction shall have first been secured by the state or local units of government. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1204, operative July 1, 1968. Amended by Laws 1999, c. 341, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1999.
69 OK Stat § 69-1206 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1206. Rights-of-way not secured by negotiation - Offers - Costs.

|In any or all of the above cases where local units of government are required to pay or participate in the cost of right-of-way and such right-of-way cannot be secured by negotiation, the state and the local units of government involved shall agree upon a fair and reasonable offer to be made for the right-of-way and, should the eventual cost thereof exceed the offer, the excess shall be borne with the local units of government involved, in proportion to their respective obligations in the purchase of such right-of-way, and shall be computed on the basis of each tract separately. |Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1206, operative July 1, 1968; Laws 1971, c. 287, § 1, emerg. eff. June 19, 1971.
69 OK Stat § 69-1206.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1206.1. State highways - Rights-of-way - County nonparticipation.

|No county, regardless of population, and no municipality having a population of less than sixty thousand (60,000) persons according to the latest Federal Decennial Census shall be required to participate financially in the acquisition of lands for use for rights-of-way for state highways contracted for and constructed after the effective date of this section; provided, that this act shall not relieve any county or any said municipality, except those with a population of one thousand five hundred (1,500) or less, of such financial participation where responsibility for the same has been assumed under a preexisting contractual agreement with the department. |Laws 1976, c. 182, § 1, emerg. eff. June 4, 1976; Laws 1978, c. 84, § 1, eff. July 1, 1978.
69 OK Stat § 69-1206.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1206.2. Municipalities - State highways - Right of way acquisition - Nonparticipation.

|No municipality having a population of sixty thousand (60,000) persons or more according to the latest Federal Decennial Census shall be required to participate financially in the acquisition of land for use for rights-of-way for state highways contracted for and constructed after the effective date of this section; provided that this section shall not relieve any said municipality of such financial participation where responsibility for the same has been assumed under a preexisting contractual agreement with the department. |Added by Laws 1978, c. 84, § 2, eff. July 1, 1979.
69 OK Stat § 69-1207 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1207. Purchase and sale of unneeded parcels.

|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. |Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1207, operative July 1, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-1208 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1208. Structures in right-of-way or street prohibited - Public nuisance.

|(a) The rights-of-way acquired by the Department shall be held inviolate for state highway and departmental purposes, and no physical or functional encroachments or uses shall be permitted within such rights-of-way. |(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to construct, maintain or operate any gasoline pump, driveway canopy, building, sign, fence, post, or any thing or structure on or overhanging any right-of-way, or upon or overhanging any street occupied by a designated state or federal highway, and the construction or maintaining of any such thing or structure on or overhanging any federal or state highway shall constitute a public nuisance, which may be summarily abated by the Commission or its officers, agents, servants and employees in the manner provided in this article.(c) This section shall not apply to the lawful use of such rights-of-way for the erection and operation of facilities of a public utility.Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1208, operative July 1, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-1209 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1209. Removal of structures by highway commission.

|The Commission, its officers, agents, servants and employees shall have authority to physically remove any such sign, post, thing or structure, gasoline pump, driveway canopy, fence, signpost and building; and if the owner of any such driveway canopy, gasoline pump, or building, thing or structure fails to remove the same within a reasonable time after written demand for the removal thereof has been made upon him by registered mail or personal service, the Commission, its officers, agents, servants and employees may physically tear down and remove such building, canopy, or pump, and for such purpose may enter upon private property to the extent necessary to accomplish the removal. Neither the state nor the Commission or its agents, servants, officers and employees shall be liable for any damage caused or sustained by reason of the abatement and removal of any such nuisance. |Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1209, operative July 1, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-1210 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1210. Culverts, driveways, mailboxes and stock-pass fences excepted - Approval by Commission required.

|Sections 1208 through 1211 shall not prevent the construction or maintenance of any culvert or driveway as a means of ingress and egress to private property, or prevent the placing of mailboxes or fences to stock-passes on any highway right-of-way. The Commission may regulate the construction and maintenance of such culverts, driveways, fences to stock-passes, and mailboxes with due regard to the safety of the traveling public and proper maintenance of the highway. No culvert, driveway, fence to stock-pass, or mailbox shall be constructed or maintained on the right-of-way of any designated state or federal highway by any person without the approval of the Commission, and the Commission may remove without notice any such culvert, driveway, fence to stock-pass, or mailbox constructed or maintained without first obtaining such approval when in its judgment such culvert, driveway, fence to stock-pass, or mailbox is dangerous to the traveling public or interferes with proper drainage or maintenance of the highway. |Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1210, operative July 1, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-1211 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1211. Violation a misdemeanor - Punishment - Interference with abatement.

|(a) Every person who shall construct, maintain, or operate any gasoline pump, driveway canopy, building, sign, fence, post, or any other thing or structure except such as may be specifically authorized by law upon the right-of-way of any designated state or federal highway, or upon any street designated as a part of any state or federal highway, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and each day such violation continues shall be a separate offense. |(b) Every person who, by threats, physical violence, or in any manner, prevents, obstructs or hinders the abatement of any such nuisance by the Commission, its agents, servants or employees shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1211, operative July 1, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-1212 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1212. Geological signs on highway through Arbuckle Mountains 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. |Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1711, operative July 1, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-1213 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1213. Obstructing or damaging roads - Defacing, damaging, destroying 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 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 felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not more than two (2) years, 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.Added by Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1213, operative July 1, 1968. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 127, § 4, emerg. eff. May 4, 1993; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 570, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 413, eff. July 1, 1999.NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 570 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
69 OK Stat § 69-1229 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1229. Location and identification of corners within right-of-way.

|The Department shall, in cooperation with the county surveyor of the county affected, locate section and quarter section corners within the right-of-way of all state highways when surveys and plans are being made for contemplated new construction or resurfacing, and re-mark such corners in the right-of-way by a suitable marker, of a design to be approved by the Department. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1229, operative July 1, 1968. Amended by Laws 2008, c. 320, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.
69 OK Stat § 69-1230 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1230. Obliteration of corners by highway construction.

|Where any section or quarter section corner is obliterated, or may be obliterated, by highway construction, the Department shall witness the location of such corners by two or more well defined objects located outside of the contemplated right-of-way limits and shall note such witnesses on the highway construction plans. |Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1230, operative July 1, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-1232 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1232. Applicability to counties.

|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. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1232, operative July 1, 1968. Amended by Laws 2008, c. 320, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.
69 OK Stat § 69-1233 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1233. Right of entry.

|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. |Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1233, operative July 1, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-1235 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1235. Right to purchase - Collection of pro rata share of costs.

|The Highway Department shall have right to purchase right-of-way under the provisions of this act from the fund created hereby, and at such time as the right-of-way is to be utilized for construction thereon, the Department shall then proceed to replenish from the cost of said project the state's proportionate share of the purchase price paid for said right-of-way, and to collect the pro rata share required by present law from city or county governments, and any monies derived from said governments shall accrue to said fund. |Laws 1970, c. 118, § 2.
69 OK Stat § 69-1236 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1236. Sale of unneeded property.

|In the event that circumstances alter the highway requirements after the Director has acquired property so that it or a portion thereof is no longer needed for highway purposes, the Director is authorized to sell the real property involved or any portion thereof in the name of the state on the relation of the Director, and shall make deposit of the proceeds of such sale in the Highway Advance Right-of-Way Acquisition and Management Fund. Provided, if any funds have been contributed by municipal or county governments for the purchase of such property, such funds shall be returned to said municipal or county government together with any interest which such contributions have actually earned. |Laws 1970, c. 118, § 3.
69 OK Stat § 69-1237 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1237. Deposit and investment of monies.

|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. |Laws 1970, c. 118, § 4.
69 OK Stat § 69-1238 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1238. Approval of actions.

|Any actions taken by the Director under the provisions of this act shall first be approved by the State Highway Commission. |Laws 1970, c. 118, § 5.
69 OK Stat § 69-1251 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1251. Citation.

|This act may be called the "Oklahoma Junkyard and Scrap Metal Processing Facility Control Act." |Laws 1968, c. 98, § 1, emerg. eff. April 1, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-1252 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1252. Declarations and findings.

|For the purpose of promoting the public safety, health, welfare, convenience and enjoyment of public travel, to protect the public investment in public highways, and to preserve and enhance the scenic beauty of lands bordering public highways, it is hereby declared to be in the public interest to regulate and restrict the establishment, operation, and maintenance of junkyards and scrap metal processing facilities in areas adjacent to the Interstate and Primary Systems within this state. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that junkyards and scrap metal processing facilities which do not conform to the requirements of this Act are public nuisances. |Laws 1968, c. 98, § 2, emerg. eff. April 1, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-1254 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1254. Prohibition on operation of junkyards or facilities.

|No person, firm or corporation shall establish, operate or maintain a junkyard or scrap metal processing facility, any portion of which is within one thousand (1,000) feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of any interstate or primary highway, except the following: |(a) Those which are screened by natural objects, plantings, fences or other appropriate means so as not to be visible from the main traveled way of the system, or otherwise removed from sight.(b) Those located within unzoned industrial areas, which areas shall be determined from actual land uses and defined by regulations to be promulgated by the Commission.(c) Those located within areas which are zoned for industrial use under authority of state or local law, regulation or ordinances. (d) Those which are not visible from the main traveled way of the system.Added by Laws 1968, c. 98, § 4, emerg. eff. April 1, 1968. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 107, § 2, emerg. eff. March 29, 1978.
69 OK Stat § 69-1254A (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1254A. Removal of license tags

|Any person, firm or corporation or employee of person, firm or corporation in the business of dismantling or salvaging any part or parts of junked or salvaged motor vehicles shall remove all license tags attached to said junked or salvaged motor vehicles within ten (10) days from receipt of said vehicle. |Laws 1976, c. 93, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1976.
69 OK Stat § 69-1254B (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1254B. Penalty

|Any person in violation of Section 1 of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). |Laws 1976, c. 93, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1976.
69 OK Stat § 69-1255 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1255. Screening required.

|Any junkyard or scrap metal processing facility lawfully in existence on the effective date of this act which is within one thousand (1,000) feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way and visible from the main traveled way of any highway on the interstate or primary system shall be screened by the person, firm or corporation operating said junkyard or scrap metal processing facility in the manner and at locations required by the Commission. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 98, § 5, emerg. eff. April 1, 1968. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 107, § 3, emerg. eff. March 29, 1978.
69 OK Stat § 69-1256 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1256. Reimbursement for expenses.

|Any person, firm or corporation in existence and doing business at a specified present location at the time of passage of this act, required to provide fencing or screening by this act, shall be reimbursed all actual and necessary expenses incurred thereby upon the prior submission of a plan or scheme to be approved by the Department and thereafter the submission of an itemized claim for such expenses to the Oklahoma Department of Transportation when such claim is approved by the Commission. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 98, § 6, emerg. eff. April 1, 1968. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 107, § 4, emerg. eff. March 29, 1978.