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69 OK Stat § 69-1718 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1718. Judicial determination of validity of bonds.

|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 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. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1718, operative July 1, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-1719 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1719. Refunding bonds.

|(a) The Authority is hereby authorized to provide by resolution for the issuance of turnpike revenue refunding bonds of the Authority for the purpose of refunding any bonds then outstanding which shall have been issued under the provisions of this article including the payment of any redemption premium thereon and any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of redemption of such bonds, and, if the Authority shall so determine, for the additional purpose of constructing improvements, extensions, or enlargements of the turnpike project or projects in connection with which the bonds to be refunded shall have been issued. The Authority is further authorized to provide for the issuance of its turnpike revenue bonds for the combined purpose of (a) refunding any bonds then outstanding which shall have been issued under the provisions of this article, including the payment of any redemption premium thereon and any interest accrued, or to accrue to the date of redemption of such bonds, and (b) paying all or any part of the cost of any additional turnpike project or projects as authorized by this article. The issuance of such bonds, the maturities and other details thereof, the rights of the holders thereof, and the rights, duties, and obligations of the Authority in respect of the same, shall be governed by the provisions of this article insofar as the same may be applicable. |(b) Bonds may be issued by the Authority under the provisions of this section at any time prior to the maturity or maturities or the date selected for the redemption of the bonds being refunded thereby. Pending the application of the proceeds of such refunding bonds, with any other available funds, to the payment of the principal, accrued interest, and any redemption premium of the bonds being refunded, and if so provided or permitted in the resolution authorizing the issuance of such refunding bonds or in the trust agreement securing the same, to the payment of any interest on such refunding bonds, and any expenses in connection with such refunding, such proceeds may be invested in direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and the interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America which shall mature or which shall be subject to redemption by the holder thereof at the option of such holder, not later than the respective dates when the proceeds, together with the interest accruing thereon, will be required for the purposes intended, or, in lieu of such investments, all or any part of such proceeds may be placed in interest bearing time deposits or other similar arrangements may be made with regard thereto which will assure that such proceeds, together with the interest accruing thereon, will be available when required for the purposes intended.Added by Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1719, operative July 1, 1968. Amended by Laws 1986, c. 289, § 3, emerg. eff. June 25, 1986.
69 OK Stat § 69-1720 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1720. Annual report by Authority.

|The authority shall make and submit to the Governor, within ninety (90) days of the close of the Authority's fiscal year, a full report showing anticipated projects, projects under construction and projects in operation, and the financial condition of the Authority and the sinking fund of each separate project, and such other information as the Governor shall require. The annual financial statements must be audited and filed in accordance with the requirements set forth for financial statement audits in Section 212A of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1720, operative July 1, 1968. Amended by Laws 1986, c. 289, § 4, emerg. eff. June 25, 1986; Laws 1996, c. 290, § 12, eff. July 1, 1996.
69 OK Stat § 69-1721 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1721. Law deemed supplemental and additional.

|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 provisions of this article need not comply with the requirements of any other law applicable to the issuance of bonds. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1721, operative July 1, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-1722.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1722.1. Turnpike rights-of-way - Removal of obstructions.

|A. The rights-of-way acquired by the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority shall be held inviolate for turnpike and Authority 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, oil, gas or water drilling rig, line or structure, tank battery or other equipment or structure used in the collection, processing or transportation of hydrocarbons or other minerals, driveway canopy, building, sign, fence, post, or any thing or structure on or overhanging any right-of-way, or upon or overhanging any turnpike, and the construction or maintaining of any such thing or structure on or overhanging any turnpike shall constitute a public nuisance, which may be summarily abated by the Authority or its trustees, officers, agents, servants and employees in the manner provided in subsection D of this section.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 as provided in Section 1722 of Title 69 of the Oklahoma Statutes nor to the use of such rights-of-way with the express consent of the Authority.D. The Authority, its trustees, officers, agents, servants and employees shall have authority to physically remove any such gasoline pump, oil, gas or water drilling rig, line or structure, tank battery or other equipment or structure used in the collection, processing or transportation of hydrocarbons or other minerals, driveway canopy, building, sign, fence, post, thing or structure. If the owner of any such gasoline pump, oil, gas or water drilling rig, line or structure, tank battery or other equipment or structure used in the collection, processing or transportation of hydrocarbons or other minerals, driveway canopy, building, sign, fence, post, thing or structure fails to remove the same within a reasonable time after written demand for the removal thereof has been made upon such owner by registered mail or personal service, the Authority, its trustees, its officers, agents, servants and employees may physically tear down and remove such gasoline pump, oil, gas or water drilling rig, line or structure, tank battery or other equipment or structure used in the collection, processing or transportation of hydrocarbons or other minerals, driveway canopy, building, sign, fence, post, thing or structure.Added by Laws 1998, c. 346, § 1, emerg. eff. June 5, 1998.
69 OK Stat § 69-1723 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1723. Oklahoma Turnpikes - Designation.

|The system of turnpikes, together with all sections and extensions thereof, constructed and to be constructed in the State of Oklahoma are hereby officially designated as the "Oklahoma Turnpikes". |Added by Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1723, operative July 1, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-1724 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1724. Turner section.

|That part of the Oklahoma Turnpikes from Oklahoma City to Tulsa is hereby officially designated the "Turner" section of the Oklahoma Turnpikes. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1724, operative July 1, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-1725 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1725. Will Rogers section.

|The turnpike extension constructed from Tulsa northeast is hereby officially designated as the "Will Rogers" section of the Oklahoma Turnpikes. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1725, operative July 1, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-1726 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1726. Indian Nation Turnpike.

|That portion of the Oklahoma Turnpikes from the vicinity of Henryetta to the vicinity of Hugo is hereby officially designated as "The Indian Nation Turnpike". |Added by Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1726, operative July 1, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-1728 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1728. Minimum payments for engineering and legal services.

|It is hereby declared to be the intent of the Legislature, and the Authority is therefor directed, to hold payments for engineering and legal services to the barest minimum, and it is further the intent of the Legislature that in regard to bonds hereafter issued, so far as possible, the service of the chief engineer of the Authority to be utilized as the consulting engineer and the service of the Attorney General be utilized as legal counsel for the Authority. The Authority is hereby directed to submit to the Governor and the Legislature a complete detailed and itemized annual report of all sums, expended for engineering and legal services, showing the amounts of and to whom paid. Such report shall be submitted within thirty (30) days after the convening of the Legislature for general sessions. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1728, operative July 1, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-1729 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1729. Determination of amount of fuel consumed on turnpikes.

|In determining the amount of motor fuel consumed on the Oklahoma turnpike projects each month, the Oklahoma Tax Commission shall divide the total miles traveled on the turnpikes by passenger automobiles, single unit trucks, and combination trucks and buses as certified each month by the Authority, 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 and the following section, the Oklahoma Tax Commission shall use the following rates for motor fuel consumed on the Oklahoma Turnpikes: |Passenger Automobiles ................ 15 miles per gallonSingle Unit Trucks ................... 10 miles per gallonCombination Trucks and Buses ......... 5 miles per gallonAdded by Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1729, operative July 1, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-1731 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1731. Letting of contracts for turnpike construction.

|All contracts for the construction of turnpikes shall be let by the Authority to the lowest responsible bidder, or bidders, after notice by publication in the same manner as provided in Section 1101 of this Code, provided, the Authority may reject all bids and readvertise the same. Furthermore, the Authority shall retain five percent (5%) of the total amount of money due under contract with the Authority for payment of taxes and providing of workers' compensation insurance as provided in Section 1103 of this Code. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1731, operative July 1, 1968. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 352, § 9, operative July 1, 1989.
69 OK Stat § 69-1732 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1732. Legislative power to alter or amend construction or location.

|The Legislature, notwithstanding any agreement or contract entered into by the Authority, may repeal, alter, or amend the authorization for the construction, or description of the route or location of any turnpike or turnpikes, or portion or portions thereof, for which bonds have not been sold at the time of such legislative action. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1732, operative July 1, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-1733 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1733. Prohibition on construction or financing under public 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. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1733, operative July 1, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-1734 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1734. Contractors - Solicitation by employees to procure insurance or surety bonds.

|No officer, consultant, agent, or employee of the Authority and no person acting or purporting to act on behalf thereof shall, with respect to any contract, require the contractor or any subcontractor to make application to or to obtain or procure any of the surety bonds and any other type of insurance specified in connection with such contract, or specified by any law, from a particular insurance or surety company, agent, or broker. This section shall not, however, prevent the exercise, by such officer or employee, on behalf of the Authority, of the right to approve the form, sufficiency, or manner of execution of the surety bonds or other type of insurance contracts furnished by the insurance or surety company selected by the contractor or subcontractor to underwrite the bonds, or other types of insurance contracts. Any provisions in any invitation for bids, or in any of the contract documents, in conflict herewith are hereby declared to be contrary to the public policy of this state. A violation of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1734, operative July 1, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-1735 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1735. On-the-job employee safety program.

|It is the intent of the Legislature that the promotion of safety in the workplace is a legitimate public purpose. In order to establish a public employee benefit program to encourage safety in the workplace, the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority is hereby directed to establish an on-the-job employee safety program which encourages work unit safety and reduces lost productivity and compensation costs. In order to promote job safety in work units with exceptional safety records, the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority is authorized to expend from monies available in the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority General Fund so much thereof as may be necessary for the purpose of recognition awards for presentation to the members of work units or individual employees with exceptional safety records. Recognition awards shall consist of distinctive wearing apparel, service pins, U.S. Savings Bonds, or other appropriate awards, the value of which shall not exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) per employee, which recognize the safety achievement of the work unit or individual employees. |Added by Laws 1998, c. 72, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1998. Amended by Laws 2008, c. 145, § 2, emerg. eff. May 9, 2008.
69 OK Stat § 69-1736 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1736. Honor the Fallen Revolving Fund.

|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. |Added by Laws 2011, c. 208, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 2011. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 584.
69 OK Stat § 69-1801 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1801. Penalties for misdemeanor.

|(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 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.Added by Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1801, operative July 1, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-1802 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1802. Penalty for felony.

|Any person who is convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this Code herein or by the laws of this state declared to constitute a felony, and for which another penalty is not provided in this Code, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one (1) year nor more than five (5) years, or by a fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1802, operative July 1, 1968. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 572, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 415, eff. July 1, 1999.NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 572 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
69 OK Stat § 69-1901 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1901. Liberal interpretation.

|The provisions of this Code, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes and objects hereof. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1901, operative July 1, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-1902 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1902. Effect of heading.

|Article and section headings contained herein shall not be deemed to govern, limit, modify, or in any manner affect the scope, meaning or intent of the provisions of any article or section hereof. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1902, operative July 1, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-1903 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1903. Agreements to construct, improve, repair or maintain city streets.

|A. The Department of Transportation may by agreement with the governing board of a city, incorporated town or other municipality having a population less than five thousand (5,000), construct, improve, repair or maintain any of the streets of such city, town or municipality. |B. A county and a municipality or any two or more counties or municipalities may contract with each other to construct, improve, repair or maintain any of the roads, streets or highways of the other parties to the contract. No party to the contract shall be liable for the acts or omissions of the other parties or for failure to inspect or supervise the performance of the other parties.Added by Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1903, operative July 1, 1968. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 123, § 2, emerg. eff. April 9, 1982; Laws 1987, c. 221, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1987.
69 OK Stat § 69-1904 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1904. Short title.

|This act shall be known and may be cited as the Oklahoma Highway Code of 1968. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1904, operative July 1, 1968.
69 OK Stat § 69-1910 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1910. Agreements to repair streets or bridges within real 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. |Added by Laws 1984, c. 90, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1984.
69 OK Stat § 69-1911 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1911. Transfer of Chickasaw Turnpike to Department of Transportation.

|The Department of Transportation may accept the transfer of all or part of the roadway and any appurtenances thereto known as the Chickasaw Turnpike. |Added by Laws 2003, c. 206, § 3, emerg. eff. May 12, 2003; Amended by Laws 2006, c. 118, § 1, emerg. eff. May 4, 2006.
69 OK Stat § 69-1912 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1912. Road and highway mapping system.

|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. |Added by Laws 2006, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 45, § 12, eff. July 1, 2006.
69 OK Stat § 69-1930 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-1930. Short title - Oklahoma Road User Charge Program.

|This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Road User Charge Program". |Added by Laws 2021, c. 381, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.