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69 OK Stat § 69-3004 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-3004. Connecting or feeder roads or streets.

|If, in the opinion of the board of trustees of such public trust, and of the contractor, that it would be economically wise to improve or construct connecting or feeder streets or roads to the toll expressway, even though such connecting streets or roads would be free roads, then in such event, the trust shall have the authority to let contracts for the construction of such connecting or feeder roads or streets under the following conditions: |1. The consent of the governing body, having jurisdiction over such street or road is first obtained.2. Such portion of the contract price or the work to be performed as the trust agrees to pay or to perform shall be paid in revenue bonds, if such construction is part of the original construction of the toll expressway, or, from surplus revenues in excess of the maintenance fund requirements, or in such manner as may be lawful and proper.3. The trust shall be empowered to enter into contracts with any county or municipality in whose jurisdiction such connecting or feeder roads or streets are located, for the sharing of the work or costs in the improvement or construction of such roads or streets. The trust may do such things as are necessary and practical to qualify the construction and the project for any available federal matching fund programs.4. In any project for the construction or improvement of connecting or feeder roads or streets and for which federal matching funds have been applied for or approved, the contractor shall have the right to agree with the governing body for the performance of a portion of the work if such governing body is properly qualified and equipped, and to compensate such governing body for the work performed, but failure of the governing body to properly perform shall not relieve the contractor from its obligation to build in accordance with the terms of the contract and the plans and specifications, even though it may be entitled to compensation for such failure of performance from such governing body.5. For such portions of the work to be assumed by any governing body in the construction of improvement of any connecting or feeder roads, the governing body shall be subject to the laws applicable to it when contracting for like work on its roads or streets.Added by Laws 1971, c. 333, § 4, emerg. eff. June 16, 1971.
69 OK Stat § 69-3005 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-3005. Counties as trust beneficiaries.

|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. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 333, § 5, emerg. eff. June 16, 1971.
69 OK Stat § 69-3006 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-3006. Consent of governing body.

|The trustees shall negotiate a contract or contracts to accomplish the purposes enumerated in Section 1 of this act; however, prior to entering into a construction contract, it will be necessary for the board of trustees of such trust to obtain the consent of the governing body of any county, city or town of more than one thousand (1,000) population, according to the last preceding Federal Decennial Census, in which such expressway or any part thereof may be located. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 333, § 6, emerg. eff. June 16, 1971.
69 OK Stat § 69-3007 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-3007. Personal injury or property damage - Liability.

|Neither this trust nor any county, beneficiary or municipality within the boundaries of which such expressway may be located shall be liable for personal injury or property damage resulting from the operations of such expressway, or the failure to properly maintain or repair such expressway; provided that the trust or municipality may comply with and be covered by Sections 1751 through 1766 of Title 11, Oklahoma Statutes. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 333, § 7, emerg. eff. June 16, 1971.
69 OK Stat § 69-3008 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-3008. Connections or crossings with state or county highways or streets.

|The trustees of any public trust constructing a toll expressway shall have authority to make any necessary connections with, or crossings, at grade level or otherwise, with any existing state or county highway or street and to temporarily occupy or close public rights-of-way as may be necessary for the public safety during construction of any such toll expressway. Necessary easements and rights-of-way over, under and across public or private property may be acquired by any participating municipality or beneficiary of such trust by the exercise of its power of eminent domain in the manner now or hereafter provided by law for condemnation of lands by a county or city, as the case may be, for highway or street purposes, and any interest so acquired may be leased to the trustees. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 333, § 8, emerg. eff. June 16, 1971.
69 OK Stat § 69-3009 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-3009. Closing of existing streets or highways.

|No existing improved street or highway shall be closed by reason of the construction and operation of such toll expressway, except such temporary closing as may be required for the safety of the public during construction, maintenance or repair, without the express consent of the governing body of any city, county or state agency having jurisdiction over such street or highway. All connections with streets or highways shall meet the normal safety requirements established by the city, county or state agency having jurisdiction over such connecting street or highway. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 333, § 9, emerg. eff. June 16, 1971.
69 OK Stat § 69-3010 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-3010. Applicability of sections 11-1401 through 11-1405 of Title 47 - Municipal ordinances.

|The provisions of Sections 11-1401 through 11-1405 inclusive of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes are hereby made applicable to and enforceable on any toll expressway as provided for in this act and the words "Oklahoma Turnpike Authority" wherever they appear in said Sections 11-1401 through 11-1405, inclusive, for the purpose of this act only, shall be construed to mean the trustees of the public trust operating any such toll expressway; provided, that where a toll expressway is located wholly within the corporate limits of a city, the said trustees may contract with the governing body of such city for the policing of such expressway and if such contract is entered into, the traffic ordinances and regulations of such city shall be applicable to and enforceable on such expressway. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 333, § 10, emerg. eff. June 16, 1971.
69 OK Stat § 69-3011 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-3011. "Toll Expressway" and "municipality" defined.

|For the purposes of this act, the term "Toll Expressway" is defined to mean any toll urban or rural expressway or expressways which may consist of separate sections or segments separated by intervening highway or street connections, and which may be laid out wholly or partially within the corporate limits of any incorporated city, and the cost of construction of which has or is to be paid for by revenue bonds issued by a public trust. For the purposes of this act, the word "municipality" includes a city, county or town. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 333, § 11, emerg. eff. June 16, 1971.
69 OK Stat § 69-3012 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-3012. Judicial determination of validity of bonds.

|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. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 333, § 12, emerg. eff. June 16, 1971.
69 OK Stat § 69-3013 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-3013. Disclosure concerning expenditures.

|The trustees of any trust created under this act shall make complete public disclosure of all transactions concerning expenditures for engineering fees, legal fees, financing fees and discounts in an annual report filed with the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 333, § 13, emerg. eff. June 16, 1971.
69 OK Stat § 69-3014 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-3014. Jurisdiction of district court.

|The district court shall have original jurisdiction to require accounting by trustees, to surcharge trustees, to supervise the administration of the trust where necessary because of mismanagement by trustees, and such further jurisdiction as may be provided by the Oklahoma Trust Act. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 333, § 14, emerg. eff. June 16, 1971.
69 OK Stat § 69-3015 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-3015. Surplus revenues.

|Annually, within sixty (60) days after the close of each fiscal year of any public trust which shall have issued bonds for the construction, operation and/or maintenance of a toll expressway, the trustees of such trust shall pay to the State Treasurer all funds which are not required to be used for other purposes under the terms of the instrument creating the trust and any bond indenture executed in connection with such expressway project, and in such event, such surplus revenue may be appropriated by the Legislature for the benefit of schools or public highways or both. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 333, § 15, emerg. eff. June 16, 1971.
69 OK Stat § 69-3016 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-3016. Purpose - Counties of 500,000 or more exempt.

|The purpose of this act is to permit necessary highways to be constructed, operated and maintained without the expenditure of any city, county or state tax funds, and to thus enable cities and counties and the State Highway Department to conserve available funds for the construction and maintenance of streets and highways that may not be financed under the terms of this act. Provided, however, the provisions of this act shall not apply to public trusts created or to be created for the purpose of financing, constructing, operating and maintaining toll expressways in counties having a population of five hundred thousand (500,000) or more, according to the latest Federal Decennial Census. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 333, § 16, emerg. eff. June 16, 1971.
69 OK Stat § 69-3017 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-3017. Apportionments.

|Until all bonds and the interest thereon are paid in full upon any toll expressway project undertaken by any trust under the provisions of this act, the Oklahoma Tax Commission shall each month determine an amount equal to the motor fuel excise taxes computed on ninety-seven and one-half percent (97 1/2%) of the total gallonage of all fuels consumed on such toll expressway, during the calendar month in which the tax being apportioned accrued, and apportion a sum equal to such amount from all gasoline tax collections as follows: Ninety-seven percent (97%) of such amount to such trust and three percent (3%) to the General Revenue Fund of the State Treasury. Provided, however, that the apportionments herein remitted shall apply only to such trust that issues bonds in connection with the construction of a toll expressway project beginning in or near the City of Tulsa and the Port of Catoosa and extending in a northwesterly direction to a point in or near Ponca City, or at a point on the Kansas-Oklahoma state boundary line, which said toll expressway shall be called "Northwest Passage", or to a turnpike or any parts thereof beginning in the vicinity of the City of Davis and extending in a northeasterly direction, by way of the vicinity of the City of Ada, to a connection in the vicinity of Henryetta or in the vicinity of the intersection of State Highway 48 and Interstate 40. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 333, § 17, emerg. eff. June 16, 1971.
69 OK Stat § 69-3018 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-3018. Determination of fuel consumption.

|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: |Passenger Automobiles15 miles per gallonSingle Unit Trucks10 miles per gallonCombination Trucks and Buses5 miles per gallon.Added by Laws 1971, c. 333, § 18, emerg. eff. June 16, 1971.
69 OK Stat § 69-3019 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-3019. Financial interest - Penalties.

|No trustee or employee of any public trust shall have a direct or indirect financial interest in any contract, subcontract, purchase, sale or other transaction in connection with any toll expressway project undertaken by such trust. Violation of this section shall be deemed cause for removal from office or employment of such trustee or employee. In addition, such violation shall constitute a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisonment not exceeding one (1) year, or both such fine and imprisonment. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 333, § 19, emerg. eff. June 16, 1971.
69 OK Stat § 69-3020 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-3020. Provisions exclusive - Repeal of conflicting laws.

|The powers, duties and restraints granted to or placed on municipalities by this act or the trustees of any trust created under the terms of this act are exclusive of and unaffected by the provisions of Section 1733, Title 69 of the Oklahoma Statutes; Sections 1 through 52, Title 61 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and Sections 176 through 180.3, Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and in addition thereto all other acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed only to the extent of such conflict and for the purpose of the applicability of this act. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 333, § 20, emerg. eff. June 16, 1971.
69 OK Stat § 69-4001 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-4001. Policy.

|It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State of Oklahoma that safe, adequate and efficient transportation facilities at reasonable cost to the people are essential to the economic growth of the state and the well-being of its people. The planning and development of such facilities shall be coordinated by a State Department of Transportation with overall responsibility for balanced transportation policy and planning. It shall not be the policy of the state to interfere with or hamper in any way the development of local transportation systems or projects to serve the peculiar needs of local communities. |Added by Laws 1976, c. 218, § 1.
69 OK Stat § 69-4003 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-4003. Continuation of appropriations

|Each agency consolidated into the Department and presently receiving a legislative appropriation shall continue to receive appropriations as determined or line-itemed by the Legislature. Funds, other than appropriated monies, shall also be allocated to and used for specified programs as authorized by law. |Laws 1976, c. 218, § 3.
69 OK Stat § 69-4004 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-4004. Department divisions

|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.Laws 1976, c. 218, § 4.
69 OK Stat § 69-4005 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-4005. Definitions.

|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.Laws 1976, c. 218, § 5; Laws 1979, c. 219, § 2.
69 OK Stat § 69-4006 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-4006. Transportation Commission - Name change

|A. The State Highway Commission, created in Section 301 of Title 69 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall hereafter be known as the Transportation Commission. Except as specifically provided, this act shall not be construed to alter the present terms, districts, membership, method of appointment, powers and duties of the State Highway Commission hereinafter referred to as the Transportation Commission. Any statutory references to the State Highway Commission shall mean the Transportation Commission as redesignated herein. The Commission shall be the governing and policymaking body for the Department of Transportation and shall determine the policies, plans and programs for accomplishment of the purposes of this act. It shall be the duty of and the Commission shall be empowered to develop plans and programs for an efficient, safe system of transportation for the State of Oklahoma at reasonable cost to the people. |B. The Commission is authorized and empowered to prescribe all necessary procedures for carrying out its objectives and to administer the affairs of the Department.Laws 1976, c. 218, § 6.
69 OK Stat § 69-4007 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-4007. Director - Powers and duties.

|A. The administrative head of the Department of Transportation shall be the Director of the Department of Transportation. The Director shall be an individual with a background of broad experience in the administration and management of complex public works or other comparable organizational structures, and who shall be appointed by the Commission and serve at the pleasure of the Commission. He shall have the authority and duty to supervise, direct, account for, organize, plan, administer and execute the functions of the Department consistent with the general policies and procedures prescribed and established by the Commission. Any statutory references to the State Highway Director in Title 69 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall mean the Director of the Department of Transportation. |B. The Director shall employ a professional civil engineer who shall have broad experience in design and construction of complex highways or other transportation-related projects. This engineer shall be responsible to the Director for the management of all engineering functions of the Department.C. This act shall not affect the status and rights accrued under the State Merit System of Personnel Administration or the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System to persons serving as employees of any Department, Commission, Authority or other state agency who become employees of the Department of Transportation through the passage of this act.Amended by Laws 1985, c. 8, § 1, emerg. eff. March 22, 1985.
69 OK Stat § 69-4008 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-4008. Abolition of the Department of Highways, the Highway 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. |Added by Laws 1976, c. 218, § 8. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 81, § 1, eff. July 1, 1993.
69 OK Stat § 69-4010 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-4010. Turnpike Authority

|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 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.Laws 1976, c. 218, § 10.
69 OK Stat § 69-4012 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-4012. Transfer of Authorities to the Division of Planning and 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. |Laws 1976, c. 218, § 12.
69 OK Stat § 69-4013 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-4013. Department - Limitation of jurisdiction

|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. |Laws 1976, c. 218, § 13.
69 OK Stat § 69-4015 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries|§69-4015. Goldsby Airport - Responsibility for mowing.

|The State Department of Transportation shall assume the responsibility of mowing the Goldsby Airport located in Section 24, Township 8 North, Range 3 West of the Indian Meridian, McClain County, Oklahoma. |Added by Laws 1978, c. 274, § 16, emerg. eff. May 10, 1978.