2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 73. State Capital and Capitol Building › §73-15.3. Assignment of parking for certain officials - Location - Reserved parking spaces.

Except as provided in subsection D of this section, the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate and the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives are empowered to designate the parking assignments and issue window stickers or other means of identification of elected and appointed officers and employees whose offices are in the State Capitol Building in the parking areas described in this act.
A. Except as provided in subsection D of this section, officers and employees shall not park in any space in the following described areas except as specified by the President Pro Tempore:
1. The parking area traversed by the semicircular drive to the west entrance of the State Capitol Building. This area shall have specifically assigned parking places for state officers, including the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Attorney General, the State Treasurer, the State Auditor and Inspector, the Justices of the Supreme Court, the Judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals, the Judges of the Court of Appeals and any other elected or appointed state officer or employee so designated by the President Pro Tempore;
2. The area beginning at the intersection of Northeast Twenty-third Street and the east curb of the west drive of Lincoln Boulevard (the southbound lanes of Lincoln Boulevard), thence east along Northeast Twenty-third Street to a point in line with the easternmost curb of that parking area lying west of the State Capitol Building, thence south to the northernmost curb of the parking area traversed by the semicircular drive on the west side of the State Capitol Building, thence traverse that parking area lying in the semicircular drive west of the State Capitol Building to a point on the easternmost curb of the parking area lying west of the State Capitol Building, thence south along said east curb to a point on the north curb of Northeast Twenty-first Street, thence east along said north curb to the crosswalk traversing Northeast Twenty-first Street on the south side of the Capitol Plaza, thence south to the centerline of Northeast Twenty-first Street, thence west along said centerline to the east curb of the west drive of Lincoln Boulevard (the southbound lanes of Lincoln Boulevard), thence northerly along said east curb to point of beginning; and
3. The parking area located on the north side of Northeast Twenty-first Street between the east curb of the west drive of Lincoln Boulevard (the southbound lanes of Lincoln Boulevard) and the halfway point between the east curb of the west drive of Lincoln Boulevard (the southbound lanes of Lincoln Boulevard) and the west curb of the east drive of Lincoln Boulevard (the northbound lanes of Lincoln Boulevard).
B. Except as provided in subsection D of this section, officers and employees shall not park in any space in the following described areas except as specified by the Speaker of the House of Representatives:
1. The area beginning at the intersection of Northeast Twenty-third Street and the west curb of the east drive of Lincoln Boulevard (the northbound lanes of Lincoln Boulevard), thence southerly along said west curb to the intersection of the centerline of Northeast Twenty-first Street extended, thence west along the centerline of Northeast Twenty-first Street extended and the centerline of Northeast Twenty-first Street to the crosswalk traversing Northeast Twenty-first Street on the south side of the Capitol Plaza, thence north to the north curb of Northeast Twenty-first Street, thence east along said north curb to the westernmost curb of the parking area lying east of the State Capitol Building, thence north along said west curb to the southernmost curb of the parking area traversed by the semicircular drive on the east side of the State Capitol Building, thence traverse that parking area lying in the semicircular drive east of the State Capitol Building to a point on the westernmost curb of the parking area lying east of the State Capitol Building, thence north along said west curb to Northeast Twenty-third Street, thence east along Northeast Twenty-third Street to point of beginning;
2. The parking area located on the south side of Northeast Twenty-first Street between the east curb of the west drive of Lincoln Boulevard (the southbound lanes of Lincoln Boulevard) and the west curb of the east drive of Lincoln Boulevard (the northbound lanes of Lincoln Boulevard); and
3. The twenty parking spaces located adjacent to the entrance of the east pedestrian tunnel that connects the State Capitol Building with the parking area that lies to the east of the State Capitol Building on the east side of Lincoln Boulevard.
C. Except as provided in subsections D and E of this section, the President Pro Tempore and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall be empowered to designate the parking assignments of elected and appointed officers and employees in the parking area located between the east curb of the west drive of Lincoln Boulevard (the southbound lanes of Lincoln Boulevard) and the west curb of the east drive of Lincoln Boulevard (the northbound lanes of Lincoln Boulevard) and between Northeast Twenty-first Street and the northernmost curb of the parking area located immediately north of Northeast Nineteenth Street.
1. The President Pro Tempore shall designate the parking assignments of elected and appointed officers and employees in the twenty-four parking spaces located immediately south of the northernmost curb, the six northernmost spaces located immediately east of the westernmost curb of the parking area, and the eleven westernmost parking spaces on the north side of the second northernmost parking island; and
2. The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall designate the parking assignments of elected and appointed officers and employees in the parking spaces located on the east and west sides of the east entrance to the parking area; the four westernmost parking spaces on the north side of the northernmost parking island; the twenty-four parking spaces located on the south side of the northernmost parking island; and the eleven southernmost parking spaces located immediately east of the westernmost curb of the parking area.
D. 1. The Governor shall designate the parking assignments for the following areas in the parking area located between the east curb of the west drive of Lincoln Boulevard (the southbound lanes of Lincoln Boulevard) and the west curb of the east drive of Lincoln Boulevard (the northbound lanes of Lincoln Boulevard) and between Northeast Twenty-first Street and the northernmost curb of the parking area located immediately north of Northeast Nineteenth Street:
a.
the twenty easternmost parking spaces on the north side of the northernmost parking island, and
b.
the thirteen easternmost parking spaces on the north side of the second northernmost parking island.
2. Upon completion and acceptance of the completed project by the President Pro Tempore of renovation and repair of the parking area described as beginning at the intersection of Northeast Twenty-third Street and the east curb of the west drive of Lincoln Boulevard (the southbound lanes of Lincoln Boulevard), thence east along Northeast Twenty-third Street to a point in line with the easternmost curb of that parking area lying west of the State Capitol Building, thence south to the northernmost curb of the parking area traversed by the semicircular drive on the west side of the State Capitol Building, thence traverse that parking area lying in the semicircular drive west of the State Capitol Building to a point on the easternmost curb of the parking area lying west of the State Capitol Building, thence south along said east curb to a point on the north curb of Northeast Twenty-first Street, thence east along said north curb to the crosswalk traversing Northeast Twenty-first Street on the south side of the Capitol Plaza, thence south to the centerline of Northeast Twenty-first Street, thence west along said centerline to the east curb of the west drive of Lincoln Boulevard (the southbound lanes of Lincoln Boulevard), thence northerly along said east curb to point of beginning, the Governor shall designate the parking assignments for the following spaces in the above described parking area:
a.
the ten parking spaces beginning with the eighth space and ending with the seventeenth space located south of the oil well (count beginning with the parking space immediately adjacent to the oil well) on the east curb of the west drive of Lincoln Boulevard (the southbound lanes of Lincoln Boulevard), and
b.
the ten southernmost parking spaces on the east side of the southernmost parking island.
E. All parking spaces in the parking area described in subsections C and D of this section that are unassigned shall be reserved for visitors.
Added by Laws 1982, c. 195, § 3, operative July 1, 1982. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 288, § 1, eff. July 1, 1995. Renumbered from Title 47, § 11-1011 by Laws 1995, c. 288, § 3, eff. July 1, 1995.