Title 69 — Title 69 — Roads, Bridges, and Ferries

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 w…

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 …

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.…

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 …

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 requ…

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 construct…

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 …

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 avera…

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…

Eligibility - Term - Compensation - Travel expenses - Ex officio member. A. The State Transportation Commission shall consist of an at- large member and one (1) member from each of eight districts of the state, such districts to serve as the maintenance districts and to include t…

A. There is hereby created the Department of Transportation County Advisory Board. The Board shall be made up of nine (9) county commissioners selected by the Oklahoma Cooperative Circuit Engineering Districts Board. One member shall be elected from each of the eight districts of…

A. There is hereby created the Department of Transportation Tribal Advisory Board. The Board shall consist of nine (9) members. The Governor, President Pro Tempore of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives shall make three appointments each from a list of qualifie…

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…

(a) The Commission shall constitute an advisory, administrative, and policy making board with which the Director shall from time to time consult regarding the administration of the affairs of the Department. The Commission may require from the Director complete reports and inform…

Powers of Commission. (a) The construction and maintenance of the State Highway System, and all work incidental thereto, shall be under the general supervision and control of the Transportation Commission. (b) The Commission shall have power to make all final decisions affecting …

There is hereby created the office of the Director of the Department of Transportation, who shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate and who shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor and may be removed or replaced without cause. Compensation …

Immediately upon the election and qualification of the Executive Director of the Department of Transportation, he or she shall become vested with the duties and powers of the management and control of the Department of Transportation, under such orders, rules and regulations as m…

The provisions of any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, the Department of Transportation is hereby authorized and empowered to provide for the use of and inclusion in, its construction contracts price adjustment clauses, providing adjustments in contract bid prices as ma…

employees. The Department of Transportation is hereby authorized to establish, with funds currently held by the Department of Transportation which accrued to its health insurance rate stabilization account, a trust for the benefit of Department of Transportation employees. The tr…

Each member of the Commission and every employee of the Department shall, before entering upon the duties of his office or employment, take and subscribe to an oath or affirmation to support the Constitution of the United States and of the State of Oklahoma, and to discharge fait…

Director - Contracts with such persons. It shall be unlawful for the Commission or the Director to appoint or employ, or approve the appointment or employment of, any persons related within the third degree by blood or marriage to the Director or any member of the Commission. The…

A. No official or employee of the Commission, governing body or other governmental instrumentality who is authorized in his official capacity to negotiate, make, accept, or approve, or to take part in negotiating, making, accepting or approving any contract or subcontract in conn…

The members of the Commission shall meet on the first Monday of each month at the Department office in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to transact all official business, and shall remain in regular session not to exceed five (5) days in any one month. Called meetings of the Commission m…

with Commission - Agent for service of process - Appointment - Secretary of State as agent - Financial statement by bidders. The Commission shall have authority to promulgate such reasonable rules and regulations as it may deem necessary for the proper and orderly transaction of …

It shall be the duty of the Commission and Director to make quarterly reports in writing to the Governor of the complete operation, activities, and plans of the Department, together with such recommendations for future activities of the Department as the Commission and Director m…

The Director shall, with the advice and consent of the Commission, appoint such attorneys as may be necessary for the handling of all legal services for the Commission and the Department. The attorneys shall be the legal advisors for the Commission and the Director, and are hereb…

Department. The expenses of audits of the State Transportation Commission and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation shall be paid by the Commission out of the State Highway Construction and Maintenance Fund upon the presentation of sworn and itemized claims, which claims shal…

The Commission, on or before the first day of June of each year, shall certify to the Oklahoma Tax Commission the county road mileage of each county and the total county road mileage of the state as such mileage existed on the first day of January of such year. Such mileage shall…

and United States. The Department shall have the power and authority to cooperate with the several counties and municipalities of the State of Oklahoma, and with the State Highway Departments, bureaus, commissions, and the authorities now in existence or hereafter created by the …

and maintenance of roads - Costs. The State Highway Commission and the Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission may enter into an agreement whereby the State Highway Commission shall construct and/or maintain various roads located on the grounds of state institutions under the supervis…

changed. This Code shall not affect the status, rights and privileges accrued under the State Merit System of Personnel Administration, or the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, to persons serving as employees of the Department of Highways created by 69 O.S.1961, Sectio…

Commission. In any action to quiet title to real property, the Department or the Commission may be made a party defendant for the purpose of determining whether the Department or the Commission has or claims any interest in such real property; and in any such action service of su…

Erection of informational highway sign. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation shall erect an informational highway sign on I-35 at or near the Sulphur exit for the Oklahoma School for the Deaf in Sulphur, Murray County. Added by Laws 1992, c. 46, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1992.

A. There is hereby created the Office of Mobility and Public Transit within the Department of Transportation. All current Transit Division responsibilities, including oversight and management of Federal Transit Administration (FTA) grants and resources and the State Management Pl…

Public Transit. A. The Transit Division within the Department of Transportation, including oversight and management of Federal Transit Administration grants and resources and the State Management Plan, is transferred into the Office of Mobility and Public Transit. The Executive D…

responsibilities into Office of Mobility and Public Transit. A. The Aging Services Division within the Department of Human Services shall transfer responsibilities regarding oversight and management of Federal Transit Administration grants and resources under 49 U.S.C., Section 5…

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 fa…

Commission - Creation. There is hereby created in the Executive Branch of Government the Department of Transportation and the Transportation Commission. The Department shall function under the direct control and supervision of the Commission as a part of the executive branch of s…

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 prog…

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. Th…

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 …

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 a…

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 org…

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…

§ 26, emerg. eff. April 30, 2007.

62, § 27, emerg. eff. April 30, 2007.

62, § 28, emerg. eff. April 30, 2007.

Contracts on terms approved by Bureau of Public Roads. In order to facilitate civil defense and the construction and maintenance of flight strips, access highways, and the construction of other federal aid highways and roads, the Commission, upon the request of the Bureau of Publ…

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, re…

69 O.S. § 4011 Repealed by Laws 2002, c. 79, § 1, eff. July 1, 2002