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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
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3 SENATE BILL 1662 By: Jett
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8 AS INTRODUCED
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9 An Act relating to turnpikes; amending 69 O.S. 2021,
9 Section 1711, which relates to tolls for turnpikes;
10 defining term; exempting residents of Oklahoma from
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11 updating statutory language; providing an effective
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16 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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17 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 69 O.S. 2021, Section 1711, is
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18 amended to read as follows:
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19 Section 1711. A. 1. As used in this subsection, "residents of
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20 this state" shall mean individuals holding a valid Oklahoma driver
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21 license or permit to operate a motor vehicle issued by Service
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22 Oklahoma.
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23 2. The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, subject to the provisions
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24 hereof, is hereby authorized to fix, revise, charge, and collect
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1 tolls for the use of each turnpike project and the different parts
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2 or sections thereof, except for use by the following persons who
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3 shall be entitled to free use of every such project:
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4 a. law enforcement officers responsible for enforcing the
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5 traffic laws and the general laws of the state and
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6 federal governments on turnpikes, who shall be
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7 entitled to free use of every such project in the
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8 performance of official duties connected with such
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9 turnpike project, and
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10 b. residents of this state.
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11 B. The Authority, subject to the provisions of this section, is
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12 authorized to contract with any person, partnership, association, or
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13 corporation desiring the use of any part thereof, including the
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14 right-of-way adjoining the paved portion, for placing thereon
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15 telephone, telegraph, electric light or power lines, gas stations,
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16 garages, stores, hotels, restaurants, and advertising signs, or for
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17 any other purpose except for tracks for railroad or railway use, and
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18 to fix the terms, conditions, rents, and rates of charges for such
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19 use.
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20 C. Such tolls, subject to the other restrictions hereof, shall
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21 be so fixed and adjusted in respect of the aggregate of tolls from
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22 the turnpike project or projects in connection with which the bonds
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23 of any issue shall have been issued as to provide a fund sufficient
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24 with other revenues, if any, to pay (a) the cost of maintaining,
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1 repairing, and operating such turnpike project or projects, and (b)
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2 the principal of and the interest of such bonds as the same shall
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3 become due and payable, and to create reserves for such purposes.
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4 The tolls and all other revenues derived from the turnpike project
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5 or projects in connection with which the bonds of any issue shall
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6 have been issued, except such part thereof as may be necessary to
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7 pay such cost of maintenance, repair, and operation and to provide
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8 such reserves therefor as may be provided for in the resolution
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9 authorizing the issuance of such bonds or in the trust agreement
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10 securing the same shall be set aside at such regular intervals as
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11 may be provided in such resolution or such trust agreement in a
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12 sinking fund which is hereby pledged to, and charged with, the
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13 payment of (a) the interest upon such bonds as such interest shall
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14 fall due, (b) the principal of such bonds as the same shall fall
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15 due, (c) the necessary charges of paying agents for paying principal
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16 and interest, and (d) the redemption price or the purchase price of
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17 bonds retired by call or purchase as therein provided, which are a
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18 charge against such fund. The use and disposition of monies to the
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19 credit of such sinking fund shall be subject to the provisions of
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20 the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds or of such
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21 trust agreement. Except as may otherwise be provided in such
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22 resolution or such trust agreement, such sinking fund shall be a
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23 fund for all such bonds without distinction or priority of one over
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24 another. The monies in the sinking fund, less such reserve as may
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1 be provided in such resolution or trust agreement, if not used
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2 within a reasonable time for the purchase of bonds for cancellation
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3 as above provided, shall be applied to the redemption of bonds at
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4 the redemption price then applicable.
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5 D. Any person who leases, rents, or acquires control of any gas
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6 station, garage, store, hotel, or restaurant must have been a
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7 resident of, or been doing business in, Oklahoma for the past five
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9 E. Notwithstanding anything else herein contained to the
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10 contrary, the Corporation Commission of the State of Oklahoma shall
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11 exercise the jurisdiction now or hereafter vested in it to regulate
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12 and control the operation of motor carriers of passengers and
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13 freight, using or desiring to use any turnpike project, in the
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14 manner and to the extent that it regulates or controls such carriers
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15 using the highways of the state.
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16 F. The Authority shall not discriminate against any group or
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17 class or individual member thereof in fixing the amount of toll,
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18 rents, or charge for the use of the turnpike project.
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19 G. The Authority shall promulgate any rules necessary to
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20 implement the provisions of this section.
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21 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2026.
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22 SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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1 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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