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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 2119 By: Deevers
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to transportation; amending Section
7 1, Chapter 490, O.S.L. 2025 (69 O.S. Supp. 2025,
8 Section 508), which relates to the Preserving and
8 Advancing County Transportation Fund; providing
9 certain factors for distribution of certain funds;
9 updating statutory language; updating statutory
10 references; providing an effective date; and
10 declaring an emergency.
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 1, Chapter 490, O.S.L.
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15 2025 (69 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 508), is amended to read as
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17 Section 508. A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury
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18 a revolving fund to be designated as the "Preserving and Advancing
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19 County Transportation Fund" (PACT Fund). The fund shall be a
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20 continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall
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21 consist of all monies directed for deposit to the fund by law
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22 including, but not limited to, apportionments made pursuant to
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23 paragraph 10 11 of subsection B of Section 1004 of Title 68 of the
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24 Oklahoma Statutes. All monies accruing to the credit of said the
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1 fund are hereby appropriated and may be allocated, budgeted, and
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2 expended pursuant to subsection B of this section. Expenditures
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3 from said the fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State
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4 Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the
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5 Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for
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6 approval and payment.
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7 B. 1. Two-thirds (2/3) of the monies deposited to the credit
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8 of the PACT Fund shall be allocated as follows:
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9 a. to the various counties in a manner that increases
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10 accounts for a county's population, traffic volume,
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11 military-related impacts, lane-mile burdens, presence
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12 of major federal installations, and per county mile
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13 highway construction and maintenance ratio, with the
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14 goal of increasing such ratio to a target ratio of
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15 Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000.00) per county road
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16 mile, prioritizing counties impacted most by the
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17 factors provided for in this subparagraph and with the
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18 lowest such ratio, until all of the various counties
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19 reach such target ratio, and
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20 b. any remaining amounts as follows:
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21 (1) fifty percent (50%) shall be allocated to the
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22 various counties in the proportion which the
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23 certified county road miles of each county bears
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24 to the sum of county road miles in the state, and
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1 (2) fifty percent (50%) shall be allocated to the
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2 various counties in the proportion which the
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3 number of county bridges in each county according
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4 to the most recent ODOT Department of
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5 Transportation Bridge Summary Report for County
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6 Bridges bears to the total sum of county bridges
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7 in the state according to such report.
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8 Each county treasurer shall deposit such funds to the county's
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9 county highway fund and such funds shall be used for constructing
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10 and maintaining the county highway system.
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11 2. One-third (1/3) of the monies deposited to the credit of the
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12 PACT Fund shall be used as necessary for the reconstruction of
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13 county bridges on the portion of the county highway system defined
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14 as major collector routes in accordance with the provisions of
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15 Section 654 of Title 69 of the Oklahoma Statutes this title. Prior
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16 to any funds for such projects being allocated, the counties shall
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17 submit the proposed projects to the Department of Transportation,
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18 which shall evaluate and confirm whether the proposed projects are
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19 in accordance with the criteria provided for in this subsection.
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20 Bridges proposed for reconstruction will be generally evaluated
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21 based on the state of project innovation, readiness, structural
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22 adequacy, safety, serviceability, functional obsolescence,
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23 essentiality for public use, structural deficiency ranking as
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1 Summary Report at the time of submission, and special reductions for
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2 characteristics such as detour length, traffic safety features, and
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3 current school bus routes. Upon confirmation by the Department of
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4 Transportation that a proposed project is in accordance with the
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5 criteria provided for in this subsection, funds shall be allocated
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6 to the county for use in such project.
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7 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2026.
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8 SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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9 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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10 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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11 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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