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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 264 By: Mann
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to public works; directing the
7 Corporation Commission to create certain application
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8 solicitation of public comment; directing Commission
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9 regulation; directing rule promulgation; providing
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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15 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 143 of Title 63, unless there is
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16 created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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17 A. The Corporation Commission shall coordinate with the Office
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18 of Management and Enterprise Services and Oklahoma One-Call System,
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19 Inc. to establish a GIS-based web service application to support
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20 public works projects, utility planning, and infrastructure
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21 coordination. The application shall be a voluntary, free-of-charge
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22 platform to promote efficiencies and identify opportunities for
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23 entities to coordinate efforts on public works activities. Entities
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24 conducting public works projects may utilize the application to
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1 share project information, the geographic scope of a given project,
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2 and other high-level project details for the purpose of coordinating
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3 public works projects with similar timelines.
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4 B. The Commission shall solicit public comment from potential
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5 public works participants in the program, including internet service
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6 providers, public utilities, municipal utilities, oil and gas
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7 operators, political subdivisions, and any other industrial,
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8 commercial, or public entities which may have an interest in
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9 potential projects.
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10 C. The Commission shall contract with an outside entity
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11 pursuant to the Public Competitive Bidding Act of 1974. The
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14 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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