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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 67 By: Frix
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to roads and bridges; amending 69
7 O.S. 2021, Section 1521, which relates to the
8 Rebuilding Oklahoma Access and Driver Safety Fund;
8 modifying apportionment calculations and amounts for
9 certain fiscal years; updating statutory language;
9 updating statutory references; providing an effective
10 date; and declaring an emergency.
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 69 O.S. 2021, Section 1521, is
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14 amended to read as follows:
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15 Section 1521. A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury
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16 a fund to be known as the "Rebuilding Oklahoma Access and Driver
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17 Safety Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to
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18 fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all appropriations and
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19 transfers made by the Legislature. All monies accruing to the
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20 credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and
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21 expended by the Department of Transportation for the purposes
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22 authorized by subsection F of this section in amounts as authorized
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23 by the Oklahoma Legislature. Expenditures from the fund shall be
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24 made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims
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1 filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of
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2 Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
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3 B. Beginning July 1, 2021, except for an amount equivalent to
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4 the amount of revenue apportioned to the Rebuilding Oklahoma Access
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5 and Driver Safety Fund pursuant to Section 500.4B of Title 68 and
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6 Section 1104 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes and from other
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7 sources apportioned to the Fund fund by law, there shall be
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8 apportioned to the funds specified in this subsection from the
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9 monies that would otherwise be apportioned to the General Revenue
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10 Fund by Section 2352 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes from the
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11 revenues derived pursuant to subsections A, B, and E of Section 2355
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12 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes amounts as follows:
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13 1. Subject to any reductions required by subsection E of this
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14 section, there shall be apportioned to the Rebuilding Oklahoma
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15 Access and Driver Safety Fund:
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16 a. for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and for
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17 each fiscal year thereafter, Eighty Million Dollars
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18 ($80,000,000.00), which shall be allocated and used by
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19 the Department of Transportation first for the purpose
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20 of making any required payments for principal,
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21 interest, or other costs of borrowing with respect to
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22 the obligations issued pursuant to Section 341 of
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23 Title 73 of the Oklahoma Statutes and after any such
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1 required payment has been made then for the purposes
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2 otherwise authorized by this section, plus
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3 b. the total amount apportioned to the Rebuilding
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4 Oklahoma Access and Driver Safety Fund for the
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5 preceding fiscal year which, except for the amount
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6 prescribed by subparagraph a of this paragraph, shall
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7 be apportioned before any other amount is apportioned
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8 pursuant to Section 2352 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma
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9 Statutes, plus
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10 c. an additional amount that is required in order for the
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11 total apportionment to the Rebuilding Oklahoma Access
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12 and Driver Safety Fund from all sources for such
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13 fiscal year to equal:
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14 (1) Five Hundred Seventy-five Million Dollars
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15 ($575,000,000.00) for the fiscal year beginning
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16 July 1, 2021, and
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17 (2) Five Hundred Ninety Million Dollars
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18 ($590,000,000.00) for the fiscal year beginning
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19 July 1, 2022, and
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20 (3) Six Hundred Forty Million Dollars
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21 ($640,000,000.00) for the fiscal year beginning
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22 July 1, 2025,
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1 (4) Six Hundred Ninety Million Dollars
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2 ($690,000,000.00) for the fiscal year beginning
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3 July 1, 2026,
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4 (5) Seven Hundred Forty Million Dollars
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5 ($740,000,000.00) for the fiscal year beginning
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6 July 1, 2027,
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7 (6) Seven Hundred Ninety Million Dollars
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8 ($790,000,000.00) for the fiscal year beginning
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9 July 1, 2028,
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10 (7) Eight Hundred Forty Million Dollars
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11 ($840,000,000.00) for the fiscal year beginning
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12 July 1, 2029,
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13 (8) Eight Hundred Ninety Million Dollars
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14 ($890,000,000.00) for the fiscal year beginning
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15 July 1, 2030,
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16 (9) Nine Hundred Forty Million Dollars
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17 ($940,000,000.00) for the fiscal year beginning
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18 July 1, 2031,
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19 (10) Nine Hundred Ninety Million Dollars
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20 ($990,000,000.00) for the fiscal year beginning
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21 July 1, 2032, and
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22 (11) One Billion Dollars ($1,000,000,000.00) for the
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23 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2033, and for each
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1 All amounts apportioned pursuant to this paragraph shall be
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2 divided into twelve equal amounts to be apportioned each month
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3 during the fiscal year except the amount specified in subparagraph a
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4 of this paragraph which amount shall be allocated in its full amount
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5 in cash not later than July 30 each year or such later date as may
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6 be required in order for the amount to be allocated in cash; and
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7 2. For each fiscal year after the apportionments required by
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8 paragraph 1 of this subsection have been made:
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9 a. the next Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) shall be
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10 apportioned to the Oklahoma Tourism and Passenger Rail
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11 Revolving Fund created pursuant to Section 325 of
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12 Title 66 of the Oklahoma Statutes to be used for
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13 capital and operating costs for the "Heartland Flyer"
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14 rail project, and
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15 b. the next Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000.00) shall
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16 be apportioned to the Public Transit Revolving Fund
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17 created pursuant to Section 4031 of this title to be
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18 used for purposes authorized by law other than the
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19 purpose described by subparagraph a of this paragraph.
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20 All amounts apportioned pursuant to this paragraph shall be
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21 divided into twelve equal amounts to be apportioned each month
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22 during the fiscal year.
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1 C. The monies apportioned to the Rebuilding Oklahoma Access and
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2 Driver Safety Fund shall not be used to supplant or replace existing
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3 state funds used for transportation purposes.
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4 D. In order to ensure that the funds from the ROADS Rebuilding
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5 Oklahoma Access and Driver Safety Fund are used to enhance and not
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6 supplant state funding for the Department of Transportation, the
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7 State Board of Equalization shall examine and investigate
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8 expenditures from the fund each year. For purposes of this
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9 examination, monies used to retire outstanding debt obligations for
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10 which the Department of Transportation is responsible shall be
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11 excluded. At the meeting of the State Board of Equalization held
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12 within five (5) days after the monthly apportionment in February of
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13 each year, the State Board of Equalization shall issue a finding and
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14 report which shall state whether expenditures from the ROADS
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15 Rebuilding Oklahoma Access and Driver Safety Fund were used to
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16 enhance or supplant state funding for the Department of
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17 Transportation. If the State Board of Equalization finds that state
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18 funding for the Department of Transportation was supplanted by funds
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19 from the ROADS Rebuilding Oklahoma Access and Driver Safety Fund,
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20 the Board shall specify the amount by which such funding was
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21 supplanted. In this event, the Legislature shall not make any
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22 appropriations for the ensuing fiscal year until an appropriation in
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23 that amount is made to replenish state funding for the Department of
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24 Transportation.
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1 E. In the event that the Director of the Office of Management
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2 and Enterprise Services declares a General Revenue Fund revenue
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3 failure pursuant to Section 34.49 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma
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4 Statutes, and agency allocations are reduced pursuant to the
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5 provisions of Section 34.49 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes,
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6 the amounts that would otherwise be apportioned to the ROADS
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7 Rebuilding Oklahoma Access and Driver Safety Fund by:
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8 1. Subparagraph a of paragraph 1 of subsection B of this
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9 section, only to the extent that the amount is not required for debt
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10 service related to the obligations authorized pursuant to Section
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11 341 of Title 73 of the Oklahoma Statutes, Section 350 of Title 73 of
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12 the Oklahoma Statutes, and Section 1 of Enrolled House Bill No. 2896
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13 of the 1st Session of the 58th Oklahoma Legislature Section 350.1 of
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14 Title 73 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
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15 2. Subparagraphs b and c of paragraph 1 of subsection B of this
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16 section; and
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17 3. Subparagraphs a and b of paragraph 2 of subsection B of this
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18 section,
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19 shall be reduced by a percentage equal to that required of the
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20 General Revenue Fund appropriations to state agencies and such
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21 reductions shall occur during the entire fiscal year and for any
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22 month during which such reductions are required by the Office of
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23 Management and Enterprise Services and by the same percentage as
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1 that required of the agencies for such General Revenue Fund
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2 appropriations.
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3 F. The Department of Transportation shall use the monies in the
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4 Rebuilding Oklahoma Access and Driver Safety Fund for:
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5 1. The construction and maintenance of state roads, bridges,
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6 and highways;
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7 2. The direct expenses of operating and maintaining the state
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8 highway system, including bridges;
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9 3. Direct expenses incurred in constructing, repairing, and
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10 maintaining state highways, farm-to-market roads, county highways,
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11 and bridges as authorized by law;
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12 4. Matching federal funds;
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13 5. The purchase of materials, tools, machinery, motor vehicles,
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14 and equipment necessary or convenient for the construction and
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15 maintenance of the state highway system and bridges;
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16 6. Debt service incurred prior to January 1, 2006, for Capital
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17 Improvement Program bonds sold pursuant to Section 2001 of this
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19 7. Debt service incurred on or after July 1, 2009, with respect
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20 to obligations authorized to be issued pursuant to Section 341 of
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21 Title 73 of the Oklahoma Statutes, Section 350 of Title 73 of the
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22 Oklahoma Statutes, and Section 1 of Enrolled House Bill No. 2896 of
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23 the 1st Session of the 58th Oklahoma Legislature Section 350.1 of
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1 G. From the monies allocated pursuant to the provisions of
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2 subparagraph a of paragraph 1 of subsection B of this section each
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3 fiscal year, the Department of Transportation shall make payments
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4 required for the payment of principal, interest, and other costs
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5 related to the obligations issued by the Oklahoma Capitol
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6 Improvement Authority as authorized by Section 341 of Title 73 of
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7 the Oklahoma Statutes, Section 350 of Title 73 of the Oklahoma
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8 Statutes, and Section 1 of Enrolled House Bill No. 2896 of the 1st
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9 Session of the 58th Oklahoma Legislature Section 350.1 of Title 73
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10 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and such payments shall be made by the
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11 Department each fiscal year before such monies are used for any
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13 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
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14 SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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15 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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16 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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17 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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