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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 77 By: Pederson
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to rights of way; defining term;
7 designating certain roads as critical emergency
8 routes; allowing political subdivisions to designate
8 critical emergency routes; creating misdemeanor
9 offense; establishing punishment for certain offense;
9 prohibiting certain acts by operators of trains;
10 requiring certain notification by operators of
10 trains; providing penalty and penalty amount;
11 providing for codification; providing an effective
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14 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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15 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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16 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1239 of Title 69, unless there
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17 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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18 A. As used in this section, "critical emergency route" means a
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19 road that is regularly traveled by first responders and other
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20 emergency services personnel in the course of their duties.
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21 B. 1. All roads in this state that have been designated by the
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22 Transportation Commission as part of the state highway system or by
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23 the Federal Highway Administration as part of the National Highway
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24 System shall be designated as critical emergency routes.
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1 2. Any political subdivision of this state may, by ordinance,
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2 designate a road maintained by the county or municipality as a
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3 critical emergency route if that road meets the definition of a
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4 critical emergency route as provided in subsection A of this
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5 section.
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6 C. Any person who shall willfully or knowingly obstruct or
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7 damage a road designated as a critical emergency route shall, upon
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8 conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to
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9 exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).
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10 D. 1. Railroads or other persons, firms, or corporations
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11 operating over tracks within this state shall not block vehicle
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12 traffic at a railroad intersection with a road designated as a
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13 critical emergency route for any amount of time.
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14 2. If a train is stopped for an emergency condition including
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15 an accident, derailment, critical mechanical failure, track or
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16 bridge washout, storm, flood, or other emergency situation, and
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17 blocks vehicle traffic at a railroad intersection with a road
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18 designated as a critical emergency route, the railroad or other
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19 person, firm, or corporation operating the train shall immediately
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20 notify the Department of Public Safety of the emergency condition
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21 and identify the intersection or intersections affected. The
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22 Department of Public Safety shall then notify the county sheriff or
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23 municipal police department in whose jurisdiction the affected
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24 intersection is located.
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1 3. The Department of Public Safety shall have the authority to
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2 issue a citation to any person, firm, or corporation that violates
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3 the provisions of this subsection. Such person, firm, or
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4 corporation shall be subject to a fine not to exceed One Thousand
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5 Dollars ($1,000.00) for each violation.
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6 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
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7 SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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8 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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9 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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10 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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