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ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 1045 By: Luttrell, Frix and Roe of
the House
and
Coleman of the Senate
An Act relating to memorial highways and bridges;
designating the WWII Doolittle Raider – Bombardier
Sgt. Robert James "R.J." Stephens Memorial B ridge;
designating the U.S. Army PFC Keith N. Cantrell
Memorial Bridge; designating the Paul Blevins, Jr.,
and Michael Rogers Memorial Highway; designating the
Stiles Brothers Vietnam Veteran Memorial Bridge;
designating South Mickey Mantle Boulevard;
designating the Terry L. Hoggatt Memorial Highway;
designating the Jennifer McClendon Memorial Bridge;
designating the Maj. Charles E. Stiles Memorial
Bridge; designating the CSM Junior H. Honeycutt
Memorial Highway; designating the Ada Lois Sipuel
Fisher Memorial Bridge; designating the Joe W.
McBride Memorial Bridge; designating the Deputy Jarid
Taylor Memorial Highway; designating the USAF Capt.
Nick Karpis Vietnam Veteran Memorial Highway;
designating the Sgt. Clyde Runyan Memorial Highway;
designating the Sgt. Maj. Marvail Lewis Memorial
Causeway; designating the County Commissioner Roy
Rains Memorial Highway; designating the PFC Richard
Tafoya Gurule Memorial Highway; designating the Capt.
David Arthur Peters Memorial Highway; designating the
Ray Davis Memorial Intersection; designating the
Robert L. Horton Memorial Highway; designating the
John L. Hayden Memorial Highway; designating the
Creede Speake Jr. Memorial Highway; designating the
W.D. Bill Amis Memorial Bridge; designating the SSG
Michael R. Robson Memorial Highway; designating the
Carolyn Woods Memorial Bridge; designating the Martin
Dyer Memorial Highway; designating the Sgt. Craig
Johnson Memorial Highway; designating the U.S.
Senator James Inhofe Interchange; designating the
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Lonnie D. Cook Memorial Highway; amending Section 11,
Chapter 369, O.S.L. 2019 (69 O.S. Supp. 2020, Section
1698.296), which relates to the Councilwoman Avalon
Reese Memorial Highway; modifying name of certain
memorial highway; providing for codification; and
providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.308 of Title 69, unless
there is created a duplication in number ing, reads as follows:
The bridge over Elk Creek on State Highway 9 located
approximately one (1) mile west of Hobart in Kiowa County shall be
designated as the "WWII Doolittle Raider – Bombardier Sgt. Robert
James "R.J." Stephens Memorial Bridge". The De partment of
Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing that
name to be placed on the bridge.
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.309 of Title 69, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The bridge over Flat Creek on State Highway 34 located
approximately one-half (0.5) mile north of West Madison Avenue near
the town of Carter in Beckham County shall be designated as the
"U.S. Army PFC Keith N. Cantrell Memorial Bridge". The Department
of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing
that name to be placed on the bridge.
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SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.310 of Title 69, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The section of State Highway 82 beginning at the intersection of
U.S. Highway 62 and extending southeasterly to the intersection of
East Flournory Road south of Tahlequah in Cherokee County shall be
designated as the "Paul Blevins, Jr., and Michael Rogers Memorial
Highway". The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable
permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on the highway.
SECTION 4. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.311 of Title 69, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The bridge over Muddy Boggy Creek on State Highway 43 located
approximately one (1) mile east of the town of Coalgate in Coal
County shall be designated as the "Stiles Brothers Vietnam Veteran
Memorial Bridge". The Department of Transportation shall cause
suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on the
bridge.
SECTION 5. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.312 of Title 69, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The section of U.S. Highwa y 69 in Ottawa County beginning at the
intersection of Newman Road then extending north to the intersection
of Commerce Street in the City of Commerce shall be designated as
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"South Mickey Mantle Boulevard". The Department of Transportation
shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be
placed on the highway.
SECTION 6. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.313 of Title 69, unless
there is created a duplication in numberi ng, reads as follows:
The section of State Highway 18 beginning at Deep Rock Road and
extending north three (3) miles in Payne County shall be designated
as the "Terry L. Hoggatt Memorial Highway". The Department of
Transportation shall cause suitable per manent markers bearing that
name to be placed on the highway.
SECTION 7. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.314 of Title 69, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the bridge over
South 129th Avenue on State Highway 51, also known as the Broken
Arrow Expressway, in Broken Arrow, Tulsa County, shall be designated
as the "Jennifer McClendon Memorial Bridge". The Department of
Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing that
name to be placed on the bridge.
SECTION 8. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.315 of Title 69, unle ss
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the bridge over Lee
Boulevard on Interstate 44 in the City of Lawton in Comanche County
shall be designated as the "Maj. Charles E. Stiles Memoria l Bridge".
The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent
markers bearing that name to be placed on the bridge.
SECTION 9. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.316 of Title 69, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the section of State
Highway 28A beginning at the intersection of State Highway 66 near
the Town of Foyil extending east to the int ersection of Interstate
44 in Rogers County shall be designated as the "CSM Junior H.
Honeycutt Memorial Highway". The Department of Transportation shall
cause suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on
the highway.
SECTION 10. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.317 of Title 69, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The bridge crossing over the Washita River on U.S. Highway 62
located three-tenths (0.3) of a mile east of the H.E. Bailey
Turnpike near Chickasha in Grady County shall be designated as the
"Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher Memorial Bridge". The Department of
Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing that
name to be placed on the bridge.
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SECTION 11. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.318 of Title 69, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
Notwithstanding any othe r provision of law, the bridge crossing
over the Washita River on State Highway 8 north of the city of
Anadarko in Caddo County shall be designated as the "Joe W. McBride
Memorial Bridge". The Department of Transportation shall cause
suitable permanent ma rkers bearing that name to be placed on the
bridge.
SECTION 12. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.319 of Title 69, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follow s:
The section of the U.S. Highway 70 Bypass beginning just south
of U.S. 70 and extending south and west to the intersection of
McLean Drive on the west side of the city of Durant in Bryan County
shall be designated as the "Deputy Jarid Taylor Memorial Hi ghway".
The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent
markers bearing that name to be placed on the highway.
SECTION 13. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.320 of Ti tle 69, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The section of State Highway 78 beginning just north of the
intersection of State Highway 22 extending northwesterly to the
eastern municipal limits of Milburn in Johnston County shall be
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designated as the "USAF Capt. Nick Karpis Vietnam Veteran Memorial
Highway". The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable
permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on the highway.
SECTION 14. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.321 of Title 69, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The section of State Highway 7 beginning at the north municipal
limits of Mill Creek in Johnston C ounty then extending northerly to
the Murray County line shall be designated as the "Sgt. Clyde Runyan
Memorial Highway". The Department of Transportation shall cause
suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on the
highway.
SECTION 15. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.322 of Title 69, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The causeway over Old Spiro Lake on State Highway 9 in LeFlore
County shall be designated as the "Sgt. Maj. Marvail Lewis Memorial
Causeway". The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable
permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on the causeway.
SECTION 16. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.323 of Title 69, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The section of U.S. Highway 64 beginning at the intersection of
E1040 Road extending northerly to the int ersection of E. 128th
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Street in Muskogee County shall be designated as the "County
Commissioner Roy Rains Memorial Highway". The Department of
Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing that
name to be placed on the highway.
SECTION 17. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.324 of Title 69, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The section of State Highway 20 beginning at the intersecti on of
U.S. Highway 75 extending east two (2) miles to the intersection of
N. Memorial Road in Tulsa County shall be designated as the "PFC
Richard Tafoya Gurule Memorial Highway". The Department of
Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers bea ring that
name to be placed on the highway.
SECTION 18. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.325 of Title 69, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The section of State Highway 9 beginning at the intersection of
Interstate 35 extending west to the intersection of U.S. Highway 62
in McClain County shall be designated as the "Capt. David Arthur
Peters Memorial Highway". The Department of Transportation shal l
cause suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on
the highway.
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SECTION 19. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.326 of Title 69, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The intersection of State Highway 66 and Banner Road in Canadian
County shall be designated as the "Ray Davis Memorial Intersection ".
The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent
markers bearing that name to be placed at the intersection.
SECTION 20. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.327 of Title 69, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The section of State Highway 25 beginning at the intersection of
State Highway 2 extending east to the western municipal limits of
Bluejacket in Craig County shall be designated as the "Robert L.
Horton Memorial Highway". The Department of Transportation shall
cause suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on
the highway.
SECTION 21. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.328 of Title 69, unless
there is created a duplication in number ing, reads as follows:
The section of State Highway 3 West beginning at the west side
of the State Highway 19 interchange extending west to the
intersection of County Road 1510 in Pontotoc County shall be
designated as the "John L. Hayden Memorial Highway" . The Department
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of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing
that name to be placed on the highway.
SECTION 22. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.329 of Title 6 9, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the section of State
Highway 53 beginning at the intersection of Midway Road extending
east through the community of Milo to the intersecti on of Woodford
Road in Carter County shall be designated as the "Creede Speake Jr.
Memorial Highway". The Department of Transportation shall cause
suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on the
highway.
SECTION 23. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.330 of Title 69, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The bridge over Honey Creek Pass located on Interstate 35 just
south of Exit 51 in Murray County shall be designated as the "W.D.
Bill Amis Memorial Bridge". The Department of Transportation shall
cause suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on
the bridge.
SECTION 24. NEW LAW A new section of la w to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.331 of Title 69, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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The section of State Highway 199 from the western municipal
limits of Dickson to the eastern munici pal limits of Ardmore shall
be designated as the "SSG Michael R. Robson Memorial Highway". The
Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers
bearing that name to be placed on the highway.
SECTION 25. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.332 of Title 69, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The bridge crossing over US Highway 69 Business located on US
Highway 69 at the south edge of McAlester in Pittsburg County shall
be designated as the "Carolyn Woods Memorial Bridge". The
Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers
bearing that name to be placed on the bridge.
SECTION 26. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.333 of Title 69, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the section of U.S.
Highway 77 beginning at the intersection of Broadway Avenue in
Ardmore extending north to the intersection of State Highway 142 in
Carter County shall be designated as the "Martin Dyer Memorial
Highway". The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable
permanent markers bearing that name to the placed on the highway.
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SECTION 27. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in
the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.334 of Title 69, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The section of U.S. Highway 169 beginning at the intersection of
East 81st Street South extending north to the south side of State
Highway 51 in Tulsa County shall be designated as the "Sgt. Craig
Johnson Memorial Highway". The Department of Transportation shall
cause suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on
the highway.
SECTION 28. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.335 of Title 69, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the interchange of
Interstate 40 and Douglas Boulevard located in Midwest City in
Oklahoma County shall be designated as the "U.S. Senator James
Inhofe Interchange". The Department of Transportation shall cause
suitable permanent markers bearing that name t o be placed at the
interchange.
SECTION 29. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.336 of Title 69, unless
there is created a dup lication in numbering, reads as follows:
The section of U.S. Highway 62 beginning at the intersection of
N3990 Road extending east through the town of Morris to the
intersection of N4030 Road in Okmulgee County shall be designated as
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the "Lonnie D. Cook Me morial Highway". The Department of
Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing that
name to be placed on the highway.
SECTION 30. AMENDATORY Section 11, Chapter 369, O.S.L.
2019 (69 O.S. Supp. 2020, Section 1698.29 6), is amended to read as
follows:
Section 1698.296 The section of U.S. Highway 64 Business
beginning at West 23rd Street South extending north to the
intersection of West Southside Blvd. in the City of Muskogee in
Muskogee County shall be designated as t he "Councilwoman Avalon
Reese Reece Memorial Highway". The Department of Transportation
shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be
placed on the highway.
SECTION 31. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
Passed the House of Representatives the 11th day of March, 2021.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2021.
Presiding Officer of the Senate