Req. No. 5956 Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021) HOUSE BILL 2231 By: Sims AS INTRODUCED An Act relating to roads, bridges and ferries; amending 69 O.S. 2011, Section 3001, which relates to authorization to construct toll expres sways by means of public trusts; allowing for the planning, financing, constructing, maintaining and operating of toll bridges by certain entities; making certain exceptions for toll bridges; and providing an effective date. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 69 O.S. 2011, Section 3001, is amended to read as follows: Section 3001. A. Any county or combination of cities, counties or towns, by resolution of their governing board s, may jointly create a public trust for the purpose of planning, financing, constructing, maintaining and operating a toll expressway or a toll bridge upon the locations now or hereafter authorized by Section 1705 of Title 69, Oklahoma Statutes, and the s tate, or any county, municipality, political or governmental subdivision or governmental agency of the state or any combination thereof may be the Req. No. 5956 Page 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 beneficiary of such trust; provided that no funds of said beneficiary derived from sources other than the tru st property, or the operation thereof, shall be charged with or expended for the execution of said trust, except by express action of the legislative authority of the beneficiary first had. The officers or any other governmental agencies or authorities ha ving the custody, management or control of any property, real or personal or both, of the beneficiary of such trust, or of such a proposed trust, which property shall be needful for the execution of the trust purposes, hereby are authorized and empowered t o lease such property for said purposes, after the acceptance of the beneficial interest therein by the beneficiary as hereafter provided, or conditioned upon such acceptance. B. Toll bridges and their approaches that are not part of toll expressways shall not be subject to the consent requirement se t forth in Section 3006 of this title, and shall not be considered a "toll expressway" as that term is used in S ection 3016 of this title. SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021. 58-1-5956 JBH 12/21/20