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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
HOUSE BILL 2496 By: Frix
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to memorial highways and bridges;
designating the WWII Doolittle Raider – Bombardier
Sgt. Robert James "R.J." Stephens Memo rial Bridge;
designating the Keith N. Cantrell, PFC U.S. Army
Memorial Bridge; designating the Paul Blevins, Jr. ,
and Michael Rogers Memorial Highway; designating the
Stiles Brothers Vietnam Veteran Memorial Bridge;
designating South Mickey Mantle Boulevar d;
designating the Terry L. Hoggatt Memorial Highway;
designating the Jennifer McClendon Memorial Bridge;
designating the Major 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. Major Marvail Lewis Memorial
Causeway; designating the County Commissioner Roy
Rains Memorial Highway; designating the PF C Richard
Tafoya Gurule 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:
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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 numbering, 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 Department 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 Cr eek 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
"Keith N. Cantrell, PFC U.S. Army Memorial Bridge". The Department
of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing
that name to be placed on the bridge.
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
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designated as the "Paul Ble vins, 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 la w 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. Highway 69 in Ottawa County beginning at the
intersection of Newman Road then extending nor th to the intersection
of Commerce Street in the City of Commerce shall be designated as
"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 numbering, reads as follows:
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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 permanent 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, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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 "Major Charles E. Stiles 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 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 intersection 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 a s Section 1698.317 of Title 69, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The bridge crossing over the Washita River o n U.S. Highway 62
located three-tenths (0.3) of a mile east of the H.E. Bailey
Turnpike near Chickasha in Grad y 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.
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 other provision of law, the bridge crossing
over the Washita River on State Highway 8 no rth of the city of
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Anadarko in Caddo County shall be designated as the "Joe W. McBride
Memorial Bridge". The Department of Transportation shall cause
suitable permanent markers bearing that n ame to be placed on the
bridge.
SECTION 12. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.31 9 of Title 69, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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 Highway".
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 Title 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
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.
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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 County 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 1698.3 22 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. Major 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 1698.32 3 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 intersection of E . 128th
Street in Muskogee County shall be designated as the "County
Commissioner Roy Rains Memorial Highway ". The Department of
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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 1698.32 4 of Title 69, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The section of State Highway 20 beginning at the intersection 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 bearing that
name to be placed on the highway.
SECTION 18. AMENDATORY Section 11, Chapter 369, O.S.L.
2019 (69 O.S. Supp. 2016, Section 1698.296), 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 Sou thside Blvd. in the City of Muskogee in
Muskogee County shall be designated as the "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 19. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
58-1-6795 JBH 12/23/20