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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
SENATE BILL 534 By: Bergstrom
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to state highways; authorizing the
Oklahoma Department of Transport ation to make
additions to state highway systems in c ertain
circumstances; 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 S ection 508 of Title 69, unless there is
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The Department of Transportation shall have the authority t o
make additions to the state highway system without a corresponding
removal of mileage in the following circumstances:
1. The addition of highway miles will improve public safety;
2. The addition of highway mi les can be shown to have a
positive local or regional economic impact; or
3. The addition of highway miles is determined to be for the
benefit of the general public.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
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