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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
April 13, 2023
ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2752 By: Miller of the House
and
Alvord of the Senate
An Act relating to transportation; amending 47 O.S.
2021, Section 1-159, which relates to safety zone s;
modifying definition; amending 47 O.S. 2021, Section
11-203, which relates to pedestrian-control signals;
modifying actions for ped estrians when presented
certain instructions; amending 47 O.S. 2021, Section
11-308, which relates to one-way roadways and rotary
traffic island; modifying name of responsible entity;
requiring certain tr affic move in certain manner;
amending 47 O.S. 2021, Section 11 -309, which relates
to additional rules for driving on roadways la ned for
traffic; modifying requirements for vehicles driven
on multi-laned roadways; amending 47 O.S. 2021,
Section 11-803, which relates to when local
authorities may and shall alter maximum limi ts;
modifying description of certain streets and
highways; amending 69 O.S. 2021, Sections 241, 242,
and 301, which relate to the Department of
Transportation; modifying references; and providing
an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2021, Section 1 -159, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 1-159. The area or space officially set apart within a
roadway for the exclusive use of pedestrians and which is protected
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or is so marked or indicated by adequate signs as to be plainly
visible at all times while set apart as a safety zone pedestrian
refuge.
SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2021, Section 11 -203, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 11-203. Whenever special pedestrian-control signals
exhibiting the words "Walk" or "Wait" or "Don't Walk", or WALKING
PERSON or UPRAISED HAND symbols are in place, such signals shall
indicate as follows:
1. Steady Walk or steady WALKING PERSON. Pedestrians facing
such signal may proceed across start to cross the roadway in the
direction of the signal after yielding right-of-way to vehicles
lawfully within the intersection at the time the signal indications
begins, and shall be given the right of way in the direc tion of the
signal by the drivers of all vehicles.
2. Wait or Flashing Don't Walk or flashing UPRAISED HAN D. No
pedestrian shall start to cross the roadway in the direction of such
signal, but any pedestrian who has partially com pleted his or her
crossing on the walk signal shall proceed to a sidewalk or safety
island pedestrian refuge while the wait steady Don't Walk or
UPRAISED HAND signal is showing.
3. Steady Don't Walk or steady UPRAISED HAND. No pedestrian
shall enter the roadway in the direction of the signal indication.
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SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 47 O. S. 2021, Section 11-308, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 11-308. (a) The State Highway Transportation Commission
or local authorities, within their respective jurisdicti ons, may
designate any street or highway or any separate roadway under their
respective jurisdictions for on e-way traffic and shall erect
appropriate signs giving notice thereof.
(b) Upon a roadway designated and signposted for one -way traffic
a vehicle shall be driven only in the direction designated.
(c) A vehicle passing around a rotary traffic the central island
of a circular intersection shall be driven only to the right of
counterclockwise around such islands.
SECTION 4. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2021, Section 11-309, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 11-309. Whenever any roadway ha s been divided into two
or more clearly marked lanes for traffic, the following requirements
in addition to all others consistent herewith shall ap ply.
1. A vehicle shall be driven as nearly as practicable entirely
within a single lane.
2. A vehicle shall not be moved from the lane until the driver
has first ascertained that the movement can be made with safety and
then given a signal, not less tha n the last one hundred (100) feet
traveled by the vehicle, of his or her intention to change lanes.
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3. Upon a roadway which is divided into three lanes, a vehicle
shall not be driven in the center lane except when overtaking and
passing another vehicle wh ere the roadway is clearly visible and the
center lane is clear of traffic within a safe distance, or in
preparation for a left turn or where the center lane is at the time
allocated exclusively to traffic moving in the direction the vehicle
is proceeding and is signposted to give notice of the allocation.
4. A two-way left-turn lane is a lane near the center of the
highway set aside for use by vehicles making left turns in both
directions from or into the roadway. Two -way left-turn lanes shall
be designated by distinctive roadway markings consisting of parallel
double yellow lines, interior line dashed and exte rior line solid,
on each side of the lane. A vehicle shall not be driven in a
designated two-way left-turn lane except when preparing for or
making a left turn from or into a roadway. Vehicles turning left
from the roadway shall not be driven in the two -way left-turn lane
for more than two hundred (200) feet while preparing for and making
the turn. A vehicle turning left onto the roadway may utili ze the
two-way left-turn lane as a staging area by stopping and waiting for
traffic proceeding in the same di rection to clear before merging
into the adjacent lanes of travel. A left turn shall not be made
from any other lane where a two -way left-turn lane has been
designated. Provided, however, this section shall not prohibit
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driving across a two -way left-turn lane when moving from a service
drive onto such marked roadway.
5. 4. A vehicle shall not be driven in the left lane of a
roadway except when ove rtaking and passing another vehicle;
provided, however, this paragraph shall not prohibit driving in the
left lane when traffic conditions, flow or road configuration, such
as the potential of merging traffic, require the use of the left
lane to maintain safe traffic conditions; provided further, this
paragraph shall not prohibit driving in the left lane of a roa dway
within the city limits of a municipality or upon a county road as
long as such roadway is not part of the National System of
Interstate and Defense Highways or a turnpike.
6. 5. Official signs may be erected directing slow-moving
traffic to use a des ignated lane or designating those lanes to be
used by traffic moving in a particular direction regardless of the
center of the roadway, and drivers of vehicles shall obey the
directions of every such sign.
Any person convicted of violating any provision of this section
shall be punished as provided for in Section 17-101 of this title.
SECTION 5. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 20 21, Section 11-803, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 11-803. A. Whenever local authorities in thei r
respective jurisdictions determine on the basis of an engineering
and traffic investigation that the maximum speed permitted under
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this article is greater or less than is reasonable and safe under
the conditions found to exist upon a highway or part of a highway,
the local authority may determine and declare a reasonable and safe
maximum limit thereon which:
1. Decreases the limit at intersectio ns; or
2. Increases the limit within an urban district, but not to
more than sixty-five (65) miles per hour; o r
3. Decreases the limit outside an urban district, but not to
less than thirty (30) miles per hour.
B. Local authorities in their respective j urisdictions shall
determine by an engineering and traffic investigation the proper
maximum speed for all arter ial streets and shall declare a
reasonable and safe maximum limit thereon which may be greater or
less than the maximum speed permitted under Sec tion 1-101 et seq. of
this title for an urban district.
C. Any altered limit established as hereinabove author ized
shall be effective at all times or during hours of darkness or at
other times as may be determined when appropriate signs giving
notice thereof are erected upon such street or highway.
D. As to streets and highways within the corporate limits which
have been constructed or reconstructed with state or federal funds
are maintained by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation , local
authorities shall have j oint authority with the Transportation
Commission to establish or alter speed limits; provided, how ever,
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the speed limit on an interstate highway within such corporate
limits shall not be decreased to less than sixty (60) miles per
hour; and provided furth er, that no local authority shall impose
speed limits on any such street or highway substantially l ower than
those justified by the highway design, capacity, and traffic volume
as determined by engineering studies.
E. Not more than six such alterations as hereinabove authorized
shall be made per mile along a street or highway except in the case
of reduced limits at intersections, and the difference between
adjacent limits shall not be more than ten (10) miles per hour.
SECTION 6. AMENDATORY 69 O.S. 2021, Section 241, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 241. The portion of the roadway contiguous with the
traveled way for accommodation of stopped vehicles, for emergency
use, for travel under certain conditions, and for lateral support of
base and surface courses.
SECTION 7. AMENDATORY 69 O.S. 2021, Section 242, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 242. The system of state roads designated by the State
Highway Transportation Commission, including necess ary urban
extension, the responsibility for which is lodged in the Oklahoma
Department of Highways Transportation.
SECTION 8. AMENDATORY 69 O.S. 2021, Section 301, is
amended to read as follows:
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Section 301. (a) There is hereby c reated a an Oklahoma
Department of Highways Transportation and a State Highway
Transportation Commission in and for the State of Oklahoma, pursuant
to the provisions of Section 1, of Article 16, XVI of the
Constitution of the State of Okl ahoma, and such depar tment shall be
governed by the State Highway Director of the Oklahoma Department of
Transportation, provided for by Section 305 of this Code, under such
reasonable rules, regulations and policies and road improvement
programs as may be prescribed by the Co mmission. Such rules and
regulations and amendments thereto as adopted by the Commission
shall be filed and recorded in the office of the Secretary of State.
(b) The Department and the Commission created by the preceding
paragraph and the State Highway Director of the Oklahoma Department
of Transportation provided for by Section 305 of this Code shall be
the legal successors of, and unless and except as otherwise provided
by this Code shall also hav e the powers and duties vested by oth er
laws in, and shall take immediate charge of all equipment, supplies
and property now in the possession of, the Department, Co mmission
and Director, respectively, created and provided for by 69 O.S.
1961, Sections 20.1 and 20.6, as amended, and shall be liable for
their respective obligations.
SECTION 9. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY
April 13, 2023 - DO PASS