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ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 3232 By: Lawson, Waldron, Menz,
Archer, and Sims of the
House
and
Gollihare of the Senate
An Act relating to Route 66; amending Section 1,
Chapter 412, O.S.L. 2022 (69 O.S. Supp. 2023, Section
4040), which relates to the Oklahoma Route 66
Commission; removing expiration date of the Oklahoma
Route 66 Commission; amending Section 2, Chapter 412,
O.S.L. 2022 (69 O.S. Supp. 2023, Section 4041), which
relates to the Oklahoma Route 66 Commission Revolving
Fund; modifying conditions for budgeting and
expenditures of funds; and providing an effective
date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 1, Chapter 412, O.S.L.
2022 (69 O.S. Supp. 2 023, Section 4040), is amended to read as
follows:
Section 4040. A. There is hereby created until June 30, 2027,
the Oklahoma Route 66 Commission. The Commission shall be composed
of nine (9) members. The members shall serve as follows:
1. One member shall be appointed by the Governor and selected
from the Commissioners of the Oklahoma Tax Commission, whose first
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term shall be for one (1) year, and then renewable for three-year
terms thereafter;
2. One shall be the Executive Director of the Oklahoma
Department of Transportation, or his or her design ee, whose first
term shall be for two (2) years, and then renewable for three-year
terms thereafter;
3. One shall be the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Tourism
and Recreation Department, or his or her designee, whose first term
shall be for three (3) years, and then renewable for three-year
terms thereafter;
4. Three members shall be appointed by the President Pro
Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate of which:
a. one shall be a citizen of a county containing a
portion of Route 66, whose first term shall be for one
(1) year, and renewable for three-year terms
thereafter,
b. one shall be a city manager, assistant city manager,
or economic development director for a municipality on
Route 66 with a population greater than ten thousand
(10,000), whose first term shall be for two (2) years,
and renewable for three-year terms thereafter, and
c. one shall be an Oklahoma citizen with expertise or
experience in historic preservation, whose first term
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shall be for three (3) years, and then renewable for
three-year terms thereafter; and
5. Three members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the
Oklahoma House of Representatives of which:
a. one shall be a citizen of a county containi ng a
portion of Route 66, whose first term shall be for one
(1) year, and then renewable for three-year terms
thereafter,
b. one of whom shall be a business owner whose business
is located along Route 66 within a city or town whose
population is less than ten thousand (10,000 ), whose
first term shall be for two (2) years, and then
renewable for three-year terms thereafter, and
c. one shall be an Oklahoma citizen with expertise or
experience in marketing, whose first term shall be for
three (3) years, and then renewable for three-year
terms thereafter.
B. The Commission shall utilize the Oklahoma Route 66
Commission Revolving Fund as authorized in Section 2 of this act.
SECTION 2. AMENDATORY Sect ion 2, Chapter 412, O.S.L.
2022 (69 O.S. Supp. 2023, Section 4041), is a mended to read as
follows:
Section 4041. A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury
a revolving fund to be designated as the "Oklahoma Route 66
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Commission Revolving Fund", which shall consist of all monies
appropriated, transferred, or otherwise designated to the fund by
law. The revolving fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to
fiscal year limitations, and shall be under the administration of
the Oklahoma Route 66 Commission. All monies accruing to the credit
of said fund are hereby appropriated, and shall be budgeted and
expended in accordance with the provisions of subsection B of this
section for the purpose of preserving and developing Route 66 and
commemorating the Route 66 Centennial.
B. No funds shall be budgeted or expended from the Oklahoma
Route 66 Commission Revolving Fund prior to July 1, 2023, or prior
to the approval adoption by the Legislature Commission of proposed
promulgated permanent rules by the Commission pursuant to the
provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act .
C. The Oklahoma Route 66 Commission shall promulgate, pursuant
to the provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act, permanent
rules subject to approval by the Legislature, to implement:
1. Application procedures for projects submitting request s for
funds;
2. Processes for awarding of funding applications;
3. Details of the Commission's general duties;
4. Reporting requirements of the Commission to the Legislature;
and
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5. Any other rules necessary to carry out the purpose and
mission of the Commission as expressed in this act.
D. All unencumbered funds remaining in the Oklahoma Route 66
Commission Revolving Fund upon the expiration of the Oklahoma Route
66 Commission shall be transferred to the State Treasure r for
deposit in the General Revenue Fund.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
Passed the House of Representatives the 26th day of February,
2024.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2024.
Presiding Officer of the Senate