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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
HOUSE BILL 3444 By: Wilk
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to transportation; authorizing county
commissions to assess road impact fees for certain
vehicles; making exception for certain vehicles;
requiring fees be applied to ad valorem tax; limiting
use of collected fees; requiring certain assessment
of fees; permitting increase of fees if certain
conditions exist; authorizing county to restrict use
of certain roadways; requiring individuals be
responsible for damage to roadways or structures;
amending 47 O.S. 2021, Section 14-113, which relates
to restricting the use of roadways; authorizing
county commissioners to assess certain road impact
fees; 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 Section 14-127 of Title 47, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. By a majority vote of a county's county commissioners,
counties shall have the authority, within the limitations formulated
under the provisions of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, to assess
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a road impact fee for combinations of vehicles or loads which are
associated with energy production, storage, or equipment thereof and
are issued an overweight or oversize permit pursuant to Section 14-
101 et seq. of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Energy
production, storage or equipment thereof subject to the provisions
of Section 1001 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be exempt
from the provisions of this section. Road impact fees approved
through the provisions of this act shall be applied to the ad
valorem tax for the tax year following completion of the structure.
Use of road impact fees collected pursuant to this section shall be
limited to the maintenance, repair, or construction of roadways or
associated structures within the county.
B. The cost of the road impact fees assessed pursuant to the
provisions of this section shall be the target ratio funding per
mile pursuant to the provisions of Section 508 of Title 69 of the
Oklahoma Statutes. Road impact fees are permitted to be increased
by fifty percent (50%) when one of the following conditions exist:
1. The road is a school bus route designated by a local school;
2. The road contains a bridge that has been deemed deficient
according to the latest inspection report; or
3. The energy production structures within the mile section are
constructed within one-quarter (1/4) of one (1) mile of an occupied
dwelling.
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C. Payment of any road impact fee shall in no way be construed
as exempting such equipment from the authority of the county
commissioners to restrict use of particular roadways, nor shall it
exempt the owner or operators of such equipment from the
responsibility for damage to roadways or associated structures
caused by the movement of such equipment.
SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2021, Section 14-113, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 14-113. The Director of the Department of
Transportation with respect to highways on the state highway system,
or local authorities with respect to highways under their
jurisdiction, as defined in Title 69 of the Oklahoma Statutes, may
prohibit the operation of vehicles on any such highways, or impose
restrictions as to the weights of vehicles to be operated upon any
state or federal highway or any detour established for such
highways, or for any bridge located upon such highways or detours,
whenever any such highway, detour or bridge by reason of
deterioration, rain, snow or other climatic conditions will be
seriously damaged or destroyed unless the use of vehicles thereon is
prohibited or the permissible weight reduced. Such restrictions
shall be effective when signs giving notice thereof are erected upon
the highway, detour, bridge, or portion thereof affected by such
action, and the Department of Public Safety has been notified. The
purpose of this provision with respect to local authorities is to
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give such authorities an opportunity to prevent or minimize an
immediate threat of serious harm or destruction to any highway,
detour or bridge under their jurisdiction due to rain, snow or other
climatic conditions. Nothing stated herein shall be construed to
grant local authorities the right to issue permits designed to
regulate the use of overweight vehicles upon highways subject to
their jurisdiction, and the issuance of such permits is expressly
prohibited. However, county commissioners shall have the authority
to assess road impact fees for specific oversize or overweight
vehicles pursuant to the provisions of Section 1 of this act.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
60-2-13857 JBH 09/10/25