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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
SENATE BILL 1662 By: Jett
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to turnpikes; amending 69 O.S. 2021,
Section 1711, which relates to tolls for turnpikes;
defining term; exempting residents of Oklahoma from
certain tolls; allowing for promulgation of rules;
updating statutory language; providing an effective
date; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 69 O.S. 2021, Section 1711, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 1711. A. 1. As used in this subsection, “residents of
this state” shall mean individuals holding a valid Oklahoma driver
license or permit to operate a motor vehicle issued by Service
Oklahoma.
2. The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, subject to the provisions
hereof, is hereby authorized to fix, revise, charge, and collect
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tolls for the use of each turnpike project and the different parts
or sections thereof, except for use by the following persons who
shall be entitled to free use of every such project:
a. law enforcement officers responsible for enforcing the
traffic laws and the general laws of the state and
federal governments on turnpikes, who shall be
entitled to free use of every such project in the
performance of official duties connected with such
turnpike project, and
b. residents of this state.
B. The Authority, subject to the provisions of this section, is
authorized to contract with any person, partnership, association, or
corporation desiring the use of any part thereof, including the
right-of-way adjoining the paved portion, for placing thereon
telephone, telegraph, electric light or power lines, gas stations,
garages, stores, hotels, restaurants, and advertising signs, or for
any other purpose except for tracks for railroad or railway use, and
to fix the terms, conditions, rents, and rates of charges for such
use.
C. Such tolls, subject to the other restrictions hereof, shall
be so fixed and adjusted in respect of the aggregate of tolls from
the turnpike project or projects in connection with which the bonds
of any issue shall have been issued as to provide a fund sufficient
with other revenues, if any, to pay (a) the cost of maintaining,
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repairing, and operating such turnpike project or projects, and (b)
the principal of and the interest of such bonds as the same shall
become due and payable, and to create reserves for such purposes.
The tolls and all other revenues derived from the turnpike project
or projects in connection with which the bonds of any issue shall
have been issued, except such part thereof as may be necessary to
pay such cost of maintenance, repair, and operation and to provide
such reserves therefor as may be provided for in the resolution
authorizing the issuance of such bonds or in the trust agreement
securing the same shall be set aside at such regular intervals as
may be provided in such resolution or such trust agreement in a
sinking fund which is hereby pledged to, and charged with, the
payment of (a) the interest upon such bonds as such interest shall
fall due, (b) the principal of such bonds as the same shall fall
due, (c) the necessary charges of paying agents for paying principal
and interest, and (d) the redemption price or the purchase price of
bonds retired by call or purchase as therein provided, which are a
charge against such fund. The use and disposition of monies to the
credit of such sinking fund shall be subject to the provisions of
the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds or of such
trust agreement. Except as may otherwise be provided in such
resolution or such trust agreement, such sinking fund shall be a
fund for all such bonds without distinction or priority of one over
another. The monies in the sinking fund, less such reserve as may
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be provided in such resolution or trust agreement, if not used
within a reasonable time for the purchase of bonds for cancellation
as above provided, shall be applied to the redemption of bonds at
the redemption price then applicable.
D. Any person who leases, rents, or acquires control of any gas
station, garage, store, hotel, or restaurant must have been a
resident of, or been doing business in, Oklahoma for the past five
(5) years.
E. Notwithstanding anything else herein contained to the
contrary, the Corporation Commission of the State of Oklahoma shall
exercise the jurisdiction now or hereafter vested in it to regulate
and control the operation of motor carriers of passengers and
freight, using or desiring to use any turnpike project, in the
manner and to the extent that it regulates or controls such carriers
using the highways of the state.
F. The Authority shall not discriminate against any group or
class or individual member thereof in fixing the amount of toll,
rents, or charge for the use of the turnpike project.
G. The Authority shall promulgate any rules necessary to
implement the provisions of this section.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2026.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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