Oklahoma § 69-508 - Preserving and Advancing County Transportation Fund

§ 69-508. Preserving and Advancing County Transportation Fund

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving

fund to be designated as the "Preserving and Advancing County

Transportation Fund" (PACT Fund). The fund shall be a continuing

fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of

all monies directed for deposit to the fund by law including, but

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not limited to, apportionments made pursuant to paragraph 10 of

subsection B of Section 1004 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

All monies accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby

appropriated and may be allocated, budgeted, and expended pursuant

to subsection B of this section. Expenditures from said fund shall

be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims

filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.

B. 1. Two-thirds (2/3) of the monies deposited to the credit

of the PACT Fund shall be allocated as follows:

a.

to the various counties in a manner that increases a

county's per county mile highway construction and

maintenance ratio to a target ratio of Four Thousand

Dollars ($4,000.00) per county road mile, prioritizing

counties with the lowest such ratio, until all of the

various counties reach such target ratio, and

b.

any remaining amounts as follows:

(1) fifty percent (50%) shall be allocated to the

various counties in the proportion which the

certified county road miles of each county bears

to the sum of county road miles in the state, and

(2) fifty percent (50%) shall be allocated to the

various counties in the proportion which the

number of county bridges in each county according

to the most recent ODOT Bridge Summary Report for

County Bridges bears to the total sum of county

bridges in the state according to such report.

Each county treasurer shall deposit such funds to the county's

county highway fund and such funds shall be used for constructing

and maintaining the county highway system.

2. One-third (1/3) of the monies deposited to the credit of the

PACT Fund shall be used as necessary for the reconstruction of

county bridges on the portion of the county highway system defined

as major collector routes in accordance with the provisions of

Section 654 of Title 69 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Prior to any

funds for such projects being allocated, the counties shall submit

the proposed projects to the Department of Transportation, which

shall evaluate and confirm whether the proposed projects are in

accordance with the criteria provided for in this subsection.

Bridges proposed for reconstruction will be generally evaluated

based on the state of project innovation, readiness, structural

adequacy, safety, serviceability, functional obsolescence,

essentiality for public use, structural deficiency ranking as

captured in the most recent ODOT Bridge Summary Report at the time

of submission, and special reductions for characteristics such as

detour length, traffic safety features, and current school bus

routes. Upon confirmation by the Department of Transportation that

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a proposed project is in accordance with the criteria provided for

in this subsection, funds shall be allocated to the county for use

in such project.

Added by Laws 2025, c. 490, § 1, eff. July 1, 2025.