Oklahoma § 69-665 - Review of contracts - Expenditures permitted

§ 69-665. Review of contracts - Expenditures permitted

A. All consulting engineering contracts for services referred

to in this act may be reviewed by the Department of Transportation

except those contracts entered into pursuant to the provisions of

Section 687.1 of this title or by the county or circuit engineer.

The Department, county or circuit engineer shall make findings on

all contracts reviewed that the cost is reasonable and the firm

involved is capable of performing the service within a reasonable

period of time.

B. Expenditures which may be allowed pursuant to the provisions

of this act shall include the following:

1. The cost of county bridge inspections, classifications, and

evaluations, and county road inspections, classifications and

evaluations for federal and state purposes and to match federal or

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries

state funds, provided the applicable federal or state funds are

available;

2. Project engineering costs;

3. The cost of rights-of-way acquired for projects pursuant to

the provisions of this act and the cost of the relocation of

utilities from the rights-of-way so acquired;

4. The cost of reconstruction or replacement of roadway

structures which may be less than twenty (20) feet in length;

5. Any cost or expense for administration, program management,

engineering, including the development of appropriate local road

standards which shall apply only to those roads reconstructed,

maintained, or otherwise constructed pursuant to this act, or

construction supervision necessarily incurred by the Department of

Transportation or Circuit Engineering Districts in fulfilling its

duties and responsibilities pursuant to this act;

6. Any cost or expense related to a comprehensive plan for

signing or inventory of signs on the county road system;

7. The expense and related costs of employing an engineer to

assist a county or counties in carrying out the daily operations of

road and bridge maintenance and construction, including the

employment of a circuit engineer; and

8. All costs associated with constructing a bituminous surface

treatment or gravel roadway.

Added by Laws 1980, c. 349, § 14, emerg. eff. June 25, 1980.

Amended by Laws 1995, c. 25, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1995; Laws 1997, c.

284, § 25, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2010, c. 256, § 10, eff. July 1,

2010.