Oklahoma House Transportation Committee Report
Thursday, February 11, 2010, 10:30 a.m., Room 412C, State Capitol
Members
Present: Rep. Shannon, Chair; Rep. Banz; Rep. Fields; Rep. Luttrell;
Rep ., McAffrey; Rep. Ortega; Rep. Proctor; Rep. Russ; Rep. Wright,
John.
Members Absent: Rep. Christian; Rep. Joyner.
Others: Rep. Faught; Rep. Roan; Rep. Jett., Gary Ridley, Director, Oklahoma Department of Transportation.
By Kelsey A. Kemp, The Journal Record Legislative Report
The Chair convened the meeting at 11:01 a.m.
Shannon said House Bills 2608, 2646, and 2844 would be laid over.
HB 2608
By Liebmann. Excludes state-owned parking lots from the purview of
the Department of Transportation and excludes said parking lots from
being incorporated as a part of the State Highway System.
The bill was laid over.
HB 2646
(1) By Jordan. The Dept. of Trans. or a county board of commissioners,
with agreement from the gov. of a municipality of less than 5,000
people, can maintain and build streets in the county. This no longer
applies to municipalities less than 15,000; EMERGENCY.
The bill was laid over.
HB 2844
By Joyner. Names act "The Oklahoma Highway Remediation and Cleanup
Services Act". Strikes language about licensing requirements of
business being located in OK and tow trucks must be registered and
licensed in OK. Clarifies minor language.
The bill was laid over.
HB 3232
By Jackson. The bill has minor language changes that changes the
Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission Act to the Oklahoma Aviation Commission
Act, as well as replaces the partnership of the Oklahoma Aerospace
Institute with the Stafford Center.
The bill was laid over.
HB 2621
By Glenn. State Highway 25 at the junction of State Highway 25 and 59
extending west from to the Ottawa County line shall be designated as
the "Fern Holland Memorial Highway".
Glenn
introduced the bill and said it would designate State Highway 25 at the
junction of State Highway 25 and 59 as the "Fern Holland Memorial
Highway."
The bill passed 9-0.
HB 2533 By Faught. Allows all emergency vehicles free use of turnpike systems.
Faught
said the bill would exempt emergency vehicles from tolls on turnpikes
and said he authored the bill at the request of his hometown EMS.
Wright
said there was an effort made previously to make modifications on toll
collections and said bonded indebtedness agreements prohibit changes
from being made.
Faught
said the intent was not to fully exempt all tolls, but said the EMS
between the Tulsa and Oklahoma City areas pay about $8,500 in tolls.
"Services are being strapped in rural areas," Faught said.
The bill passed 6-3.
HB 2696
By Roan. Designates multiple portions of state highways, a bridge,
and a portion of Interstate Highway 44 as the various named memorial
highways; EMERGENCY.
After
adopting the committee substitute as the working draft, Roan said the
bill would name three sections of Highway 7 would be named the "Master
Sergeant Houston K. Blackburn Memorial Highway."
Roan
said the second section of the bill would name the portion of State
Highway 48 from the junction of State Highway 48 and State Highway 7
would be designated as the "PFC Lonnie D. Loyd, Jr. Memorial Highway."
"He
grew up in a small town in Johnson County, was drafted to the military,
and killed during the Tet Offensive in 1969," Roan said.
Roan
said the bill would also designate the bridge crossing Bull Creek on
East State Highway 60 and State Highway 2 as the "Fallen Heroes
Memorial Bridge."
The bill passed 9-0.
HB 2882
By Luttrell. Designates a portion of State Highway 177 as "Tribal
Elder Parrish Williams Memorial Highway". Designates a portion of US
Highway 77 as "Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Highway".
Luttrell said the bill would name the highway south of Ponca City as the "Tribal Elder Parrish Williams Memorial Highway."
The bill passed 9-0.
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