Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-37-502
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Allocation of funds – Application for funds -
Official statutory text
Eligibility.
A. The monies in the Municipal Road Drilling Activity Revolving
Fund shall be allocated by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 11. Cities and Towns Page 396
only to municipalities having a population of less than fifteen
thousand (15,000) persons according to the Federal Decennial Census
or most recent population estimate to repair damage to municipal
roads caused by or reasonably caused by increased use of such roads
resulting from oil or gas drilling activity. The damage may be
attributable to traffic associated with exploration and drilling
activity, completion of an oil or gas well, production from an oil
or gas well, servicing during the period of production, repairs or
other necessary activity associated with the drilling or production
activity, and other actions necessary for the operation or cessation
of drilling or production activities.
B. A municipality seeking funds for distribution pursuant to
the provisions of Section 2 of this act and this section shall make
application to the Oklahoma Department of Transportation on such
forms as may be prescribed by the Department for such purpose. The
initial application shall be filed not later than May 1, 2023.
C. A municipality shall be required to provide twenty-five
percent (25%) of the total project costs in order to be eligible for
distribution of funds from the Municipal Road Drilling Activity
Revolving Fund.
D. The Department shall review applications in the order in
which they are received and shall make distribution of funds based
on analysis of considerations of public safety, volume of traffic
which contributes to the need for repairs, and such other factors as
the Department may determine to be relevant. The initial
distribution of funds shall take place not later than October 1,
2023.
E. If the Department determines that the damage to a road has
been caused or reasonably has been caused by increased traffic
related to oil and gas drilling or production activity as provided
by this section, the Department shall transfer the eligible amount
of funds to the municipality for deposit into the municipal general
fund or such other public fund as the municipality shall specify in
its application.
F. Funds distributed pursuant to the provisions of this section
shall only be used by a municipality for the repair of roads
according to the requirements of this act and shall not be used to
construct a new road unless the damage to an existing road has
become extensive enough to require such replacement.
A. The monies in the Municipal Road Drilling Activity Revolving
Fund shall be allocated by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 11. Cities and Towns Page 396
only to municipalities having a population of less than fifteen
thousand (15,000) persons according to the Federal Decennial Census
or most recent population estimate to repair damage to municipal
roads caused by or reasonably caused by increased use of such roads
resulting from oil or gas drilling activity. The damage may be
attributable to traffic associated with exploration and drilling
activity, completion of an oil or gas well, production from an oil
or gas well, servicing during the period of production, repairs or
other necessary activity associated with the drilling or production
activity, and other actions necessary for the operation or cessation
of drilling or production activities.
B. A municipality seeking funds for distribution pursuant to
the provisions of Section 2 of this act and this section shall make
application to the Oklahoma Department of Transportation on such
forms as may be prescribed by the Department for such purpose. The
initial application shall be filed not later than May 1, 2023.
C. A municipality shall be required to provide twenty-five
percent (25%) of the total project costs in order to be eligible for
distribution of funds from the Municipal Road Drilling Activity
Revolving Fund.
D. The Department shall review applications in the order in
which they are received and shall make distribution of funds based
on analysis of considerations of public safety, volume of traffic
which contributes to the need for repairs, and such other factors as
the Department may determine to be relevant. The initial
distribution of funds shall take place not later than October 1,
2023.
E. If the Department determines that the damage to a road has
been caused or reasonably has been caused by increased traffic
related to oil and gas drilling or production activity as provided
by this section, the Department shall transfer the eligible amount
of funds to the municipality for deposit into the municipal general
fund or such other public fund as the municipality shall specify in
its application.
F. Funds distributed pursuant to the provisions of this section
shall only be used by a municipality for the repair of roads
according to the requirements of this act and shall not be used to
construct a new road unless the damage to an existing road has
become extensive enough to require such replacement.
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