Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1331
This is the official text of Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1331, part of Oklahoma’s Stat. tit. 69, — part of the compiled statutory law of Oklahoma, published by the state as "Stat. tit. 69,." Browse the sections below, each linked to its official government source.
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Within their respective jurisdictions, the State of Oklahoma
through the Commission, and the governing body of every city within
the provisions of this article, and the board of county
commissioners of each county, acting alone, or in cooperation with
any federal, state, county or city agency having authority to
participate in the construction or maintenance of highways, shall
have authority to plan, designate, establish, regulate, vacate,
alter, improve, maintain and provide limited access facilities; and
may designate the whole or any part or parts thereof as parkways, or
as heavy traffic highways, or may otherwise limit or specify the
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 162
type of traffic entitled to use the same. For the purposes of this
article, each city within the provisions of this article, and every
county within the state, shall have authority to acquire property
and rights-of-way for limited access facilities by gift, devise,
purchase or condemnation in the same manner as may be authorized by
law for the acquisition of such property or property rights for
highways and streets within their respective jurisdictions. The
decision by any such governing body that any such limited access
facility constructed, or to be constructed, is a public utility
shall be final and conclusive.
through the Commission, and the governing body of every city within
the provisions of this article, and the board of county
commissioners of each county, acting alone, or in cooperation with
any federal, state, county or city agency having authority to
participate in the construction or maintenance of highways, shall
have authority to plan, designate, establish, regulate, vacate,
alter, improve, maintain and provide limited access facilities; and
may designate the whole or any part or parts thereof as parkways, or
as heavy traffic highways, or may otherwise limit or specify the
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 162
type of traffic entitled to use the same. For the purposes of this
article, each city within the provisions of this article, and every
county within the state, shall have authority to acquire property
and rights-of-way for limited access facilities by gift, devise,
purchase or condemnation in the same manner as may be authorized by
law for the acquisition of such property or property rights for
highways and streets within their respective jurisdictions. The
decision by any such governing body that any such limited access
facility constructed, or to be constructed, is a public utility
shall be final and conclusive.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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