1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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3 HOUSE BILL 3232 By: Lawson
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to Route 66; amending Section 1,
7 Chapter 412, O.S.L. 2022 (69 O.S. Supp. 2023, Section
8 4040), which relates to the Oklahoma Route 66
8 Commission; removing expiration date of the Oklahoma
9 Route 66 Commission; amending Section 2, Chapter 412,
9 O.S.L. 2022 (69 O.S. Supp. 2023, Section 4041), which
10 relates to the Oklahoma Route 66 Commission Revolving
10 Fund; modifying conditions for budgeting and
11 expenditures of funds; and providing an effective
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16 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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17 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 1, Chapter 412, O.S.L.
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18 2022 (69 O.S. Supp. 2023, Section 4040), is amended to read as
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20 Section 4040. A. There is hereby created until June 30, 2027,
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21 the Oklahoma Route 66 Commission. The Commission shall be composed
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22 of nine (9) members. The members shall serve as follows:
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23 1. One member shall be appointed by the Governor and selected
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24 from the Commissioners of the Oklahoma Tax Commission, whose first
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 1 term shall be for one (1) year, and then renewable for three-year
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2 terms thereafter;
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3 2. One shall be the Executive Director of the Oklahoma
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4 Department of Transportation, or his or her designee, whose first
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5 term shall be for two (2) years, and then renewable for three-year
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6 terms thereafter;
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7 3. One shall be the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Tourism
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8 and Recreation Department, or his or her designee, whose first term
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9 shall be for three (3) years, and then renewable for three-year
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10 terms thereafter;
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11 4. Three members shall be appointed by the President Pro
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12 Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate of which:
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13 a. one shall be a citizen of a county containing a
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14 portion of Route 66, whose first term shall be for one
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15 (1) year, and renewable for three-year terms
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16 thereafter,
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17 b. one shall be a city manager, assistant city manager,
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18 or economic development director for a municipality on
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19 Route 66 with a population greater than ten thousand
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20 (10,000), whose first term shall be for two (2) years,
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21 and renewable for three-year terms thereafter, and
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22 c. one shall be an Oklahoma citizen with expertise or
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23 experience in historic preservation, whose first term
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 1 shall be for three (3) years, and then renewable for
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2 three-year terms thereafter; and
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3 5. Three members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the
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4 Oklahoma House of Representatives of which:
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5 a. one shall be a citizen of a county containing a
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6 portion of Route 66, whose first term shall be for one
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7 (1) year, and then renewable for three-year terms
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8 thereafter,
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9 b. one of whom shall be a business owner whose business
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10 is located along Route 66 within a city or town whose
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11 population is less than ten thousand (10,000), whose
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12 first term shall be for two (2) years, and then
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13 renewable for three-year terms thereafter, and
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14 c. one shall be an Oklahoma citizen with expertise or
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15 experience in marketing, whose first term shall be for
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16 three (3) years, and then renewable for three-year
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17 terms thereafter.
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18 B. The Commission shall utilize the Oklahoma Route 66
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19 Commission Revolving Fund as authorized in Section 2 of this act.
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20 SECTION 2. AMENDATORY Section 2, Chapter 412, O.S.L.
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21 2022 (69 O.S. Supp. 2023, Section 4041), is amended to read as
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23 Section 4041. A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury
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24 a revolving fund to be designated as the "Oklahoma Route 66
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 1 Commission Revolving Fund", which shall consist of all monies
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2 appropriated, transferred, or otherwise designated to the fund by
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3 law. The revolving fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to
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4 fiscal year limitations, and shall be under the administration of
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5 the Oklahoma Route 66 Commission. All monies accruing to the credit
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6 of said fund are hereby appropriated, and shall be budgeted and
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7 expended in accordance with the provisions of subsection B of this
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8 section for the purpose of preserving and developing Route 66 and
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9 commemorating the Route 66 Centennial.
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10 B. No funds shall be budgeted or expended from the Oklahoma
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11 Route 66 Commission Revolving Fund prior to July 1, 2023, or prior
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12 to the approval adoption by the Legislature Commission of proposed
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13 promulgated permanent rules by the Commission pursuant to the
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14 provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act.
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15 C. The Oklahoma Route 66 Commission shall promulgate, pursuant
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16 to the provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act, permanent
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17 rules subject to approval by the Legislature, to implement:
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19 funds;
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20 2. Processes for awarding of funding applications;
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21 3. Details of the Commission's general duties;
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22 4. Reporting requirements of the Commission to the Legislature;
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 1 5. Any other rules necessary to carry out the purpose and
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2 mission of the Commission as expressed in this act.
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3 D. All unencumbered funds remaining in the Oklahoma Route 66
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4 Commission Revolving Fund upon the expiration of the Oklahoma Route
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5 66 Commission shall be transferred to the State Treasurer for
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6 deposit in the General Revenue Fund.
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7 SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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