1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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3 HOUSE BILL 3516 By: Johns
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to memorial roads and bridges;
7 designating the C.B. and Lois Craft Memorial Bridge;
8 designating the SFC Theodore Emmett Lowery Memorial
8 Highway; designating the LCpl Charles Nick Bondi
9 Memorial Highway; designating the Nettie Sands
9 Memorial Bridge; designating the Dale McFarlin
10 Memorial Highway; designating the Dr. Harry E. Heath,
10 Jr. Memorial Bridge; designating the Ryan Gwaltney
11 Memorial Bridge; designating the U.S. Army SGT
11 William A. Fox, Jr. Memorial Bridge; designating the
12 SSG Rusty Dunagan Memorial Bridge; designating the
12 Cpl Mick Ray Bekowsky USMC Memorial Interchange;
13 designating the LCpl Anthony D. Botello Memorial
13 Bridge; requiring suitable permanent markers be
14 placed; amending Section 8, Chapter 237, O.S.L. 2023
14 (69 O.S. Supp. 2023, Section 1698.405), which relates
15 to the William A. Ahrberg Memorial Highway; modifying
15 name of memorial; amending 69 O.S. 2021, Section
16 1698.11, which relates to the PFC John Reese, Jr.,
16 Medal of Honor/Purple Heart Memorial Highway;
17 modifying name of memorial; amending 69 O.S. 2021,
17 Section 1698.358, which relates to the Zachary
18 Charles Keever Memorial Highway; modifying location
18 of memorial; providing for codification; and
19 providing an effective date.
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22 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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 1 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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2 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.431 of Title 69, unless
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3 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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4 The bridge on State Highway 31 crossing over Turkey Creek east
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5 of Lequire in Haskell County shall be designated as the "C.B. and
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6 Lois Craft Memorial Bridge". The Department of Transportation shall
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7 cause suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on
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8 the bridge.
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9 SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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10 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.432 of Title 69, unless
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11 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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12 The section of U.S. Highway 64 beginning at the intersection of
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13 South 25th Street East in Keefeton, extending southeasterly to the
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14 intersection of U.S. Highway 64 and East 128th Street South in
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15 Muskogee County shall be designated as the "SFC Theodore Emmett
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16 Lowery Memorial Highway". The Department of Transportation shall
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17 cause suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on
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18 the highway.
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19 SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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20 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.433 of Title 69, unless
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21 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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22 The section of State Highway 66 beginning on the east side of
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23 the North Canadian River Bridge extending east through Bethany to
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24 the intersection of State Highway 66 and North Hammond Avenue in
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 1 Oklahoma County shall be designated as the "LCpl Charles Nick Bondi
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2 Memorial Highway". The Department of Transportation shall cause
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3 suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on the
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4 highway.
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5 SECTION 4. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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6 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.434 of Title 69, unless
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7 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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8 The bridge crossing over Big Eagle Creek on State Highway 144 in
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9 Leflore County shall be designated as the "Nettie Sands Memorial
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10 Bridge". The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable
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11 permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on the bridge.
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12 SECTION 5. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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13 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.435 of Title 69, unless
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14 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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15 The section of State Highway 18 beginning at the intersection of
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16 East 780 Road extending north through the town of Agra to the
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17 intersection of State Highway 18 and East 770 Road in Lincoln County
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18 shall be designated as the "Dale McFarlin Memorial Highway". The
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19 Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers
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20 bearing that name to be placed on the highway.
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21 SECTION 6. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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22 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.436 of Title 69, unless
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23 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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 1 The first bridge east of Sangre Road on State Highway 51
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2 crossing over Stillwater Creek in Payne County shall be designated
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3 as the "Dr. Harry E. Heath, Jr. Memorial Bridge". The Department of
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4 Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing that
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5 name to be placed on the bridge.
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6 SECTION 7. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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7 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.437 of Title 69, unless
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8 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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9 The bridge crossing over Interstate 44 on U.S. Highway 62 in
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10 Comanche County shall be designated as the "Ryan Gwaltney Memorial
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11 Bridge". The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable
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12 permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on the bridge.
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13 SECTION 8. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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14 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.438 of Title 69, unless
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15 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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16 The bridge on State Highway 9 east of Number 9 Marina Road
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17 crossing over Eufaula Lake in Pittsburg County shall be designated
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18 as the "U.S. Army SGT William A. Fox, Jr. Memorial Bridge". The
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19 Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers
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20 bearing that name to be placed on the bridge.
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21 SECTION 9. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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22 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.439 of Title 69, unless
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23 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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 1 The bridge on State Highway 9W crossing over Interstate 35 in
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2 McClain County shall be designated as the "SSG Rusty Dunagan
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3 Memorial Bridge". The Department of Transportation shall cause
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4 suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on the
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5 bridge.
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6 SECTION 10. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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7 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.440 of Title 69, unless
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8 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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9 The interchange of Interstate 35 and East Covell Road located in
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10 Edmond, Oklahoma County, shall be designated as the "Cpl Mick Ray
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11 Bekowsky USMC Memorial Interchange". The Department of
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12 Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing that
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13 name to be placed at the interchange.
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14 SECTION 11. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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15 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.441 of Title 69, unless
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16 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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17 The bridge over Gaines Creek on U.S. Highway 270 southwesterly
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18 of Wilburton in Latimer County shall be designated as the "LCpl
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19 Anthony D. Botello Memorial Bridge". The Department of
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20 Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing that
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21 name to be placed on the bridge.
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22 SECTION 12. AMENDATORY Section 8, Chapter 237, O.S.L.
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23 2023 (69 O.S. Supp. 2023, Section 1698.405), is amended to read as
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 1 Section 1698.405 The section of State Highway 33 beginning at
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2 the intersection of State Highway 18 North in Cushing extending west
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3 two (2) miles in Payne County shall be designated as the "Col.
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4 William A. Ahrberg World War II and Korea Memorial Highway". The
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5 Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers
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6 bearing that name to be placed on the highway.
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7 SECTION 13. AMENDATORY 69 O.S. 2021, Section 1698.11, is
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9 Section 1698.11 State Highway 20 between the municipal limits
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10 of Pryor and Salina shall be designated as the "PFC John Reece
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11 Reese, Jr., Medal of Honor/Purple Heart Memorial Highway". The
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12 Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers
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13 to be placed on the highway bearing that name.
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14 SECTION 14. AMENDATORY 69 O.S. 2021, Section 1698.358,
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15 is amended to read as follows:
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16 Section 1698.358 The section of U.S. Highway 62 beginning at
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17 the intersection of U.S. Highway 270 in the town of Harrah in
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18 Oklahoma County extending easterly to the intersection of State
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19 Highway 102 North in Pottawatomie Lincoln County shall be designated
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20 as the "Zachary Charles Keever Memorial Highway". The Department of
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21 Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing that
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 1 SECTION 15. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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3 59-2-8737 JBH 01/17/24
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