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Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 1701 (2026)

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operate projects. In order to facilitate vehicular traffic throughout the state and remove the present handicaps and hazards on the congested highways in the state, and to provide for the construction of modern express highways embodying reasonable safety devices including ample shoulder widths, long sight distances, the bypassing of cities and towns, and grade separations at intersecting highways and railroads, the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, as created in Section 1703 of this title, is hereby authorized and empowered to construct, maintain, repair, and operate turnpike projects as defined in Section 1704 of this title, at such locations as shall be approved by the Transportation Commission, and to issue turnpike revenue bonds of the Authority payable solely from revenues to pay the cost of such projects. The Authority is further authorized and empowered to develop and market alternative uses of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority Electronic Toll Collection System, and construct, maintain, repair, and operate inter-modal transportation transfer facilities and infrastructure relating thereto, including, without limitation, warehouses and utility facilities and intercity rail transit projects as it shall determine to be feasible and economically sound. Added by Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1701, operative July 1, 1968. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 282, § 1, emerg. eff. May 27, 1997; Laws 1999, c. 341, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1999; Laws 2003, c. 206, § 1, emerg. eff. May 12, 2003; Laws 2005, c. 68, § 1, Nov. 1, 2005.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 15 cases (11 in the last 5 years), 1971–2024 · leading case: In the Matter of Application of the Okla. Tpk. Auth., 2016 OK 124.
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In the Matter of Application of the Okla. Tpk. Auth., 2016 OK 124. · cites it 4× “" 69 O.S.2011, § 1701. Further, funding multiple projects under one bond issue is not new.”
Oklahoma Indus. Auth. v. Barnes, 769 P.2d 115 (Okla. 1988). “10 The opposite is revealed by the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority Act, 69 O.S.1981 §§ 1701 et seq. Section 1714 of that act provides that the turnpike authority’s real and personal property, when leased to private roadside concessionaries, shall be subject to taxation in the same…”
Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners v. Oklahoma City, 484 P.2d 882 (Okla. 1971). · cites it 2× “1961 , §§ 176-180. This is a non sequitur. The difference between a public road and a turnpike is apparent.”
In the Matter of the Application of the Oklahoma Tpk. Auth., 2023 OK 84, 535 P.3d 1248. · cites it 3× “See 69 O.S.2021, § 1701 ¶4 The Court would not only be deciding the validity of the bonds but also substituting the OTA's discretion with its own in choosing a route, which the Court has consistently refused to do.”
Question Submitted by: The Honorable John Haste, Oklahoma State Senate, Dist. 36, 2024 OK AG 4 (Okla. Att’y Gen. 2024). · cites it 8× “69 O.S.2021, § 1701. ¶3 With these purposes in mind, the Legislature charges the Authority to finance, build, and operate turnpikes at locations and on routes it determines are feasible and economically sound.”
In the Matter of the Application of the Oklahoma Tpk. Auth., 2023 OK 84, 535 P.3d 1248. · cites it 3× “See 69 O.S.2021, § 1701 ¶4 The Court would not only be deciding the validity of the bonds but also substituting the OTA's discretion with its own in choosing a route, which the Court has consistently refused to do.”
In the Matter of the Application of the Oklahoma Tpk. Auth., 2023 OK 84, 535 P.3d 1248. · cites it 3× “See 69 O.S.2021, § 1701. 1 For example, in 1987, the daily traffic count through the I-35/I-40 corridor was approximately 50,000 vehicles.”
Hirschfeld v. Oklahoma Tpk. Auth., 2023 OK 59. “As pointed out by the OTA, the term "turnpike projects" is a term defined 69 O.S.2021, §§ 1701 ¶13 Similarly, Agenda Item 894 for the January 2022 meeting informed the public that the Engineering Division would submit to the Board a consulting engineering services contract for…”
Hirschfeld v. Oklahoma Tpk. Auth., 2023 OK 59. “69 O.S.2021, §§ 1701 and 1705(e). The OTA similarly uses the term and ascribes the same meaning as prescribed by the Legislature.”
Question Submitted by: Senator Mary B. Boren, Oklahoma State Senate, Dist. 16, 2024 OK AG 5 (Okla. Att’y Gen. 2024). “69 O.S.2021, § 1701. The OTA is established pursuant to statute which provides: There is hereby created a body corporate and politic to be known as the "Oklahoma Turnpike Authority.”
Question Submitted by: Senator Mary B. Boren, Oklahoma State Senate, Dist. 16, 2024 OK AG 5 (Okla. Att’y Gen. 2024). “69 O.S.2021, § 1701. The OTA is established pursuant to statute which provides: There is hereby created a body corporate and politic to be known as the "Oklahoma Turnpike Authority.”
Question Submitted by: Senator Mary B. Boren, Oklahoma State Senate, Dist. 16, 2024 OK AG 5 (Okla. Att’y Gen. 2024). “69 O.S.2021, § 1701. The OTA is established pursuant to statute which provides: There is hereby created a body corporate and politic to be known as the "Oklahoma Turnpike Authority.”
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