STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 54th Legislature (2014)

HOUSE BILL 2812	By:	Moore

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to roads, bridges and ferries; amending 69 O.S. 2011, Section 1698.111 and Section 1, Chapter 24, O.S.L. 2013 (69 O.S. Supp. 2013, Section 1698.159), which relate to Historic Bike Trails; requiring certain applications related to U.S. Bike Route recognition be made by the Department of Transportation; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     69 O.S. 2011, Section 1698.111, is amended to read as follows:
Section 1698.111  A.  State Highway 66 shall be designated as the "Historic Route 66 Bike Trail".  The cost associated with signage required by this section shall be provided from private sources and shall include the cost of the initial erection of signs as well as the cost of potential replacement or reconstruction of signs.  Upon receiving adequate funding from private sources and after a shoulder lane has been provided, the Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers to be placed upon the highway bearing that name.  Contingent upon the availability of funds, the Department shall provide a shoulder lane designated for use by bicycle traffic on the Historic Route 66 Bike Trail.
B.  The Department of Transportation shall make application to the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials for numbered designation of the bike trail as a U.S. Bike Route.
SECTION 2.     AMENDATORY     Section 1, Chapter 24, O.S.L. 2013 (69 O.S. Supp. 2013, Section 1698.159), is amended to read as follows:
Section 1698.159  A.  State Highway 81 from the Kansas border to the Texas border shall be designated as the "Historic Chisholm Trail Bike Route".  The cost associated with signage required by this section shall be provided from private sources and shall include the cost of the initial erection of signs as well as the cost of potential replacement or reconstruction of signs.  Upon receiving adequate funding from private sources and after a shoulder lane has been provided, the Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers to be placed upon the highway bearing that name.  Contingent upon the availability of funds, the Department shall provide a shoulder lane designated for use by bicycle traffic on the Historic Chisholm Trail Bike Route.
B.  The Department of Transportation shall make application to the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials for numbered designation of the trail bike route as a U.S. Bike Route.
SECTION 3.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2014.

54-2-8369	JM	11/22/13