ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 1499	By:	Mazzei, Paddack and Crain
		of the Senate

			and

		Peterson of the House

An Act relating to memorial bridge designations; designating the Corporal Jared Shoemaker Memorial Bridge; designating the Braggs Veterans Memorial Highway; requiring certain permanent markers; amending 69 O.S. 2011, Section 1600, which relates to memorial highway and bridge signage cost; modifying exception; providing for codification; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.112 of Title 69, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The bridge over East 81st Street on U.S. Highway 169 within the municipal limits of Tulsa shall be designated as the "Corporal Jared Shoemaker Memorial Bridge".  The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing that name to be placed on the bridge.
SECTION 2.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1698.113 of Title 69, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The section of State Highway 10 beginning one mile north of the municipal limits of Braggs and extending one mile south past the southern municipal boundary of Braggs shall be designated as "Braggs Veterans Memorial Highway".  The Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers to be placed on the highway bearing that name.
SECTION 3.     AMENDATORY     69 O.S. 2011, Section 1600, is amended to read as follows:
Section 1600.  The cost associated with signage related to the naming of highways and bridges on the state highway system shall be paid by the group sponsoring or requesting the sign.  The provisions of this section shall not apply to the naming of highways and bridges on the state highway system designed to honor members of the United States Armed Forces who were killed in action, any law enforcement officer of this state and firefighters.  The Department of Transportation shall promulgate rules establishing a procedure to assess and collect the cost of the signs.  The assessment of cost shall include the cost of the initial erection of the sign as well as the potential replacement or reconstruction of the sign.  The cost of these signs shall be based on an average of the cost of signs erected during the preceding fiscal year, as reported by the Department of Transportation.
SECTION 4.  This act shall become effective July 1, 2012.
SECTION 5.  It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
Passed the Senate the 7th day of March, 2012.

	
	Presiding Officer of the Senate

Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________, 2012.

	
	Presiding Officer of the House
	of Representatives