§66-304. Powers and duties.
A. The Department of Transportation is hereby authorized and empowered: 1. To acquire, construct, reconstruct, repair, replace, operate and maintain railroad rights-of-way and trackage projects at such locations and on such routes as it shall determine to be feasible and economically sound; 2. To enter into agreements with the owners of operating railroads for the […]
§66-328. Powers and duties of Commission.
POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION A. The duties of the Commission are to: 1. Secure the funding and authorization necessary to make passenger rail improvements a reality for the region; 2. Examine and facilitate ways that states can form partnerships to implement improved passenger rail service in the region; 3. Create and facilitate a […]
§66-304.1. Action to determine constitutionality of Railroad Revitalization Act.
The Department is authorized, in its discretion, to file an application with the Supreme Court of Oklahoma to determine the constitutionality of the Railroad Revitalization Act, Sections 302.1 through 309 of this title and the programs relating to funding or assistance to railroads contemplated thereby; and exclusive original jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Supreme […]
§66-306. Essential governmental functions.
The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the exercise of the powers granted by the Railroad Revitalization Act is in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, to enhance their safety at public railroad crossings, for the increase of their commerce and prosperity, and for the improvement of their health and […]
§66-307. Reports.
The Department shall make and submit to the Governor, on or before December 31 of each year, a full report showing anticipated projects, projects under construction and projects in operation, the financial condition of the Department and such other information as the Governor shall require. Laws 1971, c. 348, § 7, emerg. eff. June 19, […]
§66-308. Contracts.
All contracts for the construction, reconstruction, repair, replacement and maintenance of railroad rights-of-way or trackage shall be let by the Department to the lowest responsible bidder, or bidders, after notice by publication in the same manner as provided in the Public Competitive Bidding Act of 1974; provided, the Department may reject all bids and readvertise […]
§66-170. Cancellation of charter rights.
An attested copy of the writing, in which any corporation which becomes a domestic corporation hereunder claims a domicile elsewhere than in this state, shall be made out forthwith by the clerk of the court in which such writing is filed, and shall be mailed by such clerk to the Secretary of State. When such […]
§66-181. Right to deal in passage tickets.
Any person having an established place of business in any town or city within this state, shall have the right to buy, sell and exchange passage tickets or other evidences of a right of passage from one place to another upon any railroad line or steamboat line and their connections that said tickets may have […]
§66-182. Purchasers may sell tickets.
Any person purchasing a ticket from the authorized office of any line for the transportation of passengers shall have the right to sell his ticket or tickets to any person doing business under the preceding section: Provided, that nothing herein shall be construed to prevent any town or city from regulating such business by any […]
§66-183. Railway law enforcement officers – Power and authority.
Railway companies organized under the laws of this state, or doing business within the state, are hereby authorized and empowered at their own expense to appoint and employ law enforcement officers at such stations or other places on the lines of their railroads within this state, as said companies may deem necessary for the protection […]