A. There is hereby created the Department of Transportation County Advisory Board. The Board shall be made up of nine (9) county commissioners selected by the Oklahoma Cooperative Circuit Engineering Districts Board. One member shall be elected from each of the eight districts of the Oklahoma Cooperative Circuit Engineering Districts Board and one member shall be selected at large by the other eight members. Each member shall hold office for a two-year term or until the successor of the member takes office. Their term of office shall begin on July 1 of the succeeding fiscal year. It shall be the duty of the Board to act in an advisory capacity to the Director of the Department of Transportation. The Board shall review the County Road and Bridge Programs of the Department. The Board shall meet no less than on a quarterly basis with the Director of the Department of Transportation and the staff of the Director to discuss areas of mutual concern. B. The Board is authorized to develop the following criteria for the County Road Machinery and Equipment Revolving Fund: 1. Establish estimated purchase prices for equipment and road machinery; 2. Establish amortization schedules for all equipment and road machinery; 3. Establish a list of independent appraisers to be used for equipment and road machinery inspections; 4. Establish the County Funding Classification Designation priority list; 5. Establish the method, manner and expense of marking or identifying all equipment and road machinery; 6. Establish a list of items which are to be purchased from the state purchase list; 7. Establish a maximum purchase allocation for participating counties and circuit engineering districts; and 8. Establish and approve an interest rate which may be charged on all leases or lease-purchase agreements. C. The Board will have the authority to determine the financial obligation of a county when road machinery or equipment is destroyed by an act of God or other unforeseen occurrence. Added by Laws 1989, c. 352, § 6, operative July 1, 1989. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 75, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 1996, c. 179, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1996; Laws 2001, c. 117, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2001; Laws 2017, c. 20, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
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