Reserved parking spaces. Except as provided in subsections C and D of this section, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives are empowered to designate the parking assignments and issue window stickers or other means of identification of elected and appointed officers and employees whose offices are in the State Capitol Building in the parking areas described in this section and Sections 11-1009 and 11-1010 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes. A. Except as provided in subsections C and D of this section, officers and employees shall not park in any space in the following described areas except as specified by the President Pro Tempore: 1. The parking area traversed by the semicircular drive to the west entrance of the State Capitol Building. This area shall have specifically assigned parking places for state officers, including the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Attorney General, the State Treasurer, the State Auditor and Inspector, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the Secretary of the State Election Board, and any other elected or appointed state officer or employee so designated by the President Pro Tempore; 2. The parking area west of the State Capitol Building and north of the West Gatehouse; 3. All parking spaces west of the halfway point along the north curb of Northeast 21st Street to the southernmost parking spaces in the south parking area, except those designated in subsections C and D of this section; 4. In the parking area located east of Lincoln Boulevard, thirty-seven parking spaces in the southwest portion of the parking area, south and southwest of the tunnel entrance, and north of Northeast 21st Street; and 5. Seventy-eight parking spaces in the northeast portion of the parking area identified as the first three rows of parking spaces west of North Phillips Avenue. B. Except as provided in subsections C and D of this section, officers and employees shall not park in any space in the following described areas except as specified by the Speaker of the House of Representatives: 1. The parking area east of the State Capitol Building and north of the East Gatehouse; 2. All parking spaces east of the halfway point along the north curb of Northeast 21st Street to the southernmost parking spaces in the south parking area, except those designated in subsections C and D of this section; 3. In the parking area located east of Lincoln Boulevard, the one hundred fifty-four parking spaces east of the east entrance of Northeast 21st Street and south of the north curbline of the entrance from North Phillips Avenue; 4. The sixty parking spaces located in the fourth, fifth, and sixth rows of the northeast portion of the parking area located west of North Phillips Avenue and north of the north curbline of the North Phillips Avenue entrance into the parking area; and 5. The five parking spaces west of the sixth row of parking spaces in the northeast portion of the parking lot and north of the north curbline of the North Phillips Avenue entrance into the parking area. C. The Governor shall designate the parking assignments for the parking spaces immediately on the north and south sides of the first parking island south of the oil well. D. The southernmost row of parking spaces in the south parking lot shall be reserved for the Department of Public Safety for the purpose of creating a large vehicle inspection station. The Department of Public Safety shall be permitted to post appropriate signage related to the inspection station of large vehicles along Lincoln Boulevard (northbound and southbound lanes) and at the gatehouses for both the Senate and the House of Representatives. E. All parking spaces not otherwise assigned by the President Pro Tempore pursuant to subsection A of this section, assigned by the Speaker of the House of Representatives pursuant to subsection B of this section, or designated by the Governor pursuant to subsection C of this section in the parking area south of the Capitol Plaza and the parking area that lies east of the State Capitol Building on the east side of Lincoln Boulevard shall be reserved for visitors. F. It shall be the duty of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to maintain all streets, roads, and state-owned parking lots within the boundaries of the State Capitol Park, including striping and painting of parking spots, or otherwise providing signage as assigned or designated by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, or Governor pursuant to this section. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services is authorized to expend any money appropriated for the construction and maintenance of such streets, roads, and parking lots. Added by Laws 1982, c. 195, § 3, operative July 1, 1982. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 288, § 1, eff. July 1, 1995. Renumbered from Title 47, § 11-1011 by Laws 1995, c. 288, § 3, eff. July 1, 1995; Laws 2025, c. 383, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2025.
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