1. A. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation shall be required to certify to the State Transportation Commission that each county has upheld all agreements with, and obligations to, this state. If, due to failure by the county to maintain such obligations and agreements, the Department of Transportation cannot make the certification, the county shall receive no allocation or funding under the County Bridge and Road Improvement Act until such obligations and agreements are fulfilled. However, if requested, a county shall be entitled to notice and a hearing before the Transportation Commission prior to any allocation or funding being withheld by the Department of Transportation.
2. B. All consulting engineering contracts for services referred to in this act shall be approved by the Department of Transportation except those contracts entered into pursuant to the provisions of Section 687.1 of this title. The Department shall make findings on all contracts approved that the cost is reasonable and the firm involved is capable of performing the services within a reasonable period of time.

3. C. Expenditures which may be allowed pursuant to the provisions of this act shall include the following:

   1. 1. Matching federal funds for the annual Federal Highway Administration allocation to the Oklahoma State University Center for Local Government Technology for the Federal Highway Administration Rural Technical Assistance Program, not to exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount of funding the state is required to provide, which shall not exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00);
   2. 2. Project engineering costs;
   3. 3. The cost of rights-of-way acquired for projects pursuant to the provisions of this act and the cost of the relocation of utilities from the rights-of-way so acquired;
   4. 4. The cost of reconstruction or replacement of roadway structures which may be less than twenty (20) feet in length;
   5. 5. Any cost or expense for administration, program management, engineering, including the development of appropriate local road standards which shall apply only to those roads reconstructed, maintained, or otherwise constructed pursuant to this act, or construction supervision necessarily incurred by the Department of Transportation in fulfilling its duties and responsibilities pursuant to this act;
   6. 6. Any cost or expense related to a comprehensive plan for signing or inventory of signs on the county road system; and
   7. 7. The expense and related costs of employing an engineer to assist a county or counties in carrying out the daily operations of road and bridge maintenance and construction, including the employment of a circuit engineer.

Added by Laws 1980, HB 1645, c. 349, § 14, emerg. eff. June 25, 1980. Amended by Laws 1995, HB 1950, c. 25, § 3, eff. November 1, 1995; Amended by Laws 1997, HB 2038, c. 284, § 25, eff. July 1,1997 (superseded document available).