Okla. Stat. tit. 3, § 3-374: Focus of program – Eligible communities – Advisory Council

– Matching grant awards.

A. There is hereby created within the Department of

Transportation the Oklahoma Advanced Mobility Pilot Program. The

program shall focus on developing and improving on transportation

technologies, including but not limited to advanced ground

transportation, autonomous ground vehicles, advanced air mobility

vehicles, and autonomous electric vertical take-off and landing

(eVTOL) vehicles. The program will also look to enhance the

interaction between modes of transportation to ensure the state is

best prepared for the interconnected transportation technologies of

the future.

B. The Department of Transportation shall identify and select

government entities in this state that are eligible to serve as

pilot programs for the adoption of advanced mobility technologies.

Eligible entities will be cities, counties and tribal governments.

Priority will be given to entities that have been selected to

participate in transportation-related pilot programs by the United

States Department of Transportation after January 1, 2017.

C. The Secretary of Transportation shall create the Advanced

Mobility Program Advisory Council comprised of nine (9) members

selected by the Secretary of Transportation to represent a diverse

set of stakeholders involved with the adoption of advanced mobility

technologies. The Council shall provide policy, regulatory, and any

other necessary recommendations to the Secretary of Transportation

on issues related to the adoption of advanced mobility technologies.

D. Subject to the availability of funds, the Program shall make

two matching grant awards each year to the selected pilot programs

to support program activities. The awards shall be up to Five

Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) each and shall require a

direct one-to-one match for nonstate funds invested or received by

the pilot including funds from the pilot entity.

E. The Department of Transportation shall have the power to

make any contract, execute any document or perform any act in order

to carry out the Oklahoma Advanced Mobility Pilot Program.