{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-69-69-601","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-601","heading":"Authority and duties of county commissioners","body":"A. The county highway system shall be composed of all public\n\nroads within any county, less any part of any road or roads which\n\nmay be designated as a state highway by the State Transportation\n\nCommission. It shall be the duty of the board of county\n\ncommissioners in each county to construct and maintain as county\n\nhighways those roads which best serve the most people of the county.\n\nFor this purpose the board of county commissioners is authorized to\n\nuse any funds which are in the county highway fund, subject to\n\nstatutory restrictions on the use of any of such funds, together\n\nwith any money or item of value derived from any agreement entered\n\ninto between the county and the Transportation Commission, the\n\nfederal government, this state, any other county or political\n\nsubdivision of this state or other governmental entity, or any\n\ncitizen or group of citizens who have made donations for that\n\npurpose. The boards of county commissioners of the various counties\n\nshall have exclusive jurisdiction over the designation, construction\n\nand maintenance and repair of all of the county highways and bridges\n\ntherein. All interlocal cooperation agreements made pursuant to\n\nthis section between counties and those political subdivisions or\n\ncitizens of a county shall be submitted to the district attorney of\n\neach of the counties subject to the agreement for approval. All\n\nother interlocal cooperation agreements shall be submitted and\n\napproved in accordance with Sections 1001 through 1008 of Title 74\n\nof the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\nB. The boards of county commissioners are hereby authorized to\n\nestablish road improvement districts as provided by law for existing\n\nroads in the unincorporated areas of counties. The boards of county\n\ncommissioners may also have improvements made on existing roads in\n\nunincorporated areas of counties on a force account basis.","path":["OK Code","Title 69"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os69.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"7d775ebc69178ae1b63965da902c107a4b9d8af777d116db9c557c0bc0cc1817","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-69-69-508","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-69-69-601.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}