{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-69-69-636.3","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-636.3","heading":"Counties to contract to lease or lease-purchase road","body":"machinery and equipment - Eligibility - Notice of intent - Lack of\n\nfunds - Full warranty leases - Rules and regulations.\n\nA. Counties shall enter into lease or lease-purchase contracts\n\nfor road machinery and equipment pursuant to the provisions of\n\nSections 636.1 through 636.7 of this title or pursuant to the\n\nprovisions of Sections 1500 through 1505 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma\n\nStatutes and may not otherwise lease road machinery or equipment\n\nexcept in the case of an emergency, when specialized road machinery\n\nor equipment for projects of short durations is required for periods\n\nnot to exceed thirty (30) days.\n\nB. A county shall be eligible to enter into a lease or lease-\n\npurchase contract with the Department of Transportation for road\n\nmachinery and equipment on a priority basis determined by the county\n\nfunding classification designation during any fiscal year for the\n\npurchase of road machinery and equipment. The county funding\n\nclassification designation shall be developed by the Department of\n\nTransportation and the Oklahoma Cooperative Circuit Engineering\n\nDistricts Board and approved by the Oklahoma Department of\n\nTransportation County Advisory Board. Upon approval by the\n\nDepartment of Transportation County Advisory Board, the funding\n\nclassification designation shall be submitted to the Transportation\n\nCommission for final approval. The counties receiving the least\n\nappropriations per mile of road may receive the highest priority\n\nrating. A county may also enter into a full warranty lease contract\n\nfor road machinery and equipment pursuant to the provisions of\n\nsubsection F of this section. Nothing in Sections 636.1 through\n\n636.7 of this title shall prohibit a county from purchasing road\n\nmachinery and equipment if it has adequate funds appropriated during\n\nany fiscal year for such purpose.\n\nC. Whenever a county desires to lease or lease-purchase road\n\nmachinery and equipment with funds from the County Road Machinery\n\nand Equipment Revolving Fund, it shall notify the Department of\n\nTransportation of its requirements and specifications and shall\n\nprovide a list of vendors from which bids will be requested for the\n\nlease or lease-purchase agreements.\n\nD. Upon receiving such notification from a county, the\n\nDepartment shall be authorized to purchase requested road machinery\n\nor equipment for lease or lease-purchase to that county or may lease\n\nor lease-purchase surplus or used road machinery and equipment to a\n\ncounty provided such road machinery or equipment meets the\n\nrequirements and specifications of the requesting county.\n\nE. If there are no funds available in the County Road Machinery\n\nand Equipment Revolving Fund, the Department of Transportation, upon\n\nnotification that a county desires to lease or lease-purchase road\n\nmachinery or equipment, shall certify to the county that there are\n\nno funds available in the County Road Machinery and Equipment\n\nRevolving Fund for such purposes. The county may then request the\n\nPurchasing Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise\n\nServices to solicit bids or request bids pursuant to the provisions\n\nof Section 1500 et seq. of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes to\n\nlease or lease-purchase the requested road machinery or equipment.\n\nF. When funds are available in the County Road Machinery and\n\nEquipment Revolving Fund the Department of Transportation shall,\n\nafter receiving notification from a county desiring to lease or\n\nlease-purchase equipment, authorize the county to request bids\n\npursuant to the provisions of this act and allocate funds equal to\n\nthe estimated cost of the equipment or machinery requested.\n\nHowever, if the lowest and best bid received by the county exceeds\n\nthe estimated purchase price of the equipment or machinery, the\n\ncounty shall pay any difference above the estimated purchase price\nase or\n\nlease-purchase equipment, authorize the county to request bids\n\npursuant to the provisions of this act and allocate funds equal to\n\nthe estimated cost of the equipment or machinery requested.\n\nHowever, if the lowest and best bid received by the county exceeds\n\nthe estimated purchase price of the equipment or machinery, the\n\ncounty shall pay any difference above the estimated purchase price\n\nif accepted. The county shall use the bid procedure provided for in\n\nSection 1500 et seq. of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The\n\ncounty shall forward the lowest and best bid received to the\n\nDepartment of Transportation which shall authorize the lease or\n\nlease-purchase of the equipment or machinery.\n\nG. A county may enter into a full warranty lease contract for\n\nroad machinery and equipment if the county has adequate funds\n\nappropriated during any fiscal year for such purpose. Whenever a\n\ncounty desires to enter into a full warranty lease contract for road\n\nmachinery or equipment, the county must notify the State Auditor and\n\nInspector of its intent and must provide the State Auditor and\n\nInspector with its requirements and specifications along with the\n\nproper documentation to be advertised for bids. Upon receiving the\n\nnotification and documentation from a county, the State Auditor and\n\nInspector shall review the documentation and, upon approval, shall\n\nforward the documentation and specifications to the State Purchasing\n\nDivision of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services. The\n\nPurchasing Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise\n\nServices shall solicit bids to lease the requested road machinery or\n\nequipment according to the documentation and specifications of the\n\ncounty as approved by the State Auditor and Inspector. The term of\n\nany full warranty lease contract authorized pursuant to this\n\nsubsection may be for any period up to one (1) year, provided the\n\nterm shall not extend beyond the end of any fiscal year, with an\n\noption to renew such lease subject to the requirement that adequate\n\nfunds are appropriated during the fiscal year by the county for such\n\npurpose. The State Auditor and Inspector shall prescribe the lease\n\nforms and other documentation necessary for implementing the\n\nprovisions of this subsection.\n\nH. Except as provided in subsection G of this section, the\n\nDepartment of Transportation shall promulgate such rules and\n\nregulations and is authorized to require from the counties such\n\ninformation, forms and reports as are necessary for properly and\n\nefficiently administering Sections 636.1 through 636.7 of this\n\ntitle.","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":"627f4e7199e6142de3ae2967bbaf0282d6fee80b0cf475b6680ed9b2bf0ab587","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-69-69-636.2","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-69-69-636.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}