HB 1759 Summary

• Designates 23 specific Oklahoma roads and bridges as memorials, including highways named after military personnel, public servants, and historical figures such as the "Maestro Kenneth Kilgore Memorial Bridge" and "WWI Choctaw Code Talkers Highway"

• Requires the Oklahoma Department of Transportation to place suitable permanent markers on each designated road and bridge bearing the memorial name

• Repeals 69 O.S. 2011, Section 1673, which previously contained memorial highway designations

• Becomes effective July 1, 2013, with an emergency clause allowing immediate implementation upon passage and approval