OK SB560

No turnpike project, route, or extension of an existing turnpike may be authorized unless the Legislature receives results of a special election from property owners within a one-mile radius of the proposed route prior to authorization.

Authorization is allowed only if a majority of affected landowners vote in the affirmative on the proposed turnpike route.

County election boards must conduct the special election and provide notice by publishing in newspapers once weekly for three consecutive weeks and posting in three public places for at least twenty days before the election date.

Prior voter approval lapses if more than four years elapse before legislative authorization; a new special election must be held to proceed with construction.

Acceptable proof of property ownership includes recorded deeds, trust memoranda, probate and divorce decrees, affidavits of surviving joint tenants, and affidavits of heirship; landowners who subdivide property after notice publication retain only one vote.

Act becomes effective November 1, 2025.