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OK SCR10
Concurrent Resolution
AI Summary
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Urges the Texas Legislature to continue funding its portion of the Heartland Flyer passenger rail service, which has operated between Fort Worth, Texas, and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, since 1999
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Recognizes the over 25-year financial partnership between Oklahoma and Texas to jointly fund and operate the rail service through their respective departments of transportation
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Notes potential future expansion opportunities with rail links terminating in Chicago, Illinois, along the Interstate 35 corridor
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Warns that discontinuing service would make restoration extraordinarily challenging and would eliminate a transportation option for Oklahomans
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Adopted by the Oklahoma Senate on May 21, 2025, and the House of Representatives on May 22, 2025
Legislative Description
Concurrent resolution; recognizing the important transportation role of the Heartland Flyer passenger rail service, recognizing the critical need for ongoing financial partnership with the State of Texas; and urging the Texas Legislature to take budget action to allow rail service to continue.
Last Action
Filed with Secretary of State
5/22/2025