(a) There is hereby created a Department of Highways and a State Highway Commission in and for the State of Oklahoma, pursuant to the provisions of Section 1, Article 16, of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma, and such department shall be governed by the State Highway Director, provided for by Section 305 of this Code, under such reasonable rules, regulations and policies and road improvement programs as may be prescribed by the Commission. Such rules and regulations and amendments thereto as adopted by the Commission shall be filed and recorded in the office of the Secretary of State.
(b) The Department and the Commission created by the preceding paragraph and the State Highway Director provided for by Section 305 of this Code shall be the legal successors of, and unless and except as otherwise provided by this Code shall also have the powers and duties vested by other laws in, and shall take immediate charge of all equipment, supplies and property now in the possession of, the Department, Commission and Director, respectively, created and provided for by 69 O.S. 1961, Sections 20.1 and 20.6, as amended, and shall be liable for their respective obligations.
Added by Laws 1968, c. 415, § 301, operative July 1, 1968.
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