Rural Economic Transportation Reliability and Optimization Fund; modifying population limitation; directing deposit of certain funds. Effective date. Emergency.

SB 25 establishes the "Rural Economic Transportation Reliability and Optimization Fund" to support highway improvements in rural Oklahoma. It directs $200 million from unappropriated General Revenue funds to the Oklahoma Department of Transportation for projects in counties with populations under 50,000 experiencing traffic safety hazards due to unanticipated economic development. The bill requires documentation linking traffic issues to economic growth and prohibits using fund money to replace existing transportation funding, instead mandating that funds "enhance" rather than supplant state funding. The fund becomes effective July 1, 2025, with the State Board of Equalization required to verify compliance annually.