2020 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries
§69-641. Contract by farmers as to expenses and for return of machinery.
(a) The board of county commissioners may not permit the use of such machinery and equipment, as provided in the preceding section, until the farmer desiring the use thereof shall make and enter into a contract with such county, providing that the farmer shall pay all expenses incurred in moving the machinery and equipment and the upkeep thereof, and that the same shall be returned to the county in as good condition as it was when received, the usual wear and tear alone excepted.
(b) The farmer shall further, to enforce the compliance with such contract, deposit a bond with the board of county commissioners guaranteeing the compliance with such contract and the payment for oil and gas, etc., such bond to be approved by the board, or, in lieu of such bond, shall make a cash deposit in such sum as may be required by the board; provided, that no farmer shall be liable for major breakage of such equipment.
Laws 1968, c. 415, § 641, operative July 1, 1968.
