Section 1306 - Engineering(a) The governing body of the city or the board of county commissioners shall have authority to contract for the services of consulting engineers to make the necessary surveys, plats, plans, profiles, specifications, estimates, furnish construction stakes and supervise construction at a cost not to exceed six percent (6%) of the total cost of construction, exclusive of acquisition, and shall provide for the payment of such engineering services as a part of the cost of the limited access facility.(b) The engineers may also be employed to supervise and coordinate all nonconstruction work necessary to each project, such as advertising, printing, typing, appraising, assistance in the preparation of the appraisers' report, abstract work, all procedure, clerical work, acquisition of right-of-way and all other work which is necessary or essential to the completing of such limited access facility.(c) The city or county may cause the engineering and other work provided for herein to be performed by the city or county engineer and may cause the cost thereof to be included in the cost of that part of the work financed by special assessments, on the same basis as herein provided, for consulting engineers.(d) The term "engineer" shall include the city engineer, county engineer, or the consulting engineer, as the case may be.Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 1306
Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1306, operative 7/1/1968.