A. There is hereby created within the Oklahoma Department of Transportation the Oklahoma Advanced Mobility Pilot Program. Contingent upon the availability of funds, the Program will identify and select communities in this state to serve as pilot programs for the adoption of advanced mobility technologies.

B. The Program will focus on both advanced ground transportation, such as autonomous ground vehicles, as well as advanced air mobility vehicles such as electric vertical take-off or landing (eVTOL) vehicles.

C. Eligible communities will be cities, counties and tribal governments. Priority will be given to communities and tribal governments that have been selected to participate in transportation-related pilot programs by the United States Department of Transportation after January 1, 2017.

D. The Oklahoma Secretary of Transportation shall create the Advanced Mobility Program Advisory Council comprised of nine (9) members selected by the Oklahoma Secretary of Transportation to represent a diverse set of stakeholders involved with the adoption of advanced mobility technologies. The Council shall provide recommendations to the Oklahoma Secretary of Transportation on policy and regulatory issues related to the adoption of advanced mobility technologies.

E. Subject to the availability of funds, the Program shall make two matching grant awards each year to the selected pilot programs to support pilot activities. The awards shall be up to Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) each and will be a direct one-to-one match for nonstate funds invested or received by the pilot including funds from the pilot entity.

F. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation shall have the power to make any contract, execute any document or perform any act in order to carry out this act.