In Re Oklahoma Department of Transportation for Approval of Not to Exceed $100 Million Oklahoma Department of Transportation Grant Anticipation Notes, Series 2002

BOUDREAU, Justice:

¶ 1 The Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) seeks pre-issuance approval of Grant Anticipation Notes, Series 2002, in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Million Dollars. The notes are a funding source for an ambitious highway improvement and expansion plan adopted by the Legislature in 1997 and amended in 2000. 69 O.S. Supp.1997 and 2000, §§ 2001 et. seq.1 The ODOT is authorized to issue the notes in 69 O.S.2001, § 2001(E)(2).2

¶ 2 Title 20 O.S.2001, § 14.2 confers exclusive, original jurisdiction upon this Court to hear and determine ODOT’s application to approve…