Title 47, Motor Vehicles

The Commission, in its discretion, is authorized to provide for decals, cab cards, or other suitable methods of identification to be displayed on or carried in the truck or powered motor vehicle. Laws 1939, p. 59, § 7; Laws 1968, c. 190, § 19, eff. Sept. 30, 1968; Laws 1971, c. 1…

The Commission is hereby authorized to purchase said identification devices in sufficient amounts to supply the demand, and to purchase such other officer supplies and equipment as is necessary to administer and enforce the provisions of this act or the Motor Carrier Act of 1995,…

It shall be the duty of the Commission to provide identification devices upon written application of any authorized motor carrier. Upon written application of any authorized motor carrier holding a certificate or permit or license issued by the Commission, the Commission shall is…

The Corporation Commission is hereby authorized to collect from applicants for motor carrier and private carrier identification devices a fee of Seven Dollars ($7.00) for registration of each of its vehicles registered under the provisions of this act or the Motor Carrier Act of …

All records of the Corporation Commission under this act shall be maintained in, and classified as all other records in the Transportation Division of the Corporation Commission. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 322, § 7.

The Commission is hereby authorized and empowered, on behalf of the State of Oklahoma, and when it shall deem it to be in the best interest of the residents of this state so to do, to enter into reciprocal compacts and agreements with other states, or the authorized agencies ther…

In addition to all other duties as provided by law, it is hereby declared to be, and shall be the duty of all sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, district attorneys, enforcement officers appointed by the Corporation Commission of the State of Oklahoma, and all highway patrolmen within the…

Any city of this state may, by a duly-adopted ordinance, in any manner deemed best for the interest of the city, regulate the operation within the corporate limits of the city of auto buses not operated under a certificate of convenience and necessity or permit or license issued …

Any city of this state may, by a duly adopted ordinance, prohibit any auto bus being operated under a certificate of convenience and necessity or permit or license issued by the Corporation Commission of Oklahoma transporting passengers for hire to, from or through said city from…

Any city or town of this state may, pursuant to and subject to the applicable provisions of the Constitution and laws of Oklahoma, grant to any person, firm or corporation a franchise for the operation of auto buses, as herein defined, for the transportation of passengers for hir…

Where any city or town has granted a franchise for the operation of auto buses, as provided in Section 1, and auto buses are being operated under such franchise by the holder thereof, it is hereby declared to be unlawful for any other person, firm or corporation to operate such a…

Any person, firm or corporation operating or causing to be operated an auto bus, as herein defined, contrary to the provisions of Section 2 hereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine in an amount not to exceed One Thous…

An "auto bus" as the term is used herein means a self-propelled vehicle not operated on fixed tracks, with a manufacturer's rated seating capacity of seven (7) or more passengers, operating over a fixed route and/or between fixed termini and/or on scheduled trips. Laws 1947, p. 3…

Any franchise which has heretofore been granted by any city or town in this state for the operation of auto buses for the transportation of passengers for hire within the corporate limits of said city or town is hereby ratified, legalized and confirmed. Laws 1947, p. 315, § 5.

The Oklahoma Corporation Commission shall establish an intrastate motor transportation fuel surcharge for common carriers of household goods or used emigrant movables by motor vehicles over irregular routes that shall in no instance be less than that established by the Interstate…

Except as provided herein, the provisions of Sections 161 through 180m of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes are expressly made applicable to any certificate or permit issued under this act. Laws 1980, c. 11, § 7, emerg. eff. March 13, 1980.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Motor Carrier Safety and Hazardous Materials Transportation Act". Added by Laws 1986, c. 80, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1986.

The Department shall exempt any vehicle in which hazardous material is transported or any person who transports any hazardous material if such exemption is identical to an exemption issued by the Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation and may exempt any perso…

A. Other state agencies, departments and bureaus shall cooperate with the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety in regulating motor carrier safety and the transportation of hazardous materials. Such agencies, departments and bureaus may enter into interagency agreements with the D…

A. No person who provides assistance or advice in mitigating or attempting to mitigate the effects of an actual or threatened discharge of hazardous material, or in preventing, cleaning up, or disposing or in attempting to prevent, clean up or dispose of any such discharge, shall…

The Department of Public Safety and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol Division shall enforce the provisions of the Oklahoma Motor Carrier Safety and Hazardous Materials Transportation Act and the rules promulgated thereto. Added by Laws 1986, c. 80, § 13, eff. Nov. 1, 1986. Amended by …

The Oklahoma Motor Carrier Safety and Hazardous Materials Transportation Act is not intended to affect any law of this state now in effect with respect to matters relating to the transportation of hazardous materials but in the case of any conflict relating to motor carrier safet…

A. Whenever the Department of Public Safety has determined that any person who is regulated as a motor carrier pursuant to Sections 166 through 180m of this title has violated any provision of the Oklahoma Motor Carrier Safety and Hazardous Materials Transportation Act or any rul…

A. Any person driving under a commercial Class A license shall not be required to obtain a hazardous materials endorsement pursuant to 49 C.F.R. Section 383 if the person is: 1. Acting within the scope of the license holder's employment as an employee of a custom harvester operat…

A. As used in this section, “motor carrier safety improvement” means any device, equipment, software, technology, procedure, training, policy, program, or operational practice intended and primarily used to improve or facilitate compliance with traffic safety or motor carrier saf…

A. The Legislature finds: 1. That the volume of hazardous and nonhazardous materials transported by motor carriers within this state is substantial and the need exists to improve the enforcement of safety related aspects of motor carrier transportation for both interstate and int…

The provisions of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Motor Carrier Act of 1995". Added by Laws 1995, c. 143, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.

A. It is hereby declared that it is necessary in the public interest to regulate transportation by motor carriers and private carriers in such manner as to recognize the need to require all motor carriers and private carriers to have adequate insurance; for motor carriers and pri…

As used in the Motor Carrier Act of 1995: 1. “Person” means any individual, firm, copartnership, limited partnership, corporation, limited liability corporation, company, association, or joint-stock association and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or personal representat…

A. The Corporation Commission is hereby vested with power and authority, and it shall be its duty: 1. To supervise and regulate every motor carrier whether operating between fixed termini or over a regular route or otherwise and not operating exclusively within the limits of an i…

A. Every motor carrier, subject to the Motor Carrier Act of 1995, receiving property for transportation in intrastate commerce shall issue a receipt or bill of lading therefor, the form of which shall be prescribed by the Commission. B. Any person, motor carrier, or shipper who s…

When the Commission, upon complaint, has reason to believe that any person, motor carrier, or shipper is violating or has willfully violated any provision of the Motor Carrier Act of 1995, the Commission shall, upon its own initiative, file a contempt proceeding and set a date fo…

A. Upon the filing by an intrastate motor carrier or private carrier of an application for a license, the applicant shall pay to the Corporation Commission a filing fee in the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) with an original or subapplication. Any valid license issued will r…

A. It shall be unlawful for any motor carrier to operate or furnish service within this state without first having obtained from the Commission a license declaring that all insurance requirements have been met and that the carrier will operate within all existing rules and state …

A. As used in this section: 1. "Authorized carrier" means a person or persons authorized to engage in the transportation of passengers or property as a licensed motor carrier; 2. "Equipment" means a motor vehicle, straight truck, tractor, semitrailer, full trailer, any combinatio…

As used in the Oklahoma Motor Carrier Safety and Hazardous Materials Transportation Act: 1. "Commerce" means trade, traffic, commerce or transportation within this state; 2. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Public Safety; 3. "Department" means the Oklahoma Department of P…

A. No license shall be issued by the Commission to any carrier until after the carrier shall have filed with the Commission a liability insurance policy or bond covering public liability and property damage, issued by some insurance or bonding company or insurance carrier authori…

A. Nothing contained in the Motor Carrier Act of 1995 shall be construed to authorize the operation of any passenger or freight vehicle in excess of the gross weight, width, length or height authorized by law. B. Any person who willfully advertises to perform transportation servi…

The Commission shall have the power and authority by general order or otherwise to promulgate rules and regulations for the administration and enforcement of the provisions of the Motor Carrier Act of 1995. Added by Laws 1995, c. 143, § 12, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.

A. The provisions of the Motor Carrier Act of 1995 shall not apply to persons who operate motor vehicles in excess of twenty-six thousand (26,000) pounds who have contracted or subcontracted with any federal, state or local entity to conduct activities associated with the buildin…

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Motor Carrier Harvest Permit Act of 2006”. Added by Laws 2006, c. 140, § 1, emerg. eff. May 10, 2006.

A. Any person, firm, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation owning or possessing a vehicle and required to register the vehicle under the laws of this state for the purpose of transporting farm products in a raw state may receive a harvest permit from the Oklahoma…

A portable scale used at any location other than an official weigh station by the Department of Public Safety or the Corporation Commission to weigh any vehicle transporting grain shall not be located within two (2) highway miles of any commercial grain elevator. This section sha…

To the extent necessary to administer the Oklahoma Motor Carrier Safety and Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, and consistent with budget and manpower limitations, the Commissioner: 1. shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations in order to carry out the provisions of t…

Motor carriers and other persons subject to the Oklahoma Motor Carrier Safety and Hazardous Materials Transportation Act shall make available for inspection and copying their accounts, books, records, memoranda, correspondence, and other documents, and shall allow their lands, bu…

A. No person prohibited from operating a commercial vehicle shall operate such commercial motor vehicle, nor shall any person authorize or require a person who has been prohibited from such operation of a motor vehicle to operate a commercial motor vehicle. B. No person shall ope…