Title 47 — Title 47 — Motor Vehicles

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…

Liability and damage insurance - Administrative penalties - Driving hours - Conflicting regulations. 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…

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commercial Class A license holders. 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 e…

status. 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 car…

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.

certificates and permits - Application of act. 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…

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…

granting license - Suspension and revocation - Additional powers of Commission - Application requirements - Hearing - Notice. 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 …

Required lease provisions. 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, f…

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…

limits prohibited - Certain advertisements prohibited - Authority to suspend or cancel license - Licenses personal to holder. 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 g…

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.

Motor Carrier Act - Insurance. 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 activit…

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.

Fees - Violation and bond - Rules. 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…

elevator — Exceptions. 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 ele…

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…

prohibited. 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 pers…

No person shall intentionally discharge or cause to be discharged the contents of any transport vehicle containing hazardous material between the points of origin and the points of billed destination, except as may be authorized by the Department or a representative of the Depart…

A. Each person involved in an incident or accident during the transportation, loading, unloading, or related storage in any place of a hazardous material subject to the provisions of Oklahoma Motor Carrier Safety and Hazardous Material Transportation Act shall immediately report,…

A. The transportation of any property in commerce, including hazardous materials or the transportation of passengers for compensation or for hire by bus, that is not in compliance with the Oklahoma Motor Carrier Safety and Hazardous Materials Transportation Act or the rules issue…

1, 1985. §47-40-101. Accident report forms. The Department shall prescribe standard forms for accident reports for use by all police departments and all other appropriate agencies. The accident reports shall call for sufficiently detailed information to disclose the cause, the co…

Any person who is the holder of an unrevoked and unexpired technician class or better license issued by the Federal Communications Commission to operate an amateur radio station in Oklahoma shall be entitled to special identification as herein provided. Laws 1953, p. 215, § 1; La…

Such person shall upon proper application be entitled to a special personal identification card, the style of which shall be fixed by the Department of Public Safety; provided, every such card shall bear the applicant's name, the date of issuance of such card, a serial number to …

47 O.S. § 253 Repealed by Laws 2004, c. 504, § 24, eff. July 1, 2004

It is hereby declared the purpose of this act to provide special identification for individuals who hold an unrevoked and unexpired technician class or better license, issued by the Federal Communication Commission, to operate an amateur radio station in Oklahoma, in order to enc…

It shall be the duty of the Department of Public Safety to secure from the Federal Communication Commission and maintain each month a current list of the technician class or better licensed amateur radio station operators in Oklahoma. Laws 1953, p. 216, § 5; Laws 1979, c. 95, § 4…

indentification - Violations. Upon the revocation or expiration of the amateur radio station operator's license of any person in Oklahoma who has been issued identification as herein provided, said person shall immediately notify the Oklahoma Tax Commission and the Department of …

2001, c. 131, § 18, eff. July 1, 2001.

47 O.S. § 376 Repealed by Laws 2000, c. 189, § 14, eff. July 1, 2000

47 O.S. § 377.1 Repealed by Laws 1998, c. 245, § 10, eff. July 1, 1998

showing exemption. (a) When used in this act: (1) "Motor vehicle" means any automobile, automobile trucks, truck, or any other self-propelled vehicle not operated or driven upon fixed rails or track; provided, that in this act the term shall always include as one vehicle a tracto…

No person shall engage in business or use any motor vehicle in this state as an itinerant merchant as defined and fixed in Section 1 of this act, without complying with this act and without obtaining from the Commission or its agents the license required by this act. Laws 1941, p…

for each motor vehicle. An application for a license as an itinerant merchant shall be made to the Commission or through any of its authorized agents upon forms to be prepared by the Commission. A separate application and license shall be required for each motor vehicle to be ope…

(a) The fee for each license shall be Twenty Dollars ($20.00) per year; provided, that if the license is issued after June 30 in any year such license fee shall be Ten Dollars ($10.00). The proper fee shall accompany the application. (b) All licenses issued and license fees paid …

(a) No license shall be issued by the Commission until the applicant shall have filed with each application, and the same have been approved by the Commission, the following insurance policies and bonds issued by an insurance carrier or bonding company authorized to do business w…

service of summons. Before a license shall be issued the applicant shall sign and file with the Commission an irrevocable power of attorney appointing the Secretary of the Commission his agent to accept service of summons for all causes of action against him arising out of the co…

The original summons or notice of suit filed with the Secretary of the Commission, as provided in Section 6 hereof, in all actions arising under the provisions of this act, shall be in form and substance the same as now provided in suits against residents of this State, except th…