§47-230.15.

§47-230.15.
   
   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 Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes has violated any
   provision of the Oklahoma Motor Carrier Safety and Hazardous Materials
   Transportation Act or any rule promulgate thereto, the Department of
   Public Safety shall report such violations to the Corporation
   Commission for the purposes of determining if such person has violated
   any provisions of the permit or certificate issued by the Commission
   pursuant to or any provision of Sections 166 through 180m of Title 47
   of the Oklahoma Statutes or of any rule promulgated thereto.
   
   B. Every motor carrier subject to this section shall maintain
   liability and property damage insurance covering each motor vehicle
   operated by the motor carrier and file proof of that insurance with
   the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. The Commission shall set the
   amount of necessary insurance for the transportation of all
   commodities other than hazardous materials. The Commission may allow a
   motor carrier to meet its liability and property damage insurance
   requirements through self-insurance if the motor carrier has adequate
   financial assets to assume liability and is in substantial compliance
   with all motor carrier safety regulations adopted by the Department.
   Any person who transports or who causes the transportation of any
   hazardous material shall be required to comply with the financial
   responsibility requirements specified by the federal motor carrier
   safety regulations and the hazardous materials regulations of the
   United States Department of Transportation provided that in no event
   shall the financial responsibility requirement exceed One Million
   Dollars ($1,000,000.00) except as otherwise specifically required by
   federal law, or any federal rule or regulation promulgated thereto.
   
   C. Any person who causes or requires any person subject to the
   provisions of the Oklahoma Motor Carrier Safety and Hazardous
   Materials Transportation Act to drive at a speed or carry a load in
   excess of those authorized by law pursuant to the Oklahoma Motor
   Carrier Safety and Hazardous Materials Transportation Act shall be
   subject to the administrative penalties pursuant to the provisions of
   this act.
   
   D. In adopting rules and regulations pursuant to the provisions of
   this act, the Department of Public Safety shall establish limitations
   on driving hours for motor vehicles subject thereto that are
   consistent with the hours of service requirements adopted by the
   United States Department of Transportation in the applicable part of
   Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as those regulations now
   exist or are hereafter amended. Driving hours and on-duty status shall
   not begin following less than eight (8) consecutive hours off duty.
   Drivers shall be regulated from the time a driver first reports for
   duty for any employer. The regulations adopted pursuant to this
   section shall establish the following exception:
   
   The maximum driving time within a work period is twelve (12) hours if
   the vehicle is engaged solely in intrastate commerce and is not
   transporting hazardous materials as defined by regulations of the
   United States Department of Transportation in the applicable section
   of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as that section now
   exists or is hereafter amended; except in the event of an emergency
   and upon notification of the nearest Oklahoma Highway Patrol troop
   headquarters of the Department of Public Safety, the Commissioner or
   his designated agent shall declare an emergency and there shall be no
   hour restrictions for rural electric cooperatives, public utilities,
   public service corporations or municipal employees as long as an
   emergency exists for providing service to restore heat, light, power,
   water, telephone or other emergency restoration facilities that are
   necessary to ensure the health, welfare and safety of the public.
   
   E. Any regulation relating to motor carrier safety or to the
   transportation of hazardous materials adopted by a local government,
   authority, or state agency or office shall be consistent with
   corresponding federal regulations. To the extent of any conflict
   between said regulations and those adopted by the Department of Public
   Safety under this section, regulations adopted by the Department shall
   control.