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§47-6-101v1.


§47-6-101v1.
   
   A. No person, except those hereinafter expressly exempted in Section
   6-102 of this title, shall operate any motor vehicle upon a highway in
   this state unless the person has a valid Oklahoma driver license for
   the class of vehicle being operated under the provisions of this
   title. No person shall be permitted to possess more than one valid
   license at any time.
   
   B. 1. No person shall operate a Class A commercial motor vehicle
   unless the person is eighteen (18) years of age or older and holds a
   valid Class A commercial license, except as provided in paragraph 5 of
   this subsection. Any person holding a valid Class A commercial license
   shall be permitted to operate motor vehicles in Classes A, B, C, and
   D, except as provided for in paragraph 4 of this subsection.
   
   2. No person shall operate a Class B commercial motor vehicle unless
   the person is eighteen (18) years of age or older and holds a valid
   Class B commercial license. Any person holding a valid Class B
   commercial license shall be permitted to operate motor vehicles in
   Classes B, C, and D, except as provided for in paragraph 4 of this
   subsection.
   
   3. No person shall operate a Class C commercial motor vehicle unless
   the person is eighteen (18) years of age or older and holds a valid
   Class C commercial license. Any person holding a valid Class C
   commercial license shall be permitted to operate motor vehicles in
   Classes C and D, except as provided for in paragraph 4 of this
   subsection.
   
   4. No person under twenty-one (21) years of age shall be licensed to
   operate any motor vehicle which is required to be placarded for
   hazardous materials pursuant to 49 C.F.R., Part 172, subpart F;
   provided, the Department of Public Safety shall provide by rule
   promulgated pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act that a
   person under twenty-one (21) years of age may be licensed to operate a
   farm vehicle or, if such person is the operator of or employed by the
   operator of a farm retail outlet, any vehicle which is required to be
   placarded for hazardous materials pursuant to 49 C.F.R., Part 172,
   subpart F, if such licensure will not result in the loss of federal
   funds to this state pursuant to federal law or regulation.
   
   5. A person at least seventeen (17) years of age who successfully
   completes all examinations required by law may be issued by the
   Department:
   
   a. a restricted Class A commercial license which shall grant to the
   licensee the privilege to operate a Class A or Class B commercial
   motor vehicle for harvest purposes or a Class D motor vehicle, or
   
   b. a restricted Class B commercial license which shall grant to the
   licensee the privilege to operate a Class B commercial motor vehicle
   for harvest purposes or a Class D motor vehicle.
   
   6. No person shall operate a Class D motor vehicle unless the person
   is sixteen (16) years of age or older and holds a valid Class D
   license, except as provided for in Section 6-102 or 6-105 of this
   title. Any person holding a valid Class D license shall be permitted
   to operate motor vehicles in Class D only.
   
   C. Any person issued a driver license pursuant to this section may
   exercise the privilege thereby granted upon all streets and highways
   in this state.
   
   D. No person shall operate a motorcycle, motor-driven cycle, or a
   motorized bicycle without having a valid Class A, B, C, or D license
   with a motorcycle endorsement. Except as otherwise provided by law,
   any new applicant for an original driver license shall be required to
   successfully complete a written examination, vision examination, and
   driving examination for a motorcycle as prescribed by the Department
   of Public Safety to be eligible for a motorcycle endorsement thereon.
   
   E. Except as otherwise provided by law, any person who lawfully
   possesses a valid Oklahoma driver license which is eligible for
   renewal shall be required to successfully complete a written
   examination, vision examination, and driving examination for a
   motorcycle as prescribed by the Department to be eligible for a
   motorcycle endorsement; provided, however, the Department may waive
   all such examinations until July 1, 2000, upon satisfactory proof that
   the applicant has regularly operated a motorcycle, motor-driven cycle,
   or motorized bicycle for a minimum of two (2) years immediately
   preceding the application.
   
   F. 1. Any person eighteen (18) years of age or older may apply for a
   restricted Class A, B, or C commercial license. The Department, after
   the applicant has passed all parts of the examination for and has been
   issued a Class D license and has successfully passed all parts of the
   examination for a Class A, B, or C commercial license other than the
   driving examination, may issue to the applicant a restricted driver
   license which shall entitle the applicant having immediate possession
   of the license to operate a Class A, B, or C commercial motor vehicle
   upon the public highways solely for the purpose of behind-the-wheel
   training in accordance with rules promulgated by the Department.
   
   2. This restricted driver license shall be issued for a period as
   determined by federal regulation and shall be nonrenewable; provided,
   such restricted license may be suspended, revoked, canceled, or denied
   at the discretion of the Department for violation of the restrictions,
   for failing to give the required or correct information on the
   application, or for violation of any traffic laws of this state
   pertaining to the operation of a motor vehicle. Except as otherwise
   provided, the lawful possessor of a restricted license who has been
   issued a restricted license for a minimum of thirty (30) days may have
   the restriction requiring an accompanying driver removed by
   satisfactorily completing a driver's examination; provided, the
   removal of a restriction shall not authorize the operation of a Class
   A, B, or C commercial motor vehicle if such operation is otherwise
   prohibited by law. The Department shall cause an examination to be
   conducted not more than three times during the first six (6) months
   after the date of issuance of the restricted license and not more than
   one time every three (3) months thereafter upon request of the lawful
   possessor thereof.
   
   G. 1. The fee charged for an approved application for an original
   Oklahoma driver license or an approved application for the addition of
   an endorsement to a current valid Oklahoma driver license shall be
   assessed in accordance with the following schedule:
   
   Class A Commercial License $25.00
   
   Class B Commercial License $15.00
   
   Class C Commercial License $15.00
   
   Class D License $ 4.00
   
   Motorcycle Examination $ 4.00
   
   2. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1104 of this title, all
   monies collected from the fees charged for Class A, B, and C
   commercial licenses pursuant to the provisions of this subsection
   shall be deposited in the General Revenue Fund of this state.
   
   H. The fee charged for any failed examination shall be Four Dollars
   ($4.00) for any license classification. Notwithstanding the provisions
   of Section 1104 of this title, all monies collected from such
   examination fees pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall
   be deposited in the General Revenue Fund of the state.
   
   I. In addition to any fee charged pursuant to the provisions of
   subsection G of this section, the fee charged for the issuance or
   renewal of an Oklahoma license shall be in accordance with the
   following schedule:
   
   Class A Commercial License $39.00
   
   Class B Commercial License $39.00
   
   Class C Commercial License $29.00
   
   Class D License $19.00
   
   Four Dollars ($4.00) of each fee charged pursuant to the provisions of
   this subsection shall be deposited to the Trauma Care Assistance
   Revolving Fund created in Section 1 of this act.
   
   J. All original and renewal driver licenses shall expire four (4)
   years from the last day of the month in which the license was issued.
   
   K. Any person sixty-two (62) years of age or older during the calendar
   year of issuance or renewal of a Class D license or motorcycle
   endorsement shall be charged the following prorated fee:
   
   Age 62 $11.25
   
   Age 63 $ 7.50
   
   Age 64 $ 3.75
   
   Age 65 -0-
   
   L. The Department of Public Safety and the Oklahoma Tax Commission are
   authorized to promulgate rules for the issuance and renewal of driver
   licenses authorized pursuant to the provisions of Sections 6-101
   through 6-309 of this title. Applications, upon forms approved by the
   Department of Public Safety, for such licenses shall be handled by the
   motor license agents; provided, the Department of Public Safety is
   authorized to assume these duties in any county of this state. Each
   motor license agent accepting applications for driver licenses shall
   receive Two Dollars ($2.00) to be deducted from the total collected
   for each license or renewal application accepted. The two-dollar fee
   received by the motor license agent shall be used for operating
   expenses.
   
   M. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1104 of this title and
   subsection L of this section and except as provided in subsections G
   and I of this section, the first Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000.00)
   of all monies collected pursuant to this section shall be paid by the
   Oklahoma Tax Commission to the State Treasurer to be deposited in the
   General Revenue Fund of the State Treasury.
   
   The next Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) of monies
   collected pursuant to this section shall be paid by the Tax Commission
   to the State Treasurer to be deposited each fiscal year under the
   provisions of this section to the credit of the Department of Public
   Safety Revolving Fund for the purpose of the Statewide Law Enforcement
   Communications System. All other monies collected in excess of Five
   Hundred Sixty Thousand Dollars ($560,000.00) each fiscal year shall be
   apportioned as provided in Section 1104 of this title, except as
   otherwise provided in this section.
   
   N. If funds are appropriated for purposes specified by this
   subsection, the Department of Public Safety may implement a procedure
   whereby images displayed on licenses issued pursuant to the provisions
   of Sections 6-101 through 6-309 of this title can be maintained by the
   Department to create photographs which may be used only by a law
   enforcement agency for purposes of criminal investigations, missing
   person investigations, or any law enforcement purpose which is deemed
   necessary by the Commissioner of Public Safety. The computer system
   acquired for this purpose must conform to industry standards for
   interoperability and open architecture. The Department of Public
   Safety may promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this
   subsection.
   

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