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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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