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§47-6-117.


§47-6-117.
   
   A. The Department of Public Safety shall file every application for a
   driver license received by it and shall maintain suitable indexes
   containing, in alphabetical order:
   
   1. All applications denied and on each thereof note the reasons for
   such denial; and
   
   2. All applications granted; and
   
   3. The name of every person whose driving privilege has been suspended
   or revoked by the Department and after each such name note the reasons
   for such action. Any notation of suspension of a person's driving
   privilege for reason of nonpayment of a fine shall be removed from the
   record after the person has paid the fine and the person's driving
   privilege reinstated as provided for by law.
   
   B. The Department shall file all collision reports and abstracts of
   court records of convictions received by it pursuant to the laws of
   this state and maintain convenient records of such records and reports
   or make suitable notations in order that an individual record of a
   person showing the convictions of such person and the traffic
   collisions in which the person has been involved shall be readily
   ascertainable and available for the consideration of the Department of
   Public Safety upon any application for a driver license or renewal of
   a driver license and at other suitable times. Any abstract, index or
   other entry relating to a driving record according to the licensing
   authority in another state or a province of Canada may be posted upon
   the driving record of any resident of this state when notice thereof
   is received by documentation or by electronic transmission. The
   individual record of a person shall not include any collision reports
   and abstracts of court records involving a collision in which the
   person was not issued a citation or if a citation is issued and said
   person was not convicted.
   
   C. The Commissioner may cause any or all records kept by the
   Department of Public Safety to be photographed, microphotographed,
   photostated, or reproduced on film. Such film or reproducing material
   shall be of durable material and the device used to reproduce such
   records on such film or material shall be such as to accurately
   reproduce and perpetuate the original records in all detail.
   
   D. Such photostatic copy, photograph, microphotograph, or photographic
   film of the original records shall be deemed to be an original record
   for all purposes, and shall be admissible in evidence in all courts or
   administrative agencies. A facsimile, exemplification, or certified
   copy thereof shall be deemed to be a transcript, exemplification, or
   certified copy of the original.
   
   E. If such photostatic copy, photograph, microphotograph, or
   reproductions on films shall be placed in conveniently accessible
   files and provisions made for preserving, examining, and using same,
   the Commissioner is empowered to authorize the disposal, archival
   storage, or destruction of such records or papers.
   
   F. Officers and employees of the Department designated by the
   Commissioner, for the purpose of administering the motor vehicle laws,
   are authorized to administer oaths and acknowledge signatures, and
   shall do so without fee.
   
   G. The Commissioner and such officers of the Department as the
   Commissioner may designate are hereby authorized to prepare under the
   seal of the Department and deliver upon request a copy of any
   collision report on file with the Department, charging a fee of Seven
   Dollars ($7.00).
   
   H. The Department of Public Safety or any motor license agent upon
   request shall prepare and furnish a summary to any person of the
   traffic record of any person subject to the provisions of the motor
   vehicle laws of this state. Said summary shall include the enumeration
   of any motor vehicle collisions, reference to convictions for
   violations of motor vehicle laws, and any action taken against the
   person's privilege to operate a motor vehicle, as shown by the files
   of the Department for the three (3) years preceding the date of the
   request. For each summary furnished by the Department of Public
   Safety, the Department shall collect the sum of Ten Dollars ($10.00).
   For each summary furnished by a motor license agent, the agent shall
   collect the sum of Ten Dollars ($10.00), Eight Dollars ($8.00) of
   which shall be paid to the Oklahoma Tax Commission for deposit in the
   General Revenue Fund in the State Treasury and Two Dollars ($2.00) of
   which shall be retained by the motor license agent. Persons sixty-five
   (65) years of age or older shall not be required to pay a fee for
   their own traffic record summary furnished by the Department or a
   motor license agent.
   
   I. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for
   the Department of Public Safety to be designated the Department of
   Public Safety Revolving Fund. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not
   subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all money
   received by the Department of Public Safety from sale of surplus
   property, insurance and other reimbursements for damaged, lost or
   stolen property, for the services of Department personnel as approved
   by the Department if such personnel are representing the Department or
   are in any uniform of the Department, turnpike enforcement,
   reimbursement for supplies or facsimile or data transmissions or for
   contractual services or products not otherwise provided by law, fees
   and costs paid by subscribers to the Oklahoma Law Enforcement
   Telecommunications Systems, refund of federal gasoline tax,
   court-ordered forfeitures, salvage vehicle inspection and
   certification fees, fees provided for in subsection H of Section 1111
   of this title, reimbursements by federal, state and municipal
   government agencies for the use of Department of Public Safety
   airplanes, fees from users of the Robert R. Lester Law Enforcement
   Training Academy facilities, and federal funds unless otherwise
   provided by federal law or regulation. Except as provided for in
   subsection J of this section, all monies accruing to the credit of
   said fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by
   the Department of Public Safety for the operating expenses of the
   Department and for vehicles, equipment, personnel and other operating
   expenses for turnpike enforcement. The Director of State Finance shall
   provide a distinct numbering system for the identification and
   tracking of the expenditures of the various programs budgeted from the
   Revolving Fund. Expenditures from said fund shall be made upon
   warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as
   prescribed by law with the Director of State Finance for approval and
   payment.
   
   J. All monies accruing to the credit of the Department of Public
   Safety Revolving Fund from inspection fees provided for in subsection
   H of Section 1111 of this title shall be budgeted and expended for any
   purpose of the Department of Public Safety.
   
   All monies received by the Commissioner of Public Safety and the
   officers and employees of the Department shall be remitted to the
   State Treasurer to be credited to the General Revenue Fund in the
   State Treasury except as otherwise provided for in this section.
   

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