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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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