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§47-854.


§47-854.
   
   A. 1. The Commissioner of Public Safety shall require that every motor
   vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, and pole trailer, registered or
   operated in this state, be inspected once a year at official
   inspection stations as provided in Section 851 et seq. of this title,
   and that an official certificate of inspection and approval be
   obtained for each such vehicle.
   
   2. Vehicles owned or operated by a fire department may have the
   inspection performed at the fire station location or the principal
   location of the fire vehicle.
   
   3. Motor carriers and express companies operating under the
   jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and/or the
   Department of Transportation and interstate and/or intrastate owners
   and/or operators of commercial, private, or public fleets of vehicles
   maintaining inspection and repair facilities which meet standards
   established by the Commissioner, may be authorized by the Commissioner
   to perform such inspections in such carriers' own maintenance shops,
   without bond, on vehicles owned or operated by them.
   
   B. Such inspections shall be made and such certificates obtained with
   respect to the mechanism and equipment of every such vehicle as shall
   be designated by the Commissioner. An inspection shall not be done and
   a certificate shall not be issued pursuant to the provisions of
   Section 851 et seq. of this title for a vehicle which does not display
   a current Oklahoma license plate and decal, unless the vehicle is
   owned by a member of the Armed Forces of the United States assigned to
   duty in this state in compliance with official military or naval
   orders or the spouse of such a member of the Armed Forces; provided,
   the Department of Public Safety and the Oklahoma Tax Commission shall
   promulgate rules to provide for the inspection of rebuilt vehicles
   pursuant to the provisions of Section 1111 of this title prior to
   registration pursuant to the Oklahoma Vehicle License and Registration
   Act.
   
   C. The Commissioner shall require that the owner of every motor
   vehicle equipped to be fueled by an alternative fuel shall obtain the
   annual inspection required by subsection A of this section from an
   official inspection station.
   
   D. 1. Except for vehicles sold dealer to dealer, and wrecked, antique
   or classic vehicles not driven on the public roadway which have been
   certified as such under oath by the owner, every vehicle when sold by
   a licensed dealer shall have been inspected and shall meet the
   standards of inspection as provided in Section 851 et seq. of this
   title and shall display a current inspection sticker.
   
   2. Every vehicle which has or has been converted to have, or upon
   conversion to have, the capability of being fueled by an alternative
   fuel, as defined by Section 130.2 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma
   Statutes, shall meet the standards of inspection as provided in
   Section 851 et seq. of this title and shall display a current
   inspection sticker.
   
   E. The Commissioner is hereby authorized and directed to promulgate
   necessary rules for the administration and enforcement of Section 851
   et seq. of this title and to designate any period or periods of time
   during which owners of any vehicles, subject to this section, shall
   display upon such vehicle, except those vehicles exempted pursuant to
   Section 851 of this title, certificates of inspection and approval or
   shall produce the same upon demand of any officer or employee of the
   Department designated by the Commissioner or any police or peace
   officer when authorized by the Commissioner. As a part of such rules,
   the Commissioner shall include the requirement that every person
   subject to the in-lieu-of-tax fee under Section 723 of Title 68 of the
   Oklahoma Statutes display a current Tax Commission decal on the
   vehicle as described in Section 723 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma
   Statutes and that proper display of the decal shall be a requirement
   for the issuance of an official certificate of inspection and approval
   for any vehicle using an alternative fuel as defined in Section 130.2
   of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
   
   F. The Commissioner may authorize the acceptance in this state of a
   certificate of inspection and approval issued in another state having
   an inspection law similar to Section 851 et seq. of this title and may
   extend the time within which a certificate shall be obtained by the
   resident owner of a vehicle which was not in this state during the
   time an inspection was required.
   
   G. The Commissioner may suspend the registration of any vehicle which
   he or she determines is in such unsafe condition as to constitute a
   menace to safety or which after notice and demand is not equipped as
   required in Section 851 et seq. of this title or for which a required
   certificate has not been obtained. Any person who shall have a vehicle
   registration suspended under the provisions of this section shall
   immediately forward the vehicle registration to the Department of
   Public Safety.
   

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