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§47-953.


§47-953.
   
   A. No operator shall be permitted nor shall any employee of any
   operator be permitted, allowed or caused to make service calls without
   the operator first having obtained from the Department of Public
   Safety a license to operate a wrecker or towing service. The number of
   the license shall be displayed, in conformance with rules of the
   Department, on both sides of every wrecker vehicle operated by the
   wrecker or towing service.
   
   B. The license fee required by this section shall be in lieu of the
   motor carrier filing fee as required in Section 165 of this title. No
   applicant for a wrecker license shall be required to prove public
   convenience and necessity, file notices, nor shall a public hearing be
   held. The fee for such license shall be One Hundred Dollars ($100.00),
   of which Ten Dollars ($10.00) shall be allocated to the Department for
   the administration of Section 951 et seq. of this title.
   
   C. All licenses shall expire on the last day of the calendar year and
   may be renewed annually at a cost of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) upon
   application to the Department as prescribed by rule. No license fee
   shall be refunded in the event that the license is suspended or
   revoked.
   
   D. The Department shall issue a letter of reprimand, cancel, suspend,
   revoke, or refuse to issue or renew the license of an operator when it
   finds the licensee or applicant has not complied with or has violated
   any of the provisions of Section 951 et seq. of this title, or any
   rules adopted by the Department. A suspension or revocation shall be
   for a period of time deemed appropriate by the Department for the
   violation. Any canceled, suspended, or revoked license shall be
   returned to the Department by the operator, and the operator shall not
   be eligible to apply for another license until the period of
   suspension or revocation has elapsed.
   
   E. The provisions of the Oklahoma Administrative Procedures Act are
   expressly made applicable to Section 951 et seq. of this title.
   
   F. In any civil action to enforce the equal application of the
   alternation or rotation of wrecker or towing services regulated by a
   political subdivision of the state, the prevailing party shall be
   allowed attorney fees determined by the court, to be taxed and
   collected as costs.
   
   G. Fees collected pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be
   remitted to the State Treasurer to be credited to the General Revenue
   Fund in the State Treasury except as provided by subsection H of this
   section.
   
   H. Fees allocated to the Department by this section shall be deposited
   in the Department of Public Safety Revolving Fund.
   

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