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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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