Okla. Stat. tit. 17, § 17-701
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- NCIC searches for stolen vehicles - Transfer of authority.
A. 1. The Corporation Commission may promulgate rules to
require employees and potential employees in sensitive or law
enforcement positions to supply photographs, descriptions,
fingerprints, measurements and other pertinent information necessary
for a criminal history search by the Oklahoma State Bureau of
Investigation. The Commission may designate national criminal
history searches as defined in Section 150.9 of Title 74 of the
Oklahoma Statutes if it deems such information necessary.
2. The Commission shall be authorized to require enforcement
officers to be fingerprinted for submission of the fingerprints
through the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation to the Federal
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 17. Corporation Commission Page 291
Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history check. The
Commission shall be the recipient of the results of the record
check.
B. The Commission shall request searches of the online and off-
line files of the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), or any
successor federal agency which supplies such information, to
identify apportioned motor vehicles or apportioned motor vehicle
license plates which have been reported stolen.
C. The Commission is authorized to promulgate rules or issue
orders to prohibit any person or company from conducting business or
participating in any manner of business with the Commission as the
Commission deems necessary. Any orders or rules pertaining to the
provisions of the Trucking One-Stop Shop Act which were issued by
the Oklahoma Tax Commission, on or after January 1, 2002, shall be
deemed to be in effect and transferred to the authority of the
Corporation Commission in accordance with the provisions of the
Trucking One-Stop Shop Act.
D. The Commission is authorized to promulgate any rules
necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
A. 1. The Corporation Commission may promulgate rules to
require employees and potential employees in sensitive or law
enforcement positions to supply photographs, descriptions,
fingerprints, measurements and other pertinent information necessary
for a criminal history search by the Oklahoma State Bureau of
Investigation. The Commission may designate national criminal
history searches as defined in Section 150.9 of Title 74 of the
Oklahoma Statutes if it deems such information necessary.
2. The Commission shall be authorized to require enforcement
officers to be fingerprinted for submission of the fingerprints
through the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation to the Federal
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 17. Corporation Commission Page 291
Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history check. The
Commission shall be the recipient of the results of the record
check.
B. The Commission shall request searches of the online and off-
line files of the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), or any
successor federal agency which supplies such information, to
identify apportioned motor vehicles or apportioned motor vehicle
license plates which have been reported stolen.
C. The Commission is authorized to promulgate rules or issue
orders to prohibit any person or company from conducting business or
participating in any manner of business with the Commission as the
Commission deems necessary. Any orders or rules pertaining to the
provisions of the Trucking One-Stop Shop Act which were issued by
the Oklahoma Tax Commission, on or after January 1, 2002, shall be
deemed to be in effect and transferred to the authority of the
Corporation Commission in accordance with the provisions of the
Trucking One-Stop Shop Act.
D. The Commission is authorized to promulgate any rules
necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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