Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-11-705

and penalty - Reporting violations – Video monitoring on buses.

A. The driver of a vehicle meeting or overtaking a school bus

that is stopped to take on or discharge school children, and on

which the red loading signals are in operation, is to stop the

vehicle before it reaches the school bus and not proceed until the

loading signals are deactivated and then proceed past such school

bus at a speed which is reasonable and with due caution for the

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safety of such school children and other occupants. Any person

convicted of violating the provisions of this subsection shall be

punished by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).

In addition to the fine, a special assessment of One Hundred Dollars

($100.00) shall be assessed, of which seventy-five percent (75%)

shall be deposited to the credit of the Cameras for School Bus Stops

Revolving Fund established in Section 9-119 of Title 70 of the

Oklahoma Statutes. The remaining twenty-five percent (25%) of the

special assessment shall be deposited to the credit of the reviewing

law enforcement agency referred to in subsection E of this section.

B. Visual signals, meeting the requirements of Section 12-228

of this title, shall be actuated by the driver of said school bus

whenever, but only whenever, such vehicle is stopped on the highway

for the purpose of receiving or discharging school children.

C. The driver of a vehicle upon a highway with separate

roadways need not stop upon meeting or passing a school bus which is

on a different roadway or when upon a controlled-access highway and

the school bus is stopped in a loading zone which is a part of or

adjacent to such highway and where pedestrians are not permitted to

cross the roadway.

D. If the driver of a school bus witnesses a violation of the

provisions of subsection A of this section, on or before the end of

the next business day following the alleged offense, the driver

shall report the violation, the vehicle color, license tag number,

and the time and place such violation occurred to the law

enforcement authority of the municipality where the violation

occurred. The law enforcement authority of a municipality shall

issue a letter of warning on the alleged violation to the person in

whose name the vehicle is registered. The Office of the Attorney

General shall provide a form letter to each municipal law

enforcement agency in this state for the issuance of the warning

provided for in this subsection. Such form letter shall be used by

each such law enforcement agency in the exact form provided for by

the Office of the Attorney General. A warning letter issued

pursuant to this subsection shall not be recorded on the driving

record of the person to whom such letter was issued. Issuance of a

warning letter pursuant to this section shall not preclude the

imposition of other penalties as provided by law.

E. 1. A school district may install and operate a video-

monitoring system in or on the school buses or the bus stop-arms

operated by the district or contract with a private vendor to do so

on behalf of the school district for the purpose of recording

violations of subsection A of this section. In the event the video-

monitoring system captures a recording of a violation of subsection

A of this section, appropriate personnel at the school district

shall extract data related to the violation from the recording. The

extracted data shall include a recorded image or video containing

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the requirements listed in paragraph 2 of this subsection. The

school district shall submit the extracted data for review to the

law enforcement agency with jurisdiction in which the violation

occurred. If the reviewing law enforcement agency determines there

is sufficient evidence to identify the vehicle and the driver, such
o containing

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the requirements listed in paragraph 2 of this subsection. The

school district shall submit the extracted data for review to the

law enforcement agency with jurisdiction in which the violation

occurred. If the reviewing law enforcement agency determines there

is sufficient evidence to identify the vehicle and the driver, such

evidence shall be submitted to the district attorney's office for

prosecution.

2. For the purposes of this subsection, "video-monitoring

system" means a system with one or more camera sensors and computers

installed and operated on a school bus that produces live digital

and recorded video of motor vehicles being operated in violation of

subsection A of this section. The system shall, at a minimum,

produce a recorded image of the license plate of the vehicle, an

identifiable picture of the driver's face, the activation status of

at least one warning device as prescribed in Section 12-228 of this

title and the time, date and location of the vehicle when the image

was recorded.