Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-11-902c
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Preemption of legislation pertaining to prosecution of
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offenses related to driving under the influence of alcohol or other
intoxicating substances.
A. The State Legislature hereby occupies and preempts the
entire field of legislation in this state touching in any way the
prosecution of offenses relating to driving under the influence of
alcohol or any other intoxicating substance or operating a motor
vehicle while impaired to the complete exclusion of any order,
ordinance, local legislation or regulation by any municipality or
other political subdivision of this state.
B. No municipality or other political subdivision shall
prosecute any laws or ordinances relating to the offense of driving
under the influence of alcohol or any other intoxicating substance
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or operating a motor vehicle while impaired. Any existing or future
orders, ordinances, local legislation or regulations in violation of
this section is void and unenforceable.
C. The preemption provisions of this section shall not apply to
prosecutions in municipal criminal courts of record for offenses
relating to driving under the influence of alcohol or any other
intoxicating substance or operating a motor vehicle while impaired.
Nothing in this section shall prohibit a municipality from
establishing a municipal criminal court of record pursuant to the
provisions of Section 28-101 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
intoxicating substances.
A. The State Legislature hereby occupies and preempts the
entire field of legislation in this state touching in any way the
prosecution of offenses relating to driving under the influence of
alcohol or any other intoxicating substance or operating a motor
vehicle while impaired to the complete exclusion of any order,
ordinance, local legislation or regulation by any municipality or
other political subdivision of this state.
B. No municipality or other political subdivision shall
prosecute any laws or ordinances relating to the offense of driving
under the influence of alcohol or any other intoxicating substance
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 47. Motor Vehicles Page 519
or operating a motor vehicle while impaired. Any existing or future
orders, ordinances, local legislation or regulations in violation of
this section is void and unenforceable.
C. The preemption provisions of this section shall not apply to
prosecutions in municipal criminal courts of record for offenses
relating to driving under the influence of alcohol or any other
intoxicating substance or operating a motor vehicle while impaired.
Nothing in this section shall prohibit a municipality from
establishing a municipal criminal court of record pursuant to the
provisions of Section 28-101 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
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