Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-1166

Vehicle Enforcement Section to Corporation Commission - Records,

property pending matters - Funds - Timing - Employees - Rules.

A. Effective July 1, 2004, all powers, duties and

responsibilities exercised by the Motor Vehicle Enforcement Section

shall be transferred from the Oklahoma Tax Commission to the

Corporation Commission. Beginning July 1, 2004, and effective July

1, 2005, all powers, duties and responsibilities exercised by the

International Registration Plan Section and the International Fuel

Tax Agreement Section shall be transferred from the Tax Commission

to the Corporation Commission. All records, property and matters

pending of the sections shall be transferred to the Corporation

Commission. Funds sufficient to administer the powers, duties and

responsibilities exercised by these sections shall be appropriated

or allocated to the Corporation Commission for fiscal year 2005 as

provided herein. Such funds appropriated or allocated to the

Corporation Commission shall not be subject to budgetary

limitations. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services is

hereby authorized to transfer such funds as may be necessary to

effect such allocations.

B. The period of July 1, 2004, through June 30, 2005, shall be

a transitional period in which the Corporation Commission shall

gradually assume complete administration and management over the

powers, duties, responsibilities and staff currently carrying out

the administration of the International Registration Plan Section

and the International Fuel Tax Agreement Section. During this

transition period, the employees assigned to the International

Registration Plan Section and the International Fuel Tax Agreement

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Section shall continue to be employees of the Tax Commission unless

otherwise agreed to by the Tax Commission and the Corporation

Commission. Effective July 1, 2005, the International Registration

Plan Section and the International Fuel Tax Agreement Section shall

be administered solely by the Corporation Commission. For the

period of July 1, 2004, through June 30, 2005, the Corporation

Commission and the Tax Commission shall enter into a contract

whereby funds shall be paid to the Tax Commission by the Corporation

Commission in exchange for the Tax Commission's agreement to

continue to operate the International Registration Plan Section and

the International Fuel Tax Agreement Section.

C. The powers, duties and responsibilities exercised by the

Motor Vehicle Enforcement Section of the Tax Commission shall be

fully transferred to the Corporation Commission on July 1, 2004.

D. All employees of the Tax Commission whose duties are

transferred under this act shall be transferred to the Corporation

Commission. Personnel transferred pursuant to the provisions of

this section shall not be required to accept a lesser salary than

presently received; provided, the provisions of this section shall

not operate to prohibit the Corporation Commission or the Tax

Commission from imposing furloughs or reductions-in-force with

respect to such personnel as allowed by law. Personnel transferred

shall be placed within the classification level in which they meet

qualifications without an entrance exam. All such persons shall

retain seniority, leave, sick and annual time earned and any

retirement benefits which have accrued during their tenure with the

Tax Commission. The transfer of personnel among the agencies shall

be coordinated with the Office of Personnel Management.

E. Effective July 1, 2004, any administrative rules promulgated

by the Tax Commission related to the administration of the

International Registration Plan authorized by Section 1120 of Title

47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the International Fuel Tax Agreement

authorized by Section 607 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or

the enforcement of Section 1115.1 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma
agement.

E. Effective July 1, 2004, any administrative rules promulgated

by the Tax Commission related to the administration of the

International Registration Plan authorized by Section 1120 of Title

47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the International Fuel Tax Agreement

authorized by Section 607 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or

the enforcement of Section 1115.1 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma

Statutes shall be transferred to and become a part of the

administrative rules of the Corporation Commission. The Office of

Administrative Rules in the Secretary of State's office shall

provide adequate notice in the Oklahoma Register of the transfer of

rules, and shall place the transferred rules under the

Administrative Code section of the Corporation Commission. From and

after July 1, 2004, any amendment, repeal or addition to the

transferred rules shall be under the jurisdiction of the Corporation

Commission. All documents issued by the sections transferred to the

Corporation Commission, including, but not limited to, vehicle

registrations and permits, shall be deemed to have been issued by

the Corporation Commission.

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F. The Corporation Commission may promulgate rules necessary

for the utilization of licensed operators in the registration of

vehicles pursuant to Section 1120 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma

Statutes.