Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-14-101

overweight permits - Movement of certain vehicles at nighttime and

on holidays

A. It is a misdemeanor for any person to drive or move or for

the owner to cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved on any

highway any vehicle or vehicles of a size or weight exceeding the

limitations stated in this chapter or otherwise in violation of this

chapter, and the maximum size and weight of vehicles herein

specified shall be lawful throughout this state and local

authorities shall have no power or authority to alter the

limitations except as express authority may be granted in this

chapter.

B. The Executive Director of the Department of Transportation

is directed to issue annual overweight permits to:

1. Municipalities and rural fire districts for the

transportation of firefighting apparatus at no cost to the

municipalities or rural fire districts;

2. Owners of implements of husbandry, which includes tractors

that are temporarily moved upon a highway at no cost to the owner;

3. Retail implement dealers while hauling implements of

husbandry at no cost to the dealer; and

4. Owners of certain vehicles as provided for in Section 14-

103G of this title.

C. If a vehicle is issued a license pursuant to Section 1134.4

of this title, the license shall also serve as the overweight permit

required by this section.

D. All size, weight and load provisions covered by this chapter

shall be subject to the limitations imposed by Title 23, United

States Code, Section 127, and such other rules and regulations

developed herein. Provided further that any size and weight

provision authorized by the United States Congress for use on the

National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, including, but

not limited to, height, axle weight, gross weight, combinations of

vehicles or load thereon shall be authorized for immediate use on

such segments of the National System of Interstate and Defense

Highways and any other highways or portions thereof as designated by

the Transportation Commission or their duly authorized

representative.

E. All size, weight and load provisions covered by Sections 14-

101 through 14-123 of this title shall be subject to a gross vehicle

weight limit of ninety thousand (90,000) pounds when applied to a

vehicle operating off the National System of Interstate and Defense

Highways unless such vehicle is operating in full compliance with an

overweight permit issued by the Executive Director of the Department

of Transportation.

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F. Any vehicle permitted for movement on the highways of this

state as provided in Section 14-101 et seq. of this title, other

than a vehicle permitted solely for overweight movement, shall be

moved only during daylight hours. As used in Section 14-101 et seq.

of this title, "daylight hours" shall mean one-half (1/2) hour

before sunrise to one-half (1/2) hour after sunset. The Executive

Director of the Department of Transportation, for good cause and

consistent with the safe movement of the vehicle, may endorse a

permit for the movement of an oversize vehicle to authorize

nighttime travel under such terms and restrictions as the Executive

Director of the Department of Transportation may require.

G. 1. Any vehicle permitted for movement on the highways of

this state as provided in Section 14-101 et seq. of this title shall

not be moved at any time on the following holidays:

a. New Year's Day (January 1),

b. Memorial Day (the last Monday in May),

c. Fourth of July (Independence Day),

d. Labor Day (the first Monday in September),

e. Thanksgiving Day (the fourth Thursday in November),

and

f. Christmas Day (December 25).

2. Any vehicle permitted for movement on the highways of this

state as provided in Section 14-101 et seq. of this title shall be

allowed to move on the following holidays:

a. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday (the third Monday

in January),
endence Day),

d. Labor Day (the first Monday in September),

e. Thanksgiving Day (the fourth Thursday in November),

and

f. Christmas Day (December 25).

2. Any vehicle permitted for movement on the highways of this

state as provided in Section 14-101 et seq. of this title shall be

allowed to move on the following holidays:

a. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday (the third Monday

in January),

b. President's Day, also known as Washington's Birthday

(the third Monday in February), and

c. Veteran's Day (November 11).