Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-14-116

Emergencies - Provisional permits - Violations - Disposition and

allocation of proceeds.

A. The Executive Director of the Department of Transportation

shall charge a minimum permit fee of Forty Dollars ($40.00) for any

permit issued pursuant to the provisions of Section 14-101 et seq.

of this title. In addition to the permit fee, the Executive

Director of the Department of Transportation shall charge a fee of

Ten Dollars ($10.00) for each thousand pounds in excess of the legal

load limit. The Executive Director of the Department of

Transportation shall establish any necessary rules for collecting

the fees.

B. The Department of Transportation is authorized to establish

an escrow account system for the payment of permit fees. Authorized

motor carriers meeting established credit requirements may

participate in the escrow account system for permits purchased from

all size and weight permit offices in this state. Carriers not

choosing to participate in the escrow account system shall be

required to make payment of the required fee or fees upon purchase

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of each permit as required by law. All monies collected through the

escrow account system shall be deposited to a special account of the

Department of Transportation and placed in the custody of the State

Treasurer. Proceeds from permits purchased using the escrow account

system shall be distributed as provided for in subsection H of this

section. However, fees collected through such accounts for the

electronic transmission, transfer or delivery of permits, as

provided for in Section 14-118 of this title, shall be credited to

the Weigh Station Improvement Revolving Fund established pursuant to

Section 1167 of this title.

C. 1. Application for permits shall be made a reasonable time

in advance of the expected time of movement of such vehicles. For

emergencies affecting the health or safety of persons or a

community, permits may be issued for immediate movement.

2. Size and weight permit offices in all districts where

applicable shall issue permits to authorize carriers by telephone

during weekdays.

D. No overweight permit shall be valid until all license taxes

due the State of Oklahoma have been paid.

E. No permit violation shall be deemed to have occurred when an

oversize or overweight movement is made pursuant to a permit whose

stated weight or size exceeds the actual load.

F. Any permit issued for a truck or truck-tractor operating in

combination with a trailer or a semitrailer shall contain only the

license plate number for the truck or truck-tractor if the permittee

provides to the Department of Transportation a list containing the

license plate number, and such other information as the Department

of Transportation may prescribe by rule, for each trailer or

semitrailer which may be used for movement with the permit. When

the permittee provides the list described in this subsection, the

license plate number for any trailer or semitrailer to be moved with

the permit shall not be included on the permit; provided, a trailer

or semitrailer which is not on the list shall not be authorized to

be used for movement with the permit. It shall be the

responsibility of the permittee to ensure the list provided to the

Department of Transportation is maintained and updated with any

fleet changes. The Department of Transportation shall adopt any

rules deemed necessary to administer the provisions of this

subsection.

G. The first deliverer of motor vehicles designated truck

carriers or well service carriers manufactured in Oklahoma shall not

be required to purchase an overweight permit when being delivered to

the first purchaser.

H. Except as provided in Section 14-122 of this title, the

first One Million Two Hundred Sixteen Thousand Dollars

($1,216,000.00) of proceeds from both the permit fees and the

overweight permit fees imposed pursuant to subsection A of this
iers or well service carriers manufactured in Oklahoma shall not

be required to purchase an overweight permit when being delivered to

the first purchaser.

H. Except as provided in Section 14-122 of this title, the

first One Million Two Hundred Sixteen Thousand Dollars

($1,216,000.00) of proceeds from both the permit fees and the

overweight permit fees imposed pursuant to subsection A of this

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section collected monthly shall be apportioned by Service Oklahoma

as provided in Section 1104 of this title. For the fiscal year

beginning July 1, 2022, and all subsequent years, the next Two

Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000.00) of proceeds

from both the permit fees and the overweight permit fees imposed

pursuant to subsection A of this section collected monthly shall be

remitted to the Department of Public Safety for the purpose of

staffing the port of entry weigh stations with Department of Public

Safety port of entry officers whose powers and duties shall be

specified by the Department of Public Safety through the

promulgation of rules. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017,

and all subsequent years, all proceeds collected from both the

permit fees and the overweight permit fees imposed pursuant to

subsection A of this section in excess of Three Million Seven

Hundred Sixteen Thousand Dollars ($3,716,000.00) shall be deposited

in the Weigh Station Improvement Revolving Fund as provided in

Section 1167 of this title for the purpose set forth in that section

and may be used for motor carrier permitting systems and motor

carrier safety and enforcement.