Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-2-108

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Powers and duties of commissioner

Official statutory text

A. The Commissioner is hereby vested with the power and is

charged with the duty of observing, administering, and enforcing the

provisions of this title and of all laws regulating the operation of

vehicles or the use of the highways, the enforcement and

administration of which are now or hereafter vested in the

Department. The Commissioner may appoint any employee of the

Department to serve as the personal representative of the

Commissioner for the purpose of fulfilling any such duty or

combination of duties.

B. The Commissioner is hereby authorized to adopt and enforce

such rules as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of the

Highway Safety Code and any other laws the enforcement and

administration of which are vested in the Department.

C. The Commissioner may adopt an official seal for the use of

the Department.

D. The Commissioner may adopt an authorized facsimile signature

of the Commissioner, and may appoint any employee of the Department

to serve as the personal representative of the Commissioner for the

purpose of affixing the authorized facsimile signature of the

Commissioner to administrative letters, notices, and orders to

enforce the provisions of the law. Provided, however, it shall be

unlawful and shall constitute the crime of forgery to affix or

endorse the facsimile signature of the Commissioner, as herein

provided, to any instrument, voucher, check, claim, or draft for the

payment of money due and owing to the State of Oklahoma. In lieu of

the signature of the Commissioner or the authorized facsimile

signature of the Commissioner, the Commissioner may direct and

authorize any employee of the Department to affix the signature of

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the employee to administrative letters, notices, and orders to

enforce the provisions of the law.

E. The Commissioner has the authority to enter into interagency

transfers with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, the

Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs and the Oklahoma

Alcoholic Beverages Laws Enforcement Commission as provided for in

Section 1 of this act.

Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site

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