Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-230.31
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Operation of vehicles in excess of weight or size
Official statutory text
limits prohibited - Certain advertisements prohibited - Authority to
suspend or cancel license - Licenses personal to holder.
A. Nothing contained in the Motor Carrier Act of 1995 shall be
construed to authorize the operation of any passenger or freight
vehicle in excess of the gross weight, width, length or height
authorized by law.
B. Any person who willfully advertises to perform
transportation services for which the person does not hold a license
shall be in violation of the Motor Carrier Act of 1995 and subject
to the penalties prescribed for contempt of the Commission.
C. All licenses issued by the Commission under any law of the
state relating to motor carriers or private carriers shall contain
the provision that the Commission reserves to itself authority to
suspend or cancel any such license for the violation, on the part of
the applicant or any operator or operators of any motor vehicle to
be operated thereunder, of any law of this state or any rule adopted
by the Commission.
D. Licenses shall be considered personal to the holder of the
license and shall be issued only to some definite legal entity
operating motor vehicles as a motor carrier or private carrier, and
shall not be subject to lease, nor shall the holder of the license
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sublet or permit the exercise, by another, of the rights or
privileges granted under the license.
suspend or cancel license - Licenses personal to holder.
A. Nothing contained in the Motor Carrier Act of 1995 shall be
construed to authorize the operation of any passenger or freight
vehicle in excess of the gross weight, width, length or height
authorized by law.
B. Any person who willfully advertises to perform
transportation services for which the person does not hold a license
shall be in violation of the Motor Carrier Act of 1995 and subject
to the penalties prescribed for contempt of the Commission.
C. All licenses issued by the Commission under any law of the
state relating to motor carriers or private carriers shall contain
the provision that the Commission reserves to itself authority to
suspend or cancel any such license for the violation, on the part of
the applicant or any operator or operators of any motor vehicle to
be operated thereunder, of any law of this state or any rule adopted
by the Commission.
D. Licenses shall be considered personal to the holder of the
license and shall be issued only to some definite legal entity
operating motor vehicles as a motor carrier or private carrier, and
shall not be subject to lease, nor shall the holder of the license
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 47. Motor Vehicles Page 784
sublet or permit the exercise, by another, of the rights or
privileges granted under the license.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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