Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-7-606.1

A. There is hereby created the Uninsured Vehicle Enforcement

Program.

B. The Uninsured Vehicle Enforcement Program shall be

implemented and administered by the district attorneys of the State

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of Oklahoma within their respective districts or at the District

Attorneys Council. To implement this program, the use of technology

and software to aid in detection of offenses involving uninsured

motorists is necessary and district attorneys and participating law

enforcement agencies shall have the authority to enter into

contractual agreements with automated license plate reader providers

to provide necessary technology, equipment and maintenance thereof.

C. 1. Participating law enforcement agencies may use automatic

license plate reader systems utilizing individual automatic license

plate reader system units to access and collect data for the

investigation, detection, analysis or enforcement of Oklahoma's

Compulsory Insurance Law.

2. To accomplish the purposes of the program, law enforcement

agencies shall be allowed to access the online verification system

for motor vehicle liability policies to establish compliance with

the Compulsory Insurance Law as provided in Section 7-600.2 of Title

47 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

3. Access to the system shall be restricted to authorized law

enforcement agency users in the program; provided, any entity with

which a contract is executed to provide necessary technology,

equipment and maintenance for purposes of the program shall be

authorized, as necessary, to collaborate for required updates and

maintenance of their software.

4. Any data collected and stored by law enforcement pursuant to

the program shall be considered evidence if noncompliance with the

Compulsory Insurance Law is confirmed.

D. A law enforcement officer may verify by sworn affidavit that

a photograph generated by an automatic license plate reader system

unit identifies a particular vehicle operating on or having been

operated on a public road, highway, street, turnpike, other public

place or upon any private road, street, alley or lane which provides

access to one or more single-family or multifamily dwellings and

that the online verification system shows that the vehicle was

uninsured at the time such vehicle was being operated. The

affidavit shall constitute probable cause for prosecution under

applicable state law.

E. Data collected or retained through the use of an automated

license plate reader system pursuant to the program shall be

retained by a law enforcement agency when the data is being used as

evidence of a violation of the Compulsory Insurance Law; provided,

when the data is no longer needed as evidence of a violation, the

data shall be deleted or destroyed.

F. Data collected or retained through the use of an automated

license plate reader system shall not be used by any individual or

agency for purposes other than enforcement of the Compulsory

Insurance Law or as otherwise permitted by law.

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1. No law enforcement agency or other entity authorized to

operate under this program shall sell captured license plate data

for any purpose or share it for any purpose not expressly authorized

by this section.

2. Any and all data collected, retained or shared through the

use of an automated license plate reader system, except data

retained as evidence of a violation of the Compulsory Insurance Law,

shall be exempt from the Oklahoma Open Records Act.

G. The provisions of the program shall not apply to, or be

construed or interpreted in a manner to prohibit the use of, any

other automated license plate reader system by an individual or

private legal entity for purposes not otherwise prohibited by law.

H. The provisions of the program shall not be implemented until

such time that the Insurance Department verifies that the following

conditions have been met:
of the program shall not apply to, or be

construed or interpreted in a manner to prohibit the use of, any

other automated license plate reader system by an individual or

private legal entity for purposes not otherwise prohibited by law.

H. The provisions of the program shall not be implemented until

such time that the Insurance Department verifies that the following

conditions have been met:

1. At least Ninety-Five Percent (95%) of the personal lines

auto insurance market in the state participates in the Oklahoma

Compulsory Insurance Verification System using a real-time web

portal system; and

2. The Oklahoma Compulsory Insurance Verification System is

updated in such a way to allow for the provisions of the program to

be implemented without interrupting or impeding any other lawful

uses of the system.

I. Following the implementation of the program and every year

thereafter, the District Attorneys Council shall publish an annual

report for the previous fiscal year of the Uninsured Vehicle

Enforcement Program by September 1. An electronic copy of the

report shall be distributed to the President Pro Tempore of the

Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the

chairs of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees. The

report shall comprise an evaluation of program operations, and may

include any information and recommendations for improvement of the

program deemed appropriate by the entity submitting the report.

J. For purposes of this section:

1. "Automatic license plate reader system" means a system of

one or more mobile or law-enforcement-controlled cameras combined

with computer algorithms to convert images of registration plates

into computer-readable data;

2. "Law enforcement agency" includes the district attorney's

office of any county, the Department of Public Safety, the sheriff's

office of any county, and the chiefs of police of any city or town

having a population of more than one hundred thousand (100,000)

residents; and

3. "Program" means the Uninsured Vehicle Enforcement Program.