Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-761
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Operation of motor vehicle while impaired - Penalties -
Official statutory text
Suspensions - Violations not bondable.
A. Any person who operates a motor vehicle while his ability to
operate such motor vehicle is impaired by the consumption of
alcohol, or any other substance, other than alcohol, which is
capable of being ingested, inhaled, injected or absorbed into the
human body and is capable of adversely affecting the central nervous
system, vision, hearing or other sensory or motor functions shall be
subject to a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor
more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or imprisonment in the
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county jail for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine
and imprisonment.
B. Upon the receipt of any person’s record of conviction of
driving while impaired, when such conviction has become final,
Service Oklahoma shall suspend the driving privilege of such person,
as follows:
1. The first suspension shall be for thirty (30) days;
2. The second suspension shall be for a period of six (6)
months, which may be modified; provided, any modification under this
paragraph shall apply to Class D motor vehicles only; and
3. The third or subsequent suspension shall be for twelve (12)
months, which may be modified; provided, any modification under this
paragraph shall apply to Class D motor vehicles only.
Provided, however, Service Oklahoma shall not suspend such
privilege pursuant to this subsection if said person’s driving
privilege has been revoked based upon a test result or test refusal
pursuant to Section 753 or Section 754 of this title arising from
the same circumstances which resulted in the conviction.
C. The violations as set out in this section shall not be
bondable under Section 1115.3 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
D. Any person who is found guilty of a violation of the
provisions of this section or pleading guilty or nolo contendere for
a violation of any provision of this section shall be ordered to
participate in, prior to sentencing, an alcohol and drug assessment
and evaluation by an assessment agency or assessment personnel
certified by the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Services for the purpose of evaluating the receptivity to treatment
and prognosis of the person. The court shall order the person to
reimburse the agency or assessor for the assessment and evaluation.
The fee for an assessment and evaluation shall be the amount
provided in subsection C of Section 3-460 of Title 43A of the
Oklahoma Statutes. The evaluation shall be conducted at a certified
assessment agency, the office of a certified assessor or at another
location as ordered by the court. The agency or assessor shall,
within seventy-two (72) hours from the time the person is assessed,
submit a written report to the court for the purpose of assisting
the court in its final sentencing determination. If such report
indicates that the evaluation shows that the defendant would benefit
from a ten-hour or twenty-four-hour alcohol and drug substance abuse
course or a treatment program or both, the court shall, as a
condition of any sentence imposed, including a deferred sentence and
a suspended sentence, require the person to follow all
recommendations identified by the assessment and evaluation and
ordered by the court. No person, agency or facility operating an
alcohol and drug substance abuse evaluation program certified by the
Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services shall
solicit or refer any person evaluated pursuant to this section for
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any treatment program or alcohol and drug substance abuse service in
which such person, agency or facility has a vested interest;
however, this provision shall not be construed to prohibit the court
from ordering participation in or any person from voluntarily
utilizing a treatment program or alcohol and drug substance abuse
s section for
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 47. Motor Vehicles Page 974
any treatment program or alcohol and drug substance abuse service in
which such person, agency or facility has a vested interest;
however, this provision shall not be construed to prohibit the court
from ordering participation in or any person from voluntarily
utilizing a treatment program or alcohol and drug substance abuse
service offered by such person, agency or facility. Any evaluation
report submitted to the court pursuant to this subsection shall be
handled in a manner which will keep such report confidential from
the general public’s review. Nothing contained in this subsection
shall be construed to prohibit the court from ordering judgment and
sentence and any other sanction authorized by law for failure or
refusal to comply with an order of the court.
A. Any person who operates a motor vehicle while his ability to
operate such motor vehicle is impaired by the consumption of
alcohol, or any other substance, other than alcohol, which is
capable of being ingested, inhaled, injected or absorbed into the
human body and is capable of adversely affecting the central nervous
system, vision, hearing or other sensory or motor functions shall be
subject to a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor
more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or imprisonment in the
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county jail for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine
and imprisonment.
B. Upon the receipt of any person’s record of conviction of
driving while impaired, when such conviction has become final,
Service Oklahoma shall suspend the driving privilege of such person,
as follows:
1. The first suspension shall be for thirty (30) days;
2. The second suspension shall be for a period of six (6)
months, which may be modified; provided, any modification under this
paragraph shall apply to Class D motor vehicles only; and
3. The third or subsequent suspension shall be for twelve (12)
months, which may be modified; provided, any modification under this
paragraph shall apply to Class D motor vehicles only.
Provided, however, Service Oklahoma shall not suspend such
privilege pursuant to this subsection if said person’s driving
privilege has been revoked based upon a test result or test refusal
pursuant to Section 753 or Section 754 of this title arising from
the same circumstances which resulted in the conviction.
C. The violations as set out in this section shall not be
bondable under Section 1115.3 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
D. Any person who is found guilty of a violation of the
provisions of this section or pleading guilty or nolo contendere for
a violation of any provision of this section shall be ordered to
participate in, prior to sentencing, an alcohol and drug assessment
and evaluation by an assessment agency or assessment personnel
certified by the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Services for the purpose of evaluating the receptivity to treatment
and prognosis of the person. The court shall order the person to
reimburse the agency or assessor for the assessment and evaluation.
The fee for an assessment and evaluation shall be the amount
provided in subsection C of Section 3-460 of Title 43A of the
Oklahoma Statutes. The evaluation shall be conducted at a certified
assessment agency, the office of a certified assessor or at another
location as ordered by the court. The agency or assessor shall,
within seventy-two (72) hours from the time the person is assessed,
submit a written report to the court for the purpose of assisting
the court in its final sentencing determination. If such report
indicates that the evaluation shows that the defendant would benefit
from a ten-hour or twenty-four-hour alcohol and drug substance abuse
course or a treatment program or both, the court shall, as a
condition of any sentence imposed, including a deferred sentence and
a suspended sentence, require the person to follow all
recommendations identified by the assessment and evaluation and
ordered by the court. No person, agency or facility operating an
alcohol and drug substance abuse evaluation program certified by the
Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services shall
solicit or refer any person evaluated pursuant to this section for
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 47. Motor Vehicles Page 974
any treatment program or alcohol and drug substance abuse service in
which such person, agency or facility has a vested interest;
however, this provision shall not be construed to prohibit the court
from ordering participation in or any person from voluntarily
utilizing a treatment program or alcohol and drug substance abuse
s section for
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 47. Motor Vehicles Page 974
any treatment program or alcohol and drug substance abuse service in
which such person, agency or facility has a vested interest;
however, this provision shall not be construed to prohibit the court
from ordering participation in or any person from voluntarily
utilizing a treatment program or alcohol and drug substance abuse
service offered by such person, agency or facility. Any evaluation
report submitted to the court pursuant to this subsection shall be
handled in a manner which will keep such report confidential from
the general public’s review. Nothing contained in this subsection
shall be construed to prohibit the court from ordering judgment and
sentence and any other sanction authorized by law for failure or
refusal to comply with an order of the court.
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