Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-953
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enforcement actions.
A. No operator shall be permitted nor shall any employee of any
operator be permitted, allowed or caused to solicit business or make
service calls without the operator first having obtained from the
Department of Public Safety a license to operate a wrecker or towing
service. The number of the license shall be displayed, in
conformance with rules of the Department, on both sides of every
wrecker vehicle operated by the wrecker or towing service.
B. The license fee required by this section shall be in lieu of
the motor carrier filing fee as required in Section 165 of this
title. No applicant for a wrecker license shall be required to
prove public convenience and necessity, file notices, nor shall a
public hearing be held. The fee for such license shall be Five
Hundred Dollars ($500.00), of which Ninety Dollars ($90.00) shall be
deposited in the General Revenue Fund and Four Hundred Ten Dollars
($410.00) shall be deposited in the Department of Public Safety
Restricted Revolving Fund created pursuant to Section 2-145 of this
title for the administration of the Department's Wrecker Services
Division and modernization of computer programs. No license fee
shall be refunded in the event the license is suspended or revoked.
C. All licenses shall expire on the last day of the calendar
year and may be renewed annually at a cost of Two Hundred Fifty
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Dollars ($250.00) upon application to the Department as prescribed
by rule. Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) of the fees collected in
this subsection shall be deposited in the Department of Public
Safety Restricted Revolving Fund created in Section 2-145 of this
title for the modernization of computer programs and the
administration of the Department's Wrecker Services Division and
Fifty Dollars ($50.00) shall be deposited in the General Revenue
Fund. No license fee shall be refunded in the event the license is
suspended or revoked.
D. The Department shall issue a letter of reprimand, cancel,
suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew the license of an
operator when it finds the licensee or applicant has not complied
with or has violated any of the provisions of the Nonconsensual
Towing Act of 2011, or any rules adopted by the Department. A
suspension or revocation shall be for a period of time deemed
appropriate by the Department for the violation. Any canceled,
suspended, or revoked license shall be returned to the Department by
the operator, and the operator shall not be eligible to apply for
another license until the period of suspension or revocation has
elapsed.
E. The provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act are
expressly made applicable to the Nonconsensual Towing Act of 2011.
F. In any civil action to enforce the equal application of the
alternation or rotation of wrecker or towing services regulated by a
political subdivision of the state, the prevailing party shall be
allowed attorney fees determined by the court, to be taxed and
collected as costs.
G. Fees collected pursuant to the provisions of this section
shall be remitted to the State Treasurer to be credited to the
General Revenue Fund in the State Treasury except as provided by
subsection H of this section.
H. Fees allocated to the Department by this section shall be
deposited in the Department of Public Safety Restricted Revolving
Fund.
A. No operator shall be permitted nor shall any employee of any
operator be permitted, allowed or caused to solicit business or make
service calls without the operator first having obtained from the
Department of Public Safety a license to operate a wrecker or towing
service. The number of the license shall be displayed, in
conformance with rules of the Department, on both sides of every
wrecker vehicle operated by the wrecker or towing service.
B. The license fee required by this section shall be in lieu of
the motor carrier filing fee as required in Section 165 of this
title. No applicant for a wrecker license shall be required to
prove public convenience and necessity, file notices, nor shall a
public hearing be held. The fee for such license shall be Five
Hundred Dollars ($500.00), of which Ninety Dollars ($90.00) shall be
deposited in the General Revenue Fund and Four Hundred Ten Dollars
($410.00) shall be deposited in the Department of Public Safety
Restricted Revolving Fund created pursuant to Section 2-145 of this
title for the administration of the Department's Wrecker Services
Division and modernization of computer programs. No license fee
shall be refunded in the event the license is suspended or revoked.
C. All licenses shall expire on the last day of the calendar
year and may be renewed annually at a cost of Two Hundred Fifty
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 47. Motor Vehicles Page 999
Dollars ($250.00) upon application to the Department as prescribed
by rule. Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) of the fees collected in
this subsection shall be deposited in the Department of Public
Safety Restricted Revolving Fund created in Section 2-145 of this
title for the modernization of computer programs and the
administration of the Department's Wrecker Services Division and
Fifty Dollars ($50.00) shall be deposited in the General Revenue
Fund. No license fee shall be refunded in the event the license is
suspended or revoked.
D. The Department shall issue a letter of reprimand, cancel,
suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew the license of an
operator when it finds the licensee or applicant has not complied
with or has violated any of the provisions of the Nonconsensual
Towing Act of 2011, or any rules adopted by the Department. A
suspension or revocation shall be for a period of time deemed
appropriate by the Department for the violation. Any canceled,
suspended, or revoked license shall be returned to the Department by
the operator, and the operator shall not be eligible to apply for
another license until the period of suspension or revocation has
elapsed.
E. The provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act are
expressly made applicable to the Nonconsensual Towing Act of 2011.
F. In any civil action to enforce the equal application of the
alternation or rotation of wrecker or towing services regulated by a
political subdivision of the state, the prevailing party shall be
allowed attorney fees determined by the court, to be taxed and
collected as costs.
G. Fees collected pursuant to the provisions of this section
shall be remitted to the State Treasurer to be credited to the
General Revenue Fund in the State Treasury except as provided by
subsection H of this section.
H. Fees allocated to the Department by this section shall be
deposited in the Department of Public Safety Restricted Revolving
Fund.
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