Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-967
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Assessments - Budgetary limits
Official statutory text
A. The Corporation Commission is hereby authorized to assess a
fee upon each wrecker or towing service licensed by the Department
of Public Safety and placed upon an official rotation log, as
specified in Section 952 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, to
perform nonconsensual tows.
B. Each wrecker or towing service shall pay the assessment,
levied pursuant to this section, on an annual basis.
C. The assessment shall be predicated upon the number of
wrecker or towing vehicles utilized by the wrecker or towing service
to conduct its Department-licensed operations.
D. Commencing with assessments made after June 30, 2017,
failing to pay the wrecker or towing services assessment by the due
date established by the Corporation Commission shall result in an
additional penalty of twenty-five percent (25%) per vehicle. The
Transportation Division Director, or designee, may waive the penalty
for good cause shown. Failure to pay the assessment and penalty
within thirty (30) days of the notice of penalty issued by the
Corporation Commission shall result in revocation of the wrecker or
towing license issued by the Department.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 47. Motor Vehicles Page 1017
E. Beginning fiscal year 2013, the Legislature shall establish
budgetary limits for the Commission to fulfill the duties of the
Nonconsensual Towing Act of 2011. The total assessments levied
pursuant to this section shall not exceed the amount of the
budgetary limits and indirect costs for related support functions
established by the Legislature for any fiscal year. Annual
budgetary limits shall stay in effect unless superseded by action of
the Legislature.
fee upon each wrecker or towing service licensed by the Department
of Public Safety and placed upon an official rotation log, as
specified in Section 952 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, to
perform nonconsensual tows.
B. Each wrecker or towing service shall pay the assessment,
levied pursuant to this section, on an annual basis.
C. The assessment shall be predicated upon the number of
wrecker or towing vehicles utilized by the wrecker or towing service
to conduct its Department-licensed operations.
D. Commencing with assessments made after June 30, 2017,
failing to pay the wrecker or towing services assessment by the due
date established by the Corporation Commission shall result in an
additional penalty of twenty-five percent (25%) per vehicle. The
Transportation Division Director, or designee, may waive the penalty
for good cause shown. Failure to pay the assessment and penalty
within thirty (30) days of the notice of penalty issued by the
Corporation Commission shall result in revocation of the wrecker or
towing license issued by the Department.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 47. Motor Vehicles Page 1017
E. Beginning fiscal year 2013, the Legislature shall establish
budgetary limits for the Commission to fulfill the duties of the
Nonconsensual Towing Act of 2011. The total assessments levied
pursuant to this section shall not exceed the amount of the
budgetary limits and indirect costs for related support functions
established by the Legislature for any fiscal year. Annual
budgetary limits shall stay in effect unless superseded by action of
the Legislature.
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