Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.34
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Special license plates for automobiles furnished by
Official statutory text
dealers - Insurance - Liability.
(a) Each new motor vehicle loaned and furnished free of charge
by a licensed Oklahoma new car dealer to a school district or
institution of higher learning in Oklahoma to be used exclusively
for instructing pupils or used in the instruction of teachers in the
driver education and training program, including any vehicle used
exclusively for vocational agriculture purposes, conducted by such
school district or institution of higher learning may be operated
for such purpose with a special driver education training license
plate attached thereto. Such license plates shall be issued without
any charge therefor to school districts or institutions of higher
learning from the central office of the Oklahoma Tax Commission upon
application forms prescribed and furnished by the Commission, and
such plates shall be accounted for by the school district or
institution of higher learning to which issued, as the Tax
Commission may require. Said special license plates shall be used
only on such motor vehicles furnished free of charge by dealers and
used in the driver education program, including any vehicle used
exclusively for vocational agriculture purposes, and for no other
purpose except for garaging and safekeeping of said motor vehicle.
(b) The school district or institution of higher learning may
provide adequate insurance to cover such motor vehicle and its use
for such purposes, and the dealer owning and so furnishing same
shall not be liable for any personal injury or property damage
resulting from the use of any such motor vehicle while in the
possession of the school district or institution of higher learning,
its officials, employees or students.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 1162
The use of such motor vehicles for said purposes by school
districts or institutions of higher learning is declared to be a
public governmental function and no action for damages shall be
brought against the school districts or institutions of higher
learning and the amount of damages, if any, recoverable against the
insurer and collectible from such insurer shall be limited to the
amount provided in the insurance contract. Provided that the
provisions hereof shall not be construed as creating any liability
whatever against any school district or institution of higher
learning which has not provided said insurance.
(c) Each new motor vehicle loaned and furnished free of charge
by a licensed Oklahoma new car dealer to a parochial, private or
nonpublic school in Oklahoma to be used exclusively for instructing
pupils in the driver education and training program may be operated
for such purpose with a special private driver education training
license plate attached thereto. The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall
issue said license upon payment of a fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00) per
year. The ten-dollar fee shall be in addition to other fees
required by law, excluding the annual license fee established
pursuant to the Oklahoma Vehicle License and Registration Act. The
revenue collected shall be apportioned as provided by law for such
motor vehicles. The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall prescribe and
furnish application forms for such purpose and shall promulgate
rules and regulations for the issuance and revocation of said
license. The motor vehicles provided for in this subsection shall
not be subject to the provisions of Sections 1152 through 1155 of
Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
(a) Each new motor vehicle loaned and furnished free of charge
by a licensed Oklahoma new car dealer to a school district or
institution of higher learning in Oklahoma to be used exclusively
for instructing pupils or used in the instruction of teachers in the
driver education and training program, including any vehicle used
exclusively for vocational agriculture purposes, conducted by such
school district or institution of higher learning may be operated
for such purpose with a special driver education training license
plate attached thereto. Such license plates shall be issued without
any charge therefor to school districts or institutions of higher
learning from the central office of the Oklahoma Tax Commission upon
application forms prescribed and furnished by the Commission, and
such plates shall be accounted for by the school district or
institution of higher learning to which issued, as the Tax
Commission may require. Said special license plates shall be used
only on such motor vehicles furnished free of charge by dealers and
used in the driver education program, including any vehicle used
exclusively for vocational agriculture purposes, and for no other
purpose except for garaging and safekeeping of said motor vehicle.
(b) The school district or institution of higher learning may
provide adequate insurance to cover such motor vehicle and its use
for such purposes, and the dealer owning and so furnishing same
shall not be liable for any personal injury or property damage
resulting from the use of any such motor vehicle while in the
possession of the school district or institution of higher learning,
its officials, employees or students.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 1162
The use of such motor vehicles for said purposes by school
districts or institutions of higher learning is declared to be a
public governmental function and no action for damages shall be
brought against the school districts or institutions of higher
learning and the amount of damages, if any, recoverable against the
insurer and collectible from such insurer shall be limited to the
amount provided in the insurance contract. Provided that the
provisions hereof shall not be construed as creating any liability
whatever against any school district or institution of higher
learning which has not provided said insurance.
(c) Each new motor vehicle loaned and furnished free of charge
by a licensed Oklahoma new car dealer to a parochial, private or
nonpublic school in Oklahoma to be used exclusively for instructing
pupils in the driver education and training program may be operated
for such purpose with a special private driver education training
license plate attached thereto. The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall
issue said license upon payment of a fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00) per
year. The ten-dollar fee shall be in addition to other fees
required by law, excluding the annual license fee established
pursuant to the Oklahoma Vehicle License and Registration Act. The
revenue collected shall be apportioned as provided by law for such
motor vehicles. The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall prescribe and
furnish application forms for such purpose and shall promulgate
rules and regulations for the issuance and revocation of said
license. The motor vehicles provided for in this subsection shall
not be subject to the provisions of Sections 1152 through 1155 of
Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
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