1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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3 SENATE BILL 1548 By: Alvord
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to state department vehicle fleets;
7 amending 47 O.S. 2021, Section 156, as amended by
8 Section 1, Chapter 272, O.S.L. 2023 (47 O.S. Supp.
8 2023, Section 156), which relates to the purchase of
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9 Environmental Quality to certain list of exemptions;
10 updating statutory references; updating statutory
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2021, Section 156, as
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15 amended by Section 1, Chapter 272, O.S.L. 2023 (47 O.S. Supp. 2023,
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16 Section 156), is amended to read as follows:
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17 Section 156. A. Unless otherwise provided for by law, no state
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18 board, commission, department, institution, official, or employee,
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19 except the following, shall purchase any passenger automobile or bus
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21 1. The Department of Public Safety;
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22 2. The Department of Human Services;
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23 3. The State Department of Rehabilitation Services;
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24 4. The Department of Wildlife Conservation;
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 1 5. The Department of Corrections;
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2 6. The State Department of Education;
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3 7. The Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics;
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4 8. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
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5 Control;
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6 9. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation;
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7 10. The Transportation Commission;
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8 11. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry;
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9 12. The State Department of Health;
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10 13. The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
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11 Services;
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12 14. The J.D. McCarty Center for Children with Developmental
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13 Disabilities;
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14 15. The Military Department of the State of Oklahoma;
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15 16. The Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department;
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16 17. The Oklahoma Conservation Commission;
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17 18. The Oklahoma Water Resources Board;
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18 19. The Department of Mines;
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19 20. The Office of Juvenile Affairs;
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20 21. The Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs;
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21 22. The Oklahoma Supreme Court;
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22 23. The District Attorneys Council and Oklahoma district
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23 attorneys, provided adequate funding exists;
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24 24. The Oklahoma Boll Weevil Eradication Organization;
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 1 25. The Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission; and
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2 26. The Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training; and
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3 27. The Department of Environmental Quality.
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4 B. 1. The Oklahoma School for the Deaf at Sulphur, the
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5 Oklahoma School for the Blind at Muskogee, and any state institution
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6 of higher education may purchase, own, or keep if now owned, or
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7 acquire by lease or gift, and use and maintain such station wagons,
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8 automobiles, trucks, or buses as are reasonably necessary for the
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9 implementation of the educational programs of said such
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10 institutions.
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11 2. No bus operated, owned, or used by such educational
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12 institutions shall be permitted to carry any person other than
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13 students, faculty members, employees, or volunteers of such
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14 institutions. The provisions of this section shall not be construed
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15 to prohibit:
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16 a. the operation of intracampus buses or buses routed
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17 directly between portions of the campus of any
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18 institution not adjacent to each other, nor to
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19 prohibit the collection of fares from such students,
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20 faculty members, or employees of such institutions,
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21 sufficient in amount to cover the reasonable cost of
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22 such transportation, or
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23 b. the Oklahoma School for the Blind or the Oklahoma
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24 School for the Deaf from entering into agreements with
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 1 local public school districts pursuant to the
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2 Interlocal Cooperation Act for the mutual use of the
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3 schools’ and the districts’ vehicles. Such use may
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4 include, but is not limited to, the transportation of
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5 students from local school districts with students
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6 from the Oklahoma School for the Blind or the Oklahoma
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7 School for the Deaf in vehicles owned by the Oklahoma
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8 School for the Blind or the Oklahoma School for the
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9 Deaf when traveling to school-related activities.
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10 C. The J.D. McCarty Center for Children with Developmental
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11 Disabilities, the Oklahoma Department of Libraries, the Oklahoma
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12 Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Oklahoma Veterans Centers
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13 State Veterans Homes may own and maintain such passenger vehicles as
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14 those institutions have acquired prior to May 1, 1981.
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15 D. The use of station wagons, automobiles, and buses, other
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16 than as provided for in this section, shall be permitted only upon
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17 written request for such use by heads of departments of the
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18 institution, approved in writing by the president of said such
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19 institution or by some administrative official of said such
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20 institution authorized by the president to grant said the approval.
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21 Such use shall be permitted only for official institutional business
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22 or activities connected therewith. Such use shall be subject to the
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23 provisions of Section 156.1 of this title forbidding personal use of
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24 such vehicles, and to the penalties therein declared.
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 1 E. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this
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2 section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by
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3 fine or imprisonment, or both, as provided for in Section 156.1 of
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4 this title.
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5 F. For the purpose of this section and Section 156.3 of this
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6 title, a station wagon is classified as a passenger automobile and
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7 may not be purchased solely for the use of transporting property.
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8 Such vehicles shall include, but not be limited to, all vehicles
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9 which have no separate luggage compartment or trunk but which do not
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10 have open beds, whether the same are called station wagons, vans,
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11 suburbans, town and country, blazers, or any other names. All state
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12 boards, commissions, departments, and institutions may own and
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13 maintain station wagons purchased solely for the purpose of
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14 transporting property if acquired prior to July 1, 1985.
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15 G. The provisions of this section and Section 156.1 of this
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16 title shall not apply to public officials who are statewide elected
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17 commissioners.
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18 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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Statutes affected:
Introduced: 47-156
House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill: 47-156
Floor (House): 47-156
Floor (Senate): 47-156
Engrossed: 47-156
Amended And Engrossed: 47-156
Enrolled (final version): 47-156