1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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3 HOUSE BILL 3802 By: Burns
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to motor vehicles; amending 47 O.S.
7 2021, Section 156, as amended by Section 1, Chapter
8 272, O.S.L. 2023 (47 O.S. Supp. 2023, Section 156),
8 which relates to automobiles owned by the state;
9 authorizing the purchase of certain trucks; and
9 providing an effective date.
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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. Purchase of passenger automobiles or bus with
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18 public funds prohibited - Exceptions.
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19 A. Unless otherwise provided for by law, no state board,
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20 commission, department, institution, official, or employee, except
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21 the following, shall purchase any passenger automobile or bus with
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22 public funds:
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23 1. The Department of Public Safety;
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24 2. The Department of Human Services;
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 1 3. The State Department of Rehabilitation Services;
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2 4. The Department of Wildlife Conservation;
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3 5. The Department of Corrections;
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4 6. The State Department of Education;
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5 7. The Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics;
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6 8. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
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7 Control;
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8 9. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation;
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9 10. The Transportation Commission;
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10 11. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry;
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11 12. The State Department of Health;
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12 13. The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
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13 Services;
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14 14. The J.D. McCarty Center for Children with Developmental
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15 Disabilities;
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16 15. The Military Department of the State of Oklahoma;
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17 16. The Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department;
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18 17. The Oklahoma Conservation Commission;
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19 18. The Oklahoma Water Resources Board;
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20 19. The Department of Mines;
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21 20. The Office of Juvenile Affairs;
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22 21. The Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs;
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23 22. The Oklahoma Supreme Court;
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 1 23. The District Attorneys Council and Oklahoma district
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2 attorneys, provided adequate funding exists;
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3 24. The Oklahoma Boll Weevil Eradication Organization;
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4 25. The Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission; and
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5 26. The Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training.
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6 B. 1. The Oklahoma School for the Deaf at Sulphur, the
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7 Oklahoma School for the Blind at Muskogee, and any state institution
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8 of higher education may purchase, own, or keep if now owned, or
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9 acquire by lease or gift, and use and maintain such station wagons,
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10 automobiles, trucks, or buses as are reasonably necessary for the
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11 implementation of the educational programs of said institutions.
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12 2. No bus operated, owned, or used by such educational
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13 institutions shall be permitted to carry any person other than
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14 students, faculty members, employees, or volunteers of such
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15 institutions. The provisions of this section shall not be construed
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16 to prohibit:
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17 a. the operation of intracampus buses or buses routed
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18 directly between portions of the campus of any
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19 institution not adjacent to each other, nor to
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20 prohibit the collection of fares from such students,
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21 faculty members, or employees of such institutions,
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22 sufficient in amount to cover the reasonable cost of
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23 such transportation, or
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 1 b. the Oklahoma School for the Blind or the Oklahoma
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2 School for the Deaf from entering into agreements with
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3 local public school districts pursuant to the
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4 Interlocal Cooperation Act for the mutual use of the
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5 schools' and the districts' vehicles. Such use may
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6 include, but is not limited to, the transportation of
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7 students from local school districts with students
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8 from the Oklahoma School for the Blind or the Oklahoma
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9 School for the Deaf in vehicles owned by the Oklahoma
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10 School for the Blind or the Oklahoma School for the
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11 Deaf when traveling to school-related activities.
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12 C. The J.D. McCarty Center for Children with Developmental
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13 Disabilities, the Oklahoma Department of Libraries, the Oklahoma
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14 Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Oklahoma Veterans Centers
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15 may own and maintain such passenger vehicles as those institutions
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16 have acquired prior to May 1, 1981.
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17 D. The Oklahoma Historical Society may purchase light-duty
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18 trucks weighing eight thousand five hundred (8,500) pounds or less
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19 to use at state facilities in order to equip vehicles as necessary
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20 to maintain historic properties and sites. Such use may include,
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21 but is not limited to, the transportation of livestock and hauling
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22 of heavy equipment.
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 1 E. The use of station wagons, automobiles, and buses, other
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2 than as provided for in this section, shall be permitted only upon
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3 written request for such use by heads of departments of the
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4 institution, approved in writing by the president of said
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5 institution or by some administrative official of said institution
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6 authorized by the president to grant said approval. Such use shall
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7 be permitted only for official institutional business or activities
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8 connected therewith. Such use shall be subject to the provisions of
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9 Section 156.1 of this title forbidding personal use of such
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10 vehicles, and to the penalties therein declared.
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11 E. F. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this
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12 section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by
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13 fine or imprisonment, or both, as provided for in Section 156.1 of
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14 this title.
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15 F. G. For the purpose of this section and Section 156.3 of this
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16 title, a station wagon is classified as a passenger automobile and
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17 may not be purchased solely for the use of transporting property.
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18 Such vehicles shall include, but not be limited to, all vehicles
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19 which have no separate luggage compartment or trunk but which do not
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20 have open beds, whether the same are called station wagons, vans,
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21 suburbans, town and country, blazers, or any other names. All state
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22 boards, commissions, departments, and institutions may own and
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23 maintain station wagons purchased solely for the purpose of
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24 transporting property if acquired prior to July 1, 1985.
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 1 G. H. The provisions of this section and Section 156.1 of this
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2 title shall not apply to public officials who are statewide elected
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4 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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Statutes affected:
Introduced: 47-156
House Committee Substitute: 47-156
Floor (House): 47-156
Floor (Senate): 47-156
Engrossed: 47-156
Enrolled (final version): 47-156
Sub Committee Recommendations (House) Sub Committee Recommendation: 47-156