Oklahoma 2022 2022 Regular Session

Oklahoma House Bill HB1136 Amended / Bill

Filed 04/12/2022

                     
 
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SENATE FLOOR VERSION 
April 11, 2022 
 
 
ENGROSSED HOUSE 
BILL NO. 1136 	By: Fetgatter of the House 
 
  and 
 
  Rogers of the Senate 
 
 
 
 
An Act relating to motor vehicles; requiring the 
registration and titling of High -mobility 
Multipurpose Wheeled Vehi cles; requiring the 
promulgation of certain rul es; authorizing operation 
of High-mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles; 
requiring compliance with certain regulations and 
rules; amending 47 O.S. 20 21, Section 1102, which 
relates to definitions used in the Oklahoma Vehicle 
License and Registration Act; defining term; and 
providing for codification . 
 
 
 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: 
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified 
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1151.5 of Title 47, unless there 
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: 
A.  High-mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs) shall 
be titled and registered pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma 
Vehicle License and Registration Act.  The Oklahoma Tax Commission 
shall promulgate rules for the titling and registration of HMMWVs. 
B.  High-mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs) which 
have been titled and registered pursuant to the provisions of the   
 
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Oklahoma Vehicle License and Registration Act may be operated on the 
roadways of this state.  Operators of HMMWVs shall comply with all 
traffic regulations and rules of conduct for the operation of mot or 
vehicles on the roadways of this state as provided by law. 
SECTION 2.     AMENDATORY     47 O.S. 20 21, Section 1102, is 
amended to read as follow s: 
Section 1102.  As used in the Oklahoma Vehicle License and 
Registration Act: 
1.  "All-terrain vehicle" means a vehicle manufactured and used 
exclusively for off-highway use traveling on four or more non -
highway tires, and being fifty (50) inches or less in width; 
2.  "Carrying capacity" means the carrying capacity of a vehicle 
as determined or declared in tons of cargo or payload by the owner; 
provided, that such declared capacity shall not be less than the 
minimum tonnage capacity fixed, listed or adver tised by the 
manufacturer of any vehicle; 
3.  "Certificate of title" means a document which is proof of 
legal ownership of a motor vehicle as described an d provided for in 
Section 1105 of this title; 
4.  "Chips and oil" or the term "road oil and crushed ro ck" 
means, with respect to materials authorized for use in the surfacing 
of roads or highways as provided for in this title or in any 
equivalent statute p ertaining to road or highway surfacing in the 
State of Oklahoma, any asphaltic materials.  Wherever ch ips and oil   
 
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or road oil and crushed rock are authorized for use in the surfacing 
of roads or highways in this state, whether by the Department of 
Transportation, or by the county commissioners, or other road 
building authority subject to the Oklahoma Vehic le License and 
Registration Act, asphaltic materials are also authorized for use in 
such surfacing and construction; 
5.  "Combined laden weight" means the weight of a truck or 
station wagon and its cargo or payload transported thereon, or the 
weight of a truck or truck-tractor plus the weight of any trailers 
or semitrailers together with the cargo or payload transported 
thereon; 
6.  "Commercial trailer" mea ns any trailer, as defined in 
Section 1-180 of this title, or semitrailer, as defined in Section 
1-162 of this title, when such trailer or semitrailer is used 
primarily for business or commercial purposes; 
7.  "Commercial trailer dealer" means any person, firm or 
corporation engaged in the business of selling any new and unused, 
or used, or both new and us ed commercial trailers; 
8.  "Commercial vehicle" means any vehicle over eight thousand 
(8,000) pounds combined laden weight used primarily for business or 
commercial purposes.  Each motor vehicle being registered pursuant 
to the provisions of this section shall have the name of the 
commercial establishment or the words "Commercial Vehicle" 
permanently and prominently displayed upon the outside of the   
 
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vehicle in letters not less than two (2) inches high.  Such letters 
shall be in sharp contrast to the backgr ound and shall be of 
sufficient shape and color as to be readily legible during daylight 
hours, from a distance of fifty (50) feet while the vehicle is no t 
in motion; 
9.  "Commission" or "Tax Commission" means the Oklahoma Tax 
Commission; 
10.  "Construction machinery" means machines or devices drawn as 
trailers which are designed and used for construction, tree trimming 
and waste maintenance projects, which derive no revenue from the 
transportation of persons or property, whose use of the highway is 
only incidental and which are not mounted or affixed to another 
vehicle; provided, construction machinery shall not include 
implements of husbandry as defined in Section 1-125 of this title; 
11.  "Dealer" means any person, firm, association, corporation 
or trust who sells, solicits or advertises the sale of new and 
unused motor vehicles and holds a bona fide contract or franchise in 
effect with a manufacturer or d istributor of a particular make of 
new or unused motor vehicle or vehicles for the sale of same; 
12.  "Mini-truck" means a foreign -manufactured import or 
domestic-manufactured vehicle powered by an internal combustion 
engine with a piston or rotor displace ment of one thousand cubic 
centimeters (1,000 cc) or less, which is sixty -seven (67) inches or 
less in width, with an unladen dry weight of three thousand four   
 
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hundred (3,400) pounds or less, traveling on four or more tires, 
having a top speed of approx imately fifty-five (55) miles per hour, 
equipped with a bed or compartment for hauling, and having an 
enclosed passenger cab "High-mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle" 
or "HMMWV" means a four -wheel-drive tactical military vehicle that 
can carry a wide variety of military hardware, more commonly known 
as a Humvee; 
13. "Interstate commerce" means any comm erce moving between any 
place in a state and any place in another state or between places in 
the same state through another state; 
14. "Laden weight" means the combined weight of a vehicle when 
fully equipped for use and the cargo or payload transported t hereon; 
provided, that in no event shall the laden weight be less than the 
unladen weight of the vehicle fully equipped for use, plus the 
manufacturer's rated carrying capacity; 
15. "Local authorities" means every county, municipality or 
local board or body having authority to adopt police regulations 
under the Constitution and laws of this state; 
16. "Low-speed electrical vehicle" means any four -wheeled 
electrical vehicle that is powered by an electric motor that draws 
current from rechargeable storage b atteries or other sources of 
electrical current and whose top speed is greater than twenty (20) 
miles per hour but not greater than twenty -five (25) miles per hour 
and is manufactured in compliance with the National Highway Traffic   
 
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Safety Administration st andards for low-speed vehicles in 49 C.F.R. 
571.500; 
17. "Manufactured home" means a residential dwelling built in 
accordance with the National Manufactu red Housing Construction and 
Safety Standards Act of 1974, 42 U.S.C., Section 5401 et seq., and 
rules promulgated pursuant thereto and the rules promulgated by the 
Oklahoma Used Motor Vehicle and Parts Commission pursuant to Section 
582 of this title.  Man ufactured home shall not mean a park model 
recreational vehicle as defined in this section; 
18. "Manufactured home dealer" means any person, firm or 
corporation engaged in the business of selling any new and unused, 
or used, or both new and used manufactu red homes.  Such information 
and a valid franchise letter as proof of authorization to sell any 
such new manufactured home product line or lines shall be attached 
to the application for a dealer license to sell manufactured homes.  
"Manufactured home deale r" shall not include any person, firm or 
corporation who sells or contracts for the sale of the dealer 's own 
personally titled manufactured home or homes.  No person, firm or 
corporation shall be considered a manufactured home dealer as to any 
manufactured home purchased or acquired by such person, firm or 
corporation for purposes other than resale; provid ed, that the 
restriction set forth in this sentence shall not prevent an 
otherwise qualified person, firm or corporation from utilizing a 
single manufactured home as a sales office;   
 
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19. "Medium-speed electrical vehicle" means any self -propelled, 
electrically powered four-wheeled motor vehicle, equipped with a 
roll cage or crush-proof body design, whose speed attainable in one 
(1) mile is more than thirty ( 30) miles per hour but not greater 
than thirty-five (35) miles per hour; 
20. "Mini-truck" means a foreign-manufactured import or 
domestic-manufactured vehicle powered by an internal combustion 
engine with a piston or rotor displacement of one thousand cub ic 
centimeters (1,000 cc) or less, which is sixty -seven (67) inches or 
less in width, with an unladen dry weight of three thousand four 
hundred (3,400) pounds or less, traveling on four or more tires, 
having a top speed of approximately fifty -five (55) miles per hour, 
equipped with a bed or compartment for hauling, and having an 
enclosed passenger cab; 
21. "Motor license agent" means any person appointed, 
designated or authorized by the Oklahoma Tax Commission to collect 
the fees and to enforce the provisi ons provided for in the Oklahoma 
Vehicle License and Registration Act; 
21. 22. "New vehicle" or "unus ed vehicle" means a vehicle which 
has been in the possession of the manufacturer, distributor or 
wholesaler or has been sold only by the manufacturer, dis tributor or 
wholesaler to a dealer; 
22. 23. "Nonresident" means any person who is not a resident of 
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23. 24. "Off-road motorcycle" means any motorcycle, as defined 
in Section 1-135 of this title, when such motorcycle has been 
manufactured for and used exclusively off roads, highways and any 
other paved surfaces; 
24. 25. "Owner" means any pers on owning, operating or 
possessing any vehicle herein defined; 
25. 26. "Park model recreational vehicle" means a vehicle that 
is: 
a. designed and markete d as temporary living quarters for 
camping, recreational, seasonal or travel use, 
b. not permanently affixed to real property for use as a 
permanent dwelling, 
c. built on a single chassis mounted on wheels with a 
gross trailer area not exceeding four hundr ed (400) 
square feet in the setup mode, and 
d. certified by the manufacturer as complying with 
standard A119.5 of the American National Standards 
Institute, Inc.; 
26. 27. "Person" means any individual, copartner, joint 
venture, association, corporation, l imited liability company, 
estate, trust, business trust, syndicate, the State of Oklahoma, or 
any county, city, municipality, school district or other political 
subdivision thereof, or any group or combination acting as a unit, 
or any receiver appointed by the state or federal court;   
 
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27. 28. "Rebodied vehicle" means a vehicle: 
a. which has been assembled using a new body or new major 
component which is of the identical type as the 
original vehicle and is licensed by the manufacturer 
of the original vehicle and other original, new or 
reconditioned parts.  For purposes of this paragraph, 
"new body or new maj or component" means a new body, 
cab, frame, front-end clip or rear-end clip, 
b. which is not a salvage, rebuilt, or junked vehicle as 
defined by paragraph paragraphs 1, 2, or and 6 of 
subsection A of Section 1105 of this title, and 
c. for which the Tax Com mission has assigned or will 
assign a new identifying number; 
28. 29. "Recreational off-highway vehicle" means a vehicle 
manufactured and used exclusivel y for off-highway use, traveling on 
four or more non-highway tires, and being sixty -five (65) inches or 
less in width; 
29. 30. "Recreational vehicle" means every vehicle which is 
built on or permanently attached to a self -propelled motor chassis 
or chassis cab which becomes an integral part of the completed 
vehicle and is capable of being operated on the highways.  In order 
to qualify as a recreational vehicle pursuant to this paragraph such 
vehicle shall be permanently constructed and equipped for human 
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including permanently affixed cooking facil ities, water tanks and 
holding tank with permanent toilet facilities.  Recreational vehicle 
shall not include manufactured homes or any vehicle with porta ble 
sleeping, toilet and kitchen facilities which are designed to be 
removed from such vehicle.  Recre ational vehicle shall include park 
model recreational vehicles as defined in this section; 
30. 31. "Remanufactured vehicle" means a vehicle which has bee n 
assembled by a vehicle remanufacturer using a new body and which may 
include original, reconditioned , or remanufactured parts, and which 
is not a salvage, rebuilt, or junked vehicle as defined by 
paragraphs 1, 2, and 6, respectively, of subsection A of S ection 
1105 of this title; 
31. 32. "Rental trailer" means all small or utility trailers or 
semitrailers constructed and suitable for towing by a passenger 
automobile and designed only for carrying property, when the 
trailers or semitrailers are owned by, or are in the possession of, 
any person engaged in renting or leasing such trailers or 
semitrailers for intrastate or interstate use or combined intrastate 
and interstate use; 
32. 33. "Special mobilized machinery" means special purpose 
machines or devices, either self-propelled or drawn as trailers or 
semitrailers, which derive no revenue from the transpo rtation of 
persons or property, whose use of the highway is only incidental, 
and whose useful revenue -producing service is performed at   
 
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destinations in an area away from the traveled surface of an 
established open highway; 
33. 34. "State" means the State of Oklahoma; 
34. 35. "Station wagon" means any passenger vehicle which does 
not have a separate luggage compartment or trunk and which does not 
have open beds, and has one or more rear seats readily lifted out or 
folded, whether same is called a station w agon or ranch wagon; 
35. 36. “Street-legal utility vehicle” means a vehicle meeting 
the description and specifications of Section 1 of this act 1-171.1 
of this title; 
36. 37. "Travel trailer" means any vehicular portable structure 
built on a chassis, used as a temporary dwelling for travel, 
recreational or vacational use, and, when factory -equipped for the 
road, it shall have a body width not excee ding eight (8) feet and an 
overall length not exceeding forty (40) feet, including the hitch or 
coupling; 
37. 38. "Travel trailer dealer" means any perso n, firm or 
corporation engaged in the business of selling any new and unused, 
or used, or both new and used travel trailers.  Such information and 
a valid franchise letter as proof of authorization to sell any such 
new travel trailer product line or lines shall be attached to the 
application for a dealer license to sell travel trailers.  "Travel 
trailer dealer" shall not include any person, firm or corporation 
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titled travel trailer or trailers .  No person, firm or corporation 
shall be considered as a travel trailer dealer as to any travel 
trailer purchased or acquired by such person, firm or corporation 
for purposes other than resale; 
38. 39. "Used motor vehicle dealer" means "used motor vehic le 
dealer" as defined in Section 581 of this title; 
39. 40. "Used vehicle" means any vehicle which ha s been sold, 
bargained, exchanged or given away, or used to the extent that it 
has become what is commonly known, and generally recognized, as a 
"secondhand" vehicle.  This shall also include any vehicle other 
than a remanufactured vehicle, regardless of a ge, owned by any 
person who is not a dealer; 
40. 41. "Utility vehicle" means a vehicle powered by an 
internal combustion engine, manufactured and used ex clusively for 
off-highway use, equipped with seating for two or more people and a 
steering wheel, trav eling on four or more wheels; 
41. 42. "Vehicle" means any type of conveyance or device in, 
upon or by which a person or property is or may be transported from 
one location to another upon the avenues of public access within the 
state.  "Vehicle" does not include bicycles, trailers except travel 
trailers and rental trailers, or implements of husbandry as defined 
in Section 1-125 of this title.  All implemen ts of husbandry used as 
conveyances shall be required to display the owner's driver license 
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the implement of husbandry on the rear of the implement in numbers 
not less than two (2) inches in height.  The use of the owner's 
Social Security number on the rear of the implement of husbandry 
shall not be required; and 
42. 43. "Vehicle remanufacturer" means a commercial entity 
which assembles remanufactured vehicles. 
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