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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
HOUSE BILL 1691 By: Newton
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to emergency vehicles; amending 47
O.S. 2011, Section 12 -227, as amended by Section 2,
Chapter 187, O.S.L. 2016 (47 O.S. Supp. 2020, Section
12-227), which relates to special restriction on
lamps; restricting the use of certain lamps; and
providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2011, Section 12 -227, as
amended by Section 2, Chapter 187, O.S.L. 2016 (47 O.S. Supp. 2020,
Section 12-227), is amended to read as follows:
Section 12-227. A. Any lighted lamp or illuminating device
upon a motor vehicle, other than headlam ps, spot lamps, auxiliary
driving lamps, flashing turn signals, vehicular hazard warning
lamps, authorized emergency vehicle lamps, snow removal and
construction and maintenance vehicle warning lamps, and school bus
and church bus warning lamps, which proj ects a beam of light of an
intensity greater than three hundred (300) candlepower shall be so
directed that no part of the high intensity portion of the beam will
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strike the level of the roadway on which the vehicle stands at a
distance of more than sevent y-five (75) feet from the vehicle.
B. Except as provided in Sections 12 -218, 12-218.1, 12-228, and
12-229 of this title, no person shall drive or move any vehicle or
equipment upon any highway with any lamp or device thereon
displaying or capable of displ aying a red or blue light visible from
directly in front of the center thereof.
C. Flashing lights are prohibited except on:
1. An authorized emergency vehicle, as provided in Section 12 -
218 of this title;
2. A school bus or a church bus, as provided in Section 12-228
of this title;
3. Any snow-removal, construction and maintenance equipment, as
provided in Section 12 -229 of this title;
4. A wrecker or tow vehicle while at the scene of an emergency
or loading or unloading a vehicle in close proximity t o traffic as
needed for safety precautions or as a means of indicating the
presence of a vehicular traffic hazard requiring unusual care in
approaching, overtaking or passing, as provided in Section 12 -218.1
of this title;
5. Any vehicle as a means of ind icating a right or left turn,
as provided in Sections 12 -206.1 and 12-606 of this title;
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6. Any vehicle as a means of indicating the presence of a
vehicular traffic hazard requiring unusual care in approaching,
overtaking or passing, as provided in Sectio n 12-220 of this title;
7. Any vehicle displaying side marker lamps which flash in
conjunction with turn signal lamps or vehicle hazard warning lamps,
as provided in Section 12 -220 of this title;
8. A farm tractor or an implement of husbandry, as provide d in
Section 12-215 of this title;
9. Any vehicle used while performing official duties as a rural
or contract route mail carrier of the United States Postal Service,
as provided in Section 12 -218.2 of this title; or
10. Any vehicle being used in the col lection of refuse, solid
waste or recyclables displaying side marker lamps which flash in
conjunction with turn signal lamps or vehicle hazard warning lamps
indicating the presence of a vehicular traffic hazard requiring
unusual care in approaching, overta king or passing, as provided in
Section 12-220 of this title.
D. Blue A combination of blue and red lights are prohibited
except as allowed in Sections 12 -218, 12-218.1, and 12-229 of this
title.
E. Any person violating the provisions of subsection B, C or D
of this section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor
punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six (6)
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months, or by a fine not exceeding Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00),
or by both such fine and imprisonment.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
58-1-5921 JBH 12/20/20