Oklahoma 2022 Regular Session

Oklahoma House Bill HB1845 Compare Versions

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33	30		1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
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35		-	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
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37		-	HOUSE BILL NO. 1845 By: Fugate
	32	+	HOUSE BILL 1845 By: Fugate
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42		-	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
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44		-	An Act relating to motor vehicles; amending 47 O.S.
45		-	2011, Section 12-201, which relates to required
	38	+	AS INTRODUCED
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	40	+	An Act relating to to motor vehicles; amending 47
	41	+	O.S. 2011, Section 12 -201, which relates to required
46	42		utilization of lamps and other sig nal devices;
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53	50		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
54	51		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2011, Section 12 -201, is
55	52		amended to read as follows:
56	53		Section 12-201. A. The United States Department of
57	54		Transportation specifications and standards for headlamps, auxiliary
58	55		driving lamps, tail lamps, signal lamps, reflectors, and other
59	56		lighting equipment and signal devices, pursuant to 49 C.F .R.,
60	57		Section 571.108, are hereby adopted by the State of Oklahoma.
61	58		B. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter title and
62	59		subject to exceptions for parked vehicles, every vehicle upon a
63	60		highway within this state shall properly display all lamps and
64	61		illuminating devices as required by law:
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92	88		1. At any time from one -half (1/2) hour after sunset to one -
93	89		half (1/2) hour before sunrise, also referred to in this chapter
94	90		title as nighttime; and
95	91		2. At any other time when, due to insufficient light or
96	92		unfavorable atmospheric conditions, persons and vehicles on the
97	93		highway are not clearly discernible at a distance of one thousand
98	94		(1,000) feet or less ; and
99		-	3. At all times during conditions of ~~inc lement weather~~. If the
100		-	~~vehicle's~~ windshield wipers are on during conditions of ~~inclement~~
101		-	~~weather, the vehicle's~~ headlamps shall be on .
	95	+	3. At all times during conditions of rain . If the vehicle's
	96	+	windshield wipers are on during conditions of rai n, the vehicle's
	97	+	headlamps shall be on .
102	98		C. All lamps required by this chapter title shall display a
103	99		steady light except as otherwise prescribed by this chapter title.
104	100		Any required individual lamp may be combined or incorporated with
105	101		any other required in dividual lamp if the combined or incorporated
106	102		lamps meet all of the individual lighting requirements of this
107	103		chapter title for each individual lamp contained therein.
108	104		D. No lamp, other than a headlamp, displayed on any vehicle
109	105		shall project a glaring ligh t; provided, every headlamp shall comply
110	106		with Section 12-222 12-203.2 of this title.
111	107		SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
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113		-	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY, dated 02/16/2021 -
114		-	DO PASS, As Amended.
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