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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 1845 By: Fugate
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to motor vehicles; amending 47 O.S.
2011, Section 12-201, which relates to required
utilization of lamps and other signal devices;
requiring lamp usage during conditions of inclement
weather; 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 -201, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 12-201. A. The United States Department of
Transportation specifications and standards for headlamps, auxiliary
driving lamps, tail lamps, signal lamps, reflector s, and other
lighting equipment and signal devices, pursuant to 49 C.F.R.,
Section 571.108, are hereby adopted by the State of Oklahoma.
B. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter title and
subject to exceptions for parked vehicles, every vehicle upo n a
highway within this state shall properly display all lamps and
illuminating devices as required by law:
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1. At any time from one -half (1/2) hour after sunset to one -
half (1/2) hour before sunrise, also referred to in this chapter
title as nighttime; and
2. At any other time when, due to insufficient light or
unfavorable atmospheric conditions, persons and vehicles on the
highway are not clearly discernible at a distance of one thousand
(1,000) feet or less ; and
3. At all times during conditions of inc lement weather. If the
vehicle's windshield wipers are on during conditions of inclement
weather, the vehicle's headlamps shall be on .
C. All lamps required by this chapter title shall display a
steady light except as otherwise prescribed by this chapter title.
Any required individual lamp may be combined or incorporated with
any other required individual lamp if the combined or incorporated
lamps meet all of the individual lighting requirements of this
chapter title for each individual lamp contained th erein.
D. No lamp, other than a headlamp, displayed on any vehicle
shall project a glaring light; provided, every headlamp shall comply
with Section 12-222 12-203.2 of this title.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 202 1.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY, dated 02/16/2021 -
DO PASS, As Amended.