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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
HOUSE BILL 1966 By: Nollan
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to motor vehicles; amending 47 O.S.
2011, Section 12-201, which relates to the proper
display of lamps and other signal d evices; requiring
lamp usage during conditions of inclement weather;
defining term; 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, reflectors, and other
lighting equipment and signal devic es, 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 and subject to
exceptions for parked vehicles, every vehicle upon a highway within
this state shall properly display a ll 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 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.
3. At all times during conditions of inclement weather. For
the purposes of this paragraph inclement we ather shall include
conditions of rain, hail, snow, mist, fog, severe dust storm or
other abnormal climatic condition.
C. All lamps required by this chapter shall display a steady
light except as otherwise prescribed by this chapter. 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 for each
individual lamp contained therein.
D. No lamp, other than a he adlamp, displayed on any vehicle
shall project a glaring light; provided, every headlamp shall comply
with Section 12-222 of this title.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
58-1-6067 JBH 12/29/2020