Req. No. 7235 Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021) HOUSE BILL 2271 By: Cornwell AS INTRODUCED An Act relating to motor vehicles; amending 47 O.S. 2011, Section 15-113, which relates to penalties for parking in a disabled parking place; excluding certain penalties for a person with a Purple Heart recipient license plate; modifying penalty for certain offense; and providing an effective date . BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2011, Section 15 -113, is amended to read as follows: Section 15-113. A. Any person who knowingly makes or procures the making of a false statement in an application submitted pursuant to Sections 15-111 through 15-113 of this title is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each falsified statement. This penalty shall be stated on all applications. B. 1. Any person who has not been issued a physically disabled parking placard pursuant to the provisions of Section 15 -112 of this title, a physically disabled license plate issued pursuant to the Req. No. 7235 Page 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 provisions of Section 1135.1 of this title, a disabled veterans license plate pursuant to the provisions of Sect ion 1135.2 of this title, a Purple Heart recipient license plate issued pursuant to the provisions of Section 1135.2 of this title, a disability sticker issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs and federal military bases, or a physically disabled placa rd or license plate issued by another state, and uses a placard, sticker, or license plate to park in a disabled parking place is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). A person transport ing a physically disabled person with an authorized placard, sticker or license plate, as provided in subsection A of Section 11 -1007 of this title, shall be excluded from the provisions of this section. 2. Any person who has been issued a physically disa bled parking placard pursuant to the provisions of Section 15 -112 of this title, a physically disabled license plate issued pursuant to the provisions of Section 1135.1 of this title, or a disabled veterans license plate pursuant to the provisions of Secti on 1135.2 of this title or a Purple Heart recipient license plate issued pursuant to the provisions of Section 1135.2 of this title , and knowingly allows the placard or license plate to be used by a person not issued the placard or license plate as describ ed in paragraph 1 of this subsection, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). Req. No. 7235 Page 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 C. A person who knowingly makes a counterfeit physically disabled parking placard or physically disabled li cense plate is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each counterfeit placard or license plate made by such person. SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021. 58-1-7235 EK 01/20/21