An Act
ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2271 By: Cornwell, Fugate and
Bashore of the House
and
Simpson and Bergstrom of
the Senate
An Act relating to motor vehicles; amending 47 O.S.
2011, Section 15-113, which relates to penalties for
parking in a disabled p arking place; excluding
certain penalties for a person with a Purple Heart
recipient license plate; modifying penalty for
certain offense; and providing an effective date .
SUBJECT: Motor vehicles
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 no t 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
provisions of Section 1135.1 of this title, a disabled veterans
license plate pursuan t to the provisions of Section 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 ENR. H. B. NO. 2271 Page 2
bases, or a physically disabled placard 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 transporting 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 b een 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
provisions of Section 1135.1 of this title, or a disabled veterans
license plate pursuan t to the provisions of Section 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 described 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).
C. A person who knowingly makes a counterfeit physically
disabled parking plac ard or physically disabled license 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.
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Passed the House of Representatives the 8th day of March, 2021.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the 20th day of April, 2021.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________