An Act
ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2325 By: Frix of the House
and
Bergstrom of the Senate
An Act relating to motor vehicles; amending 47 O.S.
2011, Section 14-120.1, which relates to vehicles
requiring escort; making certain escort requirement
exception for retail implement dealers; and declaring
an emergency.
SUBJECT: Motor vehicles
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2011, Section 14 -120.1, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 14-120.1 A. 1. Any vehicle or combination of vehicles
with an outside width that exceeds twelve (12) feet operating on
highways in the state , including the National System of Interstate
and Defense Highways, shall, in addition to being in complia nce with
provisions of Section 14 -101 et seq. of this title, be accompanied
by an escort vehicle or vehicles, as prescribed by the Department of
Public Safety.
2. Escort vehicle requirements shall not apply to retail
implement dealers transporting farm i mplements from a retail
distribution point to a farm or other location within a one hundred
fifty (150) air-mile radius from the distribution point. For the
purposes of this subsection , "retail implement dealers" shall mean a
business engaged primarily in the sale of farm tractors as defined
in Section 1-118 of this title or implements of husbandry as defined
in Section 1-125 of this title or a combination thereof.
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B. No person shall operate an escort vehicle for hire, as
required by this section, unless the person has been certified by
the Department of Public Safety as an escort vehicle operator.
C. Any person not required to be certified by the Department of
Public Safety as an escort vehicle operator may tow a trailer when
escorting a manufactured h ome. Such trailer shall not exceed eight
and one-half (8 1/2) feet in width and twenty (20) feet in length
with siding not to exceed four (4) feet in height measured from the
bed of the trailer.
The trailer may only be used to transport supplies and equi pment
necessary to carry out the mission of escort vehicle operators.
D. The Commissioner of Public Safety shall promulgate rules for
the certification of operators of escort vehicles and the use of
escort vehicles, as required by this section.
E. The Commissioner of Public Safety is hereby authorized to
enter into reciprocal compacts and agreements with other states for
the purpose of recognizing escort vehicle operator certifications
issued by those states.
SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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Passed the House of Representat ives the 27th day of April, 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: _________________________________