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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
HOUSE BILL 3413 By: Pae
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to motor vehicles; amending 47 O.S.
2021, Section 156.1, which relates to the use of
state-owned or state-leased vehicles for private use;
making exception Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation
Department employees; allowing certain vehi cle use;
and providing an effec tive date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2021, Secti on 156.1, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 156.1 A. It shall be unlawful for any state officia l,
officer or employee, except any essential employees a pproved by the
Governor and those officers or employees authorized in s ubsection B
of this section, to ride to or from the place of residence of the
employee in a state-owned or state-leased automobile, truck or
pickup, except in the performance of the off icial duty of the
employee, or to use or permit the use of any such aut omobile, truck,
ambulance or pickup for other personal or private purposes . Any
person convicted of violating the provisions of this section shall
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be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not
more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or by imprisonment in the
county jail for a period to not exceed thirty (30) days, or by both
said fine and imprisonment, and in ad dition thereto, shall be
discharged from state employmen t.
B. 1. Any state employee, other than the individuals provided
for in paragraph 2 of this subsect ion and any employee of the
Department of Public Safety who is an e mployee in the Driver License
Examining Division or the Driver Compliance Division or a wrecker
inspector or auditor of the Wrecker Services Division as provid ed
for in paragraph 3 of this subsection, who receives emergency
telephone calls regularly at the residence of the employee when the
employee is not on duty and is regularly called upon to use a
vehicle after normal work hours in response to such emergency calls,
may be permitted to us e a vehicle belonging to th e state to provide
transportation betwee n the residence of the employee and the
assigned place of employment, provided such dist ance does not exceed
seventy-five (75) miles in any round trip or is wi thin the county
where the assigned place of employment is located . Provided
further, an employee may be permitted to use a state -owned or state-
leased vehicle to provide temporary tran sportation between a
specific work location other than the assigned pla ce of employment
and the residence of the employee, if such use shall result in a
monetary saving to the agency, and such authori zation shall not be
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subject to the distance or area rest rictions provided for in this
paragraph. Authorization for temporary u se of a state-owned or
state-leased vehicle for a specific project shall be in writing
stating the justification for this use and the saving expected to
result. Such authorization shal l be valid for not to exceed sixty
(60) days. Any state entity other t han law enforcement that avail s
itself of this provision shall keep a monthly record of all
participating employees, the number o f emergency calls received and
the number of times that a state vehicle was used in the performance
of such emergency calls.
2. Any employee of the Departme nt of Public Safety, Oklahoma
Department of Corrections, Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and
Dangerous Drugs Control, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investiga tion,
Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission, Oklahoma Horse
Racing Commission, Oklahoma Depa rtment of Agriculture, Food, and
Forestry, Office of the Inspector General within the Department of
Human Services or Office of the State Fire Marshal, who is a law
enforcement officer or criminalist, Public Information office r,
Special Investigator or Ass istant Director of the Oklahoma State
Bureau of Investigation, CLE ET-certified Investigator for a s tate
board, or any employee of a district attorney who is a law
enforcement officer, or any CLEET-certified employee of the Okl ahoma
Tourism and Recreation Department may be permitted to use a state -
owned or state-leased vehicle to provide transportation b etween the
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residence of the employee and the assig ned place of employment and
between the residence and any location other than the assigned place
of employment to which the employee travels in the performance of
the official duty of the employee.
3. Any employee of the Department of Public Safety who i s an
employee in the Driver License Examining Division, an employee of
the Driver Compliance Division, a wrecker inspector or auditor of
the Wrecker Services Division, or a noncommissioned pilot may be
permitted, as determined by the Commissioner, to use a state-owned
or state-leased vehicle to provide transportation between the
residence of the employee and the assigned place of employment and
between the residence and any location other than the assigned pl ace
of employment to which the employee travels i n the performance of
the official duty of the employee.
4. The Director, department heads and other essential employees
of the Department of Wildlife Conservation, as authorized by the
Wildlife Conservation Commission, may be permitted to use a state -
owned or state-leased vehicle to provide transportation between the
residence of the employee and the assigned place of employment and
between the residence and any location other than the assigned place
of employment to which the employee travels in the perf ormance of
the official duty of the employee.
5. The Director, department head s, emergency responders and
other essential employees of the Department of Corrections, as
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authorized by the Director, may be per mitted to use a state -owned or
state-leased vehicle to provide transportation between the residence
of the employee and the ass igned place of employment and between the
residence and any location other than the assigned place of
employment to which the emp loyee travels in the performance of the
official duty of the employee.
C. The principal administrator of the state agency with which
the employee is employed shall so designate the status of the
employee in writing or provide a copy of the temporary autho rization
to the Governor, the President Pro Te mpore of the Senate and the
Speaker of the House of Representatives . Such employee status
report shall also be provided to the State Fleet Manager of the
Division of Fleet Management if the motor vehicle for e mergency use
is provided by said Division.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
58-2-8865 JBH 12/16/21