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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
HOUSE BILL 3919 By: Kannady
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to driver licenses; amending 47 O.S.
2021, Section 6-124, which relates to issuance of
license or identification card to veterans; requiring
certain disabled veterans' disability rating be
notated on driver licenses or identification card s;
allowing for spouses and unremarried surviving
spouses of certain veterans to receive disability
rating or veteran status notation on driver licenses
or identification cards; requiring notation be
accepted as proof of sales tax exemption and veterans
benefits; requiring certain registration to receive
notations; requiring implementation of certain
information exchange process by certain date;
authorizing the promulgation of rules; and providing
an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2021, Section 6 -124, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 6-124. A. As a way to honor and recognize the veterans
who have served our co untry, the Department of Public Safety shall
make space available in the upper left -hand corner of the front of
the driver license and the identification card for a flag emb lem and
the word "veteran" to. Similarly, when applicable, the Department
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of Public Safety shall, either on the front or back of the driver
license or the identification card, include a numeric designation
indicating a veteran 's one hundred percent (100%) disability rating
granted to the veteran by the United States Department of Veterans
Affairs. The items required by this subsection shall be designed by
the Department that will of Public Safety and shall serve as a
notation of veteran status as well as a notation of the ex istence of
a United States Department of Veterans Affairs disability ra ting as
applicable. The current spouse of a one hundred percent (100%)
disabled veteran or an unremarried surviving spouse of a deceased,
one hundred percent (100%) disabled veteran shall be entitled to
receive a driver license or identification card indic ating their
status as an eligible current spouse or an eligible unremarried
surviving spouse entitled to the sales tax exemp tion provided in
Section 1357 of Title 6 8 of the Oklahoma St atutes. Representation
of veteran status and disability rating on the dr iver license and
the identification card shall be adequate confirmation for purposes
of veterans benefits offered by public or private entities doing
business within the State of Oklahoma and no further documentation
shall be required except as specificall y mandated by federal law.
B. Upon application for issuance or renewal of the driver
license or identification card and in addition to other
documentation require d by the Department, persons requesting the
flag emblem or the flag emblem and the disability notation shall be
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registered with the veterans registry Oklahoma Veterans Registry
created by the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs. Provided,
that if the person requesting th e flag emblem has previously
received a flag emblem pursuant to this subs ection, no registration
with the veterans registry shall be required to rec eive the flag
emblem prior to the deadline established in subsection C of this
section. The Department of Public Safety shall promulgate any rule
necessary to implement the provisi ons of this section.
C. The Department of Public Safety and the Okla homa Department
of Veterans Affairs shall implement a technology -based information
exchange process whereby the De partment of Public Safety and all
motor license agents are able to validat e, upon application for
issuance or renewal of the driver license or identification card, an
applicant's claim of veteran status, veteran disability status,
status as a current spous e of an eligible, disabled veteran or
status as an unremarried surviving s pouse of an eligible, deceased
disabled veteran as provided for in s ubsection A of this section.
The requirements of this subsection shall be implemented no late r
than July 1, 2023.
D. The Department of Public Safety is authorized to promulgate
any necessary rules to implement the provisions of this section.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
58-2-9466 JBH 01/03/22