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28	28	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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30	30	2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
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32	32	HOUSE BILL 4284 By: Davis
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38	38	AS INTRODUCED
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40	40	An Act relating to motor vehicles; amending 47 O.S.
41	41	2021, Section 1115, which relates to vehicles
42	42	required to be registered; providing for biennial
43	43	registration for certain vehicles; requiring the Tax
44	44	Commission promulgate certain rules and necessary
45	45	procedures; amending 47 O.S. 2021, Section 1116,
46	46	which relates to registration periods; allowing farm
47	47	vehicle owners to make certain adjustment s to
48	48	registration periods; and providing an effective
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54	54	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
55	55	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2021, Section 1115, is
56	56	amended to read as fol lows:
57	57	Section 1115. A. Unless provided otherwise by statute, the
58	58	following vehicles shall be registered annually : manufactured
59	59	homes, vehicles registered with a per manent nonexpiring license
60	60	plate pursuant to Section 1113 of this title, and commercial
61	61	vehicles registered pursuant to the installment plan provided in
62	62	subsection H of Section 1133 of this title . The following schedule
63	63	shall apply for such vehicle purchased in this state or brought into
64	64	this state by residents of this state:
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91	91	1. Between January 1 and March 31, the paymen t of the full
92	92	annual fee shall be required;
93	93	2. Between April 1 and June 30, the payment of three -fourths
94	94	(3/4) the annual fee shall be r equired;
95	95	3. Between July 1 and September 30, the payment of one -half
96	96	(1/2) the annual fee sh all be required; and
97	97	4. Between October 1 and November 30, one -fourth (1/4) the
98	98	annual fee shall be required.
99	99	License plates or decals for eac h year shall be made available
100	100	on December 1 of each preceding year for such vehicles . Any person
101	101	who purchases such vehicle or manufactur ed home between December 1
102	102	and December 31 of any year shall register it within thirty (30)
103	103	days from date of purchas e and obtain a licen se plate or
104	104	Manufactured Home License Registration Decal, as appropriate, for
105	105	the following calendar year upon payment of the full annual fee .
106	106	Unless provided otherwise by statute, all annual license,
107	107	registration and other fees for su ch vehicles shall be due and
108	108	payable on January 1 of each year and if not paid by February 1
109	109	shall be deemed deli nquent.
110	110	B. 1. All vehicles, other than those required to be registered
111	111	pursuant to the provisions of subsection A or vehicles whose owners
112	112	choose the option of a biennial registration pursuant to subsection
113	113	H of this section, shall be registered on a staggered system of
114	114	registration and licensing on a monthly series basis to distribute
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141	141	the work of registering such vehicle s as uniformly and expeditiously
142	142	as practicable throughout the calendar year unless otherwise
143	143	provided in this section . After the end of the month following the
144	144	expiration date, the license and registration fees for the new
145	145	registration period shall becom e delinquent.
146	146	2. All fleet vehicles registered pursuant to new applications
147	147	approved pursuant to the provisions of Section 1120 of this title
148	148	shall be registered on a staggered system monthly basis.
149	149	3. Applicants seeking to establish Oklahoma as the ba se
150	150	jurisdiction for registering apportioned fleet vehicles shall have a
151	151	one-time option of registering for a period of not less than s ix (6)
152	152	months nor greater than eighteen (18) months . Subsequent renewals
153	153	for these registrants will be for twelve (12) mo nths, expiring on
154	154	the last day of the month chosen by the registrant under the one -
155	155	time option as provided herein . In addition, registrants with
156	156	multiple fleets may designate a different registration month of
157	157	expiration for each fleet.
158	158	As used in this section, "fleet" shall have the same meaning as
159	159	set forth in the International Registration Plan.
160	160	4. Effective January 1, 2004, all moto rcycles and mopeds shall
161	161	be registered on a staggered system of registration . The Oklahoma
162	162	Tax Commission shall notify in writing, prior to De cember 1, 2003,
163	163	all owners of motorcycles or mopeds registered as of such date, who
164	164	shall have a one-time option of registering for a period of not less
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191	191	than three (3) months nor greater than fifteen (15) months .
192	192	Subsequent renewals for these registrants will be for twelve (12)
193	193	months, expiring on the last day of the month chosen by the
194	194	registrant under the one -time option as provided herein . All
195	195	motorcycles and mopeds registered pursuant to new applications
196	196	received on or after Dec ember 1, 2003, shall al so be registered
197	197	pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph.
198	198	5. Any three or more commercial vehicles owned by the same
199	199	person and previousl y registered in this state may be registered at
200	200	the same time regardless of the month or months in which they wer e
201	201	previously registered . The month in which the commercial vehicles
202	202	are newly registered shall be the month in w hich their registration
203	203	is renewed annually. If a commercial vehicle is registered pursuant
204	204	to this paragraph in the s ame calendar year in whi ch it was
205	205	previously registered, license and registration fees shall be
206	206	prorated to account for the difference be tween the previous renewal
207	207	month and the new renewal month and those fees shall be due at the
208	208	time of registration purs uant to this paragraph.
209	209	C. The following penalties shall apply for delinquent
210	210	registration fees:
211	211	1. For fleet vehicles required to be r egistered pursuant to the
212	212	provisions of Section 1120 of this title for which a properly
213	213	completed application for reg istration has not been rec eived by the
214	214	Corporation Commission by the last day of the month following the
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241	241	registration expiration date, a pe nalty of thirty percent (30%) of
242	242	the Oklahoma portion of the annual registration fee, or Two Hundred
243	243	Dollars ($200.00), whichever is greater, s hall be assessed. The
244	244	license and registration cards issued by the Corporation Commission
245	245	for each fleet vehicle shall be valid until two (2) months after the
246	246	registration expiration date;
247	247	2. For commercial vehicles registered under the provisions of
248	248	subsection B of this section, except those vehicles registered
249	249	pursuant to Section 1133.1 of this title, a penalty s hall be
250	250	assessed after the las t day of the month following the registration
251	251	expiration date. A penalty of twenty-five cents ($0.25) per day
252	252	shall be added to the license fee of such vehicle and shall accrue
253	253	for one (1) month. Thereafter, the penalty shal l be thirty percent
254	254	(30%) of the annual registration fee, or Two Hundred Dollars
255	255	($200.00), whichever is greater;
256	256	3. For new or used manufactu red homes, not registered within
257	257	thirty (30) days from date of purchase or date such manufactured
258	258	home was brought into this state, a penalty e qual to the
259	259	registration fee shall be assessed; or
260	260	4. For all vehicles a penalty sh all be assessed after the las t
261	261	day of the month following the expiration date and no penalty shall
262	262	be waived by the Oklahoma Tax Commission or any motor license agent
263	263	except as provided for in subsection H of Section 1133 , subsection C
264	264	of Section 1127 of this title, or when the vehicle was stolen as
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291	291	certified by a police report or other documentation as required by
292	292	the Oklahoma Tax Commission . A penalty of One Dollar ($1.00 ) per
293	293	day shall be added to the license fee of such vehicle, provided that
294	294	the penalty shall not exceed One Hund red Dollars ($100.00) . Of each
295	295	dollar penalty collected pursuant to this subsection:
296	296	a. twenty-one cents ($0.21) shall be apportioned as
297	297	provided in Section 1104 of this title,
298	298	b. twenty-one cents ($0.21) shall be retained b y the
299	299	motor license agent, and
300	300	c. fifty-eight cents ($0.58) shall be deposited in the
301	301	General Revenue Fund.
302	302	D. In addition to all other penalti es provided in the Oklahoma
303	303	Vehicle License and Registration Act, the following penalties shall
304	304	be imposed and collected by any Enforcement Off icer of the
305	305	Corporation Commission upon finding any commercial vehicle being
306	306	operated in violation of the provisi ons of the Oklahoma Vehicle
307	307	License and Registration Act.
308	308	The penalties shall apply to any commercial vehicle found to be
309	309	operating in violatio n of the following provisions:
310	310	1. A penalty of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) shall be
311	311	imposed upon any person found to be operating a co mmercial vehicle
312	312	sixty (60) days after the end of the month in which the lice nse
313	313	plate or registration credentia ls expire without the current year
314	314	license plate or registration credential displayed . Such penalty
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341	341	shall not exceed the amount established by the Corporation
342	342	Commission pursuant to the provisions of subsection A of Sect ion
343	343	1167 of this title. Revenue from such penalties shall be
344	344	apportioned as provided in Section 1167 of this title;
345	345	2. A penalty of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) shall be
346	346	imposed for any person operating a commercial vehicle subject to the
347	347	provisions of Section 1120 or Section 1133 of this title without the
348	348	proper display of, or, carrying in such commercial vehicle, the
349	349	identification credent ials issued by the Corporation Commission as
350	350	evidence of payment of the fee or tax as provided in Section 1 120 or
351	351	Section 1133 of this title . Such penalty shall not exceed the
352	352	amount established by the Corporation Commission pursuant to the
353	353	provisions of subsection A of Section 1167 of this title. Revenue
354	354	from such penalties shall be apportioned as provided i n Section 1167
355	355	of this title; and
356	356	3. A penalty of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00)
357	357	shall be imposed for any person that fails to register any
358	358	commercial vehicle subject to the Oklahoma Vehicle License and
359	359	Registration Act. Such penalty shall not exceed the amount
360	360	established by the Corporation Commission pursuant to the provisions
361	361	of subsection A of Section 1167 of this title . Revenue from such
362	362	penalties shall be appor tioned as provided in Section 1167 of this
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390	390	E. The Tax Commission, or Corporation Commission with respect
391	391	to vehicles registered under Section 1120 or Section 1133 of this
392	392	title, shall assess the registration fees and penalties for the year
393	393	or years a vehicle was not registered . For vehicles not registered
394	394	for two (2) or more years, the registration fees and penalties shall
395	395	be due only for the current year and one (1) previous year.
396	396	F. In addition to any other penalty prescribed by law, there
397	397	shall be a penalty of not less than Twenty Dollars ($20.00) upon a
398	398	finding by an enforcement officer that:
399	399	1. The registration of a vehicle registered pursuant to Section
400	400	1132 of this title is expired and it is sixty (60) or more days
401	401	after the end of the mont h of expiration; or
402	402	2. The registration fees for a vehicle that is sub ject to the
403	403	registration fees pursuant to Section 1132 of this title have not
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405	405	Such penalty shall not exceed the amount established by the
406	406	Corporation Commission pursuant to t he provisions of subsection A of
407	407	Section 1167 of this title . Revenue from such penalties shall be
408	408	apportioned as provided in Section 1167 of this title.
409	409	G. If a vehicle is donated to a nonprofit charitable
410	410	organization, the nonprofit charitable organizat ion shall be exempt
411	411	from paying any current or past due registration fees, excise tax,
412	412	transfer fees, and penalt ies and interest. However, after the
413	413	donation, if the person donating the vehicle, or someone on behalf
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440	440	of such person, purchases the same vehi cle back from the nonprofit
441	441	charitable organization to which the vehi cle was donated, such
442	442	person shall be liabl e for all current and past -due registration
443	443	fees, excise tax, title or transfer fees, and penalties and interest
444	444	on such vehicle.
445	445	H. The Tax Commission shall promulgate rules and any necessary
446	446	procedures to establish an option for a biennial registrat ion for
447	447	vehicles registered pursuant to paragraph 1 of subsection B of this
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449	449	SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2021, S ection 1116, is
450	450	amended to read as follows:
451	451	Section 1116. A. Twelve registration periods shall be
452	452	established for vehicles required to be registered on a stagge red
453	453	basis. The registration periods shall start on the first d ay of
454	454	each calendar month and s hall end on the last da y of that month.
455	455	Unless otherwise provided, all such vehicles where the date of
456	456	execution of transfer of ownership occurs in this state at any time
457	457	during a calendar month shall be subject to registrat ion and payment
458	458	of the fee for the registration period commencing the first day of
459	459	the month of such date of execution of transfer.
460	460	B. A person who registers more than one vehicle may have al l of
461	461	such vehicles initially registered at the same time or at s eparate
462	462	times. Any person who obtains a vehicle may, upon registration,
463	463	have the registration period adjusted to allow future registration
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490	490	of all such vehicles at the same period or at a diff erent period.
491	491	This subsection shall apply to the registration of farm vehicle
492	492	license plates issued pursuant to Section 1134 of this title.
493	493	C. On and after January 1, 2022, if a physically disabled
494	494	license plate is issued pursuant to paragraph 3 of subsection B of
495	495	Section 1135.1 of this title for a vehicle which is s ubject to the
496	496	requirements of Section 1132 of this titl e, the registration periods
497	497	for the vehicle may be combined into a single registration period .
498	498	The Oklahoma Tax Commission sh all determine, by rule, a method for
499	499	adjusting the twelve -month period.
500	500	SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
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