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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
SENATE BILL 485 By: Pederson
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to wreckers and towing; requiring
insurer to pay claim for wrecker a nd towing services
directly to operator; specifying services eligible
for payment; requiring operator to provide
documentation of claim to insurer; providing for
codification; and providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 953.3 of Title 47, unless there
is created a duplication in numb ering, reads as follows:
Notwithstanding any other provisi on of law, an insurer accepting
liability for paying a claim for services performed by a wrecker or
towing operator shall make that claim directly payable to the
operator. Such services shall include, but are not limited to,
towing, nonconsensual towing, vehicle removal and clearing the
roadway following a vehicle collision. The wrecker or towing
operator shall provide documentation of the claim to the insurer
prior to payment being made.
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SECTION 2. This act shall become effective Novem ber 1, 2021.
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