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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 706 By: Rosino and Bergstrom of the
Senate
and
Echols, Fugate and Phillips
of the House
An Act relating to personal delivery devices;
providing definitions; authorizing certain use of
personal delivery devices; requiring certain
identification; requiring control by operator;
providing operational requirements; providing
exemptions; requiring liability insurance; limit ing
certain powers of local jurisdictions; providing
certain authority; 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 1800 of Title 47, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. As used in this section:
1. “Agent” means any person charged with the responsibility of
navigating and operating the personal delivery device, as defined in
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this section. Agent does not mean a person who requests or receives
the services of a personal delivery device;
2. “Personal delivery device ” means an electronically powered
device:
a. primarily operated on si dewalks and crosswalks,
b. intended primarily for the transport of cargo and
goods on public rights -of-way,
c. whose weight of the device is not greater than five
hundred fifty (550) pounds, not including property
being transported, and
d. equipped with automated driving technology, including
software and hardware, that enables the operation of
the device with remote support and supervision;
Personal delivery device shall not mean a motor vehicle and shall
not be classified as such.
3. “Personal delivery device operator” means a person or the
person’s agent who monitors or exercises physical control over the
navigation system and operation of a personal delivery device.
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1801 of Title 47, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Notwithstanding any other law of this state, a personal
delivery device may operate on any sidewalk, crosswalk, road or
street of any county or municipality in this state.
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B. A personal delivery device shall have a unique identifying
device number and identifies the name and contact information of the
personal device operator.
C. A personal delivery device shall:
1. Not unreasonably int erfere with motor vehicles or traffic;
2. Not obstruct public rights of way;
3. Obey all traffic and pedestrian control signals and devices;
4. Not operate at a speed of more than ten (10) miles per hour
on the sidewalk;
5. Be equipped with a system th at enables the device to come to
a controlled stop;
6. Be equipped with lights on the front and rear of the device
that are visible and recognizable under normal atmospheric
conditions on all sides of the device from at least five hundred
(500) feet from the device; and
7. Not transport hazardous material regulated under the
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. § 5103) and are
required to be placarded under 49 CFR Part 172, Subpart F.
SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section o f law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1802 of Title 47, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. A personal delivery device is exempt from motor vehicle
licensing and registration requirements under the l aws of this
state.
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B. A personal delivery device operator shall maintain an
insurance policy that provides general liability coverage of at
least One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) for damages arising
from the operation of the device.
SECTION 4. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1803 of Title 47, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Except as otherwise provided by law, a political subdivision
shall not enact or enforce an ordinance or resolution relating to
any of the following:
1. The design, manufacture, maintenance, certification,
licensing, registration, taxation, assessment or insurance
requirements of a personal delivery device; and
2. The types of property that may be transported by a personal
delivery device.
B. A political subdivision shall have the authority to prohibit
the operation of personal delivery devices in their jurisdiction.
SECTION 5. This act shall becom e effective November 1, 2021.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON TECHNOLOGY, dated 04/07/2021 - DO
PASS, As Coauthored.