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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legis lature (2023)
HOUSE BILL 2166 By: Lowe (Dick)
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to motor carriers; creating the State
Task Force on Motor Carrier Regulation and
Enforcement; providing for membership in the Task
Force; providing for quo rum requirements; requiring
monthly meetings; allowing meetings at call of the
chair; disallowing compensation for member s; allowing
for travel reimbursement; directing Task Force to
study, evaluate and make recommendations related to
motor carriers; requiring certain agencies make
records and employees available; requiring
preparation and submission of report by certain date;
providing for staffing; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEO PLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 173.1 of Title 47, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. There is hereby created, until December 1, 2024, the State
Task Force on Motor Carrier Regulation and Enforcement. The Task
Force shall be composed of the following seven (7) members:
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1. The Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety or
designee;
2. One member of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission or
designee;
3. The Cabinet Secretary of Public Safety or designee;
4. The Cabinet Secretary of Transportation or designee;
5. One member selected by the Governor, who shall serve as the
chair of the Task Force;
6. One member designated by the Speaker of the Oklahoma House
of Representatives who shall be a current member of the Oklahoma
House of Representatives; and
7. One member designated by the President Pro Tempore of the
Oklahoma Senate who shall be a current membe r of the Oklahoma
Senate.
B. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum for the
purpose of conducting the business of the Task Force. The Task
Force shall meet monthly and at such other times as may be called by
the chair.
C. Members of the Task Force shall receive no compensation for
serving on the Task Force but shall receive travel reimbursement for
necessary travel expenses incurred in the performance of their
duties by their respective agencies in accordance with the State
Travel Reimbursement Act.
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D. The State Task Force on Motor Carrier Regulation and
Enforcement shall:
1. Study, evaluate, and make recommendations regarding the
adequacy, scope, and effectiveness of regulatory, licensing, and
permitting programs applicable to the motor ca rrier industry;
2. Study, evaluate, and make recommendations regarding
strategies to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of state law
enforcement's regulation of public safety and enforcement of laws
applicable to the motor carrier industry;
3. Study, evaluate, and make recommendations regarding the
adequacy, scope, and effect of civil and criminal enforcement
mechanisms of state laws governing the motor carrier industry;
4. Study, evaluate, and make recommendations regarding
combining within a stat e agency any motor carrier regulatory
programs or law enforcement functions; and
5. Study, evaluate, and make recommendations regarding any
other matters determined by the Task Force to be relevant to the
purpose of this act.
E. The Corporation Commissio n, the Department of Public Safety,
and the Department of Transportation shall make all in formation and
records available to the Task Force as the Task Force may require.
These agencies shall also make their employees available to the Task
Force for the Task Force to interview and gather information.
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F. On or before December 1, 2023, the Task Force shall prepare
a report of its findings and recommendations to be submitted to the
Governor, the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, the
President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma Senate, and the Chair of the
Public Safety and Transportation Committees in both the Oklahoma
House of Representatives and the Oklahoma Senate, and the minority
leaders of both the Oklahoma House of Representatives and the
Oklahoma Senate.
G. Staffing for the Task Force shall be provided by the
Oklahoma House of Representatives.
SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage an d approval.
59-1-5728 JBH 12/29/22