An Act
ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2166 By: Lowe (Dick) of the House
and
Weaver of the Senate
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 quorum 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;
and providing for staffing .
SUBJECT: Motor carriers
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEO PLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new sectio n 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 July 1, 2024, the State Task
Force on Motor Carrier Regulation and Enfor cement. The Task Force
shall be composed of the following seven (7) members:
1. The Commissioner of Public Safety or designee;
2. One member of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission or
designee;
3. The Cabinet Secretary of Public Safety or designee;
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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 State Senate, who shall be a current membe r of the Oklahoma
State 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 in curred in the performance of their
duties by their respective agencies in accordance w ith the State
Travel Reimbursement Act.
D. The State Task Force on Motor Carrier Regulation and
Enforcement shall:
1. Study, evaluate, and make recommendations regardin g 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 re garding
combining within a stat e agency any motor carrier regulatory
programs or law enforcement functions; and
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5. Study, evaluate, and make recommendations regarding an y
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 information and
records available to the Task Force as the Task Force may require.
These agencies shall also make their employees availab le to the Task
Force for the Task Force to interview and gather information.
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 State Senate, and the Chair of
the Public Safety and Transportatio n Committees in both the Oklahoma
House of Representatives and the Oklahoma State 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.
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Passed the House of Representatives the 9th day of May, 2023.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the 24th day of April, 2023.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________