ENGR. H. B. NO. 2291 Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL NO. 2291 By: Pfeiffer of the House and Green of the Senate [ motor vehicles - permit for the movement of farm equipment on roads and highways - Department of Transportation - special permit - fee – codification - 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 14-127 of Title 47, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, re ads as follows: A. Provided an operator has obtained an annual permit from th e Oklahoma Department of Transportation as provided by subsection B of this section, farm equipment including, but not limited to , farm tractors and other implements of husbandry , as defined in Sections 1-118 and 1-125 of this title, that are used solely for commercial non-agricultural purposes, may be operated on any road or highway of this state, except those highways which are part of the Na tional System of Interstate and Defen se Highways. Operation of such farm ENGR. H. B. NO. 2291 Page 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 equipment shall be subject to all exi sting height and weight restrictions and equipment requirements provided by law. B. The Department of Transportation shall, upon proper application, issue a special annual permit to any person allowing the movement of vehicles, described in subsection A of this section. The fee for the annual permit shall be Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) per year, per vehicle. SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023. Passed the House of Representatives the 22nd day of March, 2023. Presiding Officer of the House of Representatives Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2023. Presiding Officer of the Senate