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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR ENGROSSED
SENATE BILL NO. 688 By: Stanley of the Senate
and
Steagall of the House
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to driver licenses; amending 47 O.S.
2021, Section 6-115, as amended by Section 55,
Chapter 282, O.S.L. 2022 (47 O.S. Supp. 2022, Section
6-115), which relates to expiration an d renewal of
driver licenses; requiring persons of a cert ain age
be issued an eight-year driver license; amending 47
O.S. 2021, Section 6 -124, as amended by Section 63,
Chapter 282, O.S.L. 2022 (47 O.S. Su pp. 2022, Section
6-124), which relates to issuance of license or
identification card to veterans; requiring certain
disabled veterans’ disability rating be notated on
driver licenses or identification car ds; allowing for
spouses and unremarried surviving spouses of certain
veterans to receive disability rating or veteran
status notation on driver licenses or identification
cards; requiring notation be accepted as proof of
sales tax exemption and veterans benefits; requiring
certain registration to receive notations; requiring
implementation of certain information exchange
process by certain date; requiring compliance with
certain standards for certain licenses; directing
Service Oklahoma to seek certain fed eral approval;
providing an effective date ; and declaring an
emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2021, Section 6 -115, as
amended by Section 55, Chapter 282, O.S.L. 2022 (47 O.S. Supp. 2022,
Section 6-115), is amended to read as follows:
Section 6-115. A. Except as otherwise provided in this
section, every driver license shall be issued for a period of either
four (4) years or eight (8) years; provided, if the applicant or
licensee is an alien, the license shall be issued for a period which
does not exceed the lesser of:
1. Four (4) years or eight (8) years; o r
2. The expiration date on the valid documentation authorizing
the presence of the applicant or licensee in the United States, as
required by paragraph 9 of subsection A of Se ction 6-103 of this
title.
B. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the expiration
date of an initial license shall be no more than either four (4)
years or eight (8) years from the last day of the month of issuance
or no more than either four (4) years or eight (8) years from the
last day of the birth month of the applicant immediately preceding
the date of issuance, if requested by the applicant.
C. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the expiration
date of a renewal license shall be:
1. For a renewal during the month of expiration, either four
(4) years or eight (8) years from the last da y of the month of
expiration of the expiring license or either four (4) or eight (8)
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years from the last day of the birth month of the licensee
immediately preceding the expiration date of the expiring license,
if requested by the licensee; or
2. For a renewal prior to the month of expiration, as provided
by rule of Service Oklahoma, either four (4) or eight (8) years from
the last day of the month of expiration of the current license;
provided, no license shall be issued with an expiration date of more
than five (5) years from the date of renewal on a four (4) year
license or nine (9) years from the date of renewal on an eight (8)
year license.
D. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection E of Section
1550.42 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, any Oklahoma driver
license that is not more than one (1) year past the date of
expiration provided on the driver license shall be presumed to be a
valid form of identification for the purposes of renewing an
Oklahoma driver license.
E. Except as otherwise provided in this section, every driver
license shall be renewable by the licensee upon application to
either Service Oklahoma or a licensed operator, furnishing the
current mailing address of the person and payment of the required
fee, if the person is otherwise eligible for renewal. If the
licensee is an alien, the licensee shall appear before a driver
license examiner of Service Oklahoma and shall be issued a renewal
driver license for a period which does not exceed the lesser of:
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1. Four (4) years or eight (8) years; or
2. The expiration date on the valid documentation authorizing
the presence of the applicant or licensee in the United States, as
required by paragraph 9 of subsection A of Section 6-103 of this
title.
F. All applicants for renewals of driver licenses who have
proven collision records or apparent physical defects may be
required to take an examination as specified by Service Oklahoma.
G. When a person makes application for a driver license, or
makes application to renew a driver license, and the person has been
convicted of, or received a deferred judgment for, any offense
required to register pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration Act,
the driver license shall be valid for a period of one (1) year from
the month of issuance, but may be renewed yearly during the time the
person is registered on the Sex Offender Registry. Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the cost for such license shall be the
same as for other driver licenses and renewals.
H. Service Oklahoma shall promulgate rules prescribing forms of
identification acceptable for the renewal of an Oklahoma driver
license.
I. All driver licenses issued to persons sixty-five (65) years
of age or older shall be issued for a period of eight (8) years.
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SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2021, Section 6 -124, as
amended by Section 63, Chapter 282, O.S.L. 2022 (47 O.S. Supp. 2022,
Section 6-124), is amended to read as follow s:
Section 6-124. A. As a way to honor and recognize the veterans
who have served our country, Service Oklahoma shall make space
available in the upper left-hand corner of the front of the driver
license and the identification card for a flag emblem and the word
“veteran” to. Similarly, when applicable, Service Oklahoma shall,
either on the front or back of the driver license or the
identification card, include a numeric designation indicating a
veteran’s one-hundred-percent disability rating granted to the
veteran by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. The
items required by this subsection shall be designed by Service
Oklahoma that will serve as a notation of veteran status as well as
a notation of the existence of a United States Departme nt of
Veterans Affairs disability rating as applicable. The current
spouse of a one-hundred-percent disabled veteran or an unr emarried
surviving spouse of a deceased, one-hundred-percent disabled veteran
shall be entitled to receive a driver license or id entification card
indicating his or her status as an eligible cu rrent spouse or an
eligible unremarried surviving spouse enti tled to the sales tax
exemption provided in Section 1357 of Titl e 68 of the Oklahoma
Statutes. Representation of veteran status an d disability rating on
the driver license and the identification card shall be adequate
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confirmation for purposes of veterans benefits offered by public or
private entities doing business within this state and no further
documentation shall be required exc ept as specifically mandated by
federal law.
B. Upon application for issuance or re newal of the driver
license or identification card and in addition to other
documentation required by Service Oklahoma, persons requesting the
flag emblem or the flag emblem and the disability notation shall be
registered with the veterans registry Oklahoma Veterans Registry
created by the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs. Provided,
that if the person requesting the flag emblem has previously
received a flag emblem pursuant to this subsection, no registration
with the veterans registry shall be required to receive the flag
emblem prior to the deadline established in subsection C of this
section.
C. Service Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Department of Veterans
Affairs shall implement a technology-based information exchange
process whereby all motor license agents ar e able to validate, upon
application for issuance or renewal of the driver license or
identification card, an applicant ’s claim of veteran status, veteran
disability status, sta tus as a current spouse of an eligible,
disabled veteran or status as an unrema rried surviving spouse of an
eligible, deceased disabled veteran as provided for in subsection A
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of this section. The requir ements of this subsection shall be
implemented no later than July 1, 2024.
D. With regard to the issuance of REAL -ID compliant licenses
containing items described in subs ection A of this section, Service
Oklahoma shall comply with all federal design requi rements and shall
seek design approval from all necessary federal agencies, including
but not limited to the United States Department of Homeland
Security.
E. Service Oklahoma shall promulgate any rule necessary to
implement the provisions of this section.
SECTION 3. This act shall become ef fective July 1, 2023.
SECTION 4. It being immediately necess ary 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 and approval.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC S AFETY, dated 04/11/2023 -
DO PASS, As Amended.