Oklahoma 2023 2023 Regular Session

Oklahoma Senate Bill SB729 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/18/2023

                     
 
 
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STATE OF OKLAHOMA 
 
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) 
 
SENATE BILL 729 	By: Rosino 
 
 
 
 
 
AS INTRODUCED 
 
An Act relating to motor vehicle delivery; am ending 
47 O.S. 2021, Section 584, as last amended by Section 
4, Chapter 192, O.S.L. 2022 (47 O.S. Supp. 2022, 
Section 584), which relates to the basis for denial , 
revocation, or suspension of license; providing 
certain exemption; and providing an effective date. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: 
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     47 O.S. 2021, Section 584, as last 
amended by Section 4, Chapter 192, O.S.L. 2022 (47 O.S. Supp. 2022, 
Section 584), is amended to read as follows: 
Section 584. A.  The Oklahoma Used Motor Vehicle and Parts 
Commission may deny an application for a license, impose a fine not 
to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per occurre nce and/or 
revoke or suspend a license after it has been granted, when any 
provision of Sections 581 through 588 of this title is violated or 
for any of the following reasons:   
 
 
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1.  On satisfactory proof of unfitness of the applicant or the 
licensee, as the case may be, under the standards established by 
Sections 581 through 588 of this title; 
2.  For fraud practices or any material misstatement made by an 
applicant in any application for license under the provisions of 
Sections 581 through 588 of this title; 
3.  For any willful failure to comply with any provision of 
Section 581 et seq. of this tit le or with any rule promulgated by 
the Commission under aut hority vested in it by Sections 581 through 
588 of this title; 
4.  Change of condition after license is g ranted resulting in 
failure to maintain the qualifications for license; 
5.  Continued or fla grant violation of any of the rules of the 
Commission; 
6.  Being a used motor vehicle dealer, a used motor vehicle 
salesperson, a wholesale used motor vehicle deale r, or a 
manufactured home dealer, a restricted manufactured home park 
dealer, a manufactured home installer, a manufactured home 
salesperson or a manuf actured home manufacturer who: 
a. resorts to or uses any false or misleading advertising 
in connection with business as a used motor vehicle 
dealer, wholesale used motor vehicle dealer or a 
restricted manufactured home park dealer or 
manufactured home deal er, installer or manufacturer,   
 
 
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b. has committed any unlawful act which resulted in the 
revocation of any similar license in another state, 
c. has been convicted of a felony crime that 
substantially relates to the occupation of a used 
motor vehicle dealer, a wholesale used motor vehicle 
dealer, a manufactured home dealer, a restricted 
manufactured home park de aler, a manufactured home 
installer or a manufactured home manufacturer an d 
poses a reasonable threa t to public safety, 
d. has committed a fraudulent a ct in selling, purchasing 
or otherwise dealing in motor vehicles or manufactured 
homes or has misrepresen ted the terms and conditions 
of a sale, purchase or contract for sale or p urchase 
of a motor vehicle or manufactured home or any 
interest therein inclu ding an option to purchase such 
motor vehicles or manufactured homes, 
e. has engaged in business under a past or present 
license issued pursuant to Sections 581 through 588 of 
this title, in such a manner as to cause injury to the 
public or to those with w hom the licensee is dealing, 
f. has failed to meet or maintain the conditions and 
requirements necessary to qualify for the issuance of 
a license,   
 
 
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g. has failed or refused to furn ish and keep in force any 
bond required under Sections 581 through 588 of thi s 
title, 
h. has installed or attempted to install a manufactured 
home in an unworkmanlike manner, or 
i. employs a person in connection with the sale of 
manufactured homes without first obtaining a 
certificate of registration for the person; 
7.  Being a used motor vehicle dealer who: 
a. does not have an established place of business, 
b. employs a person in con nection with the sale of used 
vehicles without first obtaining a certifica te of 
registration for the person, 
c. fails or refuses to furnish or keep in force single 
limit liability insurance on any vehicle offered for 
sale and otherwise required under the f inancial 
responsibility laws of this state, or 
d. is not operating from th e address shown on the lic ense 
if this change has not been reported to the 
Commission; or 
8.  Being a manufactured home dealer or a restricted 
manufactured home park dealer who: 
a. does not have an established place of business,   
 
 
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b. fails or refuses to furn ish or keep in force garag e 
liability and completed operations insurance, or 
c. is not operating from the address shown on the license 
if this change has not been reported to the 
Commission. 
B.  1.  The Commission shall deny an application for a license, 
or revoke or suspend a lice nse after it has been granted, if a 
manufactured home dealer does not meet the following guidelines and 
restrictions: 
a. a display area for manufactured hom es which is easily 
accessible, with sufficient parking for the public, 
b. an office for conducting b usiness where the books, 
records, and files are kep t, with access to a restroom 
for the public, 
c. a place of business which meets all zoning, occupancy 
and other requirements of the appropriate local 
government and regular occupancy by a person, firm, or 
corporation engaged in the b usiness of selling 
manufactured homes, and 
d. a place of business which is separate and apart from 
any other dealer’s location. 
2.  The Commission shall deny an application for a res tricted 
manufactured home park dealer license, or revoke or suspend a   
 
 
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license after it has been g ranted, if a manufactured home park 
dealer does not satisfy the following guidelines and restrictions: 
a. only mobile or manufactured homes that are “ready for 
occupancy” are sold or offered for sale, 
b. maintains an office for conducting business where th e 
books, records, and files are kept, with access to a 
restroom for the public, 
c. maintains a place of b usiness which meets all zoning, 
occupancy and other re quirements of the appropriate 
local government and regular occupancy by a person, 
firm or corporation engaged in the business of selling 
manufactured homes inside a park, and 
d. maintains a place of bus iness which is separate and 
apart from any other deale r’s location. 
C.  The Commission shall deny an application for a license, or 
revoke or suspend a license after it has been granted, if a 
manufactured home installer: 
1.  Installs or attempts to install a manufactured home in a 
manner that is not in compliance with installation standards as set 
by the Commission pursuant to rule; or 
2.  Violates or fails to comply with any applicable rule as 
promulgated by the Commission concerning manufactured home 
installers.   
 
 
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D.  The Commission shall deny an application for a license, or 
revoke or suspend a license af ter it has been granted, if a 
manufactured home man ufacturer violates or fails to comply with any 
applicable rule as promulgated by the Commission concernin g 
manufactured home manufacturers. 
E.  The Commission shall deny an application for a license by a 
motor vehicle manufacturer or factory if the applica tion is for the 
purpose of selling used motor vehicles to any retail consumer in the 
state, other than th rough its retail franchised dealers, or acting 
as a broker between a seller and a retail buyer.  Thi s subsection 
does not prohibit a manufacturer from selling used motor vehicles 
where the retail customer is a nonprofit organization or a federal, 
state, or local government or agency.  This subsection does not 
prohibit a manufacturer from providing inform ation to a consumer for 
the purpose of marketing or facilitating the sale of used motor 
vehicles or from establishing a program to sell or offer to sell 
used motor vehicles through the manufacturer ’s retail franchised 
dealers as provided for in Sections 56 1 through 580.2 of this title.  
This subsection shall not prevent a factory from obtaining a 
wholesale used motor vehicle dealer ’s license or the factory ’s 
financing subsidiary from obtaining a wholesale used motor vehicle 
dealer’s license. 
F.  If the Commission denies issuance of a license the 
Commission shall provide the grounds for the action to the applicant   
 
 
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in writing and allow the applicant sixty (60) d ays to resolve any 
issues that are the grounds for the action. 
G.  Each of the aforementioned ground s for suspension, 
revocation, or denial of issuance or renewal of license shall also 
constitute a violation of Sections 581 through 588 of this title, 
unless the person involved has been tried and acquitted of the 
offense constituting such grounds. 
The suspension, revocation or refusal to issue or renew a 
license or the imposition of any other penalty by the Commission 
shall be in addition to any penalty whic h might be imposed upon any 
licensee upon a conviction at law for any violation of Sections 581 
through 588 of this title. 
H.  This section shall not b e construed to prohibit a used motor 
vehicle dealer from delivering a motor vehicle off site or from 
selling a motor vehicle to a customer at the home or place of 
business of the customer. 
H. I. As used in this section: 
1.  “Substantially relates ” means the nature of criminal conduct 
for which the person was convicted has a direct bear ing on the 
fitness or ability to perform one or more of the duties or 
responsibilities necessarily related to the occupatio n; and 
2.  “Poses a reasonable threat ” means the nature of criminal 
conduct for which the person was convicted involved an act or thr eat   
 
 
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of harm against another and has a bearing on the fitness or ability 
to serve the public or work with others in the occu pation. 
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2023 
 
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