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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislat ure (2023)
HOUSE BILL 2660 By: Steagall
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to driver licenses; amending 47 O.S.
2021, Section 6-124, as amended by Section 63,
Chapter 282, O.S.L. 2022 (47 O.S. S upp. 2022, Section
6-124), which relates to issuance o f license or
identification card to veterans; requiring certain
disabled veterans' disability rating be notated on
driver licenses or identification cards; allowing for
spouses and unremarr ied 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; authorizing the promulgation
of rules; and providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. 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 follows:
Section 6-124. A. As a way to honor and recognize the veterans
who have served our country, Service Oklahoma shall make space
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available in the upper lef t-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 t he
veteran by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. The
veteran designations required by this subsection shall be designed
by Service Oklahoma that will and shall serve as a notation of
veteran status as well as a notation of the existence of a United
States Department of Veterans Affairs disability rating as
applicable. The current spouse of a one-hundred-percent disabled
veteran or an unremarried surviving spouse of a deceased one-
hundred-percent disabled veteran shall be entitled to receive a
driver license or identification card indicating his or her status
as an eligible current spouse or an eligible unremarried surviving
spouse entitled to the sales tax exemption provided in Section 1357
of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Representation of ve teran
status and disability rating on the driver license or the
identification card shall be adequate confirmation for purposes of
veterans benefits offered by public or private entities doing
business within the State of Oklahoma and no further documenta tion
shall be required except as specifically mandated by federal law .
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B. Upon application for issuance or renewal 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 V eterans 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 Oklahoma Veterans Registry shall be
required to receive the flag emblem prior to the deadline
established in subsection C of this section . Service Oklahoma shall
promulgate any rule necessary to implement the provisions of this
section.
C. Service Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Department of Veterans
Affairs shall implement a technology -based information exchange
process whereby Service Oklahoma and all licensed operators are 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, status as a current spouse of an
eligible disabled veteran or status as an unremarried surviving
spouse of an eligible, deceased disabled veteran as provided for in
subsection A of this section. The requirements of this subsection
shall be implemented no later than July 1, 202 4.
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D. Service Oklahoma, in consultation with the Oklahoma
Department of Veterans Affairs , is authorized to promulgate any
necessary rules to implement the provisions of this section.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
59-1-6149 JBH 01/06/23