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31	28		STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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33	30		2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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35	32		COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
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37	34		HOUSE BILL NO. 3570 By: Manger
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45	42		An Act relating to motor vehicles; defining terms;
46	43		allowing the use of automatic license plate readers
47	44		for certain purposes; disallowing certain uses;
48	45		requiring law enforcement ag encies take certain
49	46		actions prior to use; stating certain match is not
50	47		reasonable suspicion; requiring officer make certain
51	48		visual confirmation; requiring certain information be
52	49		purged; making certain exception; dis allowing the
53	50		sale of information; requiri ng certain information be
54	51		made public; amending 69 O.S. 2021, Section 1208, as
55	52		amended by Section 1, Chapte r 335, O.S.L. 2023 (69
56	53		O.S. Supp. 2023, Section 1208 ), which relates to
57	54		structures in rights-of-way prohibited; defining
58	55		terms; allowing law enforcement placement of
59	56		automatic license plate readers on highway rights-of-
60	57		way; providing for codification; and providing an
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67	64		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
68	65		SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
69	66		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 15-133 of Title 47, unless there
70	67		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
71	68		A. As used in this section:
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99	95		1. "Automatic license plate reader system " means a system of
100	96		one or more fixed or mobile cameras combined with computer
101	97		algorithms to convert images of license plates and vehicles into
102	98		computer-readable data; and
103	99		2. "Highway rights-of-way" means the state and interstate
104	100		highway systems being maintained by the Oklahoma Department of
105	101		Transportation.
106	102		B. 1. Except as provided in Sections 7 -606.1 and 7-606.2 of
107	103		Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, operation of and access to an
108	104		automatic license plate reader system by law enforcement shall be
109	105		for official law enforcement purposes only, and shall only be used
110	106		to scan, detect, and identify vehicles and license plate numbers for
111	107		the purpose of identifying:
112	108		a. stolen vehicles,
113	109		b. vehicles involved in an active investigation,
114	110		c. vehicles associated with wanted, missing, or
115	111		endangered persons, or
116	112		d. vehicles that register as a match within the National
117	113		Crime Information Center and any other relevant
118	114		federal, state, or local databases.
119	115		Other than as provided in Section 7-606.1 and 7-606.2 of Title 47 of
120	116		the Oklahoma Statutes, automatic license plate readers shall not be
121	117		used to enforce state or local traffic violations or issue citations
122	118		for such violations.
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150	145		2. Prior to using an automatic license plate reader system, the
151	146		municipal or state law enforcement agency that intends to use the
152	147		technology shall:
153	148		a. confirm that the automatic license plate reader system
154	149		meets all requirements of this section,
155	150		b. establish a policy governing its use in accorda nce
156	151		with this section that includes a training process for
157	152		the officers that will use it and an auditing schedule
158	153		to ensure proper use, and
159	154		c. obtain a permit from the Departm ent before installing
160	155		an automatic license plate reader system on a state or
161	156		interstate highway. The Department shall issue
162	157		permits to law enforcement agencies that mee t
163	158		standards set by the Department.
164	159		3. A positive match by an automatic license plate reader system
165	160		alone shall not constitute reasonable suspicion as grounds for a law
166	161		enforcement officer to stop the vehicle. Prior to stopping a
167	162		vehicle based on identification within the automatic license plate
168	163		reader system database, the officer shall immediately visually
169	164		confirm that the license plate on the vehicle matches the image of
170	165		the license plate displayed on the automatic license plate reader
171	166		system and that the stop meets criteria la id out in the law
172	167		enforcement agency's policies.
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200	194		4. Records of license plates and vehicles recorded by an
201	195		automatic license plate reader system shall be purged from the
202	196		database or system within thirty (30) days of their capture in such
203	197		a manner that they are destroyed and not recoverable, unless the
204	198		record is a part of an ongoing investigation, in which case the data
205	199		may be retained until final disposition of the matter in accordance
206	200		with applicable records retention laws.
207	201		5. Captured license plate data obtained for the purposes
208	202		identified in paragraph 1 of this subsection shall not be sold for
209	203		commercial or marketing purposes .
210	204		C. A law enforcement agency that installs or uses any automatic
211	205		license plate reader system , pursuant to this section, shall make
212	206		the following information public:
213	207		1. A log of its use, to be updated on a monthly basis,
214	208		displaying at least the aggregate number of vehicles on which data
215	209		was collected for each month of use and a list of all state and
216	210		federal databases with which the data were co mpared, unless the
217	211		existence of the database itself is not public; and
218	212		2. The law enforcement agency’s automatic license plate reader
219	213		system policy.
220	214		SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 69 O.S. 2021, Section 1208, as
221	215		amended by Section 1, Chapt er 335, O.S.L. 2023 (69 O.S. S upp. 2023,
222	216		Section 1208), is amended to read as follows:
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250	243		Section 1208. (a) A. The rights-of-way acquired by the
251	244		Department of Transportation or a county shall be held inviolate for
252	245		state highway, departmental, or county purposes, and no physical or
253	246		functional encroachments or uses shall be permitted within such
254	247		rights-of-way.
255	248		(b) B. It shall be unlawful for any person to construct,
256	249		maintain or operate any gasoline pu mp, driveway canopy, building,
257	250		sign, fence, post, or any thing or structure on or overhanging any
258	251		right-of-way, or upon or overhanging any street occupied by a
259	252		designated state or federal hig hway, or county roads and the
260	253		construction or maintaining of any such thing or structure on or
261	254		overhanging any federal or state highway or county roads shall
262	255		constitute a public nuisance, which may be summarily abated by the
263	256		Commission or board of county commissioners or its officers, agents,
264	257		servants and employees in t he manner provided in this article.
265	258		(c) C. This section shall not apply to the lawful use of such
266	259		rights-of-way for the erection and operation of facilities of a
267	260		public utility, or companies engaged in the activities defined in
268	261		Section 137.1 of Title 52 of th e Oklahoma Statutes.
269	262		D. 1. As used in this subsection :
270	263		a. "automatic license plate re ader system" means a system
271	264		of one or more fixed or mobile cameras combined with
272	265		computer algorithms to convert images of license
273	266		plates and vehicles into compu ter-readable data, and
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301	293		b. "highway rights-of-way" means the state and interstate
302	294		highway systems maintained by the Oklahoma Department
303	295		of Transportation.
304	296		2. In accordance with applicable state an d federal laws
305	297		governing the use and management of highway righ ts-of-way, and
306	298		subject to the approval of the Federal Highway Administration as
307	299		required by federal law, license plate reader systems operate d by
308	300		law enforcement agencies shall be allowed on highway rights-of-way
309	301		for the purpose of aiding in criminal invest igations or searches for
310	302		missing or endangered persons to t he extent that such use is
311	303		consistent with the continued use, operations, mainten ance, and
312	304		safety of the highway facility and does no t interfere with the free
313	305		and safe flow of traffic.
314	306		SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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316		-	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY, dated 02/27/2024 -
317		-	DO PASS, As Amended.
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