| 142 | 200 | | C. In addition to the fe es required by subsection A of this |
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| 143 | 201 | | section, there shall be paid a registration fee of Forty Dollars |
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| 144 | 202 | | ($40.00) upon the first registration in this state after July 1, |
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| 145 | 203 | | 1985, and upon the transfer of ownership of any frac tank, as |
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| 146 | 204 | | defined by Section 54 of Tit le 17 of the Oklahoma Statutes, |
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| 147 | 205 | | construction machinery, as defined by Section 1102 of this title, |
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| 148 | 206 | | rental trailer, commercial trailer , or semitrailer designed to be |
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| 149 | 207 | | pulled and usually pulled by a truck or truck -tractor. |
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| 151 | 208 | | Thereafter, a fee of Four Dollars ($4 .00) shall be paid annually |
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| 152 | 209 | | for each frac tank, construction machinery, rental trailer, |
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| 153 | 210 | | commercial trailer, or semitrailer. The fee of Four Dollars ($ 4.00) |
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| 154 | 211 | | shall be due and payable on January 1 of each year on any frac tank, |
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| 155 | 212 | | construction machinery, rental trailer, commercial trailer, or |
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| 156 | 213 | | semitrailer registered under this section. |
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| 168 | 250 | | A receipt shall be issued upon the paymen t of the annual fee. |
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| 169 | 251 | | The receipt shall show the total fee paid for one or more frac |
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| 170 | 252 | | tanks, construction machinery units, rental trailers, commercial |
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| 171 | 253 | | trailers, or semitrailers. The receipt shall be retained b y the |
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| 172 | 254 | | owner of any frac tank, construction mach inery, rental trailer, |
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| 173 | 255 | | commercial trailer, or semitrailer for a period of three (3) years |
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| 174 | 256 | | and shall be subject to audit by the Tax Commission or Corporation |
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| 175 | 257 | | Commission. |
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| 181 | 260 | | to be operated on the highways of this state when such frac t ank, |
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| 182 | 261 | | construction machinery, commercial trailer , or semitrailer is being |
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| 183 | 262 | | operated by a resident of this state, or is being operated by a |
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| 184 | 263 | | person operating a vehicle or vehicles domiciled in this state and |
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| 185 | 264 | | required by law to be licensed in Oklahoma, unless t he pulling truck |
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| 186 | 265 | | or truck-tractor has been licensed pursuant to this section or is |
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| 187 | 266 | | twenty-four thousand (24,000) pounds or less and operating under a |
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| 188 | 267 | | valid temporary license plate provided by Section 1137.1 or 1137.3 |
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| 189 | 268 | | of this title. In no event shall any t ruck, truck-tractor, frac |
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| 190 | 269 | | tank, construction machinery, trailer, or semitrailer used in the |
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| 195 | 300 | | D. For each fiscal year, notwithstanding the provisions of |
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| 196 | 301 | | Section 1104 of this title, the first Four Hundred Thousand Dollars |
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| 197 | 302 | | ($400,000.00) of all monies collected pursuant to subsections A, B , |
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| 198 | 303 | | and C of this section shall be paid by the Tax Commission to the |
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| 199 | 304 | | State Treasurer of the State of Oklahoma who shall deposit same each |
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| 200 | 305 | | fiscal year, or such lesser amount a s may accrue each fiscal year, |
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| 201 | 306 | | under the provisions of this section to the credit of the General |
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| 202 | 307 | | Revenue Fund of the State Treasury. All monies collected in excess |
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| 203 | 308 | | of Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($400,000.00) each fiscal year |
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| 204 | 309 | | shall be apportioned as pro vided in Section 1104 of this title. |
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| 206 | 310 | | E. If any vehicle is used for a purpose other than that for |
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| 207 | 311 | | which it has been registered, the owner of the vehicle shall be |
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| 208 | 312 | | required to immediately reregister the vehicle at the appropriate |
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| 209 | 313 | | rate. If any vehicle is pla ced or operated upon any street, road, |
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| 210 | 314 | | or highway of this state with a laden weight in excess of that for |
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| 211 | 315 | | which it is licensed, the license fee for such increased laden |
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| 212 | 316 | | weight shall become due, and the owner of the vehicle shall be |
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| 213 | 317 | | required to immediately reregister the vehicle at the increased |
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| 214 | 318 | | rate. Provided, that, in either event there shall be credited up on |
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| 215 | 319 | | the increased license fee for such reregistration for any portion of |
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| 216 | 320 | | the year or period remaining aft er the change in use or increase in |
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| 225 | 354 | | of the vehicle, that shall be considered prima facie evidence that |
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| 226 | 355 | | it has been improperly registered for the entire portion of the year |
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| 227 | 356 | | covered by the improper registration. Provided further , that the |
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| 228 | 357 | | ratable credit shall be allowed only on the first reregistration of |
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| 229 | 358 | | any vehicle during any calendar year. If, during the calendar year, |
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| 230 | 359 | | subsequent changes of license pl ate are desired, the ratable credit |
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| 231 | 360 | | shall not be allowed but the owner of the vehicle shall be required |
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| 232 | 361 | | to pay the license fee due for that portion of the calendar year |
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| 233 | 362 | | remaining without benefit of any additio nal credits. No owner of a |
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| 234 | 363 | | motor vehicle shall possess at any time more than one license plate |
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| 235 | 364 | | for any vehicle owned by such person. No reregistration shall be |
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| 236 | 365 | | made until the current license plate previously issued has been |
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| 237 | 366 | | surrendered. |
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| 244 | 399 | | shall allow refunds only where the amount of tax paid has been |
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| 245 | 400 | | erroneously computed or determined through cle rical errors or |
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| 246 | 401 | | miscalculations. No refund shall be allowed by the Tax Commission |
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| 247 | 402 | | or Corporation Commission of a tax paid by the person where such |
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| 248 | 403 | | payment is made through a mistake as to the legal misinterpretation |
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| 249 | 404 | | or construction of the provisions of thi s section. Any refunds made |
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| 250 | 405 | | by the Tax Commission or Corporation Commission pursuant to this |
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| 251 | 406 | | subsection shall be made out of any monies collected purs uant to |
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| 252 | 407 | | this subsection and which have not been apportioned. |
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| 254 | 408 | | F. The annual license fee required by this section is intended |
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| 255 | 409 | | to cover only the motor vehicle for which it is issued. The Tax |
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| 256 | 410 | | Commission or Corporation Commission upon application, when a |
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| 257 | 411 | | licensed truck-tractor has been destroyed by fire or accident, shall |
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| 258 | 412 | | credit the unused portion of the annual license fee of the vehicle |
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| 259 | 413 | | toward the license fee of a replacement vehicle of equal registered |
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| 260 | 414 | | weight. The amount of credit shall not exceed the licen se fee due |
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| 261 | 415 | | on the replacement vehicle. The Tax Commission or Corporation |
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| 262 | 416 | | Commission shall not be require d to make a refund. If the |
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| 263 | 417 | | replacement vehicle is to be registered at a greater weight, the |
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| 264 | 418 | | applicant shall pay an additional sum equivalent to the di fference |
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| 265 | 419 | | between the unused portion of the annual license fee for the |
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| 275 | 452 | | H. Notwithstanding the provision of any other statute in |
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| 276 | 453 | | respect to the time for payment of license fees on motor vehicles, |
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| 277 | 454 | | if the total amount of the annual license fees due from any resident |
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| 278 | 455 | | owner, either individual, part nership, or Oklahoma corporation, upon |
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| 279 | 456 | | the registration, on or before January 15 of any year, of commerci al |
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| 280 | 457 | | trucks, truck-tractors, frac tanks, construction machinery, trailers |
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| 281 | 458 | | or semitrailers exceeds the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), |
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| 282 | 459 | | the license fees may be paid in equal semiannual installments. The |
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| 283 | 460 | | first installment shall be paid at the time of the application for |
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| 284 | 461 | | registration of the vehicles and not later than January 15 of each |
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| 285 | 462 | | year, and the second installment shall be paid on or before the |
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| 286 | 463 | | first day of July of such year. |
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| 288 | 464 | | This subsection shall not operate to reduce the amount of the |
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| 289 | 465 | | license fees due. If any installment is not paid on or before the |
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| 290 | 466 | | date due, all unpaid installments of license fee s for such year on |
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| 291 | 467 | | each vehicle shall be deemed delinquent and immediately due and |
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| 292 | 468 | | payable, and there shall be added a penalty of twenty -five cents |
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| 293 | 469 | | ($0.25) per day to the balance of the license fee due on each |
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| 294 | 470 | | vehicle for each day the balance remains unpaid up to thirty (30) |
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| 295 | 471 | | days, after which the penal ty due on each vehicle shall be Twenty - |
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| 296 | 472 | | five Dollars ($25.00). The penalty for vehicles registered by |
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| 297 | 500 | | weight in excess of eight thousand (8,000) pounds shall be an amount |
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| 298 | 501 | | equal to the license fee. On and afte r the thirtieth day each such |
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| 299 | 502 | | vehicle involved shall be considered as improperly licensed and as |
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| 300 | 503 | | not currently registered, and all of the provisions of the Oklahoma |
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| 301 | 504 | | Vehicle License and Registration Act relating to enforcement, |
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| 302 | 505 | | including the provisions for the seizure and sale of vehicles not |
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| 303 | 506 | | registered and not displaying current license plates, shall apply to |
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| 304 | 507 | | the vehicles. |
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| 312 | 512 | | be transferred until the un paid balance on the vehicle has been paid |
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| 313 | 513 | | in full. Provided, that any unpaid balance of the license fees |
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| 314 | 514 | | shall remain and become a lien against any an d all property of the |
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| 315 | 515 | | owner, both real and personal, for so long as any license tag fee |
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| 316 | 516 | | balance shall remain unpaid. Any unpaid balance under these |
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| 317 | 517 | | provisions shall be immediately due and payable by the owner if any |
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| 318 | 518 | | vehicle is sold, wrecked, or otherwise retired from service. |
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| 332 | 557 | | I. Any person pulling or towing any vehicle intended to be |
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| 333 | 558 | | resold, into or thro ugh this state, shall pay a fee of Three Dollars |
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| 334 | 559 | | ($3.00) for the vehicle towing and Three Dollars ($3.00) for the one |
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| 335 | 560 | | being towed. It shall be unlawful to operate any series of such |
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| 336 | 561 | | units on the public highwa ys of this state at a distance closer than |
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| 337 | 562 | | five hundred (500) feet from each other. All fees and taxes levied |
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| 338 | 563 | | by the terms and provisions of this secti on shall become and remain |
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| 339 | 564 | | a first lien upon the vehicle upon which the fees or taxes are due |
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| 340 | 565 | | until paid. The lien shall be prior, superior, and param ount to all |
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| 341 | 566 | | other liens of whatsoever kind or character. |
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| 343 | 567 | | J. In addition to any other penalties prescribe d by law, the |
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| 344 | 568 | | following penalty shall be imposed by enforcement officers upon any |
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| 345 | 569 | | owner or operator of a commercial vehicle registered under the |
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| 346 | 570 | | provisions of this section when the laden weight or combined laden |
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| 347 | 571 | | weight of such vehicle is found to be in exc ess of that for which |
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| 348 | 572 | | registered. The penalty shall be imposed each and every time a |
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| 349 | 573 | | vehicle is found to be in violation of the registered laden weigh t |
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| 350 | 574 | | or combined laden weight. |
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| 351 | 575 | | |
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| 356 | 604 | | two thousand one (2,001) pounds; thereafter, an add itional penalty |
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| 357 | 605 | | of not less than Twenty Dollars ($20.00) shall be imposed for each |
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| 358 | 606 | | additional one thousand (1,000) pounds or fraction thereof of weight |
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| 359 | 607 | | in excess of the registered laden weight or combined laden weight. |
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| 360 | 608 | | Such penalty shall not exceed the amount established by the |
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| 361 | 609 | | Corporation Commission pursuant to the provisions of subsection A of |
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| 362 | 610 | | Section 1167 of this title. Revenue from such penalties sh all be |
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| 363 | 611 | | apportioned as provided in Section 1167 of this title. |
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| 365 | 612 | | K. Service Oklahoma shall promulgate rule s for the mass renewal |
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| 366 | 613 | | of commercial vehicle re gistration for businesses that possess at |
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| 367 | 614 | | least ten vehicles registered as commercial vehicles under the |
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| 368 | 615 | | provisions of this section , provided that such mass renewal shall |
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| 369 | 616 | | not be mandatory for such businesses . For such mass renewal, the |
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| 370 | 617 | | annual license fees described in subsections A and B of this section |
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| 371 | 618 | | shall be due and payable on January 1 of each year on s uch |
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| 372 | 619 | | commercial vehicles. |
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| 385 | | - | Passed the House of Representatives the 23rd day of April, 2024. |
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| 389 | | - | Presiding Officer of the House |
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| 392 | | - | OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR |
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| 393 | | - | Received by the Office of the Governor this _______ _____________ |
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| 394 | | - | day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M. |
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| 395 | | - | By: _________________________________ |
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| 396 | | - | Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _______ __ |
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| 397 | | - | day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M. |
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| 399 | | - | _________________________________ |
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| 400 | | - | Governor of the State of Oklahoma |
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| 403 | | - | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE |
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| 404 | | - | Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this _______ ___ |
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| 405 | | - | day of _________________ _, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M. |
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| 406 | | - | By: _________________________________ |
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| 622 | + | COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY , dated 04/02/2024 - |
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| 623 | + | DO PASS. |
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