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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
SENATE BILL 688 By: Stanley
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. 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 cer tain information exchan ge
process by certain date; requiring compliance with
certain standards for certain licenses; directing
Service Oklahoma to seek certain fed eral approval;
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 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 lef t-hand corner of the front of the driver
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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 Vetera ns 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 ra ting 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
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
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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 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 the De partment of Public Safety and all motor
license agents are able to validat e, 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 spous e of an eligible, disabled veteran or
status as an unremarried surviving s pouse of an eligible, deceased
disabled veteran as provided for in subsection A of this section.
The requirements of this subsection shall be implemented no la ter
than July 1, 2024.
D. With regard to the issuance of REAL -ID compliant license s
containing items described in subsection 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
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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 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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