| 46 | | - | An Act relating to severe weather tracking; creating |
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| 47 | | - | the Oklahoma Emergency Weather Response and Tracking |
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| 48 | | - | Regulatory Act of 2025; providing short title; |
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| 49 | | - | defining terms; allowing certain entities to hire or |
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| 50 | | - | contract with certain persons for severe weather |
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| 51 | | - | tracking; establishing requirements for professional |
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| 52 | | - | severe weathers; establishing provisions for severe |
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| 53 | | - | weather tracking during certain significant weather |
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| 54 | | - | events; exempting professional severe weather |
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| 55 | | - | trackers from certain traffic regulations under |
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| 56 | | - | certain circumstances; providing exceptions to |
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| 57 | | - | certain exemptions; construing provision; |
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| 58 | | - | establishing penalty; amending 47 O.S. 2021, Section |
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| 59 | | - | 1-103, which relates to authorized emergency |
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| 60 | | - | vehicles; designating certain vehicles as authorized |
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| 61 | | - | emergency vehicles in certain circumstances; amending |
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| 62 | | - | 47 O.S. 2021, Section 1 2-218, which relates to |
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| 63 | | - | distinctive markings of emergency vehicles; providing |
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| 64 | | - | for distinctive markings for p rimary vehicles of |
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| 65 | | - | professional severe weather trackers; updating |
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| 66 | | - | statutory language; providing for codification; |
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| 67 | | - | providing an effective date; and decla ring an |
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| 68 | | - | emergency. |
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| 65 | + | An Act relating to weather tracking licensure ; |
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| 66 | + | creating the Oklahoma Emergency Weather Response and |
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| 67 | + | Tracking Regulatory Act of 2025; providing short |
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| 68 | + | title; defining terms; establishing certain |
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| 69 | + | requirements for media outlets; establishing certain |
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| 70 | + | requirements for certain institutions of higher |
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| 71 | + | education; requiring certain fees; establishing |
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| 72 | + | certain violations; promulgating certain rules; |
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| 73 | + | creating the Severe Weather Tracker Licensure Fund ; |
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| 74 | + | providing requirements for cert ain vehicles; |
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| 75 | + | authorizing certain actions; providing certain |
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| 76 | + | exceptions; establishing fines for certain |
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| 77 | + | violations; providing for c odification; providing an |
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| 78 | + | effective date; and declaring an emergency . |
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| 108 | | - | 1. “Professional severe weather tracker ” means an individual |
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| 109 | | - | hired by or contracted with a qualified media outlet or affiliated |
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| 110 | | - | with a research program at a qualified institution of higher |
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| 111 | | - | education; |
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| 112 | | - | 2. “Qualified media outlet ” means a television or radio |
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| 113 | | - | broadcasting station licensed by the Federal Communications |
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| 114 | | - | Commission for the broadcast or transmission of programming via |
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| 115 | | - | broadcast, cable, streaming, or o ther platforms as recognized by the |
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| 116 | | - | Federal Communications Commission; |
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| 144 | + | 1. “Professional severe weather tracker” means a licensed |
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| 145 | + | individual or company hired or contracted with by a qualified medi a |
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| 146 | + | outlet or affiliated with a research program at a qualified |
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| 147 | + | institution of higher education; |
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| 148 | + | 2. “Qualified media outlet” means a television station licensed |
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| 149 | + | by the Federal Communication s Commission for the broadcast or |
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| 150 | + | transmission of television program ming via broadcast, cable, |
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| 151 | + | streaming, or other platforms as recognized by the Federal |
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| 152 | + | Communications Commission; |
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| 149 | | - | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ’s |
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| 150 | | - | National Weather Ser vice Storm Prediction Center, |
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| 151 | | - | b. any tornado or severe thunderstorm watch in one or |
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| 152 | | - | more counties in this state issued by the National |
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| 153 | | - | Weather Service or a qualified media outlet, |
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| 154 | | - | c. any storm in one or more counties in this state, or |
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| 155 | | - | anticipated to enter one or more counties in this |
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| 156 | | - | state, for which a tornado or severe thunderstorm |
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| 157 | | - | warning has been issued b y the National Weather |
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| 158 | | - | Service or a qualified media outlet, |
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| 159 | | - | d. any blizzard warning, ice storm warning, winter |
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| 160 | | - | weather advisory, winter storm warning, o r winter |
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| 161 | | - | storm watch issued b y the National Weather Service or |
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| 162 | | - | a qualified media outlet, |
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| 163 | | - | e. a red flag warning issued by the National Weather |
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| 164 | | - | Service or the Forestry Services Division of the |
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| 165 | | - | Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and |
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| 218 | + | National Weather Service or the chief meteorologist |
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| 219 | + | employed by a qualified media outlet , |
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| 220 | + | d. a blizzard warning, ice storm warning, winter weather |
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| 221 | + | advisory, winter storm warning, or winter storm watch |
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| 222 | + | as declared by the National Weather Service o r the |
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| 223 | + | chief meteorologist employed by a qualified media |
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| 224 | + | outlet, |
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| 225 | + | e. a red flag fire warning declared by the National |
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| 226 | + | Weather Service or the Forestry Services Division of |
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| 227 | + | the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and |
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| 198 | | - | A. A qualified media outlet or qualified institution of higher |
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| 199 | | - | education may hire or contract with not more than five professional |
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| 200 | | - | severe weather trackers for the purposes provided for in this act. |
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| 201 | | - | The qualified media outlet or qualified institution of higher |
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| 202 | | - | education shall: |
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| 203 | | - | 1. Issue specific identific ation or credentialing information |
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| 204 | | - | to each hired or contracted professional severe weather tracker; and |
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| 205 | | - | 2. Maintain a list of the names of each hired o r contracted |
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| 206 | | - | professional severe weather tracker on a publicly available website. |
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| 207 | | - | B. Any professional severe weather tracker employed by or |
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| 208 | | - | contracted with a qualified media outlet or qualified institution of |
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| 292 | + | 2. Cause to be displayed on both sides of every primary vehicle |
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| 293 | + | utilized by the professional severe weather tracker, the license |
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| 294 | + | number issued by Service Oklahoma, and the Federal Communications |
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| 295 | + | Commission license number of the qualified media outlet with whom |
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| 296 | + | the tracker maintains the employment or contractual relationship; |
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| 297 | + | 3. Pass a criminal background check; |
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| 298 | + | 4. Supply Service Oklahoma with a letter from the chief |
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| 299 | + | meteorologist of the qualified media outlet stating the belief of |
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| 300 | + | such meteorologist that the prospective professional severe weather |
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| 301 | + | tracker possesses the knowledge, experience, and training to |
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| 302 | + | exercise the powers and duties of the license responsibly; and |
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| 303 | + | 5. Provide to Service Oklahoma a copy of valid and continuing |
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| 304 | + | insurance coverage for every primary vehicle utilized by the |
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| 305 | + | professional severe weather tracker . |
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| 306 | + | C. Any professional severe weather tracker employed, contracted |
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| 307 | + | with, or otherwise affiliated with any qualified institution of |
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| 210 | | - | 1. Complete an emerge ncy driving course to be administered by a |
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| 211 | | - | law enforcement entity in this state , including, but not limi ted to, |
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| 212 | | - | a municipal police department, a county sheriff office, the Council |
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| 213 | | - | on Law Enforcement Education and Training, or the Department of |
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| 214 | | - | Public Safety; |
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| 215 | | - | 2. Maintain a liability insurance policy of not less than One |
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| 216 | | - | Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00); and |
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| 217 | | - | 3. Maintain in his or her vehicle the identifying or |
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| 218 | | - | credentialing information issued by the qualified media outlet or |
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| 219 | | - | qualified higher education instit ution. |
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| 309 | + | 1. Cause a copy of his or her license issued by Service |
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| 310 | + | Oklahoma to be kept on file with the dean, director, or other |
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| 311 | + | designated individual of the institution who shall be responsible |
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| 312 | + | for the maintenance of records associated with the institution’s |
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| 313 | + | meteorology program; |
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| 314 | + | 2. Cause to be displayed on both sides of every primary ve hicle |
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| 315 | + | utilized by the professional severe weather tracker, the license |
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| 246 | | - | SECTION 4. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified |
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| 247 | | - | in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 19 -304 of Title 47, unless there |
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| 248 | | - | is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: |
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| 249 | | - | A. Primary vehicles utilized by a professio nal severe weather |
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| 250 | | - | tracker shall: |
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| 251 | | - | 1. Display markings clearly identifying such vehicle as being |
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| 252 | | - | utilized for severe weather tracking and identifying the qualified |
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| 253 | | - | media outlet or qualified institution of higher education with which |
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| 254 | | - | the tracker is affiliat ed; and |
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| 255 | | - | 2. Be authorized to be equipped with and to use the visual |
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| 256 | | - | signals described in Section 12 -218 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma |
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| 257 | | - | Statutes. |
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| 258 | | - | B. Once the conditions of a significant weather event have been |
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| 259 | | - | met, a professional severe weather tracker may: |
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| 260 | | - | 1. Activate the visual signals authorized for u se in this act; |
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| 261 | | - | 2. Be considered an authorized emergency vehicle for the |
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| 262 | | - | purposes of this act; |
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| 263 | | - | 3. Travel upon roads, highways, and count y roads closed by the |
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| 264 | | - | Department of Transportation, the Oklahoma Turnpi ke Authority, any |
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| 265 | | - | city or county, or any law enforcement agency by reason of |
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| 266 | | - | conditions triggered by the significant weather event; |
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| 267 | | - | 4. Proceed past a red or stop signal or stop sign, but only |
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| 268 | | - | after slowing down as may be necessary for safe operation; |
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| 367 | + | number issued by Service Oklahoma, as well as an identifying number |
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| 368 | + | developed by Service Oklahoma for the qualified institution of |
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| 369 | + | higher education; |
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| 370 | + | 3. Pass a criminal background check ; |
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| 371 | + | 4. Supply Service Oklahoma with a letter from the dean, |
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| 372 | + | director, or other designated individual of the institution who |
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| 373 | + | shall be responsible for the maintenance of records associated with |
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| 374 | + | the institution’s meteorology program stating the belief of such |
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| 375 | + | person that the prospective professional severe weather tracker |
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| 376 | + | possesses the knowledge, experience, and training to exercise the |
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| 377 | + | powers and duties of the license responsibly; and |
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| 378 | + | 5. Provide to Service Oklahoma a copy of valid and continuing |
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| 379 | + | insurance coverage for every primary vehicle utilized by the |
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| 380 | + | professional severe weather tracker . |
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| 381 | + | D. The fees for a license issued pursuant to this section shall |
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| 382 | + | not exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per year for the initial |
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| 383 | + | application, shall expire at the end of the calendar year, and may |
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| 384 | + | be renewed annually for Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00). Such |
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| 385 | + | fees shall be deposited into the Severe Weather Tracker Licensure |
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| 386 | + | Fund created pursuant to Section 4 of this act and shall be utilized |
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| 387 | + | by Service Oklahoma for the administration of the provisions of this |
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| 388 | + | act. |
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| 389 | + | E. Service Oklahoma may issue a letter of reprimand, cancel, |
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| 390 | + | suspend, revoke, refuse to issue, or refuse to renew the license of |
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| 295 | | - | 5. Exceed the maximum speed limits so long as speeding does not |
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| 296 | | - | endanger life or property; |
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| 297 | | - | 6. Disregard regulations governing direction of movement; and |
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| 298 | | - | 7. Disregard regulations governin g turning in specified |
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| 299 | | - | directions. |
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| 300 | | - | C. The exemptions granted to a prof essional severe weather |
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| 301 | | - | tracker in this section shall apply only when the tracker is |
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| 302 | | - | properly and lawfully making use of flashing green and white lights |
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| 303 | | - | or a combination of flashing green and white lights meeting the |
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| 304 | | - | requirements of Section 12 -218 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes . |
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| 305 | | - | D. The provisions of this section shall not limit the liability |
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| 306 | | - | of a professional severe weather tracker. The provisions of this |
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| 307 | | - | section shall not relieve the professional severe weather tracker |
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| 308 | | - | from the duty to drive with d ue regard for the safety of all |
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| 309 | | - | persons, nor shall such provisions protect the driver from the |
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| 310 | | - | consequences of reckless disregard for the safety of others. |
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| 311 | | - | E. Nothing in this section shall be construed to exempt a |
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| 312 | | - | professional severe weather tracker from obligation to yield right - |
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| 313 | | - | of-way and stop for superseding authorized emergency vehicles, as |
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| 314 | | - | prescribed in Section 1-103 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes. |
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| 315 | | - | SECTION 5. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified |
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| 316 | | - | in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 19-305 of Title 47, unless there |
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| 442 | + | an operator when it finds the licensee or applicant has violated any |
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| 443 | + | of the provisions of this act or any rules adopted by Service |
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| 444 | + | Oklahoma. A suspension shall be for a period of time deemed |
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| 445 | + | appropriate by Service Oklahoma for the violation. Any canceled, |
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| 446 | + | suspended, or revoked license shall be returned to Service Oklahoma |
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| 447 | + | by the licensee, and the licensee shall not be eligible to apply for |
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| 448 | + | another license until the period of suspension or revocation has |
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| 449 | + | elapsed. |
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| 450 | + | F. Service Oklahoma shall promulgate rules for the |
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| 451 | + | implementation of this act. |
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| 452 | + | SECTION 4. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified |
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| 453 | + | in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 19-303 of Title 47, unless there |
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| 352 | | - | Nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit or limit the |
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| 353 | | - | rights of any individual to engage in recreational or commercial |
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| 354 | | - | storm tracking or chasing. |
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| 355 | | - | SECTION 7. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2021, Section 1 -103, is |
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| 356 | | - | amended to read as follows: |
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| 357 | | - | Section 1-103. A. When equipped as prescribed in subsection B |
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| 358 | | - | of this section: |
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| 359 | | - | 1. Vehicles of fire departments; |
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| 360 | | - | 2. Ambulances or vehicle s specified pursuant to subsection B of |
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| 361 | | - | Section 1-2512 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes of licensed |
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| 362 | | - | ambulance service providers; |
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| 363 | | - | 3. State vehicles of law enforcement agencies; |
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| 364 | | - | 4. County vehicles of sheriffs and full -time commissioned |
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| 365 | | - | deputies and vehicles designated by the sher iff for support of the |
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| 366 | | - | sheriff’s office including privately owned vehicles driven by the |
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| 367 | | - | sheriff and full-time, part-time and reserve commissioned deputies ;, |
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| 519 | + | A. Primary vehicles utilized by a professional severe weather |
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| 520 | + | tracker shall: |
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| 521 | + | 1. Display markings clearly identifying such vehicle as being |
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| 522 | + | utilized for severe weather tracking and identifying the qualified |
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| 523 | + | media outlet or institution of higher education with which the |
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| 524 | + | tracker is affiliated; and |
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| 525 | + | 2. Be authorized to be equipped and to use the visual signals |
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| 526 | + | described in Section 12-218 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes. |
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| 527 | + | B. Once the conditions of a significant weather event have been |
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| 528 | + | met, a professional severe weather tracker may: |
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| 529 | + | 1. Activate the visual signals authorized for use in this act; |
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| 530 | + | 2. Be considered an emergency vehicle for the purposes of this |
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| 531 | + | act; and |
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| 532 | + | 3. Travel upon roads, highways, and country roads closed by the |
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| 533 | + | Department of Transportation, the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, any |
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| 534 | + | city or county, or any law enforcement agency by reason of |
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| 535 | + | conditions triggered by the significant weather event. |
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| 536 | + | C. Upon instruction by any law enforcement officer, a |
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| 537 | + | professional severe weather tracker shall provide a copy of his or |
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| 538 | + | her license issued by Service Oklahoma. Failure to comply shall be |
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| 394 | | - | provided the audible sirens and flashing red lights equipped on such |
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| 395 | | - | privately owned vehicles are used only in a law enforcement capacity |
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| 396 | | - | and in the course of duty; |
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| 397 | | - | 5. Municipal vehicles of police departments; |
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| 398 | | - | 6. Vehicles owned and operated by the United States Marshals |
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| 399 | | - | Service or the Federal Bureau of Investigation; |
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| 400 | | - | 7. Vehicles of Oklahoma National Guard units designated by the |
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| 401 | | - | Adjutant General for support to civil authorities; or |
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| 402 | | - | 8. Vehicles owned and operated by any local organization for |
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| 403 | | - | emergency management as defined by Section 683.3 of Title 63 of the |
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| 404 | | - | Oklahoma Statutes; or |
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| 405 | | - | 9. Primary vehicles of professional severe weather trackers |
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| 406 | | - | hired by or contracted with a qual ified media outlet or qualified |
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| 407 | | - | institution of higher education, as those terms are defined in |
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| 408 | | - | Section 2 of this act. Provided, however, such authorized emergency |
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| 409 | | - | vehicle designation shall only be provided while the professional |
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| 410 | | - | severe weather tracker is tracking a significant weather event, and |
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| 411 | | - | professional severe weather trackers shall yield right-of-way and |
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| 412 | | - | stop for vehicles described in paragraphs 1 through 8 of this |
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| 413 | | - | subsection, |
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| 414 | | - | are authorized emergency vehicles. |
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| 415 | | - | B. All Except for primary vehicles of professional severe |
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| 416 | | - | weather trackers, all vehicles prescribed in subsection A of this |
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| 417 | | - | section shall be equipped with sirens capable of giving audible |
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| 449 | | - | Section 12-218. A. Every authorized emergency vehicle shall, |
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| 450 | | - | in addition to any other equipm ent and distinctive markings required |
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| 451 | | - | by this title, be equipped with flashing red or blue lights or a |
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| 452 | | - | combination of flashing red and blue lights. The lights shall be |
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| 453 | | - | visible at five hundred (500) feet in normal sunlight. |
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| 454 | | - | B. A law enforcement vehicle when used as an authorized |
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| 455 | | - | emergency vehicle may but need not be equipped with alternately- |
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| 457 | | - | An unmarked vehicle used as a law enforcement vehicle for routine |
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| 458 | | - | traffic enforcement shall be equi pped with the following combination |
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| 459 | | - | of lights: |
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| 460 | | - | 1. Three flashing red, blue, or a combination of red and blue |
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| 461 | | - | lights emitting the flashing lights to the front of the vehicle; |
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| 462 | | - | 2. Two flashing white lights emitting the flashing white lights |
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| 463 | | - | to the front of the vehicle; |
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| 464 | | - | 3. Flashing red, blue, white or any combination of red, blue or |
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| 465 | | - | white lights placed at and emitting the f lashing lights from the |
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| 466 | | - | four corners of the vehicle so that they are visible for three |
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| 496 | | - | vehicle. |
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| 497 | | - | C. A professional severe weather tracker hired by or contracted |
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| 498 | | - | with a qualified media outlet or qualified institution of higher |
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| 499 | | - | education, as such terms are defined in Section 2 of this act, shall |
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| 500 | | - | be equipped with a combination of green and white fla shing lights. |
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| 501 | | - | The lights shall be visible at five hundred (500) feet in normal |
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| 502 | | - | sunlight. |
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| 503 | | - | D. The use of the signal equipment described h erein shall |
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| 504 | | - | impose upon drivers of other vehicles the obligation to yield right - |
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| 505 | | - | of-way and stop for authorized emergency vehicles, as prescribed in |
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| 506 | | - | Section 11-405 of this title. |
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| 507 | | - | SECTION 9. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025. |
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| 508 | | - | SECTION 10. It being immediately necessary for the preservation |
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| 590 | + | enforced in accordance with the provisions of Section 6-112 of Title |
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| 591 | + | 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes. |
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| 592 | + | D. The provisions of this section shall not limit the liability |
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| 593 | + | of a professional severe weather tracker. |
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| 594 | + | SECTION 6. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified |
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| 595 | + | in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 19-305 of Title 47, unless there |
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| 596 | + | is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: |
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| 597 | + | Any professional severe weather tracker found to be in violation |
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| 598 | + | of the provisions of this act may be subject to a fine not to exceed |
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| 599 | + | Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or revocation of his or her license |
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| 600 | + | by Service Oklahoma. Such fine or revocation shall be in addition |
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| 601 | + | to any criminal or civil penalties the tracker may be subject to for |
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| 602 | + | the violation of the laws of this state. |
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| 603 | + | SECTION 7. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025. |
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| 604 | + | SECTION 8. It being immediately necessary for the preservation |
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