Oklahoma § 47-1134.1 - Taxicabs, privately owned school buses, intercity and

§ 47-1134.1. Taxicabs, privately owned school buses, intercity and

intracity motorbuses - License fee.

The following license fees shall be paid annually to Service

Oklahoma or the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, as applicable, upon

the registration of the following vehicles:

1. For each taxicab with a seating capacity of ten (10) or less

people, the license fee shall be Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) and

paid to Service Oklahoma;

2. For each school bus privately owned and used exclusively for

transporting school children, the fee shall be based on seating

capacity. For each such school bus with a seating capacity of

fifteen (15) or less people, the fee shall be Twenty Dollars

($20.00). For each such school bus with a seating capacity of more

than fifteen (15) people, the fee shall be Twenty-five Dollars

($25.00) and paid to Service Oklahoma;

3. For each intercity motor bus, the fee shall be based on

seating capacity and paid to Service Oklahoma, or for those buses

registered under Section 1120 of this title, paid to the Oklahoma

Corporation Commission. For each intercity motor bus with a seating

capacity of eleven (11) or less people, the fee shall be Seven

Dollars and fifty cents ($7.50) per seat. For each intercity motor

bus with a seating capacity of over eleven (11) but not more than

twenty-three (23) people, the fee shall be Nine Dollars ($9.00) per

seat. For each intercity motor bus with a seating capacity of more

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 47. Motor Vehicles

than twenty-three (23) people, the fee shall be Ten Dollars ($10.00)

per seat. The seating capacity shall be determined by the number of

seats available for passengers where separate seats are used, or by

allowing sixteen (16) inches of seating space where separate seats

are not used. Provided, that upon all intercity motor buses the

license fees provided herein shall after the first year's

registration in this or any other state be assessed at eighty

percent (80%) of the fee computed and assessed as provided herein;

and thereafter shall be assessed at eighty percent (80%) of the

previous year's fee so computed for seven (7) successive years, but

in no event shall the fee be thus reduced below Ten Dollars

($10.00). Provided, that Service Oklahoma shall issue intercity

motor bus registration certificates for motor buses having a seating

capacity of not exceeding five (5) seats upon application and

payment of necessary fee without further requirements;

4. For each intracity motor bus, the fee shall be based on

seating capacity and paid to Service Oklahoma. For each intracity

motor bus having a seating capacity of not to exceed eight (8)

people, the fee shall be Forty Dollars ($40.00). For each intracity

motor bus having a seating capacity in excess of eight (8) and not

more than fifteen (15) people, the fee shall be Five Dollars ($5.00)

per seat. For each intracity motor bus having a seating capacity in

excess of fifteen (15) and not more than twenty-five (25) people,

the fee shall be Six Dollars ($6.00) per seat. For each intracity

motor bus having a seating capacity in excess of twenty-five (25)

people, the fee shall be Seven Dollars ($7.00) per seat. Provided

that after the first year's registration of any intracity bus in

this or any other state, the license fee thereon shall be assessed

at eighty percent (80%) of the fee computed and assessed for the

first year, and thereafter, the fee shall be assessed and computed

at eighty percent (80%) of the previous year's fee, and shall be so

computed and assessed for the next seven (7) consecutive years,

after the first year; provided further, that the fee shall not be

reduced to less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00).

Added by Laws 1985, c. 197, § 4, operative July 1, 1985. Amended by

Laws 1993, c. 11, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 2014, c. 296, § 4,

eff. July 1, 2014; Laws 2015, c. 21, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2015; Laws

2022, c. 282, § 156, emerg. eff. May 19, 2022.