Oklahoma § 47-1167 - Rules to establish fees, fines and penalties Adjudication of enforcement actions - Apportionment of revenue Revolving funds

§ 47-1167. Rules to establish fees, fines and penalties Adjudication of enforcement actions - Apportionment of revenue Revolving funds

A. The Corporation Commission is hereby authorized to

promulgate rules pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act to

establish the amounts of fees, fines and penalties as set forth in

Section 1166 et seq. of this title. The Corporation Commission

shall notify all interested parties of any proposed rules to be

promulgated as provided herein and shall provide such parties an

opportunity to be heard prior to promulgation.

B. The Corporation Commission shall adjudicate enforcement

actions initiated by Corporation Commission personnel.

C. Revenue derived from all fines and penalties collected or

received by the Corporation Commission pursuant to the provisions of

the Trucking One-Stop Shop Act shall be apportioned as follows:

1. For the period beginning August 23, 2013, the first Three

Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) collected or received each

fiscal year shall be remitted to the Department of Public Safety for

the purpose of staffing the port of entry weigh stations to conduct

safety inspections. The next Five Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars

($550,000.00) shall be remitted to Service Oklahoma and apportioned

as provided in Section 1104 of this title; and

2. The remaining amount shall be deposited to the Trucking OneStop Shop Fund created in subsection D of this section.

D. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving

fund for the Corporation Commission to be known and designated as

the “Trucking One-Stop Shop Fund”. The Trucking One-Stop Shop Fund

shall consist of:

1. All funds apportioned thereto in subsection C of this

section;

2. Fees collected by the Commission to be retained as a

licensed operator or other Corporation Commission registration or

motor fuel fees as allowed by statute or rule; and

3. Any other monies to be utilized for the Trucking One-Stop

Shop Act.

The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year

limitations, and shall not be subject to legislative appropriation.

Monies in the Trucking One-Stop Shop Fund shall only be expended for

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direct expenses relating to the Trucking One-Stop Shop Act.

Expenditures from the revolving fund shall be made pursuant to the

laws of this state. In addition, expenditures from the revolving

fund may be made pursuant to the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act for

the purpose of immediately responding to emergency situations,

within the Commission’s jurisdiction, having potentially critical

environmental or public safety impact. Warrants for expenditures

from the fund shall be drawn by the State Treasurer against claims

filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.

E. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving

fund for the Department of Transportation to be designated the

“Weigh Station Improvement Revolving Fund”. The fund shall be a

continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall

consist of all monies deposited thereto. All monies accruing to the

credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and

expended by the Department for the purpose of constructing,

equipping and maintaining facilities to determine the weight of

vehicles traveling on the roads and highways of this state.

Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the

State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the

Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for

approval and payment.

Added by Laws 2004, c. 522, § 3, eff. July 1, 2004. Amended by Laws

2006, c. 238, § 10, emerg. eff. June 6, 2006; Laws 2008, c. 102, §

1, emerg. eff. May 2, 2008; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 204; Laws 2013, c.

324, § 1; Laws 2016, c. 373, § 1, eff. July 1, 2016; Laws 2022, c.

282, § 193, emerg. eff. May 19, 2022; Laws 2025, c. 171, § 57, eff.

July 1, 2026.

NOTE: Editorially renumbered from § 1161 of this title to avoid a

duplication in numbering.