Oklahoma § 47-162 - Powers and duties of Commission

§ 47-162. Powers and duties of Commission

A. The Corporation Commission is authorized to:

1. Supervise and regulate every motor carrier of household

goods;

2. Protect the shipping and general public by requiring

liability insurance and cargo insurance of all motor carriers of

household goods;

3. Ensure motor carriers of household goods are complying with

applicable size and weight laws and safety requirements;

4. Supervise and regulate such motor carriers in all other

matters affecting the relationship between such carriers and the

traveling and shipping public including, but not limited to,

consumer protection measures and loss and damage claim procedures;

and

5. Enforce the provisions of this act.

B. The Commission is authorized to promulgate rules applicable

to persons transporting household goods.

C. 1. The Commission is authorized to administer a hazardous

material transportation registration and permitting program for

motor carriers engaged in transporting hazardous material upon or

over the public highways and within the borders of the state.

2. The Commission shall promulgate rules implementing the

provisions of this subsection. Rules promulgated pursuant to this

subsection shall be consistent with, and equivalent in scope,

coverage, and content to requirements applicable to operators of

vehicles transporting hazardous materials contained in the report

submitted to the Secretary of the United States Department of

Transportation, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5119(b), by the Alliance for

Uniform Hazardous Material Transportation Procedures.

D. Nothing in this section shall be construed to remove or

affect the jurisdiction of the Department of Environmental Quality

to implement hazardous waste transportation requirements for federal

hazardous waste program delegation to this state under the federal

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 47. Motor Vehicles

E. The Commission is authorized to promulgate rules and set

fees applicable to interstate motor carriers, pertaining to carrier

registration, operation of equipment and filing of proper proof of

liability insurance.

Added by Laws 1929, c. 253, p. 352, § 2. Amended by Laws 1968, c.

190, § 2, eff. Sept. 30, 1968; Laws 1984, c. 60, § 1; Laws 1995, c.

143, § 14, eff. Nov. 1, 1995; Laws 2000, c. 130, § 3, emerg. eff.

April 24, 2000; Laws 2005, c. 418, § 2, emerg. eff. June 6, 2005;

Laws 2009, c. 183, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.