Oklahoma § 47-967 - Assessments - Budgetary limits

§ 47-967. Assessments - Budgetary limits

A. The Corporation Commission is hereby authorized to assess a

fee upon each wrecker or towing service licensed by the Department

of Public Safety and placed upon an official rotation log, as

specified in Section 952 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, to

perform nonconsensual tows.

B. Each wrecker or towing service shall pay the assessment,

levied pursuant to this section, on an annual basis.

C. The assessment shall be predicated upon the number of

wrecker or towing vehicles utilized by the wrecker or towing service

to conduct its Department-licensed operations.

D. Commencing with assessments made after June 30, 2017,

failing to pay the wrecker or towing services assessment by the due

date established by the Corporation Commission shall result in an

additional penalty of twenty-five percent (25%) per vehicle. The

Transportation Division Director, or designee, may waive the penalty

for good cause shown. Failure to pay the assessment and penalty

within thirty (30) days of the notice of penalty issued by the

Corporation Commission shall result in revocation of the wrecker or

towing license issued by the Department.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 47. Motor Vehicles

E. Beginning fiscal year 2013, the Legislature shall establish

budgetary limits for the Commission to fulfill the duties of the

Nonconsensual Towing Act of 2011. The total assessments levied

pursuant to this section shall not exceed the amount of the

budgetary limits and indirect costs for related support functions

established by the Legislature for any fiscal year. Annual

budgetary limits shall stay in effect unless superseded by action of

the Legislature.

Added by Laws 2011, c. 355, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2011. Amended by Laws

2017, c. 141, § 1, eff. July 1, 2017.