Oklahoma § 70-1210.34 - Special license plates for automobiles furnished by

§ 70-1210.34. Special license plates for automobiles furnished by

dealers - Insurance - Liability.

(a) Each new motor vehicle loaned and furnished free of charge

by a licensed Oklahoma new car dealer to a school district or

institution of higher learning in Oklahoma to be used exclusively

for instructing pupils or used in the instruction of teachers in the

driver education and training program, including any vehicle used

exclusively for vocational agriculture purposes, conducted by such

school district or institution of higher learning may be operated

for such purpose with a special driver education training license

plate attached thereto. Such license plates shall be issued without

any charge therefor to school districts or institutions of higher

learning from the central office of the Oklahoma Tax Commission upon

application forms prescribed and furnished by the Commission, and

such plates shall be accounted for by the school district or

institution of higher learning to which issued, as the Tax

Commission may require. Said special license plates shall be used

only on such motor vehicles furnished free of charge by dealers and

used in the driver education program, including any vehicle used

exclusively for vocational agriculture purposes, and for no other

purpose except for garaging and safekeeping of said motor vehicle.

(b) The school district or institution of higher learning may

provide adequate insurance to cover such motor vehicle and its use

for such purposes, and the dealer owning and so furnishing same

shall not be liable for any personal injury or property damage

resulting from the use of any such motor vehicle while in the

possession of the school district or institution of higher learning,

its officials, employees or students.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools

The use of such motor vehicles for said purposes by school

districts or institutions of higher learning is declared to be a

public governmental function and no action for damages shall be

brought against the school districts or institutions of higher

learning and the amount of damages, if any, recoverable against the

insurer and collectible from such insurer shall be limited to the

amount provided in the insurance contract. Provided that the

provisions hereof shall not be construed as creating any liability

whatever against any school district or institution of higher

learning which has not provided said insurance.

(c) Each new motor vehicle loaned and furnished free of charge

by a licensed Oklahoma new car dealer to a parochial, private or

nonpublic school in Oklahoma to be used exclusively for instructing

pupils in the driver education and training program may be operated

for such purpose with a special private driver education training

license plate attached thereto. The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall

issue said license upon payment of a fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00) per

year. The ten-dollar fee shall be in addition to other fees

required by law, excluding the annual license fee established

pursuant to the Oklahoma Vehicle License and Registration Act. The

revenue collected shall be apportioned as provided by law for such

motor vehicles. The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall prescribe and

furnish application forms for such purpose and shall promulgate

rules and regulations for the issuance and revocation of said

license. The motor vehicles provided for in this subsection shall

not be subject to the provisions of Sections 1152 through 1155 of

Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

Added by Laws 1970, c. 180, § 1, eff. July 1, 1970. Amended by Laws

1971, c. 141, § 1, operative July 1, 1971; Laws 1986, c. 104, § 3,

eff. Aug. 1, 1986.

NOTE: Laws 1971, c. 73, § 1 repealed by Laws 1986, c. 104, § 5,

eff. Aug. 1, 1986.