Oklahoma § 74-130.3 - Conversion of school and government vehicles to operate

§ 74-130.3. Conversion of school and government vehicles to operate

on alternative fuel.

A. All school vehicles and all government vehicles may be

converted to operate on an alternative fuel. The state, any county

or municipal government and any school district within the state may

have access to the Oklahoma Alternative Fuels Conversion Fund and

the reasonable expenses of the conversions and/or the installation

of a fill station or charge station may be reimbursed in the manner

pursuant to Section 130.4 of this title if the state, county,

municipality or school district can pay back such conversion and/or

fill station or charge station installation costs within seven (7)

years of the date of conversion and/or fill station or charge

station installation. Beginning July 1, 1995, all school districts

within this state should consider only purchasing school vehicles

which have the capability to operate on an alternative fuel.

B. The reasonable expenses of the conversion of the school

vehicle fleets and the government vehicle fleets that are converted

pursuant to subsection A of this section shall be reimbursed in the

manner pursuant to Section 130.4 of this title.

C. The reasonable expenses of the installation of a fill

station or charge station that is installed pursuant to subsection A

of this section shall be reimbursed in the manner pursuant to

Section 130.4 of this title.

D. Any vehicle converted to have the capability of being fueled

or charged by alternative fuels pursuant to the provisions of the

Oklahoma Alternative Fuels Conversion Act shall not be sold or

otherwise transferred to another person or entity before the total

reimbursement of the cost of such conversion pursuant to the

provisions of the Oklahoma Alternative Fuels Conversion Act unless

such conversion equipment is removed and installed on another

government vehicle or school vehicle owned by such public entity.

E. Any fill station or charge station installed pursuant to the

provisions of the Oklahoma Alternative Fuels Conversion Act shall

not be sold or otherwise transferred to another person or entity

before the total reimbursement of the cost of such fill station or

charge station pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma

Alternative Fuels Conversion Act.

F. All school vehicles and all government vehicles which are

converted to operate on alternative fuel shall be required to use

such alternative fuel whenever a fill station or charge station is

in operation within a five-mile radius of the respective department,

district, agency, office, or political subdivision that has

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government

converted vehicles to operate on alternative fuel, and the price of

the alternative fuel is comparable to the price of the fuel being

displaced. School vehicles and government vehicles that are capable

of operating on a conventional fuel as well as an alternative fuel

shall be exempt from this restriction on those occasions when the

vehicle or vehicles must be refueled outside the five-mile radius of

the respective department, district, agency, office or political

subdivision that has said vehicle and no alternative fuel fill

station or charge station is reasonably available.

Added by Laws 1990, c. 336, § 3, operative July 1, 1990. Amended by

Laws 1991, c. 235, § 2, eff. July 1, 1991. Renumbered from Title

17, § 603 by Laws 1991, c. 235, § 23, eff. July 1, 1991. Amended by

Laws 1994, c. 379, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Laws 1998, c. 160, § 2,

eff. Nov. 1, 1998; Laws 2003, c. 232, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2003.

NOTE: Section was editorially renumbered from Title 17, § 403 to

Title 17, § 603 to avoid a duplication in numbering.