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Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-11-902c: Preemption of legislation pertaining to prosecution of

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offenses related to driving under the influence of alcohol or other

intoxicating substances.

A. The State Legislature hereby occupies and preempts the

entire field of legislation in this state touching in any way the

prosecution of offenses relating to driving under the influence of

alcohol or any other intoxicating substance or operating a motor

vehicle while impaired to the complete exclusion of any order,

ordinance, local legislation or regulation by any municipality or

other political subdivision of this state.

B. No municipality or other political subdivision shall

prosecute any laws or ordinances relating to the offense of driving

under the influence of alcohol or any other intoxicating substance

or operating a motor vehicle while impaired. Any existing or future

orders, ordinances, local legislation or regulations in violation of

this section is void and unenforceable.

C. The preemption provisions of this section shall not apply to

prosecutions in municipal criminal courts of record for offenses

relating to driving under the influence of alcohol or any other

intoxicating substance or operating a motor vehicle while impaired.

Nothing in this section shall prohibit a municipality from

establishing a municipal criminal court of record pursuant to the

provisions of Section 28-101 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

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