{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-230.15","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-230.15","heading":"Report of violations to Corporation Commission -","body":"Liability and damage insurance - Administrative penalties - Driving\n\nhours - Conflicting regulations.\n\nA. Whenever the Department of Public Safety has determined that\n\nany person who is regulated as a motor carrier pursuant to Sections\n\n166 through 180m of this title has violated any provision of the\n\nOklahoma Motor Carrier Safety and Hazardous Materials Transportation\n\nAct or any rule promulgated thereto, the Department of Public Safety\n\nshall report such violations to the Corporation Commission for the\n\npurposes of determining if such person has violated any provisions\n\nof the permit or certificate issued by the Commission pursuant to\n\nany provision of Sections 166 through 180m of this title or of any\n\nrule promulgated thereto.\n\nB. Every motor carrier subject to this section shall maintain\n\nliability and property damage insurance covering each motor vehicle\n\noperated by the motor carrier and file proof of that insurance with\n\nthe Oklahoma Corporation Commission. The Commission shall set the\n\namount of necessary insurance for the transportation of all\n\ncommodities other than hazardous materials. The Commission may\n\nallow a motor carrier to meet its liability and property damage\n\ninsurance requirements through self-insurance if the motor carrier\n\nhas adequate financial assets to assume liability and is in\n\nsubstantial compliance with all motor carrier safety regulations\n\nadopted by the Department. Any person who transports or who causes\n\nthe transportation of any hazardous material shall be required to\n\ncomply with the financial responsibility requirements specified by\n\nthe federal motor carrier safety regulations and the hazardous\n\nmaterials regulations of the United States Department of\n\nTransportation provided that in no event shall the financial\n\nresponsibility requirement exceed One Million Dollars\n\n($1,000,000.00) except as otherwise specifically required by federal\n\nlaw, or any federal rule or regulation promulgated thereto.\n\nC. Any person who causes or requires any person subject to the\n\nprovisions of the Oklahoma Motor Carrier Safety and Hazardous\n\nMaterials Transportation Act to drive at a speed or carry a load in\n\nexcess of those authorized by law pursuant to the Oklahoma Motor\n\nCarrier Safety and Hazardous Materials Transportation Act shall be\n\nsubject to the administrative penalties pursuant to the provisions\n\nof this act.\n\nD. In adopting rules pursuant to the provisions of this act,\n\nthe Department of Public Safety shall establish limitations on\n\ndriving hours for motor vehicles subject thereto that are consistent\n\nwith the hours of service requirements adopted by the United States\n\nDepartment of Transportation in the applicable part of Title 49 of\n\nthe Code of Federal Regulations, as those regulations now exist or\n\nare hereafter amended. Driving hours and on-duty status shall not\n\nbegin following less than eight (8) consecutive hours off duty.\n\nDrivers shall be regulated from the time a driver first reports for\n\nduty for any employer. The rules adopted pursuant to this section\n\nshall establish the following exceptions:\n\n1. The maximum driving time within a work period is twelve (12)\n\nhours if the vehicle is engaged solely in intrastate commerce and is\n\nnot transporting hazardous materials as defined by regulations of\n\nthe United States Department of Transportation in the applicable\n\nsection of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as that\n\nsection now exists or is hereafter amended; except in the event of\n\nan emergency and upon notification of the nearest Oklahoma Highway\n\nPatrol troop headquarters of the Department of Public Safety, the\n\nCommissioner or his designated agent shall declare an emergency and\n\nthere shall be no hour restrictions for rural electric cooperatives,\n\npublic utilities, public service corporations or municipal employees\n\nas long as an emergency exists for providing service to restore\ngency and upon notification of the nearest Oklahoma Highway\n\nPatrol troop headquarters of the Department of Public Safety, the\n\nCommissioner or his designated agent shall declare an emergency and\n\nthere shall be no hour restrictions for rural electric cooperatives,\n\npublic utilities, public service corporations or municipal employees\n\nas long as an emergency exists for providing service to restore\n\nheat, light, power, water, telephone or other emergency restoration\n\nfacilities that are necessary to ensure the health, welfare and\n\nsafety of the public; and\n\n2. No rule shall be adopted that enforces the provisions of 49\n\nCFR Section 395.3(a)(3)(ii) relating to rest breaks, if the driver\n\nor motor carrier is engaged solely in intrastate commerce.\n\nE. Except as provided in subsection F of this section, any\n\nregulation relating to motor carrier safety or to the transportation\n\nof hazardous materials adopted by a local government, authority, or\n\nstate agency or office shall be consistent with corresponding\n\nfederal regulations. To the extent of any conflict between said\n\nregulations and rules adopted by the Department of Public Safety\n\nunder this section, rules adopted by the Department shall control.\n\nF. 1. Amendments to the hours of service regulations\n\npromulgated on April 28, 2003, by the United States Department of\n\nTransportation at Section 22456 of Volume 68 of the Federal Register\n\nand effective June 27, 2003, shall not apply to utility service\n\nvehicles as defined in Section 395.2 of Title 49 of the Code of\n\nFederal Regulations, not including television cable or community\n\nantenna service vehicles, which are owned or operated by utilities\n\nregulated by the Corporation Commission or electric cooperatives and\n\nwhich are engaged solely in intrastate commerce in this state until\n\nJune 27, 2006, provided the amendments are valid and remain in\n\neffect as of that date. Hours of service regulations, which are\n\napplicable in this state immediately prior to June 27, 2003, shall\n\nremain applicable to utility service vehicles engaged solely in\n\nintrastate commerce in this state until June 27, 2006. If the\n\nUnited States Department of Transportation issues an official\n\nfinding that this provision may result in the loss of federal Motor\n\nCarrier Safety Assistance Program funding, the Department of Public\n\nSafety may promulgate rules providing for earlier implementation of\n\nthe amendments to the federal hours of service regulations. If\n\nfederal law or regulations are amended at any time to exempt utility\n\nservice vehicles from the hours of service requirements, any\n\nexemption shall be effective in this state immediately for the\n\nduration of the federal exemption.\n\n2. The Department of Public Safety may promulgate rules\n\nsuspending the effective date for up to three (3) years after the\n\nadoption of any motor carrier safety regulation by the United States\n\nDepartment of Transportation as applied to vehicles engaged solely\n\nin intrastate commerce in this state if the suspension does not\n\nresult in the loss of federal Motor Carrier Safety Assistance\n\nProgram funding.\n\n3. The Department of Public Safety may enter into agreements\n\nwith state and local emergency management agencies and private\n\nparties establishing procedures for complying with Section 31502(e)\n\nof Title 49 of the United States Code and federal regulations\n\npromulgated at Section 390.23 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal\n\nRegulations, which provide an exemption from the hours of service\n\nregulations during certain emergencies.\n\n4. The Department of Public Safety may promulgate rules\n\ngranting any waiver, variance, or exemption permitted under Section\n\n31104(h) of Title 49 of the United States Code and federal\n\nregulations promulgated at Sections 350.339, 350.341, 350.343 and\n\n350.345 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations if the\n\nwaiver, variance, or exemption does not result in the loss of\ncertain emergencies.\n\n4. The Department of Public Safety may promulgate rules\n\ngranting any waiver, variance, or exemption permitted under Section\n\n31104(h) of Title 49 of the United States Code and federal\n\nregulations promulgated at Sections 350.339, 350.341, 350.343 and\n\n350.345 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations if the\n\nwaiver, variance, or exemption does not result in the loss of\n\nfederal Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program funding and does not\n\ntake effect unless approved by the United States Department of\n\nTransportation, if approval is required.","path":["OK Code","Title 47"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os47.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"8dc376151a131a17066757ccdf57c44424d5d286c34b4bafc33af701344e68d1","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-230.14","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-230.17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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