§ 47-1167 — Rules to establish fees, fines and penalties -

Oklahoma § 47-1167

• Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
• Title 47: Motor Vehicles

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Adjudication of enforcement actions - Apportionment of revenue - Revolving funds. A. The Corporation Commission is hereby authorized to promulgate rules pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act to establish the amounts of fees, fines and penalties as set forth in Section 1166 et seq. of this title. The Corporation Commission shall notify all interested parties of any proposed rules to be promulgated as provided herein and shall provide such parties an opportunity to be heard prior to promulgation. B. The Corporation Commission shall adjudicate enforcement actions initiated by Corporation Commission personnel. C. Revenue derived from all fines and penalties collected or received by the Corporation Commission pursuant to the provisions of the Trucking One-Stop Shop Act shall be apportioned as follows: 1. For the period beginning August 23, 2013, the first Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) collected or received each fiscal year shall be remitted to the Department of Public Safety for the purpose of staffing the port of entry weigh stations to conduct safety inspections. The next Five Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($550,000.00) shall be remitted to Service Oklahoma and apportioned as provided in Section 1104 of this title; and 2. The remaining amount shall be deposited to the Trucking One- Stop Shop Fund created in subsection D of this section. D. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Corporation Commission to be known and designated as the “Trucking One-Stop Shop Fund”. The Trucking One-Stop Shop Fund shall consist of: 1. All funds apportioned thereto in subsection C of this section; 2. Fees collected by the Commission to be retained as a licensed operator or other Corporation Commission registration or motor fuel fees as allowed by statute or rule; and 3. Any other monies to be utilized for the Trucking One-Stop Shop Act. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall not be subject to legislative appropriation. Monies in the Trucking One-Stop Shop Fund shall only be expended for direct expenses relating to the Trucking One-Stop Shop Act. Expenditures from the revolving fund shall be made pursuant to the laws of this state. In addition, expenditures from the revolving fund may be made pursuant to the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act for the purpose of immediately responding to emergency situations, within the Commission’s jurisdiction, having potentially critical environmental or public safety impact. Warrants for expenditures from the fund shall be drawn by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment. E. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Department of Transportation to be designated the “Weigh Station Improvement Revolving Fund”. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies deposited thereto. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Department for the purpose of constructing, equipping and maintaining facilities to determine the weight of vehicles traveling on the roads and highways of this state. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.

Legislative History

Added by Laws 2004, c. 522, § 3, eff. July 1, 2004. Amended by Laws 2006, c. 238, § 10, emerg. eff. June 6, 2006; Laws 2008, c. 102, § 1, emerg. eff. May 2, 2008; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 204; Laws 2013, c. 324, § 1; Laws 2016, c. 373, § 1, eff. July 1, 2016; Laws 2022, c. 282, § 193, emerg. eff. May 19, 2022; Laws 2025, c. 171, § 57, eff. July 1, 2026. NOTE: Editorially renumbered from § 1161 of this title to avoid a duplication in numbering.