Section 14-116 - Permit fees - Escrow account system - Applications - Emergencies - Provisional permits - Violations - Disposition and allocation of proceedsA. The Executive Director of the Department of Transportation shall charge a minimum permit fee of Forty Dollars ($40.00) for any permit issued pursuant to the provisions of Section 14-101 et seq. of this title. In addition to the permit fee, the Executive Director of the Department of Transportation shall charge a fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00) for each thousand pounds in excess of the legal load limit. The Executive Director of the Department of Transportation shall establish any necessary rules for collecting the fees.B. The Department of Transportation is authorized to establish an escrow account system for the payment of permit fees. Authorized motor carriers meeting established credit requirements may participate in the escrow account system for permits purchased from all size and weight permit offices in this state. Carriers not choosing to participate in the escrow account system shall be required to make payment of the required fee or fees upon purchase of each permit as required by law. All monies collected through the escrow account system shall be deposited to a special account of the Department of Transportation and placed in the custody of the State Treasurer. Proceeds from permits purchased using the escrow account system shall be distributed as provided for in subsection H of this section. However, fees collected through such accounts for the electronic transmission, transfer or delivery of permits, as provided for in Section 14-118 of this title, shall be credited to the Weigh Station Improvement Revolving Fund established pursuant to Section 1167 of this title.C.1. Application for permits shall be made a reasonable time in advance of the expected time of movement of such vehicles. For emergencies affecting the health or safety of persons or a community, permits may be issued for immediate movement.2. Size and weight permit offices in all districts where applicable shall issue permits to authorize carriers by telephone during weekdays.D. No overweight permit shall be valid until all license taxes due the State of Oklahoma have been paid.E. No permit violation shall be deemed to have occurred when an oversize or overweight movement is made pursuant to a permit whose stated weight or size exceeds the actual load.F. Any permit issued for a truck or truck-tractor operating in combination with a trailer or a semitrailer shall contain only the license plate number for the truck or truck-tractor if the permittee provides to the Department of Transportation a list containing the license plate number, and such other information as the Department of Transportation may prescribe by rule, for each trailer or semitrailer which may be used for movement with the permit. When the permittee provides the list described in this subsection, the license plate number for any trailer or semitrailer to be moved with the permit shall not be included on the permit; provided, a trailer or semitrailer which is not on the list shall not be authorized to be used for movement with the permit. It shall be the responsibility of the permittee to ensure the list provided to the Department of Transportation is maintained and updated with any fleet changes. The Department of Transportation shall adopt any rules deemed necessary to administer the provisions of this subsection.G. The first deliverer of motor vehicles designated truck carriers or well service carriers manufactured in Oklahoma shall not be required to purchase an overweight permit when being delivered to the first purchaser.H. Except as provided in Section 14-122 of this title, the first One Million Two Hundred Sixteen Thousand Dollars ($1,216,000.00) of proceeds from both the permit fees and the overweight permit fees imposed pursuant to subsection A of this section collected monthly shall be apportioned as provided in Section 1104 of this title. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, and all subsequent years, the next Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000.00) of proceeds from both the permit fees and the overweight permit fees imposed pursuant to subsection A of this section collected monthly shall be remitted to the Department of Public Safety for the purpose of staffing the port of entry weigh stations with Department of Public Safety port of entry officers whose powers and duties shall be specified by the Department of Public Safety through the promulgation of rules. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and all subsequent years, all proceeds collected from both the permit fees and the overweight permit fees imposed pursuant to subsection A of this section in excess of Three Million Seven Hundred Sixteen Thousand Dollars ($3,716,000.00) shall be deposited in the Weigh Station Improvement Revolving Fund as provided in Section 1167 of this title for the purpose set forth in that section and may be used for motor carrier permitting systems and motor carrier safety and enforcement.Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 14-116
Amended by Laws 2022 , c. 116, s. 9, eff. 7/1/2022.Amended by Laws 2016 , c. 373, s. 3, eff. 7/1/2016.Amended by Laws 2016 , c. 121, s. 2, eff. 7/1/2016.Laws 1961, HB 1100, p. 418, § 14-116, eff. 9/1/1961; Amended by Laws 1965, HB 553, c. 364, §5, emerg. eff. 7/1/1965; Amended by Laws 1967, HB 775, c. 369, § 2, emerg. eff. 5/22/1967; Amended by Laws 1969, SB 96, c. 171, § 1, emerg. eff. 4/17/1969; Amended by Laws 1970, SB 565, c. 315, §1, emerg. eff. 4/27/1970; Amended by Laws 1971, HB 1372, c. 75, § 1, emerg. eff. 4/13/1971; Amended by Laws 1972, HB 1586, c. 230, § 1, emerg. eff. 4/7/1972; Amended by Laws 1974, HB 1555, c. 292, §1, emerg. eff. 5/29/1974; Amended by Laws 1975, HB 1517, c. 308, § 1, emerg. eff. 6/7/1975; Amended by Laws 1976, HB 1752, c. 241, § 10, emerg. eff. 6/15/1976; Amended by Laws 1977, SB 100, c. 248, §13, emerg. eff. 6/15/1977; Amended by Laws 1978, HB 1560, c. 270, § 9, emerg. eff. 5/10/1978; Amended by Laws 1979, SB 108, c. 243, § 12, emerg. eff. 6/1/1979; Amended by Laws 1980, HB 1635, c. 343, §10, emerg. eff. 6/25/1980; Amended by Laws 1981, SB 50, c. 264, § 11, emerg. eff. 6/25/1981; Amended by Laws 1982, HB 1571, c. 352, § 15, emerg. eff. 7/1/1982; Amended by Laws 1983, SB 54, c. 286, §26, emerg. eff. 7/1/1983; Amended by Laws 1984, SB 540, c. 160, § 1, eff. 11/1/1984; Amended by Laws 1985, HB 1219, c. 179, § 63, eff. 7/1/1985; Amended by Laws 1985, SB 57, c. 305, § 11, emerg. eff. 7/24/1985; Amended by Laws 1986, HB 1633, c. 279, § 23, emerg. eff. 7/1/1986; Amended by Laws 1987, HB 1196, c. 5, §159, emerg. eff. 3/11/1987; Amended by Laws 1993, HB 1832, c. 243, § 54, eff. 9/1/1993; Amended by Laws 1994, SB 1098, c. 391, § 1, eff. 1/1/1995; Amended by Laws 1995, HB 1923, c. 308, § 1, eff. 7/1/1996; Amended by Laws 2002 , HB 2302, c. 397, § 25, eff. 11/1/2002; Amended by Laws 2007 , SB 410, c. 144, § 1, eff. 7/1/2008; Amended by Laws 2010 , SB 1574, c. 428, § 1, emerg. eff. 7/1/2010; Amended by Laws 2012 , SB 1537, c. 218, § 1, emerg. eff. 7/1/2012; Amended by Laws 2012 , SB 1247, c. 283, § 10, emerg. eff. 7/1/2012.