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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
March 4, 2026
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 175 By: Woods of the Senate
and
Hays of the House
[ motor vehicles - Reimbursement Fund - limitations -
rules - deposit - codification - effective date -
emergency ]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1120.4 of Title 47, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving
fund for the Corporation Commission to be designated as the
“Uninsured Commercial Vehicle Recovery Reimbursement Fund”. The
fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year
limitations, and shall consist of all monies directed to be
deposited in the fund pursuant to Section 1167 of Title 47 of the
Oklahoma Statutes for the purpose of reimbursing wrecker or tower
operators who provide nonconsensual tow services to uninsured
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commercial motor vehicles. All monies accruing to the credit of the
fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the
Commission for the purpose provided for in this section.
Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the
State Treasurer against claims filed and prescribed by law with the
Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for
approval and payment subject to the following limitations:
1. No more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) shall be paid
from the fund per commercial motor vehicle or detached trailer
towed. A commercial motor vehicle and trailer detached by the on-
scene wrecker or tower operator shall be considered one unit for the
purposes of fund access;
2. Only nonconsensual tows of vehicles or trailers where the
responsible party is not locatable after a diligent search are
eligible for reimbursement from the fund;
3. Abandoned commercial motor vehicles with a gross vehicle
weight rating of twenty-six thousand (26,000) pounds or more shall
be eligible for expenditure from the fund;
4. Abandoned detached trailers with two or more axles shall be
eligible for expenditure from the fund; and
5. Noncommercial passenger vehicle tows shall not be eligible
for reimbursement from the fund.
B. The Commission may promulgate rules as needed to implement
the provisions of this section.
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SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2021, Section 1167, as
last amended by Section 57, Chapter 171, O.S.L. 2025 (47 O.S. Supp.
2025, Section 1167), is amended to read as follows:
Section 1167. 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 July 1, 2026, 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 ports 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
the Uninsured Commercial Vehicle Recovery Reimbursement Fund as
provided for in Section 1 of this act; and
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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
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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.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 2026.
SECTION 4. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
March 4, 2026 - DO PASS AS AMENDED