Oklahoma HB 2465: Motor vehicles; allowing approved written examination proctors to administer certain examinations; requiring establishment of procedures to administer certain examinations; emergency.

Bill Text

An Act
ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2465 By: Lowe (Dick), West (Kevin),
Crosswhite Hader, Talley,
Miller, Boles, Conley,
Stearman, West (Josh),
Patzkowsky, Sims, Moore,
Davis, Phillips, Lawson,
Luttrell, Burns, Stark and
Ford of the House

and

Paxton and Bergstrom of the
Senate

An Act relating to motor vehicles; amending 47 O.S.
2011, Section 6-105, as last amended by Section 14,
Chapter 42, O.S.L. 2017 (47 O.S. Supp. 2020, Section
6-105), which relates to graduated Class D licenses;
allowing approved written examination proctors to
administer certain examinations; amending 47 O.S.
2011, Section 6-110, as last amended by Section 1,
Chapter 395, O.S.L. 2019 (47 O.S. Supp. 2020, Section
6-110), which relates to examination of applicants;
requiring establishment of procedures to administer
certain examinations; authorizing Department of
Public Safety to approve and enter into agreements to
allow certain entities to proctor written
examinations; modifying individuals who may take
certain examination; and declaring an emergency.

SUBJECT: Motor vehicles

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2011, Section 6-105, as
last amended by Section 14, Chapter 42, O.S.L. 2017 (47 O.S. Supp.
2020, Section 6-105), is amended to read as follows:

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Section 6-105. A. Unless a legal custodial parent or legal
guardian has filed an objection to licensure pursuant to Section 6-
103.1 of this title, any person under eighteen (18) years of age who
is in compliance with or not subject to Section 6-107.3 of this
title may be permitted to operate:

1. A Class D motor vehicle under the graduated driver license
provisions prescribed in subsections B through E of this section;

2. A motorcycle under the provisions prescribed in subsection H
of this section; or

3. A farm vehicle under the provisions prescribed in subsection
I of this section.

B. Any person who is at least fifteen (15) years of age may
drive during a session in which the driver is being instructed in a
driver education course, as set out in subparagraphs a, b, c, d and
e of paragraph 1 of subsection C of this section, by a certified
driver education instructor who is seated in the right front seat of
the motor vehicle.

C. Any person:

1. Who is at least fifteen and one-half (15 1/2) years of age
and is currently receiving instruction in or has successfully
completed driver education. For purposes of this section, the term
"driver education" shall mean:

a. a prescribed secondary school driver education course,
as provided for in Sections 19-113 through 19-121 of
Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

b. a driver education course, certified by the Department
of Public Safety, from a parochial, private, or other
nonpublic secondary school,

c. a commercial driver training course, as defined by
Sections 801 through 808 of this title,

d. a parent-taught driver education course, certified by
the Department of Public Safety. The Department shall
promulgate rules for any parent-taught driver
education course, or

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e. a driver education course certified by a state other
than Oklahoma; or

2. Who is at least sixteen (16) years of age,

may, upon successfully passing all parts of the driver license
examination administered by the Department, or an approved written
examination proctor, except the driving examination, be issued a
learner permit which will grant the permittee the privilege to
operate a Class D motor vehicle upon the public highways only
between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. and while accompanied
by a licensed driver who is at least twenty-one (21) years of age
and who is actually occupying a seat beside the permittee; provided,
the written examination for a learner permit may be waived by the
Department of Public Safety upon verification that the person has
successfully completed driver education.

D. 1. Any person:

a. who has applied for, been issued, and has possessed a
learner permit for a minimum of six (6) months, and

b. whose custodial legal parent or legal guardian
certifies to the Department by sworn affidavit that
the person has received a minimum of fifty (50) hours
of actual behind-the-wheel training, of which at least
ten (10) hours of such training was at night, from a
licensed driver who was at least twenty-one (21) years
of age and who was properly licensed to operate a
Class D motor vehicle for a minimum of two (2) years,

may be issued an intermediate Class D license upon successfully
passing all parts of the driver license examinations administered by
the Department; provided, the written examination, if it has not
previously been administered or waived, may be waived by the
Department upon verification that the person has successfully
completed driver education or the driving examination may be waived
by the Department upon successful passage of the examination
administered by a certified designated examiner, as provided for in
Section 6-110 of t