Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 1 - EXECUTIVE ORDERS › Section 1:2024-7

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
EXECUTIVE ORDER 2024-7
I, J. Kevin Stitt, Governor of the State of Oklahoma, pursuant to
			 the power vested in me by Section 2 of Article VI of the Oklahoma Constitution,
			 hereby declare the following:
1.
		  Severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds, hail, and flooding beginning
		  Saturday, April 27 and continuing have caused damage to public and private
		  properties within the State of Oklahoma; and said damages have caused an undue
		  hardship on the citizens of this State.
2. It may be necessary to provide for the
		  rendering of mutual assistance among the State and political subdivisions of
		  the State with respect to carrying out disaster emergency functions during the
		  continuance of the State emergency pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma
		  Emergency Management Act of 2003.
3. There is hereby declared a disaster
		  emergency caused by the severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds, hail,
		  and flooding in the State of Oklahoma that threatens the lives and property of
		  the people of this State and the public's peace, health, and safety. The
		  counties included in this declaration are:
Carter, Cotton, Garfield, Hughes, Kay, Lincoln, Love, Murray,
			 Okfuskee, Oklahoma, Payne, and Pontotoc.
4. The State Emergency Operations Plan has
		  been activated and resources of all State departments and agencies available to
		  meet this emergency are hereby committed to the reasonable extent necessary to
		  protect lives and to prevent, minimize, and repair injury and damage. These
		  efforts shall be coordinated by the Director of the Department of Emergency
		  Management with comparable functions of the federal government and political
		  subdivisions of the State.
Based on the foregoing, pursuant to the power vested in me by
			 Sections 1 and 2 of Article VI of the Oklahoma Constitution and 63 O.S.
			 §§ 683.1 et seq., and pursuant to 49 C.F.R. Part 390.23, I hereby
			 declare that there is a State of Emergency continuing in the State of
			 Oklahoma.
Due to impacts from severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line
			 winds, hail, and flooding beginning April 27, 2024 including extensive damage
			 to power lines and infrastructure, it is necessary to assist and expedite all
			 efforts of relief. In order to accommodate this need and to provide assistance
			 to the residents of the State of Oklahoma in this extraordinary situation, I
			 hereby order the temporary suspension of the following in all 50 states as they
			 apply to vehicles in the support efforts:
1. The requirements for size and weights
		  permits of oversized vehicles under Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes whose
		  sole purpose is transportation of materials and supplies used for emergency
		  relief and power restoration;
2.
		  The cost and fees of overweight permits required of carriers whose purpose is
		  the transportation of materials and supplies used for emergency relief and
		  power restoration, which require an overweight permit under Title 47 of
		  Oklahoma statutes;
3. The
		  requirements under Parts 390 through 399 pursuant to part 390.23 of Title 49 of
		  the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Regulations;
4. The requirements for licensing/operating
		  authority as required by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission; and
5. The requirements for
		  licensing/registration authority as required by the Oklahoma Tax Commission.
Nothing contained in this declaration shall be construed as an
			 exemption from the Controlled Substance and Alcohol Use and Testing
			 requirements ( 49 C.F.R. Part 382 ), the Commercial Driver License requirements
			 ( 49 C.F.R. Part 383 ), the Financial Responsibility requirements ( 49 C.F.R.
			 Part 387 ), or any other portion of the regulations not specifically identified
			 herein. Motor carriers that have an Out-Of-Service Order in effect cannot take
			 advantage of the relief from regulation that this declaration provides.
This Executive Order shall be effective for thirty (30)
			 days.
Copies of this Executive Order shall be distributed to the
			 Director of Emergency Management, Oklahoma Corporation Commission, Oklahoma
			 Department of Transportation, Oklahoma Tax Commission, Oklahoma Adjutant
			 General's Office, Office of Management and Enterprise Services, and the
			 Oklahoma Department of Public Safety, who shall cause the provisions of this
			 Order to be implemented by all appropriate agencies of State government.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the
			 Great Seal of the State of Oklahoma to be affixed at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
			 this 28th day of April, 2024.
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
J. Kevin Stitt
ATTEST:
Josh Cockroft
Secretary of State