Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 1 - EXECUTIVE ORDERS › Section 1:2020-33

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
EXECUTIVE ORDER 2020-33
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 winter weather, freezing rain and
		  snow beginning October 26, 2020 and continuing has caused damage to public and
		  private properties and utilities, including electric systems, 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 severe winter weather in 47 Oklahoma counties that
		  threatens the public's peace, health, and safety. The counties included in this
		  declaration are:
Alfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian,
			 Cimarron, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Creek, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield,
			 Garvin, Grady, Grant, Greer, Harmon, Harper, Jackson, Jefferson, Kay,
			 Kingfisher, Kiowa, Lincoln, Logan, Major, McClain, Noble, Okfuskee, Oklahoma,
			 Osage, Pawnee, Payne, Pottawatomie, Roger Mills, Seminole, Stephens, Texas,
			 Tillman, Tulsa, Washington, Washita, Woods and Woodward.
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, pusuant 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 winter weather conditions ongoing and anticipated in the
			 immediate future including power outages caused by ice accumulations on power
			 lines and vegetation, 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 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 until
			 11:59 p.m. CDT, November 9, 2020.
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 set my hand and caused the Great Seal
			 of the State of Oklahoma to be affixed at Oklahoma City, this 26 
			 th  day of October, 2020.
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
J. Kevin Stitt
ATTEST:
Brian Bingman
Secretary of State