Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 1 - EXECUTIVE ORDERS › Section 1:2018-31

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
I, Mary Fallin, 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.
		  Winter storms, snow, ice, freezing rain and flooding are anticipated to begin
		  December 6, 2018, which may cause damage to public and private properties
		  within the State of Oklahoma; and said damages may cause 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. As provided by 63 O.S.
		  §§ 683.9, there is hereby declared a disaster emergency based upon
		  conditions anticipated in the immediate future which will be winter storms,
		  snow, ice, freezing rain and flooding in the State of Oklahoma and may
		  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:
All 77 Oklahoma Counties
4. The State Emergency Operations
		  Plan is activated effective December 6, 2018, 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.
5. State agencies, in responding to this
		  disaster emergency, may make necessary emergency acquisitions to fulfill the
		  purposes of this proclamation without regard to limitations or bidding
		  requirements on such acquisitions.
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. Based upon conditions
			 anticipated in the immediate future, 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;
2. The requirements under Parts 390 through
		  399 pursuant to part 390.23 of Title 49 of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
		  Administration Regulations;
3. The
		  requirements for licensing/operating authority as required by the Oklahoma
		  Corporation Commission; and
4. The
		  requirements for licensing/registration authority as required by the Oklahoma
		  Tax Commission.
Declaration of this emergency provides relief from Sections 390
			 through 399 of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety regulations for those
			 interstate and intrastate carriers who are providing direct assistance for the
			 immediate restoration of essential services (such as electrical, sewer, water,
			 and telecommunications) or essential supplies (such as feed, food and fuel). It
			 does not include transportation related to long-term rehabilitation of damaged
			 physical infrastructure or routine commercial deliveries after the initial
			 threat to life and property has passed. Direct assistance terminates when a
			 driver or commercial motor vehicle is used in interstate or intrastate commerce
			 to transport cargo not destined for the emergency relief effort, or when a
			 motor carrier dispatches such driver or vehicle to a location outside the
			 relief area.
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 terminate at the end of 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 set my hand and caused the Great Seal
			 of the State of Oklahoma to be affixed at Oklahoma City, this 6th day of
			 December 2018.
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
Mary Fallin
ATTEST:
Amy Canton
Acting Assistant Secretary of State