Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 1 - EXECUTIVE ORDERS › Section 1:2016-10

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 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, hereby declare that because there
			 is a State of Emergency continuing in the State of Oklahoma. Due to drought
			 conditions and severe wildfires occurring across the state, it is necessary to
			 assist and expedite all efforts of wildfire relief. In order to accommodate
			 this need and to provide assistance to the citizens of the State Oklahoma in
			 this extraordinary situation, I hereby order the temporary suspension of the
			 following as they apply to vehicles as they apply to vehicles in the support
			 efforts:
1. The requirements for size
		  and weights permits to oversized vehicles under Title 47 whose sole purpose is
		  transportation of materials and supplies used for wildfire relief;
2. The requirements under parts 390 through
		  399 pursuant to part 390.23 of Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration
		  Regulations;
3. The requirements
		  for licensing/operating authority as required by the Oklahoma Corporation
		  Commission; and
4. The requirements
		  for licensing/registration as required by the Oklahoma Tax Commission.
Due to the on-going State of Emergency resulting from the
			 drought conditions and wildfires that began March 21, 2016, and are continuing,
			 this Executive Order shall be effective until the end of thirty (30) days after
			 the filing of this Executive Order.
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.
Copies of this Executive Order shall be distributed to the
			 Oklahoma Corporation Commission, the Oklahoma Tax Commission, and the
			 Commission 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, Oklahoma, this 6th day
			 of April 2016.
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
Mary Fallin
ATTEST:
Chris Benge
Secretary of State