Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 1 - EXECUTIVE ORDERS › Section 1:2021-5

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Executive Order 2021-5
As COVID-19's impact continues to affect our State and its
			 citizens, it is important to continue to take measures to mitigate this threat
			 for all. It has come to my attention that COVID-19 has contributed to
			 unacceptable delays in the processing of licenses and other identification
			 documents under the authority of the Department of Public Safety. It is
			 therefore necessary to expand the flexibility of the State and political
			 subdivisions of the State during the continuance of the State emergency as
			 provided by this Order and pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Emergency
			 Management Act of 2003 and Executive Order 2020-20, as amended.
Therefore, I, J. Kevin Stitt, Governor of the State of Oklahoma,
			 pursuant to the power and authority vested in me by Sections 1 and 2 of Article
			 VI of the Oklahoma Constitution, hereby direct the Department of Public Safety
			 to waive statutory or regulatory restrictions, to the extent allowable by law,
			 on the ability of certified Motor License Agents to issue renewals or
			 replacements of valid, unexpired, Class A, B, or C driver licenses. Likewise,
			 the Department of Public Safety shall waive statutory or regulatory
			 restrictions on the ability of certified Motor License Agents to issue a lower
			 class Oklahoma REAL ID compliant driver license or Oklahoma REAL ID
			 non-compliant driver license in response to a voluntary downgrade from a Class
			 A, B, or C, driver license. Nothing in this paragraph relieves the licensee
			 from the responsibility to provide documentation required by the Department of
			 Public Safety or the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's commercial
			 driver license requirements ( 49 C.F.R part 383 ).
This Order directs the Department of Public Safety to waive
			 statutory or regulatory restrictions, to the extent allowable by law, on the
			 ability of certified Motor License Agents to issue an Oklahoma REAL ID
			 compliant, or Oklahoma REAL ID non-compliant identification card, as long as
			 the person requesting the identification card has an existing Oklahoma driver
			 license file. A licensee whose record reflects a notation of the person's proof
			 of legal presence, verified by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, or
			 proof of U.S. citizenship, may obtain a REAL ID compliant identification card,
			 or non-compliant identification card, regardless of the status of the license
			 held by the licensee. Provided, the licensee must comply with all REAL ID
			 documentation requirements to obtain a REAL ID compliant identification card.
			 Nothing in this paragraph relieves the person requesting the identification
			 card from the responsibility to provide documentation required by the
			 Department of Public Safety for the issuance of an identification card.
This Order directs the Department of Public Safety to waive
			 statutory or regulatory restrictions, to the extent allowable by law, on the
			 ability of certified Third-Party Examiners to administer a skills test to any
			 applicant applying for a Class A, B, or C commercial driver license. However,
			 if the applicant is applying for a Class B commercial driver license with an
			 "S" endorsement, or Class C commercial driver license with an "S" endorsement,
			 the applicant shall provide, to the Third-Party Examiner, proof of training
			 from a school district recognized by the State Department of Education, or a
			 technology center school recognized by the State Board of Career and Technology
			 Education.
This Order authorizes the Department of Public Safety to execute
			 agreement(s) with an institution of higher education, a technology center
			 school recognized by the Oklahoma Board of Career and Technology Education, or
			 a public school district recognized by the Oklahoma Department of Education, to
			 proctor Class A, B, C, or D written driver license examinations. Provided,
			 however, any agreements entered pursuant to this paragraph must provide for
			 protection of applicant data and protection of the integrity of the test and
			 testing process, as determined by the Department. The applicant is responsible
			 for any fees associated with the proctoring of the examination. This order
			 suspends Department of Public Safety rules requiring an applicant to submit an
			 application for a driver license prior to taking a written examination. The
			 applicant may submit a record of passing the written examination to the
			 Department at the time of completing the application.
This Order shall be effective until the end of 30
			 days after the filing of this Order.
Copies of this Executive Order shall be distributed to the
			 Commissioner of the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety, the Oklahoma
			 Department of Career and Technology Education, the State Department of
			 Education, and to the Secretary for Agency Accountability, who shall cause the
			 provisions of this Executive Order to be implemented.
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 10th of
			 February, 2021.
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
J. Kevin Stitt
ATTEST:
Brian Bingman
Secretary of State