Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 1 - EXECUTIVE ORDERS › Section 1:2021-6

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Executive Order 2021-6
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. Extreme freezing temperatures and severe
		  winter weather including snow, freezing rain, and wind beginning February 7,
		  2021, and continuing, are expected to cause damage to public and private
		  properties and utilities, including electric, gas and water systems, within the
		  State of Oklahoma causing 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
all
77 Oklahoma counties
that
			 threatens the public's peace, health, and safety.
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.
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.
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 winter weather conditions ongoing and 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 purpose is transportation of materials and supplies used for
		  emergency relief and utility 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 terminate at the end of
			 thirty 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 12 
			 th day of February, 2021.
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
J. Kevin Stitt
ATTEST:
Brian Bingman
Secretary of State