Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 1 - EXECUTIVE ORDERS › Section 1:2017-4

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 there is a
			 State of Emergency continuing in the State of Oklahoma. Due to severe drought
			 and wildfires occurring in northwest Oklahoma, 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 storm
		  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.
Due to the on-going State of Emergency, resulting from drought
			 and wildfires that began on March 6, 2017, and continuing, this Executive Order
			 shall be effective until the end of thirty (30) days after the filing of this
			 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.
This Executive Order shall be forwarded to the Oklahoma
			 Corporation Commission, the Oklahoma Tax Commission, and the Commissioner 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 8th day
			 of March 2017.
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
Mary Fallin
ATTEST:
Amy Canton
Secretary of State