§ 47-6-107.1. Recommendation of cancellation or denial of driving privileges of persons 20 or younger for certain alcohol or substance abuse offenses – Notification of Department.
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A. When any district court, municipal court of record or any municipal court in a city or town in which the judge is an attorney licensed to practice law in this state has determined that a person under the age of eighteen (18) years has committed any offense described in subsection C of this section, or that a person eighteen (18), nineteen (19), or twenty (20) years of age has committed an offense described in Section 11-906.4 of this title, the court shall notify the Department of Public Safety on a form prescribed by the Department as provided in Section 6-107.2 of this title.
B. The notice shall include the name, date of birth, physical description and, if known, the driver license number of the person. The notice shall contain an order to the Department to cancel or deny driving privileges for a specified period of time, except as otherwise provided by law, as follows:
1. For a period of six (6) months for a first offense;
2. For a period of one (1) year for a second offense;
3. For a period of two (2) years for a third or subsequent offense; or
4. In the discretion of the court, until the person attains twenty-one (21) years of age, if that period of time would be longer than the period of time provided in paragraph 1, 2 or 3 of this subsection.
Provided, however, if the person is less than sixteen (16) years of age at the time of the determination, and the person will be less than sixteen (16) years of age at the end of the period of cancellation or denial, the Department shall extend the period of cancellation or denial to the date the person attains sixteen (16) years of age.
The court shall send a copy of the notice to the person first class, postage prepaid.
C. In addition to the administrative revocation of driving privileges pursuant to Section 754 of this title, and the mandatory revocation of driving privileges pursuant to Section 6-205.1 of this title, this section applies to any crime, violation, infraction, traffic offense or other offense involving or relating to the possession, use, sale, purchase, transportation, distribution, manufacture, or consumption of beer, alcohol, or any beverage containing alcohol and to any crime, violation, infraction, traffic offense or other offense involving or relating to the possession, use, sale, purchase, transportation, distribution, manufacture, trafficking, cultivation, consumption, ingestion, inhalation, injection, or absorption of any controlled dangerous substance as defined by paragraph 8 of Section 2-101 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes or any substance which is capable of being ingested, inhaled, injected, or absorbed into the human body and is capable of adversely affecting the central nervous system, vision, hearing, or other sensory or motor functions.
Added by Laws 1988, c. 237, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1988. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 314, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1989; Laws 1993, c. 238, § 1, emerg. eff. May 26, 1993; Laws 1994, c. 387, § 1, eff. July 1, 1995; Laws 1996, c. 309, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1996; Laws 2006, c. 61, § 12, eff. July 1, 2006; Laws 2010, c. 345, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2010.