§ 47-6-212. Reinstatement fees - Conditions for reinstatement - Provisional license.
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A. The Department of Public Safety shall not assess and collect multiple reinstatement fees when reinstating the driving privilege of any person having more than one suspension or revocation affecting the person's driving privilege at the time of reinstatement.
B. The Department shall:
1. Suspend or revoke a person's driving privilege for each basis as delineated within the Oklahoma Statutes; and
2. Require any person having more than one suspension or revocation affecting the person's driving privilege to meet the statutory requirements for each action as a condition precedent to the reinstatement of any driving privilege. Provided, however, reinstatement fees shall not be cumulative, and a single reinstatement fee, as provided for in subsection C of this section, shall be paid for all suspensions or revocations as shown by the Department's records at the time of reinstatement.
C. Whenever a person's privilege to operate a motor vehicle is suspended or revoked pursuant to any provision as authorized by the Oklahoma Statutes, the license or privilege to operate a motor vehicle shall remain under suspension or revocation and shall not be reinstated until:
1. The expiration of each such revocation or suspension order;
2. The person has paid to the Department:
a.if such privilege is suspended or revoked pursuant to Section 1115.5 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes or pursuant to any provisions of this title, except as provided in subparagraph b of this paragraph, a processing fee of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) for each such suspension or revocation as shown by the Department's records, or
b.(1)if such privilege is suspended or revoked pursuant to the provisions of Section 6-205, 6-205.1, 7-612, 753, 754 or 761 of this title or pursuant to subsection A of Section 7-605 of this title for a conviction for failure to maintain the mandatory motor vehicle insurance required by law or pursuant to subsection B of Section 6-206 of this title for a suspension other than for points accumulation, a processing fee of Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00) for each such suspension or revocation as shown by the Department's records, and a special assessment trauma-care fee of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) to be deposited into the Trauma Care Assistance Revolving Fund created in Section 1-2530.9 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, for each suspension or revocation as shown by the records of the Department, and
(2)in addition to any other fees required by this section, if such privilege is suspended or revoked pursuant to an arrest on or after November 1, 2008, under the provisions of paragraph 2 or 6 of subsection A of Section 6-205 of this title or of Section 753, 754, or 761 of this title, a fee of Fifteen Dollars ($15.00), which shall be apportioned pursuant to the provisions of Section 3-460 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes; and
3. The person has paid to the Department a single reinstatement fee of:
a.beginning on August 26, 2011, through June 30, 2013, Fifty Dollars ($50.00), of which Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) shall be deposited by the Commissioner to the credit of the Department of Public Safety Revolving Fund and, in addition to other purposes authorized by law, the expenditures from that fund of monies derived from the Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) pursuant to this subparagraph shall be used to fund any Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Academy provided by the Department. Any remaining funds shall be used for operational expenses of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, and
b.beginning on July 1, 2013, and any year thereafter, Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00).
The Department of Public Safety is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with persons whose license to operate a motor vehicle has been suspended or revoked, except as to those suspensions, revocations, cancellations or denials made pursuant to paragraph 1 or 2 of subsection A of Section 6-205 of this title or to Section 753 or 754 of this title, for issuance of provisional licenses that would allow such persons to drive between their place of residence and their place of employment or potential employment, between their place of residence and a college, university or technology center, between their place of residence and their child's school or day care provider, between their place of residence and a place of worship or between their place of residence and any court-ordered treatment program with the condition that such persons pay a minimum of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) per month toward the satisfaction of all outstanding driver license reinstatement fees. The Department shall develop rules and procedures to establish such a provisional driver license program and such rules and procedures shall include, but not be limited to, eligibility criteria, proof of insurance, proof of enrollment or employment, and any provisional license fees. Any violation of law by the person holding the provisional license that would result in the suspension or revocation of a driver license shall result in the revocation of the provisional license and such person shall be ineligible for future application for a provisional driver license.
D. Effective July 1, 2002, and for each fiscal year thereafter:
1. Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) of all monies collected each month pursuant to this section shall be apportioned as provided in Section 1104 of this title, except as otherwise provided in this section; and
2. Except as otherwise provided in this section, all other monies collected in excess of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) each month shall be deposited in the General Revenue Fund.
Added by Laws 1982, c. 276, § 1, emerg. eff. May 18, 1982. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 286, § 21, operative July 1, 1983; Laws 1984, c. 264, § 11, operative July 1, 1984; Laws 1986, c. 279, § 15, operative July 1, 1986; Laws 1987, c. 5, § 152, emerg. eff. March 11, 1987; Laws 1987, c. 226, § 5, operative July 1, 1987; Laws 1990, c. 219, § 39, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Laws 1994, c. 218, § 6, eff. April 1, 1995; Laws 2001, c. 361, § 7, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2002, c. 474, § 5, emerg. eff. June 6, 2002; Laws 2004, c. 396, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2004; Laws 2004, c. 530, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2004; Laws 2007, c. 326, § 12, eff. Nov. 1, 2007; Laws 2008, c. 401, § 18, eff. Nov. 1, 2008; Laws 2011, c. 226, § 1; Laws 2013, c. 274, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.