2016 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 47. Motor Vehicles
§47-6-101. Class requirements for driver licenses - Commercial motor vehicles - Commercial learner permit - Hazardous materials - Class D motor vehicles - Motorcycle endorsement - Restricted driver license - Fees - Expiration - Issuance and renewal - Allocation of monies - Identification photographs database.

A. No person, except those hereinafter expressly exempted in Sections 6-102 and 6-102.1 of this title, shall operate any motor vehicle upon a highway in this state unless the person has a valid Oklahoma driver license for the class of vehicle being operated under the provisions of this title. No person shall be permitted to possess more than one valid license at any time, except as provided in paragraph 4 of subsection F of this section.

B. 1. No person shall operate a Class A commercial motor vehicle unless the person is eighteen (18) years of age or older and holds a valid Class A commercial license, except as provided in paragraph 5 of this subsection and subsection F of this section. Any person holding a valid Class A commercial license shall be permitted to operate motor vehicles in Classes A, B, C and D, except as provided for in paragraph 4 of this subsection.

2. No person shall operate a Class B commercial motor vehicle unless the person is eighteen (18) years of age or older and holds a valid Class B commercial license, except as provided in paragraph 5 of subsection F of this section. Any person holding a valid Class B commercial license shall be permitted to operate motor vehicles in Classes B, C and D, except as provided for in paragraph 4 of this subsection.

3. No person shall operate a Class C commercial motor vehicle unless the person is eighteen (18) years of age or older and holds a valid Class C commercial license, except as provided in subsection F of this section. Any person holding a valid Class C commercial license shall be permitted to operate motor vehicles in Classes C and D, except as provided for in paragraph 4 of this subsection.

4. No person under twenty-one (21) years of age shall be licensed to operate any motor vehicle which is required to be placarded for hazardous materials pursuant to 49 C.F.R., Part 172, subpart F, except as provided in subsection F of this section; provided, a person eighteen (18) years of age or older may be licensed to operate a farm vehicle which is required to be placarded for hazardous materials pursuant to 49 C.F.R., Part 172, subpart F, except as provided in subsection F of this section.

5. A person at least seventeen (17) years of age who successfully completes all examinations required by law may be issued by the Department:

a.a restricted Class A commercial license which shall grant to the licensee the privilege to operate a Class A or Class B commercial motor vehicle for harvest purposes or a Class D motor vehicle, or

b.a restricted Class B commercial license which shall grant to the licensee the privilege to operate a Class B commercial motor vehicle for harvest purposes or a Class D motor vehicle.

6. No person shall operate a Class D motor vehicle unless the person is sixteen (16) years of age or older and holds a valid Class D license, except as provided for in Section 6-102 or 6-105 of this title. Any person holding a valid Class D license shall be permitted to operate motor vehicles in Class D only.

C. Any person issued a driver license pursuant to this section may exercise the privilege thereby granted upon all streets and highways in this state.

D. No person shall operate a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle without having a valid Class A, B, C or D license with a motorcycle endorsement. Except as otherwise provided by law, any new applicant for an original driver license shall be required to successfully complete a written examination, vision examination, and driving examination for a motorcycle as prescribed by the Department of Public Safety to be eligible for a motorcycle endorsement thereon. The written examination and driving examination for a motorcycle may be waived by the Department of Public Safety upon verification that the person has successfully completed a certified Motorcycle Safety Foundation rider course approved by the Department.

E. Except as otherwise provided by law, any person who lawfully possesses a valid Oklahoma driver license which is eligible for renewal shall be required to successfully complete a written examination, vision examination, and driving examination for a motorcycle as prescribed by the Department to be eligible for a motorcycle endorsement. The written examination and driving examination for a motorcycle may be waived by the Department of Public Safety upon verification that the person has successfully completed a certified Motorcycle Safety Foundation rider course approved by the Department.

F. 1. Any person eighteen (18) years of age or older may apply for a restricted Class A, B or C commercial learner permit. The Department, after the applicant has passed all parts of the examination for a Class D license and has successfully passed all parts of the examination for a Class A, B or C commercial license other than the driving examination, may issue to the applicant a commercial learner permit which shall entitle the person having immediate lawful possession of the commercial learner permit and a valid Oklahoma driver license or provisional driver license pursuant to Section 6-212 of this title to operate a Class A, B or C commercial motor vehicle upon the public highways solely for the purpose of behind-the-wheel training in accordance with rules promulgated by the Department.

2. This commercial learner permit shall be issued for a period as provided in Section 6-115 of this title of one hundred eighty (180) days, which may be renewed one time for an additional one hundred eighty (180) days; provided, such commercial learner permit may be suspended, revoked, canceled, denied or disqualified at the discretion of the Department for violation of the restrictions, for failing to give the required or correct information on the application, or for violation of any traffic laws of this state pertaining to the operation of a motor vehicle. Except as otherwise provided, the lawful possessor of a commercial learner permit who has been issued a commercial learner permit for a minimum of fourteen (14) days may have the restriction requiring an accompanying driver removed by satisfactorily completing a driver's examination; provided, the removal of a restriction shall not authorize the operation of a Class A, B or C commercial motor vehicle if such operation is otherwise prohibited by law.

3. No person shall apply for and the Department shall not issue an original Class A, B or C driver license until the person has been issued a commercial learner permit and held the permit for at least fourteen (14) days. Any person who currently holds a Class B or C license and who wishes to apply for another class of commercial driver license shall be required to apply for a commercial learner permit and to hold the permit for at least fourteen (14) days before applying for the Class A or B license, as applicable. Any person who currently holds a Class A, B or C license and who wishes to add an endorsement or remove a restriction for which a skills examination is required shall be required to apply for a commercial learner permit and to hold the permit for at least fourteen (14) days before applying for the endorsement.

4. A commercial learner permit shall be issued by the Department as a separate and unique document which shall be valid only in conjunction with a valid Oklahoma driver license or provisional driver license pursuant to Section 6-212 of this title, both of which shall be in the possession of the person to whom they have been issued whenever that person is operating a commercial motor vehicle as provided in this subsection.

5. After one renewal of a commercial learner permit, as provided in paragraph 2 of this subsection, a commercial permit shall not be renewed again. Any person who has held a commercial learner permit for the initial issuance period and one renewal period shall not be eligible for and the Department shall not issue another renewal of the permit; provided, the person may reapply for a new commercial learner permit, as provided for in this subsection.

6. Enrollment in or successful completion of a commercial driver training school shall not be required for any commercial learner permit applicant who requests a skills examination for a Class A, B or C license, nor shall any student enrolled in a commercial driver training school be prohibited from taking a skills examination for a Class A, B or C license upon request with a Department of Public Safety examiner regardless of whether the person has completed the course, is still enrolled in the course to be completed or has voluntarily withdrawn from the course.

G. 1. The fee charged for an approved application for an original Oklahoma driver license or an approved application for the addition of an endorsement to a current valid Oklahoma driver license shall be assessed in accordance with the following schedule:

Class A Commercial Learner Permit$25.00

Class A Commercial License$25.00

Class B Commercial Learner Permit$15.00

Class B Commercial License$15.00

Class C Commercial Learner Permit$15.00

Class C Commercial License$15.00

Class D License$ 4.00

Motorcycle Endorsement$ 4.00

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1104 of this title, all monies collected from the fees charged for Class A, B and C commercial licenses pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall be deposited in the General Revenue Fund of this state.

H. The fee charged for any failed examination shall be Four Dollars ($4.00) for any license classification. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1104 of this title, all monies collected from such examination fees pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall be deposited in the General Revenue Fund of this state.

I. In addition to any fee charged pursuant to the provisions of subsection G of this section, the fee charged for the issuance or renewal of an Oklahoma license shall be in accordance with the following schedule; provided, that any applicant who has a CDL Learner Permit shall be charged only the replacement fee for the issuance of the license:

Class A Commercial Learner Permit$51.50

Class A Commercial License$51.50

Class B Commercial Learner Permit$51.50

Class B Commercial License$51.50

Class C Commercial License$41.50

Class D License$33.50

A commercial learner permit may be renewed one time for a period of one hundred eighty (180) days. The cost for the renewed permit shall be the same as for the original permit.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1104 of this title, of each fee charged pursuant to the provisions of this subsection:

1. Five Dollars and fifty cents ($5.50) shall be deposited to the Trauma Care Assistance Revolving Fund created in Section 1-2530.9 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

2. Six Dollars and seventy-five cents ($6.75) shall be deposited to the Department of Public Safety Computer Imaging System Revolving Fund to be used solely for the purpose of administration and maintenance of the computerized imaging system of the Department; and

3. Ten Dollars ($10.00) shall be deposited to the Department of Public Safety Revolving Fund for all original or renewal issuances of licenses.

J. All original and renewal driver licenses shall expire as provided in Section 6-115 of this title.

K. Any person sixty-two (62) years of age or older during the calendar year of issuance of a Class D license or motorcycle endorsement shall be charged the following prorated fee:

Age 62$21.25

Age 63$17.50

Age 64$13.75

Age 65-0-

L. No person who has been honorably discharged from active service in any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States or Oklahoma National Guard and who has been certified by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, its successor, or the Armed Forces of the United States to be a disabled veteran in receipt of compensation at the one-hundred-percent rate for a permanent disability sustained through military action or accident resulting from disease contracted while in such active service shall be charged a fee for the issuance or renewal of an Oklahoma driver license.

M. The Department of Public Safety and the Oklahoma Tax Commission are authorized to promulgate rules for the issuance and renewal of driver licenses authorized pursuant to the provisions of Sections 6-101 through 6-309 of this title. Applications, upon forms approved by the Department of Public Safety, for such licenses shall be handled by the motor license agents; provided, the Department of Public Safety is authorized to assume these duties in any county of this state. Each motor license agent accepting applications for driver licenses shall receive Four Dollars ($4.00) to be deducted from the total collected for each license or renewal application accepted. The four-dollar fee received by the motor license agent shall be used for operating expenses.

N. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1104 of this title and subsection M of this section and except as provided in subsections G and I of this section, the first Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000.00) of all monies collected pursuant to this section shall be paid by the Oklahoma Tax Commission to the State Treasurer to be deposited in the General Revenue Fund of the State Treasury.

The next Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) of monies collected pursuant to this section shall be paid by the Tax Commission to the State Treasurer to be deposited each fiscal year under the provisions of this section to the credit of the Department of Public Safety Restricted Revolving Fund for the purpose of the Statewide Law Enforcement Communications System. All other monies collected in excess of Five Hundred Sixty Thousand Dollars ($560,000.00) each fiscal year shall be apportioned as provided in Section 1104 of this title, except as otherwise provided in this section.

O. The Department of Public Safety shall implement a procedure whereby images displayed on licenses and identification cards issued pursuant to the provisions of Sections 6-101 through 6-309 of this title are maintained by the Department to create photographs or computerized images which may be used only:

1. By a law enforcement agency for purposes of criminal investigations, missing person investigations, or any law enforcement purpose which is deemed necessary by the Commissioner of Public Safety;

2. By the driver licensing agency of another state for its official purpose; and

3. As provided in Section 2-110 of this title.

The computer system and related equipment acquired for this purpose must conform to industry standards for interoperability and open architecture. The Department of Public Safety may promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this subsection.

Added by Laws 1961, p. 340, § 6-101, eff. Sept. 1, 1961. Amended by Laws 1963, c. 94, § 1, emerg. eff. May 27, 1963; Laws 1967, c. 396, § 1, emerg. eff. May 24, 1967; Laws 1968, c. 232, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1969; Laws 1975, c. 359, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1977; Laws 1977, c. 103, § 60, emerg. eff. May 30, 1977; Laws 1977, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 3, § 14, emerg. eff. June 21, 1977; Laws 1978, c. 304, § 4; Laws 1980, c. 357, § 23, eff. July 1, 1980; Laws 1983, c. 286, § 17, operative July 1, 1983; Laws 1985, c. 45, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986; Laws 1985, c. 179, § 59, operative July 1, 1985; Laws 1987, c. 226, § 3, operative July 1, 1987; Laws 1988, c. 232, § 1, operative July 1, 1988; Laws 1989, c. 82, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1989; Laws 1990, c. 219, § 10, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Laws 1992, c. 217, § 3, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 1992, c. 373, § 6, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 1993, c. 97, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 1993, c. 243, § 52, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 1994, c. 18, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Laws 1995, c. 23, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 1995; Laws 1996, c. 254, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1996; Laws 1997, c. 2, § 4, emerg. eff. Feb. 26, 1997; Laws 1999, c. 342, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1999; Laws 2000, c. 6, § 10, emerg. eff. March 20, 2000; Laws 2000, c. 342, § 3, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2001, c. 131, § 5, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2001, c. 361, § 3, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2002, c. 474, § 4, emerg. eff. June 6, 2002; Laws 2003, c. 3, § 35, emerg. eff. March 19, 2003; Laws 2003, c. 392, § 2, eff. July 1, 2003; Laws 2004, c. 521, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2004; Laws 2006, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 44, § 23, eff. July 1, 2007; Laws 2009, c. 81, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2009; Laws 2012, c. 280, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2012; Laws 2013, c. 15, § 26, emerg. eff. April 8, 2013; Laws 2013, c. 104, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013; Laws 2013, c. 259, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2013; Laws 2015, c. 97, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.

NOTE: Laws 1974, c. 301, § 1 repealed by Laws 1977, c. 103, § 65, emerg. eff. May 30, 1977. Laws 1991, c. 162, § 2 repealed by Laws 1991, c. 335, § 37, emerg. eff. June 15, 1991. Laws 1991, c. 335, § 13 repealed by Laws 1992, c. 217, § 19, eff. July 1, 1992. Laws 1991, c. 216, § 46 and Laws 1992, c. 179, § 1 repealed by Laws 1992, c. 373, § 22, eff. July 1, 1992. Laws 1996, c. 203, § 1 repealed by Laws 1997, c. 2, § 26, emerg. eff. Feb. 26, 1997. Laws 1999, c. 278, § 2 repealed by Laws 2000, c. 6, § 33, emerg. eff. March 20, 2000. Laws 2002, c. 374, § 1 repealed by Laws 2003, c. 3, § 36, emerg. eff. March 19, 2003. Laws 2002, c. 397, § 15 repealed by Laws 2003, c. 3, § 37, emerg. eff. March 19, 2003. Laws 2012, c. 283, § 5 repealed by Laws 2013, c. 15, § 27, emerg. eff. April 8, 2013.