§ 7-606.1. Uninsured Vehicle Enforcement Program
Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 47. Motor Vehicles
47 Okl.St.Ann. § 7-606.1
§ 7-606.1. Uninsured Vehicle Enforcement Program
B. The Uninsured Vehicle Enforcement Program shall be implemented and administered by the district attorneys of the State of Oklahoma within their respective districts or at the District Attorneys Council. To implement this program, the use of technology and software to aid in detection of offenses involving uninsured motorists is necessary and district attorneys and participating law enforcement agencies shall have the authority to enter into contractual agreements with automated license plate reader providers to provide necessary technology, equipment and maintenance thereof.
C. 1. Participating law enforcement agencies may use automatic license plate reader systems utilizing individual automatic license plate reader system units to access and collect data for the investigation, detection, analysis or enforcement of Oklahoma's Compulsory Insurance Law.1
3. Access to the system shall be restricted to authorized law enforcement agency users in the program; provided, any entity with which a contract is executed to provide necessary technology, equipment and maintenance for purposes of the program shall be authorized, as necessary, to collaborate for required updates and maintenance of their software.
D. A law enforcement officer may verify by sworn affidavit that a photograph generated by an automatic license plate reader system unit identifies a particular vehicle operating on or having been operated on a public road, highway, street, turnpike, other public place or upon any private road, street, alley or lane which provides access to one or more single-family or multifamily dwellings and that the online verification system shows that the vehicle was uninsured at the time such vehicle was being operated. The affidavit shall constitute probable cause for prosecution under applicable state law.
E. Data collected or retained through the use of an automated license plate reader system pursuant to the program shall be retained by a law enforcement agency when the data is being used as evidence of a violation of the Compulsory Insurance Law; provided, when the data is no longer needed as evidence of a violation, the data shall be deleted or destroyed.
2. Any and all data collected, retained or shared through the use of an automated license plate reader system, except data retained as evidence of a violation of the Compulsory Insurance Law, shall be exempt from the Oklahoma Open Records Act.2
I. Following the implementation of the program and every year thereafter, the District Attorneys Council shall publish an annual report for the previous fiscal year of the Uninsured Vehicle Enforcement Program by September 1. An electronic copy of the report shall be distributed to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the chairs of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees. The report shall comprise an evaluation of program operations, and may include any information and recommendations for improvement of the program deemed appropriate by the entity submitting the report.
Credits
Laws 2016, c. 365, § 1; Laws 2017, c. 74, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
47 Okl. St. Ann. § 7-606.1, OK ST T. 47 § 7-606.1
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 347 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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