§ 15-102.1. Cellular phone usage--State preemption of orders, ordinances or regulations
Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 47. Motor Vehicles
47 Okl.St.Ann. § 15-102.1
§ 15-102.1. Cellular phone usage--State preemption of orders, ordinances or regulations
A. The State Legislature hereby occupies and preempts the entire field of legislation in this state touching in any way inattentive driving and cellular phone usage in automobiles to the complete exclusion of any order, ordinance or regulation by any municipality or other political subdivision of this state. Any existing or future orders, ordinances, or regulations in this field, except as provided for in subsection B of this section, are null and void.
B. Nothing contained in this section shall prohibit any order, ordinance or regulation of any municipality from enacting and enforcing laws prohibiting and penalizing conduct prohibited under provisions of this act,1 but the provisions of such order, ordinance or regulation by a municipality shall not be more stringent than those of this act.
Credits
Laws 2001, c. 153, § 1. Renumbered from Title 47, § 11-901a by Laws 2002, c. 397, § 35, eff. Nov. 1, 2002.
Footnotes
Title 47, § 11-901 et seq.
47 Okl. St. Ann. § 15-102.1, OK ST T. 47 § 15-102.1
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 295 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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