STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 54th Legislature (2013)

HOUSE BILL 1057	By:	McDaniel (Jeannie)

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to motor vehicles; amending 47 O.S. 2011, Section 6-205, which relates to revocation of driving privileges; deleting certain offense subject to mandatory revocation; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     47 O.S. 2011, Section 6-205, is amended to read as follows:
Section 6-205  A.  The Department of Public Safety shall immediately revoke the driving privilege of any person, whether adult or juvenile, upon receiving a record of conviction in any municipal, state or federal court within the United States of any of the following offenses, when such conviction has become final:
1.  Manslaughter or negligent homicide resulting from the operation of a motor vehicle;
2.  Driving or being in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, any other intoxicating substance, or the combined influence of alcohol and any other intoxicating substance, any violation of paragraph 1, 2, 3 or 4 of subsection A of Section 11-902 of this title or any violation of Section 11-906.4 of this title.  However, the Department shall not additionally revoke the driving privileges of the person pursuant to this subsection if the driving privilege of the person has been revoked because of a test result or test refusal pursuant to Section 753 or 754 of this title arising from the same circumstances which resulted in the conviction unless the revocation because of a test result or test refusal is set aside;
3.  Any felony during the commission of which a motor vehicle is used;
4.  Failure to stop and render aid as required under the laws of this state in the event of a motor vehicle accident resulting in the death or personal injury of another;
5.  Perjury or the making of a false affidavit or statement under oath to the Department under the Uniform Vehicle Code or under any other law relating to the ownership or operation of motor vehicles;
6.  A misdemeanor or felony conviction for unlawfully possessing, distributing, dispensing, manufacturing, trafficking,  cultivating, selling, transferring, attempting or conspiring to possess, distribute, dispense, manufacture, traffic, sell, or transfer of a controlled dangerous substance as defined in the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act while using a motor vehicle;
7.  Failure to pay for gasoline pumped into a vehicle pursuant to Section 1740 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
8.  A misdemeanor conviction for a violation of Section 1465 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes; 
9.  A misdemeanor conviction for a violation of Section 609 of Title 37 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
10.  Reckless driving without regard for the safety of others pursuant to Section 11-901 of this title;
11.  Failure to obey a traffic control device as provided in Section 11-202 of this title or a stop sign when such failure results in great bodily injury to any other person; or
12. 11.  Failure to stop or to remain stopped for school bus loading or unloading of children pursuant to Section 11-705 or 11-705.1 of this title.
B.  The first license revocation under any provision of this section, except for paragraph 2, 6, or 7 of subsection A of this section, shall be for a period of one (1) year.  Such period shall not be modified.
C.  A license revocation under any provision of this section, except for paragraph 2, 6, or 7 of subsection A of this section, shall be for a period of three (3) years if a prior revocation under this section, except under paragraph 2 of subsection A of this section, commenced within the preceding five-year period as shown by the records of the Department.  Such period shall not be modified.
D.  The period of license revocation under paragraph 2 or 6 of subsection A of this section shall be governed by the provisions of Section 6-205.1 of this title.
E.  The first license revocation under paragraph 7 of subsection A of this section shall be for a period of six (6) months.  A second or subsequent license revocation under paragraph 7 of subsection A of this section shall be for a period of one (1) year.  Such periods shall not be modified.
F.  As used in this section, “great bodily injury” means bodily injury which creates a substantial risk of death or which causes serious, permanent disfigurement or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2013.

54-1-5451	GRS	01/10/13