STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 54th Legislature (2013)

HOUSE BILL 1321	By:	Enns

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to motor vehicles; requiring certain handle be made available in vehicles sold by new motor vehicle dealers; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 564.2 of Title 47, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
It shall be unlawful for any new motor vehicle dealer licensed pursuant to Section 564 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes to sell or offer for sale at retail or trade or transfer any new truck, sport utility vehicle or van which is manufactured or assembled commencing with the 2014 models, unless the dealer offers to equip such vehicle, at the expense of the buyer, with a handle mounted above the driver side door which is installed for the use of persons entering and exiting the driver seat.  The provisions of this section shall not apply to any new truck, sport utility vehicle or van with a curb weight of more than eight thousand (8,000) pounds.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2013.

54-1-5119	GRS	12/18/12