ENROLLED SENATE
BILL NO. 417	By:	Anderson and Johnson (Constance) of the Senate

			and

		Richardson of the House

An Act relating to waste management vehicles; amending 47 O.S. 2001, Sections 11-1003 and 11-1004, which relate to stopping, standing or parking; providing exemptions for certain waste management vehicles; and providing an effective date.

SUBJECT:  Stopping, Standing and Parking of Vehicles

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     47 O.S. 2001, Section 11-1003, is amended to read as follows:

Section 11-1003.  A.  ~~No~~ Except as otherwise provided in subsection B of this section, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or traffic-control device, in any of the following places:

1.  On a sidewalk;

2.  In front of a public or private driveway;

3.  Within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant, or if in an area serviced by a volunteer fire department, within thirty (30) feet of a fire hydrant if the governing body of the area so adopts by ordinance;

4.  Within an intersection;

5.  On a crosswalk;

6.  Within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;

7.  Within thirty (30) feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign or traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway;

8.  Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within thirty feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless the authority having jurisdiction indicates a different length by signs or marking;

9.  Within fifty (50) feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;

10.  Within twenty (20) feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within seventy-five (75) feet of said entrance (when properly signposted);

11.  Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic;

12.  On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;

13.  Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway underpass;

14.  At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.

B.  No person engaging in the collection and disposal of solid waste or recycling material or both as a business, pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Solid Waste Management Act, shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or traffic-control device, in any of the following places:

1.  On a sidewalk;

2.  Within an intersection;

3.  Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic;

4.  Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway underpass; or

5.  At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.

C.  No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under the control of the person into any prohibited area or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful.

SECTION 2.     AMENDATORY     47 O.S. 2001, Section 11-1004, is amended to read as follows:

Section 11-1004.  ~~(a)~~ A.  Except as otherwise provided in this section, every vehicle stopped or parked upon a roadway where there are adjacent curbs shall be so stopped or parked with the right-hand wheels of such vehicle parallel to and within eighteen (18) inches of the right-hand curb.

~~(b)~~ B.  Local authorities may by ordinance permit parking of vehicle with the left-hand wheels adjacent to and within eighteen (18) inches of the left-hand curb of a one-way roadway.

~~(c)~~ C.  Local authorities may by ordinance permit angle parking on any roadway, except that angle parking shall not be permitted on any federal-aid or state highway unless the Department of Highways has determined that the roadway is of sufficient width to permit angle parking without interfering with the free movement of traffic.

~~(d)~~ D.  The Oklahoma Department of Highways with respect to highways under its jurisdiction may place signs prohibiting or restricting the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles on any highway where such stopping, standing or parking is dangerous to those using the highway or where the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles would unduly interfere with the free movement of traffic thereon.  Such signs shall be official signs and no person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle in violation of the restrictions stated on such signs.

E.  A person engaging in the collection and disposal of solid waste or recycling material or both as a business, pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Solid Waste Management Act, shall be exempt from the provisions of subsections A and B of this section while in the performance of such activities.

SECTION 3.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2011.

Passed the Senate the 2nd day of March, 2011.

	
Presiding Officer 	of the Senate

Passed the House of Representatives the 20th day of April, 2011.

	
Presiding Officer of the House
	of Representatives