ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 760 	By:	Ellis of the Senate

			and

		Bailey of the House

An Act relating to motor vehicles; amending Section 10, Chapter 411, O.S.L. 2003 (47 O.S. Supp. 2008, Section 11-501.1), which relates to wheelchairs; adding safety requirements; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     Section 10, Chapter 411, O.S.L. 2003 (47 O.S. Supp. 2008, Section 11-501.1), is amended to read as follows:
Section 11-501.1  A.  Every person operating a wheelchair or a motorized wheelchair shall have all of the rights and all of the duties applicable to a pedestrian contained in Chapter 11 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes except those provisions which by their nature can have no application.
B.  A wheelchair or motorized wheelchair when operated on portions of a public roadway or right-of-way designated for pedestrian traffic, except for those areas specifically identified as a crosswalk, shall have an orange flag or pennant affixed to an aerial on the wheelchair.  The flag or pennant shall not be smaller than sixteen (16) inches square and shall extend at least twenty-four (24) inches into the air but no more than thirty-six (36) inches into the air.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2009.
Passed the Senate the 10th day of March, 2009.

	
Presiding Officer 	of the Senate

Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________, 2009.

	
Presiding Officer	of the House
	of Representatives