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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 54th Legislature (2013)

SENATE BILL 921	By:	Bass

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to abandoned passengers; requiring law enforcement officials to assist certain abandoned passengers under certain circumstances; authorizing such officials to assist certain abandoned passengers; prohibiting certain liability; 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 191.1 of Title 22, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A.  In the event the driver of a vehicle is arrested while operating a vehicle for any offense that results in leaving a passenger or passengers in the vehicle abandoned, the law enforcement official shall assist the passengers to a safe destination if the person is under the age of eighteen (18), or is disabled, or where the vehicle is impounded.  An officer may assist any passenger in a vehicle to a safe destination if an arrest of the driver leaves the passenger abandoned.
B.  Any law enforcement official who assists a passenger as provided in subsection A of this section shall not be liable for any damages for any action taken by the officer in assisting a passenger.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2013.

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