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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 127 By: Woods
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5 AS INTRODUCED
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6 An Act relating to combination vehicles; defining
6 term; specifying status of combination vehicles after
7 an accident; requiring certain report by law
7 enforcement officers; amending 47 O.S. 2021, Section
8 951, which relates to definitions; updating statutory
8 references; updating statutory language; defining
9 term; providing for codification; and providing an
9 effective date.
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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14 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 10-119 of Title 47, unless there
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15 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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16 If an accident has caused or requires the separation of a truck
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17 tractor from a trailer, the truck tractor and trailer shall be
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18 considered a combination vehicle as defined in Section 951 of Title
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19 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Any officer of the Department of
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20 Public Safety or any other political subdivision of this state, when
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21 causing a vehicle to be towed pursuant to Section 955 of Title 47 of
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22 the Oklahoma Statutes, shall record in his or her written report of
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23 the accident that the vehicle requiring wrecker or towing service is
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24 a combination vehicle and is subject to removal by an operator.
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1 SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2021, Section 951, is
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2 amended to read as follows:
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3 Section 951. As used in Sections 951 through 965 of this title
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4 and Sections 1 966 through 3 968 of this act title:
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5 1. "Wrecker or wrecker vehicle" means any motor vehicle that is
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6 equipped with any device designed to tow another vehicle or
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7 combination of vehicles. The use of the term "wrecker" wrecker or
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8 "wrecker vehicle" wrecker vehicle shall be construed to include a
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9 combination wrecker or combination wrecker vehicle, as defined in
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10 paragraph 2 of this section, unless a specific differentiation is
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11 otherwise described;
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12 2. "Combination wrecker" or "combination wrecker vehicle" means
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13 any wrecker vehicle which is designed and equipped with two separate
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14 and distinct devices to tow simultaneously two or more other
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15 vehicles or combinations of vehicles, whether or not both devices
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16 are in use simultaneously. One of the devices shall allow another
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17 vehicle to be loaded onto and transported upon the wrecker vehicle,
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18 and one of the devices shall allow another vehicle to be attached to
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19 and pulled by the wrecker vehicle;
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20 3. "Tow" or "towing" means the use of a wrecker vehicle to
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21 lift, pull, move, haul or otherwise transport any other vehicle by
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22 means of:
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23 a. attaching the vehicle to and pulling the vehicle with
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24 the wrecker vehicle, or
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1 b. loading the vehicle onto and transporting the vehicle
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2 upon the wrecker vehicle;
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3 4. "Rollback equipment" means a towing device or equipment upon
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4 which the towed vehicle is loaded and transported, removing the
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5 towed vehicle completely from the surface of the roadway. The term
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6 "rollback equipment" rollback equipment shall include car haulers;
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7 5. "Dolly" means a towing device or equipment which lifts and
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8 suspends one axle of the towed vehicle above the surface of the
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9 roadway;
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10 6. "Wrecker or towing service" means engaging in the business
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11 of or performing the act of towing or offering to tow any vehicle,
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12 except:
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13 a. where the operator owns the towed vehicle and displays
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14 on both sides of the wrecker vehicle in plainly
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15 visible letters not less than two (2) inches in height
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16 the words "NOT FOR HIRE",
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17 b. where the service is performed by a transporter as
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18 defined in Section 1-181 of this title,
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19 c. where service is performed in conjunction with the
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20 transportation of household goods and property,
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21 d. where the wrecker vehicle is owned or operated by the
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22 United States government, the State of Oklahoma this
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23 state, or any department or political subdivision
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24 thereof, or
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1 e. where the service is performed by an out-of-state
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2 wrecker service at the request of the vehicle owner or
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3 operator, the vehicle is not involved in a collision,
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4 and is being towed:
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5 (1) in either direction across the border between
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6 Oklahoma and a neighboring state, or
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7 (2) through Oklahoma in transit to another state;
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8 provided, the out-of-state wrecker service shall
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9 comply with all other requirements regarding
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10 interstate commerce as set forth in law;
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11 7. "Combination vehicle" means a truck tractor, as defined in
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12 Section 1-183 of this title, with one or more attached trailers as
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13 defined in Section 1-180 of this title;
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14 8. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Public Safety;
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15 8. 9. "Commission" means the Corporation Commission;
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16 9. 10. "Department" means the Department of Public Safety;
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17 10. 11. "Nonconsensual tow" means the transportation of a
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18 vehicle without the consent or knowledge of the vehicle's owner,
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19 possessor, agent, insurer, lienholder, or any other person in
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20 possession of or in charge of any vehicle and includes the
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21 transportation or towing of the vehicle under lawful circumstances
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22 or necessity for the public interest including removing from the
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23 roadway for public safety or public convenience, or accidents, by
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24 any law enforcement officer or property agent or removal from public
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1 or private property as a result of abandonment or unauthorized
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2 parking by the property owner, agent, possessor, or other legal
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3 entity for the property owner;
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4 11. 12. "Operator" means any person owning or operating a
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5 wrecker vehicle or wrecker or towing service;
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6 12. 13. "Officer" means any duly authorized law enforcement
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7 officer;
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8 13. 14. "Roadway" means any public street, road, highway or
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9 turnpike or the median, easement or shoulder of a roadway;
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10 14. 15. "Service call" means the act of responding to a request
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11 for service with a wrecker vehicle in which a service is performed;
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12 and
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13 15. 16. "Vehicle" shall:
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14 a. have the same meaning as defined in Section 1-186 of
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15 this title, and
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16 b. for the purposes of this chapter when referring to a
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17 vehicle or combination of vehicles being towed or
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18 stored, include a vessel. The term "vessel" shall
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19 have the same meaning as defined in Section 4002 of
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20 Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
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21 SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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