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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 608 By: Frix
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to wreckers and towing; creating the
7 Oklahoma Wrecker and Towing Advisory Board Act of
8 2025; providing short title; creating the Oklahoma
8 Wrecker and Towing Advisory Board within the
9 Department of Public Safety; providing for
9 appointment of members to certain Board; providing
10 duties of members of certain Board; providing for
10 noncodification; providing for codification; and
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14 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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15 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
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16 codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
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17 This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma
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18 Wrecker and Towing Advisory Board Act of 2025".
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19 SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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20 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 971 of Title 47, unless there is
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21 created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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22 A. 1. There is hereby created within the Department of Public
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23 Safety, the Oklahoma Wrecker and Towing Advisory Board, to be
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24 composed of five members appointed by the Department of Public
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1 Safety and two members appointed by the Corporation Commission. No
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2 person shall be appointed as a member of the Board unless, at the
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3 time of his or her appointment, he or she is a legal resident of
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4 this state. A member shall automatically be disqualified to hold
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5 his or her position on the Board in the event he or she ceases to be
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6 a legal resident of this state.
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7 2. The five members appointed by the Department of Public
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8 Safety shall be appointed from the wrecker or towing industry and
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9 shall be licensed to engage in nonconsensual towing. Of the two
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10 members appointed by the Corporation Commission, one member shall be
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11 engaged in vehicle repossession and one member shall be appointed
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12 from the insurance industry. A member shall automatically be
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13 disqualified to hold his or her position on the Board in the event
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14 he or she ceases to meet the industry requirements for his or her
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15 Board position.
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16 B. Members shall serve until their successors in office are
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17 duly appointed and qualified. Initial appointments of the members
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18 shall be for terms ranging from one (1) to four (4) years, with the
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19 Department of Public Safety and Corporation Commission designating
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20 which member shall serve for which term. Thereafter, the terms of
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21 all members shall be for three (3) years. In the event of the
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22 death, resignation, disqualification, or incapacity of one or more
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23 members of the Board, an appointment for the unexpired term of each
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1 such member may be made by the appointing authority as provided in
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3 C. The Board shall organize by electing one of its members as
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4 chair and one member as vice chair. Subsequent elections for chair
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5 and vice chair shall take place annually on a date designated by a
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7 D. The Board shall hold regular meetings. The date, time, and
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8 place of any regular meeting shall be designated by the chair and
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9 subject to the approval of a majority of the membership. Four
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10 members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for all purposes.
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11 The chair or vice chair may, upon approval of a majority of the
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12 members present and voting at any meeting, designate the time,
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13 place, and date of any scheduled special meeting, and the chair or
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14 vice chair shall have the power to call an unscheduled special
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15 meeting of the Board upon not less than five (5) days' notice in
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16 writing to each member.
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17 E. The Oklahoma Wrecker and Towing Advisory Board shall:
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18 1. Serve in an advisory capacity to the Department of Public
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19 Safety and the Corporation Commission;
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20 2. Assist in the development of rules, standards, policies,
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21 procedures, and directions of the Department of Public Safety and
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22 the Corporation Commission with regards to the wrecker and towing
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1 3. Recommend specific policies and actions to the Department of
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2 Public Safety and the Corporation Commission that would increase the
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3 efficiency and safety of the wrecker and towing industry in this
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5 SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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