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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 980 By: Wingard
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5 AS INTRODUCED
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6 An Act relating to insurance; amending 47 O.S. 2021,
6 Section 11-1110, which relates to glass and injurious
7 substances on highways and related locations;
7 clarifying certain responsibilities; directing for
8 remittance of certain payments; updating statutory
8 language; and providing an effective date.
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11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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12 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2021, Section 11-1110, is
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13 amended to read as follows:
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14 Section 11-1110. A. No person shall throw or deposit upon any
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15 highway any glass bottle, glass, nails, tacks, wire, cans, or any
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16 other substances likely to injure any person, animal, or vehicle
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17 upon such highway.
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18 B. Any person who drops, throws, or permits to be dropped or
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19 thrown, upon any highway any destructive or injurious material shall
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20 immediately remove the same or cause it to be removed.
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21 1. C. Any person, wrecker, or towing operator removing a
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22 wrecked or damaged vehicle from a highway, highway right-of-way, or
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23 any other location as the result of an accident shall remove any
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24 glass or other injurious substance dropped upon the highway or
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1 highway right-of-way or other location from such vehicle. The owner
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2 or insurer of the owner of the vehicle, if the owner's insurance
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3 policy provides coverage for such expense owner has the minimum
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4 coverage amounts as required by Section 7-324 of this title, shall
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5 be responsible for the cost of removal of the vehicle and the glass
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6 or other injurious substance and any vehicle storage fees. The cost
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7 of the removal of the vehicle and any storage fees shall be the same
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8 as established by the Corporation Commission for nonconsensual tows.
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9 D. Upon receipt of a claim by the insurer from a person,
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10 wrecker, or towing operator for the removal of a wrecked or damaged
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11 vehicle, glass, or other injurious substance from a highway, highway
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12 right-of-way, or any other location, the insurer shall remit payment
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13 for the removal claim payable to the company providing the removal.
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14 2. E. Truck-tractors carrying cargo on the roadways of this
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15 state shall maintain a commercial auto, farm and ranch, inland
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16 marine, or cargo liability insurance policy that covers the costs of
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17 cleanup of any substance that is spilled or otherwise deposited on
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18 the roadway or right-of-way in violation of this section.
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19 C. F. No person shall throw any substance at a standing vehicle
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20 or any occupant thereof, nor shall any person throw any substance at
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21 a person on or adjacent to a highway.
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22 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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24 60-1-1021 MSBB 1/19/2025 5:47:09 AM
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