A. The Corporation Commission is hereby authorized to assess a fee upon each wrecker or towing service licensed by the Department of Public Safety and placed upon an official rotation log, as specified in Section 952 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, to perform nonconsensual tows.
B. Each wrecker or towing service shall pay the assessment, levied pursuant to this section, on an annual basis.
C. The assessment shall be predicated upon the number of wrecker or towing vehicles utilized by the wrecker or towing service to conduct its Department-licensed operations.
D. Commencing with assessments made after June 30, 2017, failing to pay the wrecker or towing services assessment by the due date established by the Corporation Commission shall result in an additional penalty of twenty-five percent (25%) per vehicle. The Transportation Division Director, or designee, may waive the penalty for good cause shown. Failure to pay the assessment and penalty within thirty (30) days of the notice of penalty issued by the Corporation Commission shall result in revocation of the wrecker or towing license issued by the Department.
E. Beginning fiscal year 2013, the Legislature shall establish budgetary limits for the Commission to fulfill the duties of the Nonconsensual Towing Act of 2011. The total assessments levied pursuant to this section shall not exceed the amount of the budgetary limits and indirect costs for related support functions established by the Legislature for any fiscal year. Annual budgetary limits shall stay in effect unless superseded by action of the Legislature.
Added by Laws 2011, c. 355, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2011. Amended by Laws 2017, c. 141, § 1, eff. July 1, 2017.