SECTION 595:70-1-1. Purpose

  Pursuant to 47 O.S. § 2-117, the Department of Public Safety hereby adopts this Chapter to uniformly implement procedures relating to the traffic-related enforcement practices of a municipal law enforcement agency under the provisions of this Chapter, and for determining the length of time the designation of special traffic-related enforcement shall be in force. In connection with this section:

(1)   The Oklahoma Highway Patrol Division of the Department of Public Safety shall have primary law enforcement authority respecting traffic-related offenses upon the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, and may have special law enforcement authority on those portions of the federal-aid primary highways and the state highway system which are located within the boundaries and on the outskirts of a municipality, and designated by the Commissioner of Public Safety for such special law enforcement authority. [47 O.S.,§ 2-117(D)(2)]

(2)   The Commissioner of Public Safety may designate any portion of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, and those portions of the federal-aid primary highways and the state highway system which are located within the boundaries of and on the outskirts of a municipality for special traffic-related enforcement by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol Division. [47 O.S.,§ 2-117(D)(3)]

(3)   Upon receipt of such notice of special traffic-related enforcement, the affected law enforcement agency shall not regulate traffic nor enforce traffic-related statutes or ordinances upon any portion of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, the federal-aid primary highways and the state highway system so designated for such special enforcement, without prior coordination and written approval of the Commissioner. [47 O.S.,§ 2-117(D)(3)]

[Source: Added at 29 Ok Reg 1795, eff 6-28-12 (emergency); Added at 30 Ok Reg 2043, eff 7-25-13]