{"id":"OK-036","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Oklahoma","state":"OK","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor J. Kevin Stitt","authority":"Okla. Const. art. VI, secs. 1-2; 63 O.S. 683.1 et seq.; EO 2020-20 as amended","instrument":"Executive Order 2021-05 (Feb. 10, 2021)","title":"Department of Public Safety directed to waive restrictions on motor license agents\u0027 issuance of driver licenses and identification cards and on third-party CDL skills testing, because of COVID-19 processing delays","dateIssued":"2021-02-10","effective":"2021-02-10 for 30 days","end":"Amended Mar. 12, 2021 (Amended EO 2021-05); 30 days thereafter","startDate":"2021-02-10","endDate":"2021-03-12","quarters":["2021Q1"],"types":["CRT","EMER"],"addressees":["Department of Public Safety","motor license agents","third-party examiners","CDL applicants"],"clause":"It has come to my attention that COVID-19 has contributed to unacceptable delays in the processing of licenses and other identification documents under the authority of the Department of Public Safety.... [I] hereby direct the Department of Public Safety to waive statutory or regulatory restrictions, to the extent allowable by law, on the ability of certified Motor License Agents to issue renewals or replacements of valid, unexpired, Class A, B, or C driver licenses.... This Order directs the Department of Public Safety to waive statutory or regulatory restrictions... on the ability of certified Third-Party Examiners to administer a skills test to any applicant applying for a Class A, B, or C commercial driver license.","enforcement":"Directive to DPS","functions":["DM driver-license and ID issuance backlog","HR CDL testing for drivers"],"notes":"Official acknowledgment that DPS license processing was delayed by COVID-19 into 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://www.sos.ok.gov/documents/executive/1982.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":265761,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"OK","url":"/library/OK-036","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/OK-036","citation":"Governor J. Kevin Stitt, Executive Order 2021-05 (Feb. 10, 2021) (Ex. OK-036)","stateName":"Oklahoma","related":["SEC-21-GM-008","OK-037","OK-035","OK-038","OK-039","OK-034","OK-040","OK-041","OK-033"]}