The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Oklahoma
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Okla. Const. art. VI, secs. 1-2; 63 O.S. 683.1 et seq.; EO 2020-20 as amended
- Issued
- 2021-02-10 Feb. 10, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-02-10 for 30 days (read as 2021-02-10)
- End
- Amended Mar. 12, 2021 (Amended EO 2021-05); 30 days thereafter (read as 2021-03-12)
- In force
- Feb. 10, 2021 to Mar. 12, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q1
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Emergency declarationCourts and public offices
- Addressees
- Department of Public Safety
- motor license agents
- third-party examiners
- CDL applicants
- Functions reached
- DM driver-license and ID issuance backlog
- HR CDL testing for drivers
- Collection
- Oklahoma OK
Operative words
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
Notes
Official acknowledgment that DPS license processing was delayed by COVID-19 into 2021.
Retrieval noteSOS document 1982; text PDF.