1. A. The Department of Public Safety shall file every application for a driver license received by it and shall maintain suitable indexes containing, in alphabetical order:

   1. 1. All applications denied and on each thereof note the reasons for such denial; and
   2. 2. All applications granted; and
   3. 3. The name of every person whose driving privilege has been suspended or revoked by the Department and after each such name note the reasons for such action. Any notation of suspension of a person's driving privilege for reason of nonpayment of a fine shall be removed from the record after the person has paid the fine and the person's driving privilege reinstated as provided for by law.
2. B. The Department shall file all collision reports and abstracts of court records of convictions received by it pursuant to the laws of this state and maintain convenient records of such records and reports or make suitable notations in order that an individual record of a person showing the convictions of such person and the traffic collisions in which the person has been involved shall be readily ascertainable and available for the consideration of the Department of Public Safety upon any application for a driver license or renewal of a driver license and at other suitable times. Any abstract, index or other entry relating to a driving record according to the licensing authority in another state or a province of Canada may be posted upon the driving record of any resident of this state when notice thereof is received by documentation or by electronic transmission. The individual record of a person shall not include any collision reports and abstracts of court records involving a collision in which the person was not issued a citation or if a citation is issued and said person was not convicted.
3. C. The Commissioner may cause any or all records kept by the Department of Public Safety to be photographed, microphotographed, photostated, or reproduced on film. Such film or reproducing material shall be of durable material and the device used to reproduce such records on such film or material shall be such as to accurately reproduce and perpetuate the original records in all detail.
4. D. Such photostatic copy, photograph, microphotograph, or photographic film of the original records shall be deemed to be an original record for all purposes, and shall be admissible in evidence in all courts or administrative agencies. A facsimile, exemplification, or certified copy thereof shall be deemed to be a transcript, exemplification, or certified copy of the original.
5. E. If such photostatic copy, photograph, microphotograph, or reproductions on films shall be placed in conveniently accessible files and provisions made for preserving, examining, and using same, the Commissioner is empowered to authorize the disposal, archival storage, or destruction of such records or papers.
6. F. Officers and employees of the Department designated by the Commissioner, for the purpose of administering the motor vehicle laws, are authorized to administer oaths and acknowledge signatures, and shall do so without fee.
7. G. The Commissioner and such officers of the Department as the Commissioner may designate are hereby authorized to prepare under the seal of the Department and deliver upon request a copy of any collision report on file with the Department, charging a fee of Seven Dollars ($7.00).
8. H. The Department of Public Safety or any motor license agent upon request shall prepare and furnish a summary to any person of the traffic record of any person subject to the provisions of the motor vehicle laws of this state. Said summary shall include the enumeration of any motor vehicle collisions, reference to convictions for violations of motor vehicle laws, and any action taken against the person's privilege to operate a motor vehicle, as shown by the files of the Department for the three (3) years preceding the date of the request. For each summary furnished by the Department of Public Safety, the Department shall collect the sum of Ten Dollars ($10.00). For each summary furnished by a motor license agent, the agent shall collect the sum of Ten Dollars ($10.00), Eight Dollars ($8.00) of which shall be paid to the Oklahoma Tax Commission for deposit in the General Revenue Fund in the State Treasury and Two Dollars ($2.00) of which shall be retained by the motor license agent. Persons sixty-five (65) years of age or older shall not be required to pay a fee for their own traffic record summary furnished by the Department or a motor license agent.
9. I. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Department of Public Safety to be designated the Department of Public Safety Revolving Fund. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all money received by the Department of Public Safety from sale of surplus property, insurance and other reimbursements for damaged, lost or stolen property, for the services of Department personnel as approved by the Department if such personnel are representing the Department or are in any uniform of the Department, turnpike enforcement, reimbursement for supplies or facsimile or data transmissions or for contractual services or products not otherwise provided by law, fees and costs paid by subscribers to the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Telecommunications Systems, refund of federal gasoline tax, court-ordered forfeitures, salvage vehicle inspection and certification fees, fees provided for in subsection H of Section 1111 of this title, reimbursements by federal, state and municipal government agencies for the use of Department of Public Safety airplanes, fees from users of the Robert R. Lester Law Enforcement Training Academy facilities, and federal funds unless otherwise provided by federal law or regulation. Except as provided for in subsection J of this section, all monies accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Department of Public Safety for the operating expenses of the Department and for vehicles, equipment, personnel and other operating expenses for turnpike enforcement. The Director of State Finance shall provide a distinct numbering system for the identification and tracking of the expenditures of the various programs budgeted from the Revolving Fund. Expenditures from said fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of State Finance for approval and payment.

10. J. All monies accruing to the credit of the Department of Public Safety Revolving Fund from inspection fees provided for in subsection H of Section 1111 of this title shall be budgeted and expended for any purpose of the Department of Public Safety.

    All monies received by the Commissioner of Public Safety and the officers and employees of the Department shall be remitted to the State Treasurer to be credited to the General Revenue Fund in the State Treasury except as otherwise provided for in this section.

Laws 1961, HB 556, p. 346, § 6-117, eff. September 1, 1961; Amended by Laws 1971, HB 1543, c. 101, § 1, emerg. eff. April 24, 1971; Amended by Laws 1975, SB 79, c. 231, § 8, emerg. eff. May 30, 1975; Amended by Laws 1983, SB 54, c. 286, § 20, emerg. eff. July 1, 1983; Amended by Laws 1986, HB 1633, c. 279, § 13, emerg. eff. July 1, 1986; Amended by Laws 1987, HB 1196, c. 5, § 151, emerg. eff. March 11, 1987; Amended by Laws 1988, HB 1620, c. 27, § 3, eff. November 1, 1988; Amended by Laws 1988, HB 1579, c. 290, § 14, emerg. eff. July 1, 1988; Amended by Laws 1989, HB 1521, c. 349, § 4, emerg. eff. June 3, 1989; Amended by Laws 1991, HB 1587, c. 309, § 1 (repealed by Laws 1992, HB 1848, c. 61, § 2, eff. September 1, 1992); Amended by Laws 1991, SB 346, c. 342, § 3, emerg. eff. July 1, 1992; Amended by Laws 1992, HB 1848, c. 61, § 1, eff. September 1, 1992; Amended by Laws 1993, HB 1832, c. 243, § 53, eff. September 1, 1993; Amended by Laws 1994, SB 1003, c. 218, § 7, emerg. eff. July 1, 1994; Amended by Laws 1995, HB 1576, c. 208, § 1, emerg. eff. July 1, 1995; Amended by Laws 1996, HB 2279, c. 184, § 1, eff. November 1, 1996; Amended by Laws 1997, SB 469, c. 322, § 2, emerg. eff. May 29, 1997 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 1999, HB 1305, c. 80, § 2, eff. November 1, 1999 (superseded document available).