ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2255	By:	Sherrer, Inman, Faught, Bennett, Lockhart, Hilliard, Proctor, McDaniel (Curtis), Walker, Ritze, and Hoskin of the House

				and

		Burrage, Johnson (Constance) and Shortey of the Senate

An Act relating to motor vehicles; creating the Patriot Guard Funeral Procession Act; making certain acts unlawful; providing an exception; stating penalty provision; providing for codification; providing for noncodification; and providing an effective date.

SUBJECT:  Patriot Guard Funeral Procession Act

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law not to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:

Sections 1 and 2 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the “Patriot Guard Funeral Procession Act”.

SECTION 2.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 11-315 of Title 47, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

A.  No driver of a motor vehicle shall drive between the vehicles comprising a funeral or other authorized procession while the vehicles are in motion and when such vehicles are conspicuously designated.  This provision shall not apply at intersections where traffic is controlled by traffic control signals or police officers.   

B.  Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this section shall be punished as provided for in Section 17-101 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

SECTION 3.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2012.

  Passed the House of Representatives the 29th day of February, 2012.

	
Presiding Officer of the House of
	Representatives

Passed the Senate the 18th day of April, 2012.

	
Presiding Officer of the Senate