OOIDA Call to Action - Oklahoma Members
March 18, 2003

Attention: Oklahoma truckers! Legislation in the state Senate needs your support.

HB1456 would allow the state's public safety commissioner to crack down on certain speed traps in small towns that use them as moneymakers.
Under the new bill, Public Safety Commissioner Bob Ricks would be given the power to take local law enforcers off certain state highways and interstates and reassign them to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
In addition, the measure would give Ricks the authority to further investigate complaints of municipalities operating speed traps.
The bill passed the House Feb. 27 by a 96-2 vote. On April 17, it was forwarded to the Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Safety Committee.
It is vital you contact the committee members and let them know how important this bill is to you as an Oklahoma trucker. For contact information, visit www.lsb.state.ok.us/senate/welcome.html. Click on the "Committees" link, then on "Standing Committees," and finally "Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Safety." You can also call OOIDA's membership department at 1-800-444-5791 and they'll look it up for you.