A. For each motor vehicle registered in this state and used for the purpose of transporting cotton modules from the point of production to the first point of delivery or cotton gin, the annual license fee shall be Sixty Dollars ($60.00). Fees collected pursuant to this section shall be apportioned pursuant to Section 1104 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

B. The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall design appropriate license plates for all vehicles registered pursuant to this section. The license plates shall be permanent in nature and shall be designed in a manner as to remain with the vehicle for the duration of the vehicle's life span or until the title is transferred or the vehicle is no longer used for the purposes specified in subsection A of this section.

C. Any person, firm or corporation who transports cotton modules without the license required in this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as follows:

1. For the first such violation, by a fine of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00);

2. For the second such violation, by a fine of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00); and

3. For the third and subsequent violations, by a fine of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00).

D. A motor vehicle subject to the license requirement in this section shall be exempt from the license required pursuant to Section 1133 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

Added by Laws 2012, c. 227, § 1, emerg. eff. May 8, 2012.