OKLA Flat fee Decal

[DavidP]

Oklahoma requires a Flat Fee Decal for any vehicle not paying fuel taxes at the pump. Why one is required for a Honda GX?

1. LPG or Natural Gas Vehicle not exceeding 1 ton capacity - $50
or
2. CNG, LNG etc. Vehicle not exceeding 1 ton capacity - $100

Maybe the bigger question is have you bought either one?

I just got mine for the remainder of 2009. I bought option #2 above, just wonder if I overpaid.

[kuykendallc]

Re: OKLA Flat fee Decal

I got mine today and did option #2 as well. I asked if they could explain the difference between Natural Gas Vehicle and CNG and they could not. So I went with #2 to be safe.

[DavidP]

Re: OKLA Flat fee Decal

I called the OTC and asked which one for a GX. The OTC told me option #2 since it uses CNG. Not sure what car would qualify for the $50 decal - nat gas vehicle??????

[cowboy]

Re: OKLA Flat fee Decal

I would never pay the higher price if they couldnt tell me why just more goverment employes that dont know there job fire the whole lot of them from this office to crapitol hill and start over and when dealing with idiots like this take take a recorder with you and start by asking there name and badge # and the state date and time and tell them you are recording and do this with the recorder going then ask your question and save the tape

[kuykendallc]

Re: OKLA Flat fee Decal

I called the OTC and asked which one for a GX. The OTC told me option #2 since it uses CNG. Not sure what car would qualify for the $50 decal - nat gas vehicle??????

I did the exact same thing. I may go with the $50 option next time. If Tom or anyone with more specific knowledge here in Oklahoma would chime in, it would definitely be helpful.

[jblue]

Re: OKLA Flat fee Decal

If Tom or anyone with more specific knowledge here in Oklahoma would chime in, it would definitely be helpful.

One of the nice things about the Internet is that one can often times get and/or verify information especially when it comes to matters of law directly from your own computer.

http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/osstatuestitle.html

Laws 1968, c. 80, § 1, emerg. eff. March 26, 1968.
§68 723. Fee in lieu of tax.
A. In lieu of the special fuel tax imposed by Sections 703, 705, 707.1, 707.2 and 707.3 of this title, there is hereby levied a flat fee of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) on each passenger automobile, and on each pickup truck or van not exceeding one (1) ton in capacity, using liquefied petroleum gas or natural gas as fuel, except that no such fee shall be levied on any vehicle which is the subject of an exemption pursuant to Section 708 of this title. Provided that, should the passenger automobile, pickup truck or van have been acquired or should the liquefied petroleum gas or natural gas system be installed on or after July 1, the flat fee shall be Twenty five Dollars ($25.00) for the remainder of the calendar year, except as hereinafter provided.

B. Beginning January 1, 1991, in lieu of the special fuel tax imposed by Sections 703, 705, 707.1, 707.2 and 707.3 of this title, there is hereby levied a flat fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) on each passenger automobile, and on each pickup truck or van not exceeding one (1) ton in capacity, using compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas, methanol or "M-85" which is a mixture of methanol and gasoline containing at least eighty-five percent (85%) methanol as fuel, except that no such fee shall be levied on any vehicle which is the subject of an exemption pursuant to Section 708 of this title. Provided that, should the passenger automobile, pickup truck or van have been acquired or should the compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas, methanol or "M-85" system be installed on or after July 1, the flat fee shall be Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for the remainder of the calendar year, except as hereinafter provided.

C. Beginning January 1, 1993, in lieu of the special fuel tax imposed by Sections 703, 705, 707.1, 707.2 and 707.3 of this title, there is hereby levied a flat fee of One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) on each vehicle exceeding one (1) ton in capacity, using liquefied petroleum gas, compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas, methanol or "M-85" as fuel, except that no such fee shall be levied on any vehicle which is the subject of an exemption pursuant to Section 708 of this title. Provided that, should the vehicle be acquired or should the compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas, methanol or "M-85" system be installed on or after July 1, the flat fee shall be Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00) for the remainder of the calendar year, except as hereinafter provided.

D. Every person operating a vehicle using liquefied petroleum gas, liquefied natural gas, compressed natural gas, methanol or "M-85" as fuel shall make application for and obtain a decal to be issued on a yearly basis by the Oklahoma Tax Commission on forms prescribed and furnished by the Tax Commission.

E. Every person required to make application for and receive a decal under this section shall, at the time of making said application, remit to the Tax Commission the total amount of the fee due.

F. Each decal issued by the Tax Commission pursuant to the provisions of this section, shall expire on December 31 of every year, and in addition thereto said decals shall be displayed in the lower right hand corner of the front windshield of said vehicle. Upon receipt of satisfactory proof by the Tax Commission that it has become necessary to replace the windshield of the vehicle for which the decal was issued, another decal shall be issued by the Tax Commission as a replacement for a fee of One Dollar ($1.00).

G. When any vehicle using liquefied petroleum gas, liquefied natural gas, compressed natural gas, methanol or "M-85" as fuel and displaying a current decal as provided in this section is sold, such decal shall remain with the vehicle sold, unless the equipment installed to enable the vehicle to use liquefied petroleum gas, liquefied natural gas, compressed natural gas, methanol or "M-85" has been removed from the vehicle before the sale.

H. When the aforementioned equipment has been removed before the sale, the seller of the vehicle shall also remove the decal required of vehicles using liquefied petroleum gas, liquefied natural gas, compressed natural gas, methanol or "M-85". The removed decal, a receipt from the Oklahoma Tax Commission showing that the fee required has been paid for the current year, and the payment of a one dollar fee for duplicate decal shall entitle the seller to make application for and obtain a new decal to be used for the remainder of the year on any vehicle using liquefied petroleum gas, liquefied natural gas, compressed natural gas, methanol or "M-85" in accordance with the provisions of this section.

I. Provisions contained in Sections 701 through 721 of this title shall not apply to any vehicle using liquefied petroleum gas, liquefied natural gas, compressed natural gas, methanol or "M-85".

J. All funds derived from the fee imposed by subsection A of this section shall be deposited annually in the General Revenue Fund of the State Treasury by the Tax Commission. When any person fails to obtain a current decal within thirty (30) days of the date said decal is required as provided in this section, there shall become due and payable a penalty of twenty percent (20%) of the fee in addition to the fee. Said penalty to be deposited in the same manner as the fee pursuant to this subsection.

K. All funds derived from the fee imposed by subsections B and C of this section shall be collected by the Oklahoma Tax Commission and apportioned annually to the State Transportation Fund. When any person fails to obtain a current decal within thirty (30) days of the date such decal is required as provided in this section, there shall become due and payable a penalty of twenty percent (20%) of the fee in addition to the fee. Such penalty shall be deposited in the same manner as the fee pursuant to this subsection.

In section A, when the statue says: "using liquefied petroleum gas or natural gas as fuel", it is because they recognize that not everyone will refer to LPG as LPG, but simple as "natural gas". So a direct link was made to join the words.

In section B, it specifically mentions compressed natural gas for being taxed at $100.00.

[TOMTGT]

Re: OKLA Flat fee Decal

$100 is the cost of the OK sticker. no state taxes are colled at the CNG fast fill station for the state. Only .183 is collected for Excise tax to the feds.

My son got stoped by the OHP and the officer told him it was a huge fine not to have acurrent sticker. He bought a sticker the next day.

Tom Sewell