A. The Commissioner is hereby vested with the power and is charged with the duty of observing, administering, and enforcing the provisions of this title and of all laws regulating the operation of vehicles or the use of the highways, the enforcement and administration of which are now or hereafter vested in the Department. The Commissioner may appoint any employee of the Department to serve as the personal representative of the Commissioner for the purpose of fulfilling any such duty or combination of duties.
B. The Commissioner is hereby authorized to adopt and enforce such rules as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act and any other laws the enforcement and administration of which are vested in the Department.
C. The Commissioner may adopt an official seal for the use of the Department.
D. The Commissioner may adopt an authorized facsimile signature of the Commissioner, and may appoint any employee of the Department to serve as the personal representative of the Commissioner for the purpose of affixing the authorized facsimile signature of the Commissioner to administrative letters, notices, and orders to enforce the provisions of the law. Provided, however, it shall be unlawful and shall constitute the crime of forgery to affix or endorse the facsimile signature of the Commissioner, as herein provided, to any instrument, voucher, check, claim, or draft for the payment of money due and owing to the State of Oklahoma. In lieu of the signature of the Commissioner or the authorized facsimile signature of the Commissioner, the Commissioner may direct and authorize any employee of the Department to affix the signature of the employee to administrative letters, notices, and orders to enforce the provisions of the law.
Added by Laws 1961, p. 327, § 2-108, eff. Sept. 1, 1961. Amended by Laws 2004, c. 130, § 6, emerg. eff. April 20, 2004.
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