Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 730 - Department of Transportation
Chapter 50 - Size and Weight Permits
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
Section 730:50-1-1 - Purpose

(a) The Department of Transportation issues permits for oversize, overweight vehicles. The purpose of this chapter is to set forth the guidelines and procedures for obtaining size and weight permits. Through the process of granting oversize and overweight vehicle permits, it is the intent of the Oklahoma Transportation Department to ensure, to the greatest extent possible, that the traveling public is protected from potential traffic hazards and the public interest and investment in state owned transportation facilities are protected through meaningful control of vehicle sizes and weights exceeding statutory limitations while providing adequate eligibility to permit, where in the public interest, the non-routine movements of oversize and/or overweight vehicles.

(b) For purposes of this chapter, the term "oversize, overweight" shall mean oversize or overweight or both oversize and overweight.