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CHAPTER 70 — General Provisions And Administration

General Provisions

§ 70.01 Definitions

   (A)   For any words and phrases used in this traffic code which are not defined in this section but are defined in the laws of the state regulating traffic, the definitions in the laws of the state shall be deemed to apply to the words and phrases used in this traffic code.
   (B)   For the purpose of this traffic code, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly requires a different meaning.
      ALLEY. A public passageway or street which affords only a secondary means of vehicular access to abutting property and has no legal or official name other than alley.
      BICYCLE. Every device propelled by human power upon which any person may ride which has two or three tandem wheels, any of which is more than 20 inches in diameter.
      COMMERCIAL VEHICLE. Every vehicle designed, maintained or used primarily for the transportation of property.
      CURB LOADING ZONE. A space adjacent to a curb which is reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers or materials.
      DRIVER. Every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle.
      EMERGENCY VEHICLES. Vehicles of the Fire Department, police vehicles and ambulances.
      INTERSECTION. The area embraced within the lateral boundary lines of the roadways of two streets or highways which join one another at, or approximately at, right angles, or the area within which vehicles traveling upon different streets or highways joining at any other angle may come into conflict.
      LANED ROADWAY. A roadway which is divided into two or more clearly-marked lanes for vehicular traffic.
      MOTOR VEHICLE. Every vehicle which is self-propelled and every vehicle which is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires, but which is not operated upon rails.
      MOTORCYCLE. Every motor vehicle having a seat or saddle for the use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground, but excluding a tractor.
      OFFICIAL TIME STANDARD. Whenever certain hours are named herein, they shall mean standard time or daylight saving time, as may be in current use in the town.
      OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES. All signs, signals, markings and devices not inconsistent with this code which are placed or erected by the authority of a public body or official having jurisdiction for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic.
      PARK or PARKING. The standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers.
      PEDESTRIAN. Any person afoot.
      POLICE OFFICER. Any officer of the Town Police Department or any other officer authorized by law to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violations of traffic regulations.
      PRIVATE ROAD or ROADWAY. Every way or place in private ownership and used for vehicular travel by the owner and those having express or implied permission from the owner, but not by other persons.
      RAILROAD. A carrier of persons or property upon cars, other than streetcars, operated upon stationary rails.
      RAILROAD TRAIN. A steam engine, or electric or other motor, with or without cars coupled thereto which is operated upon rails, excepting streetcars.
      RIGHT-OF-WAY. The privilege of the immediate use of the roadway.
      ROADWAY. The portion of a street improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel exclusive of the berm or shoulder. In the event that a street includes two or more separate roadways, the term ROADWAY as used herein shall refer to any such roadway separately but not to all such roadways collectively.
      SIDEWALK. The portion of a street between the curblines or the lateral lines of a roadway and the adjacent property lines intended for the use of pedestrians.
      STAND or STANDING. The halting of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or discharging passengers.
      STOP.
         (a)   When required, STOP or STOPPING means a complete cessation from movement.
         (b)   When prohibited, STOP or STOPPING means any halting, even momentarily, of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic-control sign or signal.
      STREET or HIGHWAY. The entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for the purpose of vehicular travel.
      THROUGH STREET. Every street or portion thereof on which vehicular traffic is given preferential right-of-way and at the entrances to which vehicular traffic from intersecting streets is required by law to yield the right-of-way to vehicles on such THROUGH STREET in obedience to, when such signs are erected as provided in this traffic code, either a stop sign or a yield sign.
      TRAFFIC. Pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, streetcars and other conveyances, either singly or together, while using any street for the purpose of travel.
      TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNAL. Any device, whether manually, electrically or mechanically operated, by which traffic alternately is directed to stop and permitted to proceed.
      VEHICLE. Every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, excepting devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
(Prior Code, § 15-101)
Statutory reference:
   Definitions, state traffic laws, see 47 O.S. §§ 1-101 et seq.

§ 70.02 Scope Of Application

   The provisions of this traffic code shall apply to every street, highway, alley, roadway, sidewalk, driveway, park area and every other public way, either within or outside of the corporate limits of the town, the use of which the town has jurisdiction and authority to regulate, including, but not limited to:
   (A)   Those dedicated to or acquired by the public for public use;
   (B)   Those upon land owned by the town;
   (C)   Those upon land owned by any other governmental unit, but the regulation of the use of which has been given to the town; and
   (D)   Those upon private property, but the regulation of the use of which has been given to the town.
(Prior Code, § 15-102)

§ 70.03 State Traffic Codes Adopted

   The provisions of the State Motor Vehicle Code, 47 O.S. §§ 1-101 et seq., and the Rules of the Road, 47 O.S. §§ 10-101 et seq., are hereby adopted and incorporated herein by reference and are enforceable by the town within the town limits as fully as if set out at length herein.
(Prior Code, § 15-126)

§ 70.04 Insurance Or Certificate Required

   (A)   Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly requires a different meaning.
      COMPULSORY INSURANCE LAW. The law requiring liability insurance in conjunction with the operation of a motor vehicle in the state as found in 47 O.S. Art. VI, Ch. 7 and 47 O.S. § 7-606.
      OPERATOR’S POLICY. An operator’s policy of liability insurance which shall insure the named person against loss from the liability imposed upon him or her by law for damages arising out of the operation or use by him or her of any motor vehicle not owned by him or her, subject to the same limits of liability required in an owner’s policy.
      OWNER’S POLICY. An owner’s policy of liability insurance which:
         (a)   Shall designate by explicit description or by appropriate reference all vehicles with respect to which coverage is thereby to be granted;
         (b)   Shall insure the person named therein, and shall insure any other person, except as provided in division (c) below, who is using an insured vehicle with the express or implied permission of the named insured, against loss from the liability imposed by law for damages arising out of the ownership, maintenance, operation or use of such vehicle;
         (c)   May provide for exclusions from coverage in accordance with existing law; and
         (d)   Shall be issued by an authorized carrier providing coverage in accordance with 47 O.S. § 7-204.
      SECURITY.
         (a)   A policy or bond meeting the requirements of 47 O.S. § 7-204;
         (b)   A deposit of cash or securities having the equivalency of the limits required under 47 O.S. § 7-204 as acceptable limits for a policy or bond; or
         (c)   Self-insurance, pursuant to the provisions of 47 O.S. § 7-503, having the equivalency of the limits required under 47 O.S. § 7-204 as acceptable limits for a policy or bond.
      SECURITY VERIFICATION FORM. A form approved by the State Board for Property and Casualty Rates verifying the existence of the security required by the State Compulsory Insurance Law, being 47 O.S. §§ 600 et seq.
   (B)   Form to show liability coverage. Every operator of a motor vehicle registered in the state shall carry either an operator’s or an owner’s security verification form issued by a carrier while operating or using such vehicle within the town’s boundaries, provided that the operator is not excluded from coverage thereon, or an equivalent form issued by the Department of Public Safety reflecting liability coverage.
   (C)   Form to be shown upon request. The owner of a motor vehicle registered in the state and operating the vehicle within the town’s boundaries shall carry in such vehicle at all times a current owner’s security verification form listing the vehicle, or an equivalent form which has been used by the State Department of Public Safety, which shall be produced by any driver thereof upon request for inspection by any law enforcement officer, and in the case of a collision, the form shall be shown upon request to any person affected by the collision.
   (D)   Exceptions. The following shall not be required to carry an owner’s or operator’s security verification form or an equivalent form from the Department during operation of the vehicle and shall not be required to surrender such form for vehicle registration purposes:
      (1)   Any vehicle owned or leased by the federal or state government or by any agency or political subdivision thereof;
      (2)   Any vehicle bearing the name, symbol or logo of the business, corporation or utility on the exterior and which is in compliance with the Compulsory Insurance Law, being 47 O.S. §§ 600 et seq., according to the records of the Department of Public Safety which reflect a deposit, bond, self- insurance or fleet policy;
      (3)   Any vehicle authorized for operation under a permit number issued by the Interstate Commerce Commission or the Oklahoma Corporation Commission;
      (4)   Any licensed taxicab; or
      (5)   Any vehicle owned by a licensed motor vehicle dealer.
(Prior Code, § 15-127) Penalty, see § 70.99

§ 70.05 General Equipment Requirements

   Every vehicle operated upon the streets of the town shall be equipped as required by law. It is unlawful for any person to:
   (A)   Operate a vehicle upon a street of the town which is not equipped as required by law;
   (B)   Fail to use such equipment in the manner required by law, or to use it in a manner prohibited by law; or
   (C)   Operate a vehicle which has equipment prohibited by law upon a street in the town.
(Prior Code, § 15-103) Penalty, see § 70.99
Statutory reference:
   Equipment of vehicles, see 47 O.S. §§ 12-101 et seq.

§ 70.06 Size And Weight Restrictions

   (A)   Generally. No person shall drive on or convey through any street any vehicle the width, height, length, weight or load of which exceeds that authorized by state law, except in accordance with a permit issued by state authority or by the Police Chief.
   (B)   Over five tons. No vehicle or truck weighing in excess of five tons may be parked upon public streets, easements, alleys or sidewalks in any residential area of the town.
   (C)   Over ten tons. No vehicle weighing more than ten tons shall be operated upon the streets, alleys and other public ways within the town, except for on state highways.
(Prior Code, § 15-104) Penalty, see § 70.99
Statutory reference:
   Size, weight and load of vehicles, see 47 O.S. §§ 14-101 et seq.

§ 70.07 Unmuffled Dynamic Breaking Devices Prohibited; Exception

   (A)   Definition. For the purpose of this section, the following definition applies unless the context clearly requires a different meaning.
      DYNAMIC BRAKING DEVICE. Commonly referred to as a JAKE BRAKE, JACOBS BRAKE, ENGINE BRAKE or COMPRESSION BRAKE, a device on a motor vehicle, primarily on trucks, for the conversion of the engine from an internal combustion engine to an air compressor for the purposes of braking without the use of wheel brakes.
   (B)   Prohibition. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any motor vehicle with an unmuffled dynamic braking device engaged within the town limits of the town except for the purpose of avoiding imminent danger or in cases of wheel brake failure.
   (C)   Exception. The provisions of this section shall not apply to authorized emergency vehicles.
(Prior Code, § 15-128) (Ord. 2020-01, passed 6-11-2020) Penalty, see § 70.99

§ 70.08 Securing Loads Required; Exceptions

   (A)   No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any street or alley unless the vehicle is constructed or loaded so as to prevent any of its load from dropping, shifting, leaking or otherwise escaping therefrom, except that sand or salt may be dropped for the purpose of securing traction or water or other substances may be sprinkled on a roadway in cleaning or maintaining the roadway.
   (B)   No person shall operate on any street or alley any vehicle with any load unless the load, and any covering thereon, is securely fastened so as to prevent the covering or load from becoming loose, detached or in any manner a hazard to other users of the street or alley.
   (C)   This section shall not apply to trucks loaded only with livestock, poultry or agricultural products, excepting baled agricultural products, but any such truck shall be constructed or loaded so as to prevent the livestock or poultry from escaping therefrom.
(Prior Code, § 15-105) Penalty, see § 70.99

§ 70.09 Opening And Closing Vehicle Doors

   No person shall open the door of a motor vehicle on the side available to moving traffic unless and until it is reasonably safe to do so, nor shall any person leave a door open on the side of a motor vehicle available to moving traffic for a period of time longer than necessary to load or unload passengers.
(Prior Code, § 15-107) Penalty, see § 70.99
Statutory reference:
   Related provisions, see 47 O.S. § 11-1105

§ 70.10 Boarding Or Alighting From Vehicles

   No person shall board or alight from any vehicle while such vehicle is in motion.
(Prior Code, § 15-108) Penalty, see § 70.99

§ 70.11 Unlawful Manner Of Riding

   No person shall ride on any vehicle upon any portion thereof not designed or intended for the use of passengers. This section shall not apply to an employee engaged in the necessary discharge of a duty, nor to persons riding within truck bodies in a space intended for merchandise.
(Prior Code, § 15-109) Penalty, see § 70.99

§ 70.12 Pushcarts, Animals And Animal-drawn Vehicles

   Every person propelling any pushcart or riding an animal upon a roadway and every person driving any animal-drawn vehicle shall be subject to the provisions of this traffic code applicable to the driver of any vehicle except for those provisions of this traffic code which by their very nature can have no application.
(Prior Code, § 15-111) Penalty, see § 70.99
Statutory reference:
   Related provisions, see 47 O.S. § 11-104

§ 70.13 Authorizing Or Permitting Violations Prohibited

   No person shall authorize or knowingly permit a vehicle owned by him or her, registered in his or her name or under his or her control to be driven, parked or stopped in violation of any provision of this traffic code. No parent of any child or guardian of any ward shall cause, authorize or knowingly permit such child or ward to violate any provision of this traffic code.
(Prior Code, § 15-110) Penalty, see § 70.99

§ 70.14 Work Conducted On Streets, Requirements And Exceptions

   (A)   Town employees or contractors repairing or improving the streets of the town and utility company personnel installing, improving or repairing lines or other utility facilities in the streets are hereby authorized as necessary, subject to control by the Board of Trustees, to close any street or section thereof to traffic during such repair, maintenance or construction. In exercising such authority, the employees, personnel or contractors shall erect or cause to be erected proper control devices and barricades to warn and notify the public that the street has been closed to traffic.
   (B)   (1)   When any street has been closed to traffic under the provisions of division (A) above and traffic-control devices or barricades have been erected, it is unlawful for any person to drive any vehicle through, under, over or around the traffic-control devices or barricades or to otherwise enter the closed area.
      (2)   The provisions of division (B)(1) above shall not apply to persons while engaged in the construction, maintenance and repair or to persons entering therein for the protection of lives or property. Persons having their places of residence or places of business within the closed area may travel, when possible to do so, through the area at their own risk.
   (C)   Whenever construction, repair or maintenance of any street or utility line or facility is being performed under traffic, the employees, personnel or contractors concerned shall erect or cause to be erected traffic-control devices to warn and guide the public. Every person using the street shall obey all signs, signals, markings, flagpersons or other traffic-control devices which are placed to regulate, control and guide traffic through the construction or maintenance area.
(Prior Code, § 15-112) Penalty, see § 70.99

§ 70.15 Authorized Emergency Vehicles, Duties

   (A)   The provisions of this traffic code shall not apply to the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle when responding to an emergency call, when in pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law or when responding to, but not upon returning from, a fire alarm.
   (B)   This section shall not relieve the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons, nor shall such section protect the driver from the consequences of his or her reckless disregard for the safety of others.
   (C)   The exemptions herein granted to an authorized emergency vehicle shall apply only when the driver of the vehicle sounds an audible signal by bell, siren or exhaust whistle, as may be reasonably necessary, while in motion, and when the vehicle is equipped with at least one lighted lamp displaying a red light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of 500 feet to the front of the vehicle, except that an authorized emergency vehicle operated as a police vehicle need not be equipped with or display a red light visible from in front of the vehicle.
(Prior Code, § 15-113)
Statutory reference:
   Related provisions, see 47 O.S. § 11-106

§ 70.16 Drivers Approached By Authorized Emergency Vehicle, Duties

   Upon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency vehicle making use of audible and visual signals meeting the requirements of the laws of the state, or of a police vehicle properly and lawfully making use of an audible signal only, the driver of every other vehicle shall, except when otherwise directed by a police officer:
   (A)   Yield the right-of-way;
   (B)   Immediately drive to a position parallel to, and as close as possible to, the right-hand edge or curb of the roadway clear of any intersection; and
   (C)   Stop and remain in such position until the authorized emergency vehicle has passed.
(Prior Code, § 15-114) Penalty, see § 70.99
Statutory reference:
   Related provisions, see 47 O.S. § 11-405

§ 70.17 Following Fire Apparatus Prohibited

   The driver of any vehicle other than one on official business shall not follow closer than 500 feet to any fire apparatus traveling in response to a fire alarm nor drive into or park such vehicle within the block where a fire apparatus has stopped in answer to a fire alarm.
(Prior Code, § 15-115) Penalty, see § 70.99
Statutory reference:
   Related provisions, 47 O.S. § 11-1108(a)

§ 70.18 Crossing A Fire Hose Restricted

   No vehicle shall be driven over any unprotected hose of a fire department when laid down on any street or private driveway to be used at any fire or alarm of fire without the consent of the fire department official in command.
(Prior Code, § 15-116) Penalty, see § 70.99
Statutory reference:
   Related provisions, see 47 O.S. § 11-1109

§ 70.19 Accidents; Driver’s Duty To Stop, Assist And Report

   (A)   Stopping, informing and aiding. The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or the death of any person or damage to any vehicle or property shall immediately stop his or her vehicle at the scene of such accident, or as close thereto as possible, and return to and remain at the scene of the accident until he or she has given his or her name and address and the registration of his or her vehicle, and upon request, shall exhibit his or her driver’s license to the person injured or to the driver or occupant of, or the person attending, any vehicle collided with, and shall render to any person injured in such accident reasonable assistance, including the carrying of or the making of arrangements for the carrying of such person to a physician, surgeon or hospital for medical and surgical treatment if it is apparent that this treatment is necessary or if such is requested by the injured person. Each such stop shall be made without obstructing traffic more than is necessary.
   (B)   Reporting to police. The driver of a vehicle which is in any manner involved in an accident resulting in bodily injury to or the death of any person, or in which it is apparent that damage to one vehicle or to the property is in excess of $300, shall report such accident to a police officer or to the Police Department as soon as practicable. If a driver makes out a written report of the accident in the office of the Police Department as soon as practicable after the accident, which report to be forwarded to the State Department of Public Safety in accordance with state law, then the driver shall be deemed to be in compliance with this section.
(Prior Code, § 15-118) Penalty, see § 70.99
Statutory reference:
   Accident reports, see 47 O.S. §§ 10-101 et seq.
Administration

§ 70.30 Duty Of The Police And Fire Departments

   (A)   The Police Department shall have the power to enforce the street traffic regulations of the town and all of the state vehicle laws applicable to street traffic in the town, to make arrests for traffic violations, to investigate accidents and to cooperate with the officers of the town in the administration of the traffic laws and in developing ways and means to improve traffic conditions.
   (B)   Officers of the Fire Department, when at the scene of a fire or other emergency, may direct or may assist the police in directing traffic there or in the immediate vicinity.
(Prior Code, § 15-117)

§ 70.31 Eluding Police Officers Prohibited

   (A)   Definition. For the purpose of this section, the following definition applies unless the context clearly requires a different meaning.
      VISUAL OR AUDIBLE SIGNAL. A red light and a siren from a law enforcement officer driving a motor vehicle with insignia showing the same to be an official police, sheriff or highway patrol car.
   (B)   Prohibition. No person operating a motor vehicle who has received a visual or audible signal directing the operator to bring his or her vehicle to a stop shall willfully increase his or her speed, extinguish his or her lights or in any other manner attempt to or actually elude such law enforcement officer.
(Prior Code, § 15-125) Penalty, see § 70.99

§ 70.32 Inspection Of Vehicles By Officers

   Police officers have the authority to inspect and test any vehicle upon the streets of the town at any time to determine whether it is safe, whether it is properly equipped and whether its equipment is in proper adjustment or repair.
(Prior Code, § 15-106)

§ 70.33 Issuance Of Citation Tags

   (A)   The Police Chief is hereby authorized and directed to supply police officers with citation tags in sets, each set consisting of an original and at least two duplicate copies, for the purpose of giving notice to persons violating any provision of this traffic code.
   (B)   Notice may be given by delivering the tag to the violator or by affixing it to the vehicle involved in the violation.
   (C)   Each citation tag shall direct the violator to appear and present such tag at a designated place on or before a date and hour specified thereon. Each tag shall bear the registration number of the vehicle.
   (D)   Nothing in this section shall be construed to abridge the power of a police officer to arrest any violator and take him or her into custody.
   (E)   The Town Board of Trustees may require that police officers use citation tags furnished by the Finance Department and that such tags be serially numbered, and may regulate the use and handling of the citation tags.
(Prior Code, § 15-119)

§ 70.34 Disposition And Record Of Citations, Warrants And Complaints

   (A)   Every police officer, upon issuing a traffic citation to an alleged violator of any provision of the motor vehicle laws of the state or any traffic law of the town, shall deposit the original and a duplicate copy of the citation with his or her immediate superior officer, who shall cause the original to be delivered to the Municipal Court. Upon the filing of the original citation in the Municipal Court, the citation may be disposed of only by trial in the Court or by other official action by a Judge of the Court, including by forfeiture of bail or by payment of a fine.
   (B)   The Police Chief shall maintain a record of all warrants issued by the Municipal Court which are delivered to the Police Department for service and of the final disposition of the warrants.
   (C)   No member of the Police Department or other officer or public employee shall dispose of, alter or deface a traffic citation, or any copy thereof, or the record of the issuance or disposition of any traffic citation, complaint or warrant in a manner other than as required in this traffic code.
(Prior Code, § 15-123) Penalty, see § 70.99

§ 70.35 Court Records; Abstracts Sent To State

   (A)   The Municipal Court Clerk shall keep a record of every traffic citation deposited with or presented to the Court and shall keep a record of every official action by the Court or its Traffic Violations Bureau in reference thereto, including, but not limited to, a record of every conviction, forfeiture of bail and judgment of acquittal and the amount of the fine or forfeiture. Within ten days after the conviction or forfeiture of bail of a person upon a charge of violating any provision of this traffic code or other law regulating the operation of vehicles on highways, the municipal judge or clerk of the court in which the conviction was had or bail was forfeited shall prepare and immediately forward to the State Department of Public Safety a certified abstract of the court’s record of the case. An abstract need not be made of any conviction involving the illegal parking or standing of a vehicle.
   (B)   The abstract must be made upon a form furnished by the State Department of Public Safety and shall include the name and address of the party charged, the number of his or her operator’s or chauffeur’s license, the registration number of the vehicle involved, the nature of the offense, the date of the hearing, the plea, the judgment, whether bail was forfeited and the amount of the fine or forfeiture.
(Prior Code, § 15-124)

§ 70.36 Failure To Obey Citations

   It is unlawful and an offense for any person to violate his or her written promise to appear, given to an officer upon the issuance of a traffic citation, regardless of the disposition of the charge for which the citation was originally issued.
(Prior Code, § 15-120) Penalty, see § 70.99

§ 70.37 Failure To Comply With Citations Attached To A Parked Vehicle

   (A)   If a violator of the restrictions on stopping, standing or parking under the traffic laws or ordinances does not appear in response to a traffic citation affixed to such motor vehicle within a period of five days, then the Clerk of the Municipal Court may send to the owner of the motor vehicle to which the traffic citation was affixed a letter informing him or her of the violation and warning him or her that in the event that such letter is disregarded for a period of five days, a warrant of arrest may be issued.
   (B)   On any occasion where two or more such traffic citations have been affixed on the same motor vehicle and the traffic citations have been disregarded, a warrant of arrest may be issued without sending the letter provided in division (A) above.
(Prior Code, § 15-121)

§ 70.38 Illegal Cancellation Of Citations

   It is unlawful for any person to cancel or to solicit the cancellation of any traffic citation in any manner other than as provided by this traffic code.
(Prior Code, § 15-122) Penalty, see § 70.99

§ 70.99 Penalty

   (A)   Any violations of the provisions of this traffic code shall be punishable as provided in § 10.99(A) of this code.
(Prior Code, § 15-601)
   (B)   (1)   An owner or operator who fails to produce for inspection a valid and current security verification form or an equivalent form which has been issued by the Department upon the request of any peace officer of the Department as per § 70.04 of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be subject to a fine as provided in § 10.99(A) of this code.
      (2)   A sentence imposed for any violation of § 70.04 of this chapter may be suspended or deferred in whole or in part by the Court.
      (3)   Any person producing proof in court that a current security verification form or an equivalent form which has been issued by the Department reflecting the liability coverage for such person was in force at the time of the alleged offense shall be entitled to the dismissal of such charge.
      (4)   Upon conviction, bond forfeiture or deferral of sentence, the Court Clerk shall forward an abstract to the State Department of Public Safety within ten days reflecting the action taken by the Court.
(Prior Code, § 15-127)
   (C)   Any person failing to stop or to comply with any of the requirements of § 70.19 of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined as provided in § 10.99(A) of this code.
(Prior Code, § 15-118)