Motor vehicles; creating the Jamie Lea Pearl Act; requiring medical needs motor carriers to have certain tax exempt status; effective date.

The entire bill text was replaced with a committee substitute version, which is a procedural change to update the bill for committee review.

Minor formatting adjustments were made to section headers and page numbering throughout the document.

The title was updated to conform to the amendments made by the committee.

Created a new Jamie Lea Pearl Act establishing a medical needs motor carrier program for non-profit organizations to transport patients for medical treatments at little or no cost.

Medical needs motor carriers must be formed under 26 U.S.C. Section 501(c)(3) and transport passengers in vehicles with no more than two axles, a GVWR of 5,000 pounds or less, and capacity for five or fewer occupants including the driver.

Added requirements for medical needs motor carriers to carry commercial insurance ($100,000 per person, $300,000 per incident, $100,000 for property damage), conduct quarterly vehicle inspections, maintain five-year clean motor vehicle records, and perform background checks and drug testing.

Requires the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to promulgate emergency rules within 60 days of the bill's passage, followed by permanent rules.

Amended existing motor carrier definitions to clarify exemptions for taxicabs, school transportation, LPG transport trucks, livestock/farm product transport, and added new definitions for 'corporate family' and 'intercorporate hauling'.

Removed previous insurance requirements that allowed general liability policies to be excluded, replacing them with specific commercial insurance requirements.

Removed 'Proposed Policy' designation and updated committee substitute formatting throughout the document.

Added new exemption for transport trucks transporting liquefied petroleum gases intrastate that are licensed under the Oklahoma Liquefied Petroleum Gas Regulation Act.

Added new exemption for transportation of livestock and farm products in raw state moving between farm and market on vehicles owned and operated by bona fide farmers.

Expanded school transportation provisions to clarify that motor vehicles and equipment operated for school children transportation qualify under existing Oklahoma School Code and State Board of Education rules.

Added provision for effective date at the end of the bill's description section.