A. Any company engaged in the business of ice cream truck vending shall conduct an annual name search against the Oklahoma Sex Offender Registry for each ice cream truck operator prior to allowing such person to engage in the business of ice cream truck vending in this state. Each business shall maintain records or other proof that a name search was conducted on each ice cream truck operator, and each person searched has no requirement to register as a sex offender. Any business entity discovering that a person has operated, or has attempted to operate, an ice cream truck shall report such information to the district attorney. Any person who fails to report information of violations or to comply with records or name search requirements shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a misdemeanor.

B. Individuals engaged in the business of ice cream truck vending who are sole proprietors shall be required to sign, and have in the person’s possession while operating an ice cream truck, a notarized statement signed under oath stating that the person is not required to register as a sex offender. The statement shall be renewed annually. Any person who fails to comply with the requirement to have a signed and notarized statement in the person’s possession while operating an ice cream truck shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a misdemeanor.

Historical Data

Laws 2009, SB 1020, c. 457, § 7, emerg. eff. July 1, 2009.