OKLAHOMA (AP) -- OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - There's a new look on Oklahoma roadways.

New state license plates ordered by the Legislature last spring are showing up on cars and trucks across the state.

It's the first installment of a license plate reissuance program that will provide new plates to owners of an estimated 3.1 million vehicles registered in the state.

The new plates prominently feature the Gilcrease Museum's "Sacred Rain Arrow" statue of an American Indian, framed against a blue sky, preparing to fire an arrow skyward.

The new plates are not scheduled to be issued until after Jan. 1. But about 1,600 of the plates have already been issued to motorists who want to retain their old license plate number. Motorists must pay a $17 fee in the plate retention program.

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