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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
HOUSE BILL 1986 By: Strom
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to animals; requiring state agencies
to enclose by fence certain land used for livestock
grazing; requiring maintenance of fence; authorizing
certain contracts; providing for codification; and
providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 157 of Title 4, unless there is
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
Any state agency that owns, operates or leases land in this
state that is utilized for livestock grazing shall be responsible
for enclosing by fence or other suitable means any portion of such
land to contain the livestock. The state agency shall also be
responsible for maintaining the fence or enclosure. The state
agency may enter into a labor cost-sharing contract with adjacent
landowners, provided that the landowner shall not otherwise be
responsible for the cost of the fence or maintenance.
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SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
58-1-6314 AMM 01/20/21