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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
HOUSE BILL 3639 By: Dempsey
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to hunting; amending 29 O.S. 2021,
Section 4-112, which relates to hunting licenses;
modifying fees; and providing an ef fective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 29 O.S. 2021, Section 4 -112, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 4-112. A. Except as otherwise provided for in the
Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Code or the Oklahoma Fa rmed Cervidae
Act, no person may hunt, pursue, trap, harass, catch, kill, take or
attempt to take in any manner, use, have in possession, sell, or
transport all or any portion of any wildlife except fish, witho ut
having first procured a license from the De partment of Wildlife
Conservation. The Wildlife Conservation Commission shall designate
a consecutive Saturday and Sunday in September of each year as free
hunting days in which residents of this state may hun t without first
procuring a hunting license pu rsuant to the provision s of this
section.
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B. The following legal residents of Oklahoma shall be exempt
from the annual hunting license requirement of paragraph 1 of
subsection F of this section and the followi ng nonresidents shall be
exempt from the annua l nonresident hunting l icenses required
pursuant to paragraph paragraphs 1 and 2 of subsection C of this
section:
1. Legal residents under sixteen (16) years of age;
2. Legal residents sixty -five (65) years of age or older
provided they have obtained a s enior citizen lifetime hunting or
combination hunting and fishing license pursuant to the provisions
of Section 4-114 of this title;
3. Legal residents born on or before January 1, 1923;
4. Legal resident vet erans having a disability of sixty percent
(60%) or more;
5. Legal resident owners or tenants who hunt on land owned or
leased by them;
6. Any nonresident under fourteen (14) years of age;
7. Legal residents having a proven disability which renders
them nonambulatory and confines them to a wheelcha ir, as certified
by a physician licensed in this state or in any state which borders
this state;
8. Any legal resident or nonresident under eighteen (18) years
of age who is in the physical custody of a child care facility as
defined by Section 402 of Tit le 10 of the Oklahoma S tatutes; and
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9. Any legal resident or nonresident hunting, pursuing,
trapping, harassing, catching, killing, taking, or attempting to
take in any manner any species of rattlesnake during an organized
rattlesnake-hunting event or fes tival and who has a rat tlesnake
permit issued pursuant to Section 4 -143 of this title.
C. Except as otherwise provided for in the Oklahoma Wildlife
Conservation Code, the nonresident hunting licenses issued pu rsuant
to this section and the fee for each li cense shall be:
1. Annual hunting license for nonresidents hunting game other
than deer, antelope, elk or bear which expires on December 31 of the
year purchased – One Hundred Forty-one Dollars ($141.00).
Nonresidents hunting big game, combination big ga me and upland game
or exotic wildlife in a commercial hunting area shall be required to
have this license;
2. Annual hunting license for nonresidents hunting game other
than deer, antelope, elk or bear which e xpires on June 30 of the
fiscal year purchased – One Hundred Seventy-five Dollars ($175.00).
Nonresidents hunting big game, combination big game and upland game
or exotic wildlife in a commercial hunting area shall be required to
have this license;
3. Gun hunting license for deer:
a. during deer gun seasons occurring prior to on or after
January 16, 2021 2023, for youth nonresidents
seventeen (17) years of age or younger which shall be
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valid for hunting one antlerless deer allowed during
the current calendar year deer gun season – Thirty
Dollars ($30.00),
b. during deer gun seasons occurring prior to on or after
January 16, 2021 2023, for youth nonresidents
seventeen (17) years of age or younger which shall be
valid for hunting one antlered or antlerless d eer
allowed during the current calendar year d eer gun
season – Ninety-nine Thirty Dollars ($99.00) ($30.00),
c. during deer gun seasons occurring prior to January 16,
2021, for nonresidents which shall be valid for
hunting all deer allowed during the curre nt calendar
year deer gun season - Two Hundred Ninety-nine Dollars
($299.00), and
d. during any deer gun season occurring on or after
January 16, 2021, for nonresidents , excluding youth
nonresidents, which shall be valid for hunting all
deer allowed during the current calendar year deer gun
season - Two Hundred Seventy-nine Dollars ($279.00);
4. Archery hunting license for deer for nonresidents which
shall expire on January 15 of the calendar year after the year
purchased or, if purchased during the deer a rchery season, it shall
expire at the end of that deer archery season :
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a. during deer archery season s occurring prior to on or
after January 16, 2021 2023, for youth nonresidents
seventeen (17) years of age or younger which shall be
valid for hunting one a ntlerless deer allowed during
the current deer archery season – Thirty Dollars
($30.00),
b. during deer archery seasons occurring prior to on or
after January 16, 2021 2023, for youth nonresidents
seventeen (17) years of age or younger which shall be
valid for hunting one antlered or antlerless deer
allowed during the curre nt deer archery season –
Ninety-nine Thirty Dollars ($99.00) ($30.00),
c. during deer archery seasons occurring prior to January
16, 2021, for nonresidents which shall be valid for
hunting all deer allowed during the current deer
archery season - Two Hundred Ninety-nine Dollars
($299.00), and
d. during any deer archery season occurring on or after
January 16, 2021, for nonresidents , excluding youth
nonresidents, which shall be valid for hu nting all
deer allowed during the current deer archery season -
Two Hundred Seventy-nine Dollars ($279.00);
5. Primitive firearms hunting license for deer for:
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a. during deer primitive firearms seasons occurring prior
to on or after January 16, 2021 2023, for youth
nonresidents seventeen (17) years of age or younger
which shall be valid for hunting one antlerle ss deer
allowed during the current calendar year deer
primitive firearms season – Thirty Dollars ($30.00),
b. during deer primitive firearms seasons occurring prior
to on or after January 16, 2021 2023, for youth
nonresidents seventeen (17) years of age or younger
which shall be valid for hunting one antlered or
antlerless deer allowed during the current calendar
year deer primitive firearms season – Ninety-nine
Thirty Dollars ($99.00) ($30.00),
c. during deer primitiv e firearms seasons occurring prior
to January 16, 2021, for no nresidents which shall be
valid for hunting all deer allowed during the current
calendar year deer primitive firearms season - Two
Hundred Ninety-nine Dollars ($299.00), and
d. during any deer primitive firearms season occurring on
or after January 16, 202 1, for nonresidents, excluding
youth nonresidents, which shall be valid for hunting
all deer allowed during the current calen dar year deer
primitive firearms season - Two Hundred Seventy-nine
Dollars ($279.00);
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6. Hunting license for antelope for nonresidents – Three
Hundred Five Dollars ($305.00);
7. Hunting license for elk for nonresidents – Three Hundred
Five Dollars ($305.00);
8. Five-day hunting license for nonresidents hunting game othe r
than deer, antelope, elk, quail, turkey or bear – Seventy-four
Dollars ($74.00). Nonresiden ts hunting big game, combination big
game and upland game or exotic wildlife in a commercial h unting area
shall be required to have this license; and
9. Ten-day hunting license for nonresidents hunting small game
in a commercial hunting area – Five Dollars ($5.00).
D. The Department of Wildlife Conservation shall provide a
report to both the Pres ident Pro Tempore of the Senate and the
Speaker of the House of Repr esentatives by February 1 of 2019 and
2020 setting forth information re garding licenses issued pursuant to
paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of subsection C of this section, which shall
include, but not be limited to:
1. The number of licenses issued during the most recent
respective deer hunting seasons; and
2. A fiscal analysis compa ring revenue generated from the fees
of the licenses issued during the most recent respective deer
hunting seasons compared to previous years and whether the deer
hunting license struct ure is beneficial to the Department.
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E. Of the fees collected pursuant to the provisions of
subsection C of this section:
1. Five Dollars ($5.00) of the license fee of each license
issued pursuant to paragraphs 1 through 7 of subsection C of this
section and Two Dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) of the license fee
for each license issued pursuant t o paragraph 8 of subsection C of
this section shall be deposited in the Wildlife Land Acquisit ion
Fund created pursuant to the provisions of Section 4 -132 of this
title; and
2. Five Dollars ($5.00) of the license fee for each licens e
issued pursuant to pa ragraphs 1 through 8 of subsection C of this
section shall be for the Oklahoma Wildlife Land S tamp and shall be
deposited in the Oklahoma Wildlife Land Fund creat ed pursuant to the
provisions of Section 4 -141 of this title.
F. Except as otherwise provided , the resident hunting licenses
issued pursuant to this section and the fee for each license s hall
be:
1. Annual hunting license for residents eighteen (18) year s of
age and older which expires on December 31 of the year purchased -
Twenty-four Dollars ($24.00);
2. Annual hunting license for residents eighteen (18) years of
age and older which ex pires on June 30 of the fiscal year purchased
– Thirty-one Dollars ($31.00);
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3. Annual hunting license for residents sixteen (16) or
seventeen (17) years of age which expires on December 31 of the year
purchased - Four Dollars ($4.00);
4. Annual hunting license for residents sixteen (16) or
seventeen (17) years of age wh ich expires on June 30 of the fiscal
year purchased – Six Dollars ($6.00);
5. Ten-day hunting license for residents for small game in a
commercial hunting area - Five Dollars ($5.00);
6. Five-year disability hunting license for residents of this
state for at least six (6) months who are receiving Social Security
Disability benefits, Supplemental Security Income benefits or
disability benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act, 45 U.S.C.A. ,
Section 231a, or residents who are one -hundred-percent disabled and
are receiving disability payments from the Multiple Injury Trust
Fund pursuant to Section 31 of Title 85A of the Oklahoma Statutes -
Ten Dollars ($10.00);
7. Gun hunting license for dee r for residents eighteen (18)
years of age or older - Nineteen Dollars ($19.00). The following
persons shall be exempt:
a. residents with proper certification fr om the United
States Department of Veterans Affairs or its
successor, certifying that the pers on is a disabled
veteran in receipt of compensation at the one -hundred-
percent rate, and
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b. residents hunting in big game or combination bi g game
and upland game commercial hunting areas;
8. Gun hunting license for deer for residents under eighteen
(18) years of age – Nine Dollars ($9.00);
9. Archery hunting license for deer for residents eighteen (18)
years of age or older - Nineteen Dollars ($19.00). The follo wing
persons shall be exempt:
a. residents with proper certification from the United
States Department of Veterans Affairs or its
successor, certifying that the p erson is a disabled
veteran in receipt of compensation at the one -hundred-
percent rate, and
b. residents hunting in big game or combination big game
and upland game commercial hunting area s;
10. Archery hunting license for deer for residents under
eighteen (18) years of age - Nine Dollars ($9.00);
11. Primitive firearms hun ting license for deer f or residents
eighteen (18) years of age or older - Nineteen Dollars ($19.00).
The following persons shall be exempt:
a. residents with proper certification from the United
States Department of Veterans Affairs or its
successor, certifying that the person is a disabled
veteran in receipt of compensation at the one -hundred-
percent rate, and
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b. residents hunting in big game or combination big game
and upland game commercial hunting areas;
12. Primitive firearms hunting license for deer for residents
under eighteen (18) years of age - Nine Dollars ($9.00);
13. Hunting license for elk for residents - Fifty Dollars
($50.00). Residents hunting in big game or combinatio n big game and
upland game commercial hunting areas shall be exempt fro m this
license;
14. Hunting license for antelope for residents – Fifty Dollars
($50.00). Residents hunting in big g ame or combination big game and
upland game commercial hunting areas shall be exempt from this
license; and
15. Bonus, special or addition al gun hunting license for deer
for residents - Nineteen Dollars ($19.00). The following persons
shall be exempt:
a. residents with proper certification from the United
States Department of Veterans Affairs or its
successor, certifying that the person is a disabled
veteran in receipt of compensation at the one -hundred-
percent rate, and
b. residents hunting in big game o r combination big game
and upland game commercial hunting areas.
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G. Residents hunting big game, combination big game and upland
game or exotic wildlife in a comm ercial hunting area shall be
required to have one of the following licenses:
1. An annual hunting license issued pursuant to paragraph 1, 2,
3 or 4 of subsection F of this section;
2. An annual hunting and fishing combination lice nse issued
pursuant to Section 4-113 of this title;
3. A five-year hunting license or five -year combination hunting
and fishing license issued pursuant to Section 4 -113.1 of this
title; or
4. A lifetime hunting license or lifetime combination hunting
and fishing license issued pursuant to Section 4 -114 of this title.
H. Of the fees collected pursuant to the provisions of
paragraphs 1 and 2 of subsection F of this section, Five Dollars
($5.00) of the license fee shall be for the Oklahoma Wildlife Land
Stamp and shall be deposite d in the Oklahoma Wildlife Land Fund
created pursuant to the provisions of Section 4 -141 of this title.
I. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to
require a hunting license, resident or nonresident, of any person
merely because the person participates, as owner or handler of an
entry, as an official, or as a spectator in the condu ct of a field
trial or performance test of dogs, whether a resident or nonresident
of the State of Oklahoma. No license to hunt shall be required of
any person engaged in training or working dogs, provided that person
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is in no way engaged in hunting and d oes not take or attempt to take
in any manner any game.
J. 1. Any person arrested for hunting game other than deer,
antelope, elk, bear or turkey without a vali d hunting license as
required by the provisions of subsection A of this section may
purchase a substitute temporary thirty -day license from the
arresting game warden in lieu of posting bond. Proof of hunter
safety certification wil l not be required for th e temporary
substitute license. The fee for a substitute license purchased
pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall be:
a. for legal residents, Fifty Dollars ($50.00), and
b. for nonresidents, One Hundred Forty -five Dollars
($145.00).
2. Except as otherwise provided for by this subsection, the
fees from licenses purchased pursuant to t he provisions of this
subsection shall be deposited in the Wildlife Conservation Fund to
be used exclusively for developing, managing, pre serving, and
protecting wildlife and wildlife habitat.
K. Any person producing proof in court that a current hunting
license issued by the Department of Wildlife Conservation to that
person was in force at the time of the alleged offense shall be
entitled to dismissal of a charg e of violating this section upon
payment of court costs. If proof of a current hunting licens e
issued by the Department to the person that was in force at the ti me
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of the alleged offense is presented to the court or district
attorney within seventy-two (72) hours after the violation, the
charge shall be dismissed without payment of court costs.
L. Unless a substitute license is purchased as provided for by
subsection J of this section, any resident convicted of violating
the provisions of this section sha ll be punished by the imposition
of a fine of not less than Twenty -five Dollars ($25.00) nor m ore
than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), or by imprisonment in the co unty
jail for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days, or by both.
M. Unless a substitute lic ense is purchased as provided for by
subsection J of this section, any nonresident convicted o f violating
the provisions of this section shall be punished by the imposition
of a fine of not less than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) no r more
than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the
county jail for a period not to exceed six (6) m onths, or by both.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
58-2-9731 JL 01/07/22