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14 | - | An Act relating to hunting; amending 29 O. S. 2021, | |
15 | - | Section 4-112, which relates to hunting licenses; | |
16 | - | modifying fees; and declaring an emergency. | |
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21 | - | SUBJECT: Hunting | |
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90 | + | BILL NO. 3639 By: Dempsey of the House | |
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23 | 105 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: | |
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25 | 106 | SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 29 O.S. 2021, Section 4-112, is | |
26 | 107 | amended to read as follows: | |
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28 | 108 | Section 4-112. A. Except as otherwise provided for in the | |
29 | 109 | Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Code or the Oklahoma Fa rmed Cervidae | |
30 | 110 | Act, no person may hunt, pursue, trap, harass, catch, kill, take or | |
31 | 111 | attempt to take in any manner, use, have in possession, sell, or | |
32 | 112 | transport all or any portion of any wildlife except fish, without | |
33 | 113 | having first procured a license from the De partment of Wildlife | |
34 | 114 | Conservation. The Wildlife Conservation Commission shall designate | |
35 | 115 | a consecutive Saturday and Sunday in September of each year as free | |
36 | 116 | hunting days in which residents of this state may hunt without first | |
37 | 117 | procuring a hunting license pu rsuant to the provision s of this | |
38 | 118 | section. | |
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40 | 145 | B. The following legal residents of Oklahoma s hall be exempt | |
41 | 146 | from the annual hunting license requirement of paragra ph 1 of | |
42 | 147 | subsection F of this section and the following nonresidents shall be | |
43 | 148 | exempt from the annua l nonresident hunting l icenses required | |
44 | 149 | pursuant to paragraph paragraphs 1 and 2 of subsection C of this | |
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47 | 151 | 1. Legal residents under sixteen (16) years of age; | |
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49 | 152 | 2. Legal residents sixty-five (65) years of age or older | |
50 | 153 | provided they have obtained a s enior citizen lifetime hunting or | |
51 | 154 | combination hunting and fishing license pursuant to the provisions | |
52 | 155 | of Section 4-114 of this title; | |
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54 | 156 | 3. Legal residents born on or before January 1, 1923; | |
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56 | 157 | 4. Legal resident veterans having a disability of sixty percent | |
57 | 158 | (60%) or more; | |
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59 | 159 | 5. Legal resident owners or tenants who hunt on land owned or | |
60 | 160 | leased by them; | |
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62 | 161 | 6. Any nonresident under fourteen (14) years of age; | |
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64 | 162 | 7. Legal residents having a proven disability which renders | |
65 | 163 | them nonambulatory and confines them to a wheelcha ir, as certified | |
66 | 164 | by a physician licensed in this state or in any state which borders | |
67 | 165 | this state; | |
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69 | 166 | 8. Any legal resident or nonresident under eighteen (18) yea rs | |
70 | 167 | of age who is in the physical custody of a child care facility as | |
71 | 168 | defined by Section 402 of Tit le 10 of the Oklahoma S tatutes; and | |
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73 | 195 | 9. Any legal resident or nonresident hunting, pursui ng, | |
74 | 196 | trapping, harassing, catching, killing, taking, or attempting to | |
75 | 197 | take in any manner any species of rattlesnake during an organized | |
76 | 198 | rattlesnake-hunting event or fes tival and who has a rat tlesnake | |
77 | 199 | permit issued pursuant to Section 4 -143 of this title. | |
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79 | 200 | C. Except as otherwise provided for in the Oklahoma Wildlife | |
80 | 201 | Conservation Code, the nonresident hunting licenses issued pursuant | |
81 | 202 | to this section and the fee for each li cense shall be: | |
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83 | 203 | 1. Annual hunting license for nonresidents hunting game other | |
84 | 204 | than deer, antelope, elk or bear which expires on December 31 of the | |
85 | 205 | year purchased – One Hundred Forty-one Dollars ($141.00). | |
86 | 206 | Nonresidents hunting big game, combination big ga me and upland game | |
87 | 207 | or exotic wildlife in a commercial hunting area shall be required to | |
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90 | 209 | 2. Annual hunting license for nonresidents hunting game other | |
91 | - | than deer, antelope, elk or bear which expires | |
210 | + | than deer, antelope, elk or bear which expires on June 30 of the | |
92 | 211 | fiscal year purchased – One Hundred Seventy-five Dollars ($175.00). | |
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94 | 213 | or exotic wildlife in a commercial hunting area shall be required to | |
95 | 214 | have this license; | |
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99 | 216 | a. during deer gun seasons occurring prior to January 16, | |
100 | 217 | 2021, for youth nonresidents seventeen (17) years of | |
101 | 218 | age or younger which shall be valid for hunting on e | |
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103 | 246 | year deer gun season seasons – Thirty Dollars | |
104 | 247 | ($30.00), | |
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106 | 248 | b. during deer gun seasons occurring prior to January 16, | |
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108 | 250 | age or younger which shall be valid for hunting one | |
109 | 251 | antlered or antlerless deer allowed during the current | |
110 | 252 | calendar year deer gun season seasons – Ninety-nine | |
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113 | 254 | c. during deer gun seasons occurring prior to January 16 , | |
114 | 255 | 2021, for nonresidents which shall be v alid for | |
115 | 256 | hunting all deer allowed during the curr ent calendar | |
116 | 257 | year deer gun season - Two Hundred Ninety-nine Dollars | |
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121 | 261 | valid for hunting all deer allowed du ring the current | |
122 | 262 | calendar year deer gun season - Two Hundred Seventy- | |
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125 | 264 | 4. Archery hunting license for deer for nonresidents which | |
126 | 265 | shall expire on January 15 of the calendar year after the year | |
127 | 266 | purchased or, if purchased during th e deer archery season, it shall | |
128 | 267 | expire at the end of that deer archery season : | |
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131 | 295 | 16, 2021, for youth nonresidents seventeen (17) years | |
132 | 296 | of age or younger which shall be valid for hunti ng one | |
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134 | 298 | archery season seasons – Thirty Dollars ($30.00), | |
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136 | 299 | b. during deer archery seasons occurring prior to January | |
137 | 300 | 16, 2021, for youth nonresidents seve nteen (17) years | |
138 | 301 | of age or younger which shall be valid for hunting one | |
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140 | 303 | deer archery season seasons – Ninety-nine Dollars | |
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143 | 305 | c. during deer archery seasons occurring prior to January | |
144 | 306 | 16, 2021, for nonresidents which shall be valid for | |
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146 | 308 | archery season - Two Hundred Ninety-nine Dollars | |
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151 | 312 | valid for hunting all deer allowed during the current | |
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157 | 316 | a. during deer primitive firearms s easons occurring prior | |
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160 | 345 | hunting one antlerless deer allowed during the current | |
161 | 346 | calendar year deer primitive firearms season seasons – | |
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165 | 349 | to January 16, 2021, for youth nonresidents seventeen | |
166 | 350 | (17) years of age or younger which shall be valid for | |
167 | 351 | hunting one antlered or antlerless deer allowed during | |
168 | 352 | the current calendar year deer primitive firearms | |
169 | 353 | season seasons – Ninety-nine Dollars ($99.00), and | |
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173 | 356 | valid for hunting all deer allowed duri ng the current | |
174 | 357 | calendar year deer primitive firearms season - Two | |
175 | 358 | Hundred Ninety-nine Dollars ($299.00), and | |
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177 | 359 | d. during any deer primitive firearms season occur ring on | |
178 | 360 | or after January 16, 2021, for nonresidents which | |
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180 | 362 | current calendar year deer primitive firearms season - | |
181 | 363 | Two Hundred Seventy-nine Dollars ($279.00); | |
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183 | 364 | 6. Hunting license for antelope for nonresi dents – Three | |
184 | 365 | Hundred Five Dollars ($305.00); | |
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186 | 366 | 7. Hunting license for elk for nonresidents – Three Hundred | |
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189 | 394 | 8. Five-day hunting license for nonresidents hunting game other | |
190 | 395 | than deer, antelope, elk, quail, turkey or bear – Seventy-four | |
191 | 396 | Dollars ($74.00). Nonresidents hunting big game, combinat ion big | |
192 | 397 | game and upland game or exotic wildlife in a commercial hunting area | |
193 | 398 | shall be required to have this license; and | |
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195 | 399 | 9. Ten-day hunting license for nonresidents hunting small game | |
196 | 400 | in a commercial hunting area – Five Dollars ($5.00). | |
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198 | 401 | D. The Department of Wildlife Conservation shall provide a | |
199 | 402 | report to both the President Pro Temp ore of the Senate and the | |
200 | 403 | Speaker of the House of Representatives by February 1 of 2019 and | |
201 | 404 | 2020 setting forth infor mation regarding licenses issued pursuant to | |
202 | 405 | paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of subsection C of this section, which shall | |
203 | 406 | include, but not be limited to: | |
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205 | 407 | 1. The number of licenses issued during the most recent | |
206 | 408 | respective deer hunting seasons; and | |
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208 | 409 | 2. A fiscal analysis comparing revenue generated from the fees | |
209 | 410 | of the licenses issued during the most recent respective deer | |
210 | 411 | hunting seasons compared to prev ious years and whether the deer | |
211 | 412 | hunting license structure is beneficial to the Department. | |
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213 | 413 | E. Of the fees collected pursuant to the provisions of | |
214 | 414 | subsection C of this section: | |
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216 | 415 | 1. Five Dollars ($5.00) of the license fee of each license | |
217 | 416 | issued pursuant to paragraphs 1 through 7 of subsection C of this | |
218 | 417 | section and Two Dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) of the license fee | |
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220 | 445 | this section shall be deposited in the Wildlife Land Acquisition | |
221 | 446 | Fund created pursuant to the provisions of Section 4-132 of this | |
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224 | 448 | 2. Five Dollars ($5.00) of the license fee for ea ch license | |
225 | 449 | issued pursuant to paragraphs 1 through 8 of subse ction C of this | |
226 | 450 | section shall be for the Oklahoma Wildlife Land Stamp and shall be | |
227 | 451 | deposited in the Oklahoma Wildlife Land Fund created pursuant to the | |
228 | 452 | provisions of Section 4 -141 of this title. | |
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230 | 453 | F. Except as otherwise provided, the resident hunting licens es | |
231 | 454 | issued pursuant to this section and the fee for each license shall | |
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234 | 456 | 1. Annual hunting license for residents eighteen (18) years of | |
235 | 457 | age and older which expires on December 31 of the year pu rchased - | |
236 | 458 | Twenty-four Dollars ($24.00); | |
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238 | 459 | 2. Annual hunting li cense for residents eighteen (18) years of | |
239 | 460 | age and older which expires on June 30 of the fiscal year purchased | |
240 | 461 | – Thirty-one Dollars ($31.00); | |
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242 | 462 | 3. Annual hunting license for residents sixteen (16) or | |
243 | 463 | seventeen (17) years of age which expires on December 31 of the year | |
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251 | 495 | commercial hunting area - Five Dollars ($5.00); | |
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253 | 496 | 6. Five-year disability hunting license for residents of this | |
254 | 497 | state for at least six (6) months who are receiving Social Security | |
255 | 498 | Disability benefits, Supplemental Security Income benefits or | |
256 | 499 | disability benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act, 45 U.S.C.A., | |
257 | 500 | Section 231a, or residents who are one-hundred-percent disabled and | |
258 | 501 | are receiving disability payments from the Multiple Injury T rust | |
259 | 502 | Fund pursuant to Section 31 of Title 85A of the Oklahoma Statutes - | |
260 | 503 | Ten Dollars ($10.00); | |
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262 | 504 | 7. Gun hunting license for deer for resident s eighteen (18) | |
263 | 505 | years of age or older - Nineteen Dollars ($19.00). The following | |
264 | 506 | persons shall be exempt: | |
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269 | - | veteran in receipt of compensation at the one-hundred- | |
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272 | - | b. residents hunting in big game or combination bi g game | |
273 | - | and upland game commercial hunting areas; | |
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278 | - | 9. Archery hunting license for deer for residents eighteen (18) | |
279 | - | years of age or older - Nineteen Dollars ($19.00). The following | |
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282 | 507 | a. residents with proper certification from the United | |
283 | 508 | States Department of Veterans Affairs or its | |
284 | 509 | successor, certifying that the person is a disabl ed | |
285 | 510 | veteran in receipt of compensation at the one-hundred- | |
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288 | 512 | b. residents hunting in big game or combi nation big game | |
289 | 513 | and upland game commercial hunting areas; | |
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296 | - | The following persons shall b e exempt: | |
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298 | 545 | a. residents with proper certification from the United | |
299 | 546 | States Department of Ve terans Affairs or its | |
300 | 547 | successor, certifying that the person is a disabled | |
301 | 548 | veteran in receipt of compensation at the one-hundred- | |
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304 | 550 | b. residents hunting in big gam e or combination big game | |
305 | 551 | and upland game commercial hunting areas; | |
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307 | - | 12. Primitive firearms hunting license for deer for residents | |
308 | - | under eighteen (18) years of age - Nine Dollars ($9.00); | |
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310 | - | 13. Hunting license for elk for residents - Fifty Dollars | |
311 | - | ($50.00). Residents hunting in big game or combination big game and | |
312 | - | upland game commercial hunting areas shall be exempt fro m this | |
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315 | - | 14. Hunting license for antelope fo r residents – Fifty Dollars | |
316 | - | ($50.00). Residents hunting in big game or combina tion big game and | |
317 | - | upland game commercial hunting areas shall be exempt from this | |
318 | - | license; and | |
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320 | - | 15. Bonus, special or addition al gun hunting license for deer | |
321 | - | for residents - Nineteen Dollars ($19.00). The following persons | |
322 | - | shall be exempt: | |
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552 | + | 10. Archery hunting license for deer for residents under | |
553 | + | eighteen (18) years of age - Nine Dollars ($9.00); | |
554 | + | 11. Primitive firearms hunting license for deer for residents | |
555 | + | eighteen (18) years of age or older - Nineteen Dollars ($19.00). | |
556 | + | The following persons shall b e exempt: | |
324 | 557 | a. residents with proper certification from the United | |
325 | 558 | States Department of Veterans Affairs or its | |
326 | 559 | successor, certifying that the person is a disabled | |
327 | 560 | veteran in receipt of compensation at the one-hundred- | |
328 | 561 | percent rate, and | |
562 | + | b. residents hunting in big game or combination big game | |
563 | + | and upland game commercial hunting areas; | |
564 | + | 12. Primitive firearms hunting license for deer for residents | |
565 | + | under eighteen (18) years of age - Nine Dollars ($9.00); | |
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593 | + | ($50.00). Residents hunting in big game or combination big game and | |
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596 | + | 14. Hunting license for antelope fo r residents – Fifty Dollars | |
597 | + | ($50.00). Residents hunting in big game or combina tion big game and | |
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601 | + | for residents - Nineteen Dollars ($19.00). The following persons | |
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603 | + | a. residents with proper certification from the United | |
604 | + | States Department of Veterans Affairs or its | |
605 | + | successor, certifying that the p erson is a disabled | |
606 | + | veteran in receipt of compensation at the one-hundred- | |
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330 | 608 | b. residents hunting in big game or combination big game | |
331 | 609 | and upland game commercial hunting areas. | |
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333 | 610 | G. Residents hunting big game, combination big game and upland | |
334 | 611 | game or exotic wildlife in a commercial hunting area shall be | |
335 | 612 | required to have one of the following licenses: | |
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337 | 613 | 1. An annual hunting license i ssued pursuant to paragraph 1, 2, | |
338 | 614 | 3 or 4 of subsection F of this section; | |
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341 | 642 | pursuant to Section 4-113 of this title; | |
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343 | 643 | 3. A five-year hunting license or five -year combination hunting | |
344 | 644 | and fishing license issued pursuant to Section 4-113.1 of this | |
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347 | 646 | 4. A lifetime hunting license or lifetime combination hun ting | |
348 | 647 | and fishing license issued pursuant to Section 4 -114 of this title. | |
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350 | 648 | H. Of the fees collected pursuant to the provisions of | |
351 | 649 | paragraphs 1 and 2 of subsection F of this section, Five Dollars | |
352 | 650 | ($5.00) of the license fee shall be for the Oklahoma Wildlife Land | |
353 | 651 | Stamp and shall be deposited in the Oklahoma Wildlife La nd Fund | |
354 | 652 | created pursuant to the provisions of Section 4 -141 of this title. | |
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356 | 653 | I. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to | |
357 | 654 | require a hunting license, resident or nonresident, of any person | |
358 | - | merely because the person participates, as owner or ha ndler of an | |
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359 | 656 | entry, as an official, or as a spectator in the conduct of a field | |
360 | 657 | trial or performance test of dogs, whether a resident or nonresident | |
361 | 658 | of the State of Oklahoma. No license to hunt s hall be required of | |
362 | 659 | any person engaged in training or working dogs, provided that person | |
363 | 660 | is in no way engaged in hunting and does not take o r attempt to take | |
364 | 661 | in any manner any game. | |
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366 | 662 | J. 1. Any person arrested for hunting game other than deer, | |
367 | 663 | antelope, elk, bear or turkey without a valid hunting license as | |
368 | 664 | required by the provisions of subsection A of this section may | |
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370 | 692 | arresting game warden in lieu of posting bond. Proof of hunter | |
371 | 693 | safety certification will not be required for the temporary | |
372 | 694 | substitute license. The fee for a substitute license purchased | |
373 | 695 | pursuant to the provisions of th is subsection shall be: | |
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375 | 696 | a. for legal residents, Fifty Dollars ($50.00), and | |
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377 | 697 | b. for nonresidents, One Hundred Forty -five Dollars | |
378 | 698 | ($145.00). | |
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380 | 699 | 2. Except as otherwise provided for b y this subsection, the | |
381 | 700 | fees from licenses purchased pursuant to the provisions of this | |
382 | 701 | subsection shall be deposited in the Wildlife Conservation Fund to | |
383 | 702 | be used exclusively for developing, manag ing, preserving, and | |
384 | 703 | protecting wildlife and wildlife habitat . | |
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386 | 704 | K. Any person producing proof in court that a current hunting | |
387 | 705 | license issued by the Department of Wildlife Conservation to that | |
388 | 706 | person was in force at the time of the alleged offense shall be | |
389 | 707 | entitled to dismissal of a charge of violating this section u pon | |
390 | 708 | payment of court costs. If proof of a current hunting license | |
391 | 709 | issued by the Department to the person that was in force at the time | |
392 | 710 | of the alleged offense is presented to the court or distric t | |
393 | 711 | attorney within seventy-two (72) hours after the violation, the | |
394 | 712 | charge shall be dismissed without payment of court costs. | |
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396 | 713 | L. Unless a substitute license is purchased as provided for by | |
397 | 714 | subsection J of this section, any resident convicted of violating | |
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398 | 741 | the provisions of this section shall be punished by the imposit ion | |
399 | 742 | of a fine of not less than Twenty -five Dollars ($25.00) nor more | |
400 | 743 | than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), or by imprisonment in the county | |
401 | 744 | jail for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days, or by b oth. | |
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403 | 745 | M. Unless a substitute license is purchased as provided for by | |
404 | 746 | subsection J of this section, any nonresident convicted of violating | |
405 | 747 | the provisions of this section shall be punished by the imposition | |
406 | 748 | of a fine of not less than Two Hundred Dollars ($20 0.00) nor more | |
407 | 749 | than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imp risonment in the | |
408 | 750 | county jail for a period not to exceed six (6) months, or by b oth. | |
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410 | 751 | SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation | |
411 | 752 | of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby | |
412 | 753 | declared to exist, by reason w hereof this act shall take effect and | |
413 | 754 | be in full force from and after its passa ge and approval. | |
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415 | - | Passed the House of Representa tives the 17th day of May, 2022. | |
755 | + | Passed the House of Representa tives the 10th day of March, 2022. | |
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420 | 760 | Presiding Officer of the Hou se | |
421 | 761 | of Representatives | |
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424 | - | Passed the Senate the | |
764 | + | Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2022. | |
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429 | 769 | Presiding Officer of the Senate | |
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433 | - | OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR | |
434 | - | Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________ | |
435 | - | day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M. | |
436 | - | By: _________________________________ | |
437 | - | Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____ | |
438 | - | day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M. | |
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441 | - | _________________________________ | |
442 | - | Governor of the State of Okl ahoma | |
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444 | - | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE | |
445 | - | Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________ | |
446 | - | day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M. | |
447 | - | By: _________________________________ | |
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