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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 1791 By: Dahm
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation
66	66	Code; amending 29 O.S. 20 21, Section 5-202, which
67	67	relates to recreational activity u pon the land of
68	68	another; assigning a duty for a game warden to inform
69	69	a person only when requested to do so; prohibiting
70	70	game warden from entering a private property und er
71	71	certain circumstances unless reque sted; stating that
72	72	suspicion of possession of a fi rearm or discharge of
73	73	a weapon shall not itself constitute sufficient
74	74	probable cause to authorize entry to private
75	75	property; and providing an effective date .
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81	81	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
82	82	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 29 O.S. 20 21, Section 5-202, is
83	83	amended to read as follows:
84	84	Section 5-202. A. Except as otherwise pro vided, no person may
85	85	hunt or take by any means or method upon t he land of another with out
86	86	the consent of the owner, lessee , or occupant of such land.
87	87	B. For purposes of this section, consent shall be presumed to
88	88	be valid for not more than one (1) year, unl ess the owner, lessee,
89	89	or occupant specifically grants consent for a specified period of
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142	142	C. Excluding land primarily devoted to farming, ranching, or
143	143	forestry purposes as set forth in Section 1835.2 of Title 21 of the
144	144	Oklahoma Statutes, areas exempt from the provisions of subsection A
145	145	of this section are lands belonging to this stat e which are not
146	146	leased and occupied by a resident, excluding school land.
147	147	D. Any game warden investigating a hunter in the field has the
148	148	does not have a duty, unless the landowner, lessee, or occupant has
149	149	requested a game warden to do so, to inform the hunter that it is
150	150	necessary to obtain the consent of the landowner, lessee , or
151	151	occupant to hunt or take on the particular property. Prosecution
152	152	for violations of the provisio ns of this section may be commenced
153	153	only upon written complain t of such owner, less ee, or occupant filed
154	154	before any court auth orized to punish such violation, or upon
155	155	written complaint to any game warden or officer authorized to make
156	156	arrest for such offense s.
157	157	E. Unless otherwise requested by a property owner, lessee , or
158	158	tenant, a game warden shall not be authorized to enter private
159	159	property on the suspicion of the possible possession or di scharge of
160	160	a firearm or bow.
161	161	F. Suspicion of the possible possession or discharge o f a
162	162	firearm or bow shall not itself constitute sufficient probable cause
163	163	for authorizing a game warden to enter private property.
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215	215	G. No person shall operate a motor -driven conveyance on lands
216	216	that are fenced and posted or are in cultivation without permission
217	217	of the landowner, lesse e, or occupant.
218	218	F. H. The consent of any owner, lessee, or occupant of land
219	219	authorizing a person to hunt, take, fish or engage in any
220	220	recreational activity upon the land of any such owner, lessee , or
221	221	occupant shall not be construed to create any additional d uty of
222	222	care or impose any additional liability other than specified by
223	223	Sections 16-71.2 and 16-71.3 of Title 2 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
224	224	G. I. The obtaining of consent from any owner, lessee , or
225	225	occupant of land authorizing a person to hunt, take, fish or engage
226	226	in any recreational activity shall not relieve the authorized person
227	227	using the land from any obligation which the person may have in the
228	228	absence of obtaining such consent to exercise care in the use of
229	229	such land and in activities thereon, or from th e legal consequences
230	230	of failure to employ such care.
231	231	H. J. 1. It shall be an affirm ative defense to prosecution
232	232	under subsection A of this section that the accused had express or
233	233	implied permission or legal authority to be on the property.
234	234	2. If an accused reasonably believed he or she was upon
235	235	property for which they had permission to be upon, it shall be an
236	236	affirmative defense to prosecution under subsection A of this
237	237	section that the accused had with him or her, on his or her person,
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290	290	lessee, or lawful occupant to be up on such person’s land while the
291	291	accused was upon any adjoining property. This defense shall not be
292	292	available to the accused if:
293	293	a. the accused has previously pled guilty, nolo
294	294	contendere, or has been convicted of any act of
295	295	trespass or has been found civi lly liable of any act
296	296	of trespass, or
297	297	b. the accused, while the accused was upon the adjoining
298	298	property, does not have with him or her, on his or her
299	299	person, the written p ermission specified in this
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301	301	I. K. Any person convicted for the first time of violating any
302	302	provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
303	303	punished by the imposition of a fine of not less than Five Hundred
304	304	Dollars ($500.00) nor more than One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars
305	305	($1,500.00), or by imprisonment in the co unty jail for thirty (30)
306	306	days, or by both fine and imprisonment.
307	307	J. L. Any person convicted for the second or subsequent time of
308	308	violating any provisions of this section shall be guilty of a
309	309	misdemeanor and punished by the imposition of a fine of not less
310	310	than One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) nor more than Two
311	311	Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00), or by imprisonment in the
312	312	county jail for not less than s ix (6) months, or by both fine and
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365	365	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
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