Oklahoma 2022 2022 Regular Session

Oklahoma Senate Bill SB774 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/21/2021

                     
 
 
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STATE OF OKLAHOMA 
 
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021) 
 
SENATE BILL 774 	By: Murdock 
 
 
 
 
 
AS INTRODUCED 
 
An Act relating to game and fish; requiring license, 
permit or stamp issued by Oklaho ma Wildlife 
Conservation Commission to hunt or fish; requiring 
possession; directing the Commission to promulgate 
rules to establish licenses; authorizing certain 
discounts; requiring license for certain wildlife 
activities; directing the Commission to promulgate 
rules establishing lic enses; providing pena lties for 
certain violations; amending 29 O.S. 2011, Section 4 -
101, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 341, O.S.L. 
2013, 4-110, as last amended by Section 2, Chapter 
229, O.S.L. 2017, 4-112, as last amended by Section 
3, Chapter 229, O.S.L. 2017, 4-132, as amended by 
Section 120, Chapter 304, O.S.L. 2012, 4 -134, as 
amended by Section 121, Chapter 304, O.S.L. 2012 and 
4-141 (29 O.S. Supp. 20 20, Sections 4-101, 4-110, 4-
112, 4-132 and 4-134), which relate to licenses; 
eliminating hunting li cense expiration date s; 
modifying license duplication fee; eliminating 
fishing license exemptions; eliminating resident and 
nonresident fishing license fees; eliminating fishing 
license fee distribution requirements; eli minating 
disability fishing license; directing the Commis sion 
to promulgate rules; modifying fees and fines for 
certain fishing violations; eliminating hunting 
license exemptions; eliminating resident and 
nonresident hunting license fees; eliminating hunti ng 
license fee distribution requirem ents; directing the 
Commission to promulgate rules; modifying fees and 
fines for certain hunting violations; eliminating 
wildlife habitat stamp; modifying Wildlife Land 
Acquisition Fund contents; directing the Commission 
to promulgate rules; modifying Wild life Heritage Fund 
contents; modifying Oklahoma Wildlife Land Fund 
contents and expenditures; directing the Commission   
 
 
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to promulgate rules; amending 29 O.S. 2011, Section 
5-203, which relates to carrying firearms while 
training dogs; modifying requirements to carry 
firearms in certain places while training dogs; 
repealing 29 O.S. 2011, Sections 4 -103, 4-103A, 4-
103B, 4-104, 4-104A, 4-105, 4-106, as amended by 
Section 2, Chapter 353, O. S.L. 2017, 4-107, 4-108, 4-
108A, 4-109, 4-111, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 
132, O.S.L. 2015, 4-113, 4-113A, 4-113.1, Section 1, 
Chapter 77, O.S.L. 2019, 4 -114, as last amended by 
Section 4, Chapter 229, O.S.L. 2017, 4 -114, as 
amended by Section 1, Cha pter 112, O.S.L. 2014, 4 -
115, 4-116, 4-117, 4-118, 4-119, 4-120, 4-121, 4-122, 
4-123, 4-124, 4-128, 4-128.1, 4-129, 4-130, as 
amended by Section 1, Chapter 235, O.S.L. 2018, 
Section 1, Chapter 115, O.S.L. 2014, 4 -136, as 
amended by Section 1, Chapter 134, O.S.L. 2016, 4-
138, as amended by Sec tion 1, Chapter 167, O.S.L. 
2015, 4-140, as amended by Se ction 5, Chapter 229, 
O.S.L. 2017, 4-143 and 4-144 (29 O.S. Supp. 20 20, 
Sections 4-106, 4-111, 4-113.2, 4-114, 4-114, 4-130, 
4-135.1, 4-136, 4-138 and 4-140), which relate to 
hunting and fishing lice nses; providing for 
codification; and providing an effect ive 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 4 -301 of Title 29, unless there 
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: 
A.  Except as otherwise provided, no person may hunt, pursue, 
trap, harass, catch, kill, take, or attempt to take in any manner, 
use, have in possession, sell, or transport al l or any portion of 
any wildlife including fish, or enter any land owned, leased or 
managed by the Department of Wildlife Conservation unless the person 
has first obtained a license, permit or stamp from the Director or   
 
 
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any authorized agents of the De partment of Wildlife Conservation.  
Each person shall have the license, permit or stamp in their 
possession when hunting, fishing, taking or transporting any 
wildlife, and when entering any land owned, leased or managed by the 
Department. 
B.  The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission shall 
prescribe by rule the form, type, design, manner of issuance and the 
fee for these licenses, permits and stamps and any rules necessary 
to implement the provisions of this section; provided that the 
Commission shall offer, but not be limited to, a three-hundred-
sixty-five-day hunting and fishing license. 
C.  The Commission may by rule or resolution designate 
discounts, sales or exemptions to any license, permit or stamp. 
SECTION 2.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified 
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Sec tion 4-302 of Title 29, unless there 
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: 
A.  Except as otherwise provided, no person may breed, possess 
or raise, sell, buy, transport o ut of state, export, take for 
commercial purposes any wildlife incl uding fish, without having 
first procured a license for such purposes from the Director of 
Wildlife Conservation pursuant to the rules promulgated by the 
Commission. 
B.  The Oklahoma Wildli fe Conservation Commission shall 
prescribe, by rule, the form, type , design, manner of issuance and   
 
 
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the fee for these licenses, permits and stamps; and any rules 
necessary to implement the provisions of this section. 
C.  1.  Any person convicted of violati ng the provisions of this 
section shall have the commercial license revoked and forfeit the 
privileges provided by the license.  No new license shall be issued 
for a period of at least six (6) months from and after the date on 
which the revocation order be comes effective. 
2.  Any person convicted of violating the provisio ns of this 
section shall be punished by a fine of no less than One Thousand 
Dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a 
period not to exceed six (6) months, or by confis cation of gear, or 
by a combination of fine, imprisonment, and conf iscation. 
SECTION 3.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified 
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 4 -303 of Title 29, unless there 
is created a duplication in numb ering, reads as follows: 
A.  Except as otherwise provided in this t itle or in the 
Oklahoma Farmed Cervidae Act, no person may breed or raise wildlife 
for personal consumption or noncommercial purposes, or kill or 
capture wildlife or take their nests or egg s for scientific purposes 
without having first procured a license f rom the State Wildlife 
Conservation Director. 
B.  The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission shall 
prescribe, by rule, the form, type, design, manner of issuance and   
 
 
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the fee for these licen ses, permits and stamps; and any rules 
necessary to implement th e provisions of this section. 
C.  1.  Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this 
section shall have the noncommercial license revoked and forfeit the 
privileges provided by the l icense.  No new license shall be issued 
for a period of at least six (6) months from and after the date on 
which the revocation order becomes effective. 
2.  Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this 
section shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars 
($50.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dol lars ($500.00). 
SECTION 4.     AMENDATORY     29 O.S. 2011, Section 4 -101, as 
amended by Section 1, Chapter 341, O.S.L. 2013 (29 O.S. Supp. 20 20, 
Section 4-101), is amended to read as follows: 
Section 4-101.  A.  All licenses and permits issued by the 
Director of State Wildlife Conservation Director, the Department of 
Wildlife Conservation or by any of its agents shall be used only in 
conformity with the provisions of this title and the ru les 
promulgated by the Oklahoma W ildlife Conservation Commission. 
B.  All persons making application for any licenses required by 
this section shall produce a valid license to operate a motor 
vehicle or other positive proof of identification, age and 
residency, and any such license issued shall show such data as well 
as the date and time of issuance.   
 
 
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C.  All licenses are nontransferable.  No person shall alter, 
change, lend or transfer any license.  No person shall use or borrow 
a license which has not been issued to that person by the Dir ector, 
the Department or by any of its agents pursuant to the provisions of 
this section. 
D.  No person may engage in activities requiring a license 
without that person’s carrying such license on their person an d 
producing the same for an inspection upon t he demand of any Oklahoma 
citizen or game warden. 
E.  Any person required to produce a license must also identify 
themselves as the person to whom such license was issued, and 
failure or refusal to comply shall be deemed prima facie evidence of 
a violation of this section. 
F.  Unless otherwise provided in this Code : 
1.  Hunting licenses issued pursuant to paragraph 1 of 
subsection C and paragraphs 1 and 3 of subsection E of Section 4 -112 
of this title and paragra phs 1 and 3 of subsection B of Section 4 -
113 of this title shall expire on December 31 of the year issued.  
Hunting licenses issued pursuant to paragraph 2 of subsection C and 
paragraphs 2 and 4 of subsection E of Section 4 -112 of this title 
and paragraphs 2 and 4 of subsection B of Section 4 -113 of this 
title shall expire on June 30 of the fiscal year issued.  All other 
licenses shall terminate December 31 for the year issued; and   
 
 
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2.  Any, any person convicted of violating any of the provisions 
of this title may have any or all licenses held by that person or 
the privilege of applying for, purchasing or exercising the benefits 
conferred by the licenses revoked by the Department in accordance 
with rules promulgated by the Commission or by a court of competen t 
jurisdiction for a period of not less than one (1) year.  For 
purposes of this paragraph, a court conviction, a plea of guilty, a 
plea of nolo contendere, the imposition of a deferred or suspended 
sentence by a court, or forfeiture of bond shall be deeme d a 
conviction. 
G.  Should any license or per mit issued pursuant to Part 1 of 
Article IV of this title be lost or destroyed, duplicates will be 
issued by the Department at a fee of One Dollar and fifty cents 
($1.50) determined by the Commission . 
H.  Upon harvesting any whitetail or mule deer, or any other 
wildlife where the hunter, according to Commission rules, is 
required to check the wildlife in at a Department check station, the 
taker of the wildlife shall: 
1.  Securely attach the name of the taker, tim e of harvest, date 
of harvest and license num ber to the carcass of the wildlife; 
2.  Check in the carcass of the wildlife electronically using 
the online check station provided on the official website of the 
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation or as prescribed by   
 
 
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rule of the Commission, with in twenty-four (24) hours of leaving the 
hunt area and in all cases prior to processing the carcass; and 
3.  Not remove evidence of the sex of the animal until after the 
carcass of the animal has been checked in . 
I.  It shall be unlawful for any license or permit holder to 
knowingly make a false statement or give false information to any 
authorized hunter check station or to an authorized Department 
employee when complying with the provisions of subsection H of t his 
section. Information which may be collec ted at a Department check 
station shall include but not be limited to the name, address, 
license or permit number and signature of the taker, the date, time, 
county, method or weapon of the kill, sex and weight of carcass, 
whether or not the animal was tak en on public hunting land and if so 
in what area, or any other information which may be required by the 
Commission. 
J.  1.  Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this 
section or of making a false s tatement or giving any false 
information in order to acquire any license or permit, pursuant to 
the provisions of this section, shall be punishable by a fine of not 
less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Two Hundred 
Fifty Dollars ($250.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a 
period not to exceed ten (10) days, or by both such fine and 
imprisonment.  Any person convicted of a second or subsequent 
violation of the provisions of this section or of making a false   
 
 
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statement or giving any false information in order to acquire any 
license or permit, pursuant to the provisions of this section, shall 
be punishable by a fine of not less than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars 
($250.00) nor more than Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), or by 
imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to ex ceed ten (10) 
days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 
2.  Any hunting or fishing license issued to a person by the 
Department of Wildlife Conservation shall be automatically revoked 
upon conviction of the p erson of violating the provisions of this 
section.  The revocation shall be for a period set by the court of 
not less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10) years.  If the 
court does not set a period, the revocation shall be for one (1) 
year from the date of the conviction.  During this period of 
revocation, the Department shall not issue the person a hunting or 
fishing license.  If the court does not set a revocation period, the 
Department shall not issue that person a license within one (1) year 
of the conviction of the person pursuant to this sec tion.  A person 
who has a license or permit revoked pursuant to this section shall 
surrender the revoked license or permit to the court.  The court 
shall send the Department of Wildlife Conservation the revoked 
license and a copy of the judgment of convict ion.  For purposes of 
this section, “conviction” shall include a plea of guilty or nolo 
contendere to an offense or the imposition of deferred adjudication 
for an offense.   
 
 
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K.  Any person who has had their licens e privileges revoked 
shall not be entitled to purchase, apply for, or exercise the 
benefits conferred by any license until the revocation period has 
expired or the person has obtained approval from the Director.  Any 
person violating the provisions of this subsection, upon conviction, 
shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars 
($500.00), or by imprisonment in a county jail for a term of not 
more than ninety (90) days or by both the fine and imprisonment.  
Upon conviction under this su bsection, the previously granted 
license revocation period shall be extended by two (2) additional 
years. 
SECTION 5.     AMENDATORY     29 O.S. 2011, Section 4 -110, as 
last amended by Section 2, Chapter 229, O.S.L. 2017 (29 O.S. Supp. 
2020, Section 4-110), is amended to read as foll ows: 
Section 4-110.  A.  Except as otherwise provided in the Oklahoma 
Wildlife Conservation Code, no person shall fish, pursue, harass, 
catch, kill, take in any manner, use, have in possession, sell, or 
transport all or any portion of fish without having f irst procured a 
license for such from the Director or from any of the authorized 
agents of the Department of Wildlife Conservation.  The Oklahoma 
Wildlife Conservation Commission may designate two (2) days per year 
in which residents and nonresidents may fish witho ut first procuring 
a fishing license pursuant to the provisions of this section.   
 
 
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B.  The following legal residents of Oklahoma shall be exempt 
from the annual fishing license requirements of subsection C of this 
section and the following nonresidents shall be exempt from the 
annual nonresident fishing licenses required pursuant to subsection 
E of this section: 
1.  Legal residents under sixteen (16) years of age and 
nonresidents under sixteen (16) years of age fro m states which do 
not require nonresident fis hing licenses for persons under sixteen 
(16) years of age; 
2.  Legal residents sixty -five (65) years of age or older and 
nonresidents sixty-five (65) years of age or older from states which 
do not require nonres ident fishing licenses for persons sixty -five 
(65) years of age or older, provided a legal resident has obtained a 
senior citizen lifetime fishing 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, 192 3; 
4.  Legal resident veterans having a disability of sixty percent 
(60%) or more and registered with the veterans registry created by 
the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs; provided, that if the 
veteran has previously received an exemption pursuant to this 
paragraph, no registration with the veterans registry shall be 
required.  The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission shall 
promulgate any rules necessary to implement the provisions of this 
paragraph;   
 
 
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5. Legal resident owners or tenants, their spouses, parents, 
grandparents, children and their spouses, grandchildren and their 
spouses who fish in private ponds on land owned or leased by them; 
6.  Any legal resident or nonresident who is a patient of an 
institution of the State of Oklahoma establi shed for the care and 
treatment of mental illness or alcohol or drug dependency or any 
developmentally disabled person residing in any group home or other 
institution or developmentally disabled persons when acc ompanied by 
an attendant of the institution o r legal guardian of the patient, or 
when fishing on institutional property; 
7.  Any legal resident or nonresident under eighteen (18) years 
of age who is in the legal and physical custody of the State of 
Oklahoma or one of its agencies by court order; 
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 Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes; 
9.  Any legal resident o r nonresident who is legally blind or 
who has any other physical impairment, as certified by a physician 
licensed in this state or any state which borders this state, which 
prevents the person from properly using fishing apparatus without 
the assistance of another person, and any one person actually 
accompanying and actually assisting such legally blind or otherwise 
physically impaired person while the latter is fishing.  This 
certification shall be carried by the individual while fishing;   
 
 
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10.  Nonresidents under fourteen (14) years of age; 
11.  Any legal resident or nonresident who is a Job Corps 
trainee of this state, provided that the trainees shall have on 
their persons a duly authorized identification card issued by their 
respective Job Corps Center and shall present the card upon request, 
in lieu of a fishing license.  The trainees shall return their cards 
to their respective Job Corps Center when the trainees leave their 
respective Job Corps training programs; 
12.  Any legal resident having a proven disability which renders 
the resident nonambula tory and confined to a wheelchair as certified 
by a physician licensed in this state or any state which borders 
this state; 
13.  Any legal resident who is fishing with a pole and line, 
trotline, or throwline in streams, natural lakes, natural ponds, and 
mine pits in the county in which the person is a resident, or in 
streams, natural lakes, natural ponds, and mine pits which form a 
part of the boundary line of the county in which the person is a 
resident, when using any bait other than commercial or artific ial 
bait, blood, stink bait, cut fish, and shrimp; and 
14.  Any legal resident or nonresident participating in an 
aquatic education event or clinic sanctioned by the Department of 
Wildlife Conservation.   
 
 
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C.  Except as otherwise provided for in the Oklahoma Wildlife 
Conservation Code, the resident fishing licenses issued pursuant to 
the provisions of this section and the fee for each shall be: 
1.  Annual fishing license for legal residents eighteen (18) 
years of age and older - Twenty-four Dollars ($24.00); 
2.  Annual fishing license for legal residents sixteen (16) or 
seventeen (17) years of age - Four Dollars ($4.00); and 
3.  Two-day fishing license for legal residents - Fourteen 
Dollars ($14.00). 
D.  Of the fees collected pursuant to the provisions of 
paragraphs 1 and 3 of subsection C of this section, Five Dollars 
($5.00) of the license fee shall be for the Oklahoma Wildlife Land 
Stamp and shall be deposited in the Oklahoma Wildlife Land Fund 
created pursuant to the provisions of Section 4-141 of this title. 
E.  Except as otherwise provided for in the Oklahoma Wildlife 
Conservation Code, the nonresident fishing licenses issued pursuant 
to the provisions of this section and the fee for each shall be: 
1. Annual fishing license for nonresidents - Fifty-four Dollars 
($54.00), provided the Commission may enter into reciprocity 
agreements with states wherein nonresident license fees shall be in 
conformity with such reciprocal agreements; 
2.  Six-day fishing license for nonresidents – Thirty-four 
Dollars ($34.00); and   
 
 
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3.  One-day fishing license for nonresidents - Fourteen Dollars 
($14.00). 
F.  Of the fees collected pursuant to the provisions of 
paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of subsection E of this section, Five Dolla rs 
($5.00) of the annual license fee for nonresidents, On e Dollar and 
fifty cents ($1.50) of the six -day fishing license for nonresidents 
fee and One Dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) of the one -day fishing 
license for nonresidents fee shall be deposited in t he Wildlife Land 
Acquisition Fund created pursuant to the provisions of Section 4-132 
of this title.  Of the fees collected pursuant to the provisions of 
paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of subsection E of this section, Five Dollars 
($5.00) of the license fee shall b e for the Oklahoma Wildlife Land 
Stamp and shall be depos ited in the Oklahoma Wildlife Land Fund 
created pursuant to the provisions of Section 4 -141 of this title. 
G.  Legal residents who have resided in this state for at least 
six (6) months and who are r eceiving Social Security Disability 
benefits, Supplementa l Security Income benefits, disability benefits 
under the Railroad Retirement Act, 45 U.S.C.A., Section 231a, postal 
employees receiving disability benefits pursuant to 5 U.S.C., 
Section 8451 (1998) or legal residents who are one hundred percent 
(100%) disabled and are receiving disability payments from the 
Multiple Injury Trust Fund pursuant to Section 403 of Title 85 of 
the Oklahoma Statutes, may purchase a disability fishing license 
from the Director for Ten Dollars ($10.00) for five (5) years.   
 
 
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H.  The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission shall 
prescribe by rule the form, type, design, manner of issuance and the 
fee for these licenses, permits and stamps; and any rules necessary 
to implement the provisions of this section. 
C. 1.  Any person arrest ed while violating the provisions of 
this section who does not meet the requirements of subsection K F of 
this section, may purchase a substitute temporary thirty -day license 
from the arresting game w arden in lieu of posting bond.  The 
Commission shall by rule determine 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, Ninety Doll ars ($90.00). 
2.  Except as otherwise provided by this s ubsection, the fees 
from licenses purchased pursuant to the provisions of this 
subsection shall be deposited in the Wildlife Conservation Fund to 
be used exclusively for developing, managing, preservi ng, and 
protecting wildlife and wildlife habitat . 
I. D.  Unless a substitute license is purchased as provided for 
by subsection H C of this section, any resident of this state 
convicted of violating the provisions of this section shall be 
punished by the imposition of a fine of not less than Twenty-five 
Dollars ($25.00) Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than Two Hundred 
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not to exceed thirty (30) days, or by both said fine and 
imprisonment. 
J. E. Unless a substitute license is purchased as provid ed for 
by subsection H C of this section, any nonresident convicted of 
violating this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than 
Fifty Dollars ($50.00) One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than 
Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) or by imprisonment i n the county jail 
for a period not more than thirty (30) days, or by both such fine 
and imprisonment. 
K. F. Any person producing proof in court that a current 
fishing 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 charge of violating this section upon 
payment of court costs.  If proof of a current fishing license 
issued by the Department to th e person that was in force at the time 
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. 
G.  The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission sh all 
promulgate any rules necessary to implement the provisions of this 
section. 
SECTION 6.     AMENDATORY     29 O.S. 2011, Section 4 -112, as 
last amended by Section 3, Chapter 229, O.S.L. 2 017 (29 O.S. Supp. 
2020, Section 4-112), is amended to read as follows:   
 
 
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Section 4-112. A.  Except as otherwise provided for in the 
Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Code or the Oklahoma Farmed Cervidae 
Act, no person may hunt, pursue, trap, harass, catch, ki ll, take or 
attempt to take in any manner, use, have in possession, sell, or 
transport all or any portion of any wildlife except fish, without 
having first procured a license from the Department of Wildlife 
Conservation.  The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commissi on shall 
designate a consecut ive Saturday and Sunday in September of each 
year as free hunting days in which residents of this state may hunt 
without first procuring a hunting license pursuant to the provisions 
of this section. 
B.  The following legal resi dents of Oklahoma shall be ex empt 
from the annual hunting license requirement of parag raph 1 of 
subsection E of this section and the following nonresidents shall be 
exempt from the annual nonresident hunting licenses required 
pursuant to paragraph 1 of sub section 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 senior citizen lifetime hunting or 
combination hunting and fishing license pursuant to t he provisions 
of Section 4-114 of this title; 
3.  Legal residents born on or before Ja nuary 1, 1923; 
4.  Legal resident veterans having a disability of sixty percent 
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the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs; provide d, that if the 
veteran has previously received an exempti on pursuant to this 
paragraph, no registration with the veterans registry shall be 
required; 
5.  Legal resident owners or tenants who hunt on land owned or 
leased by them; 
6.  Any nonresident under f ourteen (14) years of age; 
7.  Legal residents having a p roven disability which renders 
them nonambulatory and confines them to a wheelchair, as certified 
by a physician licensed in this state or in any state which borders 
this state; 
8.  Any legal residen t 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 Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and 
9.  Any legal resident or nonresident hunting, pursui ng, 
trapping, harassing, catc hing, killing, taking, or attempting to 
take in any manner any species of rattlesnake during an organized 
rattlesnake-hunting event or festival and who has a rattlesnake 
permit issued pursuant to Section 4 -143 of this title. 
C. Except as otherwise provide d for in the Oklahoma Wildlife 
Conservation Code, the non resident hunting licenses issued pursuant 
to this section and the fee for each license shall be: 
1.  Annual hunting license for nonresidents hunting game other 
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year purchased – One Hundred Forty-one Dollars ($141.00).  
Nonresidents hunting big game or combination big game and upland 
game in a commercial hunting area shall be required to have this 
license; 
2.  Annual hunting license f or nonresidents hunting game other 
than deer, antelope, e lk or bear which expires on June 30 of the 
fiscal year purchased – One Hundred Seventy-five Dollars ($175.00).  
Nonresidents hunting big game or combination big game and upland 
game in a commercial h unting area shall be required to have this 
license; 
3.  Gun hunting license for deer for 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 archery season it shall 
expire at the end of that deer archery season – Two Hundred Seventy-
nine Dollars ($279.00); 
5.  Primitive firearms hunting license fo r deer for nonresidents 
which shall be valid for hunting all deer allowed during the current 
calendar year deer primitive firearms season – Two Hundred Seventy-
nine Dollars ($279.00); 
6.  Hunting license for antelope for nonresidents – Three 
Hundred Five Dollars ($305.00);   
 
 
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7.  Hunting license for elk for nonresidents – Three Hundred 
Five Dollars ($305.00); 
8.  Five-day hunting license for nonresidents hunting game other 
than deer, antelope, elk, quail , turkey or bear – Seventy-four 
Dollars ($74.00); and 
9.  Ten-day hunting license for nonresidents hunting small game 
in a commercial hunting area – Five Dollars ($5.00). 
D.  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 lice nse 
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 to paragraph 8 of subsection C of 
this section shall be deposited in the Wildlife Land Acquisition 
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 license 
issued pursuant to p aragraphs 1 through 8 of subs ection C of this 
section shall be for the Oklahoma Wildli fe Land Stamp and shall be 
deposited in the Oklahoma Wildlife Land Fund created pursuant to the 
provisions of Section 4 -141 of this title. 
E.  Except as otherwise provided, the resident hunting licen ses 
issued pursuant to this section and the fee for each license shall 
be:   
 
 
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1.  Annual hunting license for residents eighteen (18) years of 
age and older which expires on December 31 of the year purcha sed - 
Twenty-four Dollars ($24.00); 
2.  Annual hunting l icense for residents eighteen (18) years of 
age and older which expires on June 30 of the fiscal year purchased 
– Thirty-one Dollars ($31.00); 
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 which expires on June 30 of the fiscal 
year purchased – Six Dollars ($6.00); 
5.  Ten-day hunting license for residents for s mall 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 Oklahom a Statutes - 
Ten Dollars ($10.00);   
 
 
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7.  Gun hunting licens e for deer for 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 registered with the veterans registry 
created by the Oklahoma Department of Veterans 
Affairs; provided, that if the veteran has previously 
received an exemptio n pursuant to this subparagraph, 
no registration with the veterans registry shall be 
required, and 
b. residents hunting in big game or combination big game 
and upland game commercial hunting areas; 
8.  Gun hunting license for deer for residents under eight een 
(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 following 
persons shall be exemp t: 
a. residents with proper certification from the United 
States Department of Veterans Affairs or its 
successor, certifying that the person is a disabled 
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percent rate and registered with the veterans r egistry 
created by the Oklahoma Department of Veterans 
Affairs; provided, that if the veteran has previously 
received the exemption pursuant to this subparagraph, 
no registration with the veterans registry shall be 
required, and 
b. residents hunting in big game or combination big game 
and upland game commercial hunting areas; 
10.  Archery hunting license for deer for residents under 
eighteen (18) years of age - Nine Dollars ($9.00); 
11.  Primitive firearms hunting license for deer for 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 registered with the veterans registry 
created by the Oklahoma Department of Veterans 
Affairs; provided, that if the veteran has previously 
received the exemption pursuant to this subparagraph, 
no registration with the veterans registry shall be 
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and upland game commercial hunting areas; 
12.  Primitive firearms hunting license for deer for residents 
under eighteen (18) years of ag e - Nine Dollars ($9.00); 
13.  Hunting license for elk fo r residents - Fifty Dollars 
($50.00).  Residents hunting in big game or combination big game and 
upland game commercial hunting areas shall be exempt from this 
license; 
14.  Hunting license for antel ope for residents – Fifty Dollars 
($50.00).  Residents hu nting in big game or combination big game and 
upland game commercial hunting areas shall be exempt from this 
license; and 
15.  Bonus, special or additional 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 registered with the v eterans registry 
created by the Oklahoma Department of Veterans 
Affairs; provided, that if the veteran has previ ously 
received the exemption pursuant to this subparagraph,   
 
 
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no registration with the ve terans registry shall be 
required, and 
b. residents hunting in big game or combination big game 
and upland game commercial hunting areas. 
F.  Of the fees collected pursuant to the provisions of 
paragraphs 1 and 2 of subsection E of this section, Five Dolla rs 
($5.00) of the license fee shall be for the Oklah oma Wildlife Land 
Stamp and shall be deposited in the Oklahoma Wildlife Land Fund 
created pursuant to the provisions of Section 4 -141 of this title. 
G.  The provisions of this section shall not be constru ed to 
require a hunting license, resident or nonresi dent, of any person 
merely because the person participates, as owner or handler of an 
entry, as an official, or as a spectator in the conduct of a field 
trial or performance test of dogs, whether a reside nt or nonresident 
of the State of Oklahoma.  No lice nse to hunt shall be required of 
any person engaged in training or working dogs, provided that person 
is in no way engaged in hunting and does not take or attempt to take 
in any manner any game The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission 
shall prescribe, by rule, the form, type, design, manner of issuance 
and the fee for these licenses, permits and stamps; and any rules 
necessary to implement the provisions of this section . 
H. C. 1.  Any person arrested for hunting game other than deer, 
antelope, elk, bear or turkey without a valid hunting license as 
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purchase a substitute temporary thirty -day license from the 
arresting game warden in lieu of posting bond.  Proof of hunter 
safety certification will not be required for the temporary 
substitute license.  The Commission shall, by rule, determine 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 the provisions of this 
subsection shall be deposited in the Wildlife Conservation Fund to 
be used exclusively for developing, managing, preserving, and 
protecting wildlife and wildlife habitat . 
I. D. Any person producing proof in court that a current 
hunting license issued by the Department of Wil dlife Conservation to 
that person was in force at th e time of the alleged offense shall be 
entitled to dismissal of a charge of violating this section upon 
payment of court costs.  If proof of a current hunting license 
issued by the Department to the perso n that was in force at the time 
of the alleged offen se 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.   
 
 
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by subsection H C of this section, any resident convicted of 
violating the provisions of this section shall be punished by the 
imposition of a fine of not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) 
Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), 
or by imprisonment in t he county jail for a period not to exceed 
thirty (30) days, or by both. 
K. F. Unless a substitute license is purchased as provided for 
by subsection H C of this section, any nonresident convicted of 
violating the provisions of this section shall be punish ed by the 
imposition of a fine of not less than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) 
nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in 
the county jail for a period not to exceed six (6) months, or by 
both. 
L. G. The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservati on Commission shall 
promulgate any rules necessary to implement the provisions of this 
section. 
SECTION 7.     AMENDATORY     29 O.S. 2011, Section 4 -132, as 
amended by Section 120, Chap ter 304, O.S.L. 2012 (29 O.S. Supp. 
2020, Section 4-132), is amended to read as follows: 
Section 4-132.  A.  The Department of Wildlife Conservation is 
hereby authorized to issue an Oklahoma Wildlife Habitat Stamp to any 
person upon the voluntary payment o f a fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00).    
 
 
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Said fee shall be deposited in the Wildlife Land Acquisition Fund 
created in subsection C of this section. 
B.  The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission shall 
promulgate rules specifying the form, design, and manner of issuance 
of said wildlife habitat stamp. 
C. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving 
fund for the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission to be 
designated the “Wildlife Land Acquisition Fund ”.  The fund shall be 
a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall 
consist of all monies received pursuant to the provisions of this 
section deposited by the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission.  
The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission is hereby authorized 
to invest all or part of the monies of said the fund in any 
investment permitted by a written investment policy adopted by the 
Wildlife Conservation Commission; provided, all investments shall be 
made in accordance with the Oklahoma Uniform Prudent Investor Act.  
Any interest or dividends accr uing from such investments shall be 
deposited in the Wildlife Land Acquisition Fund.  All monies 
accruing to the credit of said the fund are hereby appropriated and 
may be budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma Wildlife Conserv ation 
Commission for the purposes specified in subsection D B of this 
section.  Any monies withdrawn from said the fund by the Oklahoma 
Wildlife Conservation Commission for investment pursuant to this 
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subsection D B of this section.  Expenditures from said the fund 
shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against 
claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of 
Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment. 
D. B. The Wildlife Land Acqu isition Fund shall be used by the 
Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission for the acquisition on a 
willing-seller willing-buyer basis only, leasing, taking of 
easements, development, management, and enhancement o f lands 
acquired pursuant to this section for the following purposes: 
1.  Management of game animals, protected animals and birds, 
furbearing animals, game birds, fish, and their restoration, 
propagation, and protection; and 
2.  Creation and management of public hunting, fishing, and 
trapping areas as places where the public may hunt, fish, or trap as 
authorized by law. 
E. C. The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission may accept 
private contributions, grants, and donations made for the purposes 
of this section.  Any monies received pursuant to this subsection 
shall be deposited in the Wildlife Land Acquisition Fund created in 
subsection C A of this section.  Any property received pursuant to 
this subsection which is not suitable for the purposes of this 
section may be sold by the Oklahoma Wildli fe Conservation Commission 
and the proceeds from such sales shall be deposited in the Wildlife 
Land Acquisition Fund created in subsection C A of this section.   
 
 
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F. D. Whenever the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Com mission 
acquires title to land pursuant to this section, the Commission 
shall annually make in lieu of tax payments equal to the average ad 
valorem tax per acre paid on similar land in that county.  Said 
payments Payments shall be made to the county treasu rer of the 
county in which the land is located. 
E.  The Oklahoma Wildlife Conserva tion Commission shall 
prescribe any rules necessary to implement the provisions of this 
section. 
SECTION 8.     AMENDATORY     29 O.S. 2011, Section 4 -134, as 
amended by Section 121, Chapter 304, O.S.L. 2012 (29 O.S. Supp. 
2020, Section 4-134), is amended to read as follows: 
Section 4-134.  A.  There is hereby created in the State 
Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahom a Wildlife Conservation 
Commission to be designated the “Wildlife Heritage Fund ”.  The fund 
shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, 
and shall consist of all monies received from senior citizen 
lifetime licenses issued pursuant t o the provisions of paragraphs 4 
through 6 of subsection B of Section 4 -114 of this title deposited 
by the Oklahoma Wild life Conservation Commission.  The Oklahoma 
Wildlife Conservation Commission is hereby authorized to invest all 
or part of the monies of said the fund in any investment permi tted 
by a written investment policy adopted by the Wild life Conservation 
Commission; provided, all investments shall be made in accordance   
 
 
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with the Oklahoma Uniform Prudent Investor Act.  Any interest or 
dividends accruing from such investments shall be de posited in the 
Wildlife Heritage Fund.  Only interest a nd dividends derived from 
the principle can be expended and are hereby appropriated and may be 
budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation 
Commission for the purposes specified in subse ction B of this 
section.  Any monies withdrawn from said the fund by the Oklahoma 
Wildlife Conservation Commission for investment pursuant to this 
subsection shall be deemed to be for the purposes specified in 
subsection B of this section.  Expenditures fr om said the fund shall 
be made upon warrants issued by the St ate Treasurer against claims 
filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of 
Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment. 
B.  The Wildlife Heritage Fund shall be use d by the Oklahoma 
Wildlife Conservation Commission for the ac quisition of land on a 
willing-seller willing-buyer basis only, leasing of land, and the 
taking of easements, and for the development, management, and 
enhancement of such lands acquired pursuant to this section for the 
following purposes: 
1.  Management of game animals, protected animals and birds, 
furbearing animals, game birds, fish, and their restoration, 
propagation, and protection; and   
 
 
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2.  Creation and management of public hunting, fishing, a nd 
trapping areas as places where the public may hunt, fish, or trap as 
authorized by law. 
C.  The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission may accept 
private contributions, grants, and donations made for the purposes 
of this section.  Any monies received pursuant to this subsection 
shall be deposited in the Wildli fe Heritage Fund created in 
subsection A of this section.  Any property received pursuant to 
this subsection which is not suitable for the purposes of this 
section may be sold by the Oklahoma Wil dlife Conservation Commission 
and the proceeds from such sale s shall be deposited in the Wildl ife 
Heritage Fund created in subsection A of this section. 
D.  Whenever the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission 
acquires title to land pursuant to this sect ion, the Commission 
shall annually make in lieu of tax paymen ts equal to the average ad 
valorem tax per acre paid on similar land in that county.  Said 
payments Payments shall be made to the county treasurer of the 
county in which the land is located to be distributed by said the 
county treasurer in the manner provi ded for by law for ad valorem 
tax payments. 
SECTION 9.     AMENDATORY     29 O.S. 2011, Section 4 -141, is 
amended to read as follows: 
Section 4-141.  A. There is hereby created in the State 
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Commission to be designated the “Oklahoma Wildlife Land Fund ”.  The 
fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year 
limitations, and shall consist of all monies received pursuant to 
the provisions of Sections 4 -110, 4-112 and 4-113 of this title from 
fees for the Oklahoma Wildlife Land Stamp and required to be 
deposited in the fund, subsection G of Section 4 -114 of this title 
from fees for the Lifetime Ok lahoma Wildlife Land Stamp and required 
to be deposited in the fund and an y other monies received from fees 
for the Oklahoma Wildlife Land Stamp and required to be deposited in 
the fund deposited by the Commission .  All monies accruing to the 
credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and shall be expended by 
the Commission as follows exclusively: 
1.  An amount equal to Fou r Dollars ($4.00) per stamp to be used 
to To retire the obligations and related expenses as authorized 
pursuant to Section 168.9 of Titl e 73 of the Oklahoma Statutes or to 
purchase, lease, or purchase easements on real property to be used 
as public hunting, fishing, and trapping areas; and 
2.  An amount equal to fifty cents ($0.50) per stamp to be used 
by the Commission for For the management of the real property 
acquired pursuant to Section 168.9 of Title 73 of the Oklahoma 
Statutes or acquired with procee ds from the Oklahoma Wildlife Land 
Stamp fee.   
 
 
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B.  The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission shall 
prescribe any rules necessary to i mplement the provisions of this 
section. 
SECTION 10.     AMENDATORY     29 O.S. 2011, Section 5 -203, is 
amended to read as follows: 
Section 5-203.  A.  A hunting dog trainer may carry shotguns or 
firearms on public or private property, oth er than state parks where 
hunting game to kill is prohibited, while traini ng bird hunting dogs 
provided that: 
1.  The trainer notifies the game warden in the region prior to 
going into the field; 
2.  The trainer has a dog training shoot to kill an appropriate 
license, issued by the Oklahoma Department of as determined by the 
rules promulgated by the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation.  The fee 
for the license shall not exceed Ten Dollars ($10.00) per year 
Commission; 
3.  The trainer has a current receipt from a licensed commercial 
or noncommercial game breeder of the propagated bird which is being 
released for the training purpo ses, stating the number of birds and 
the date obtained or has proof that the bird was reared by the 
trainer; and 
4.  All propagated bird s so used are tagged or banded prior to 
their release.  The use of a bird hunting dog may be permitted in   
 
 
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the legal hunting of quail, dove, prairie chickens, pheasant and 
waterfowl. 
B.  A person may carry a pistol while training a bird dog 
without having met the provisions of paragraphs 1 through 4 of 
subsection A of this sectio n. 
SECTION 11.     REPEALER     29 O.S. 2011, Sections 4 -103, 4-
103A, 4-103B, 4-104, 4-104A, 4-105, 4-106, as amended by Section 2, 
Chapter 353, O.S.L. 2017, 4 -107, 4-108, 4-108A, 4-109, 4-111, as 
amended by Section 1, Chapter 132, O.S.L. 20 15, 4-113, 4-113A, 4-
113.1, Section 1, Chapter 77, O.S.L. 2019, 4-114, as last amended by 
Section 4, Chapter 229, O.S.L. 2017, 4 -114, as amended by Section 1, 
Chapter 112, O.S.L. 2014, 4-115, 4-116, 4-117, 4-118, 4-119, 4-120, 
4-121, 4-122, 4-123, 4-124, 4-128, 4-128.1, 4-129, 4-130, as amended 
by Section 1, Chapter 235, O.S.L. 2018, Section 1, Chapter 115, 
O.S.L. 2014, 4-136, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 134, O.S.L. 
2016, 4-138, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 167, O.S.L. 2015, 4 -
140, as amended by Se ction 5, Chapter 229, O.S.L. 2017, 4 -143 and 4-
144 (29 O.S. Supp. 20 20, Sections 4-106, 4-111, 4-113.2, 4-114, 4-
114, 4-130, 4-135.1, 4-136, 4-138 and 4-140), are hereby repeale d. 
SECTION 12.  This act shall become effective November 1, 202 1. 
 
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