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636 BILL NO. 812 By: Murdock of the Senate
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1545 An Act relating to game and fish; amending 29 O.S.
1646 2011, Section 4-101, as amended by Section 1, Chapter
1747 341, O.S.L. 2013 (29 O.S. Supp. 2020, Section 4 -101),
1848 which relates to licenses; authorizing submission of
1949 license or permit to a Department of Wildlife
2050 Conservation officer; authorizing certain electronic
2151 transfers; amending Section 2, Chapter 200, O.S.L.
2252 2012 (29 O.S. Supp. 2020, Section 5 -202.1), which
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2555 Conservation officer; authorizing certain electronic
2656 transfers; amending 29 O.S. 2011, Section 7 -205, as
2757 amended by Section 2, Chapter 286, O.S.L. 2013 (29
2858 O.S. Supp. 2020, Section 7 -205), which relates to
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4169 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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4370 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 29 O.S. 2011, Section 4 -101, as
4471 amended by Section 1, Chapter 341, O.S.L. 2013 (29 O.S. Supp. 2020,
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49100 Section 4-101. A. All licenses and permits issued by the
50101 Director of Wildlife Conservation, the Department of Wildlife
51102 Conservation or by any of i ts agents shall be used only in
52103 conformity with the provisions of this title and the rules
53104 promulgated by the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission.
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55105 B. All persons making application for any licenses required by
56106 this section shall produce a valid lice nse to operate a motor
57107 vehicle or other positive proof of identification, age and
58108 residency, and any such license issued shall show such data as well
59109 as the date and time of issuance.
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61110 C. All licenses are nontransferable. No person shall alter,
62111 change, lend or transfer any license. No person shall use or borrow
63112 a license which has not been issued to that person by the Director,
64113 the Department or by any of its agents pursuant to the provisions of
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67115 D. No person may engage in activities requiri ng a license
68116 without that person’s carrying such license on their person and
69117 producing the same for an inspection upon the demand of any Oklahoma
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72119 E. Any person required to produce a license must also identify
73120 themselves as the pers on to whom such license was issued, and
74121 failure or refusal to comply shall be deemed prima facie evidence of
75122 a violation of this section.
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79151 1. Hunting licenses issued pursuant to paragraph 1 of
80152 subsection C and paragraphs 1 and 3 of subsection E of Section 4 -112
81153 of this title and paragraphs 1 and 3 of subsection B of Section 4 -
82154 113 of this title shall expire on December 31 of the year issued.
83155 Hunting licenses issued pursuant to paragraph 2 of subsection C and
84156 paragraphs 2 and 4 of subsection E of Section 4 -112 of this title
85157 and paragraphs 2 and 4 of subsection B of Section 4 -113 of this
86158 title shall expire on June 30 of the fiscal year issued. All other
87159 licenses shall terminate December 31 for the year issued; and
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93162 privilege of applying for, purchasing or exercising the benefits
94163 conferred by the licenses revoked by the Department in accorda nce
95164 with rules promulgated by the Commission or by a court of competent
96165 jurisdiction for a period of not less than one (1) year. For
97166 purposes of this paragraph, a court conviction, a plea of guilty, a
98167 plea of nolo contendere, the imposition of a deferred or suspended
99168 sentence by a court, or forfeiture of bond shall be deemed a
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102170 G. Should any license or permit issued pursuant to Part 1 of
103171 Article IV of this title be lost or destroyed, duplicates will be
104172 issued by the Department at a fee of One D ollar and fifty cents
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107201 H. Upon harvesting any whitetail or mule deer, or any other
108202 wildlife where the hunter, according to Commission rules, is
109203 required to check the wildlife in at a Department check station, the
110204 taker of the wildlife shall:
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112205 1. Securely attach the name of the taker, time of harvest, date
113206 of harvest and license number to the carcass of the wildlife;
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115207 2. Check in the carcass of the wildlife electronically using
116208 the online check station provided on the official website of the
117209 Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation or as prescribed by
118210 rule of the Commission, within twenty -four (24) hours of leaving the
119211 hunt area and in all cases prior to processing the carcass; and
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122213 carcass of the animal has been checked in.
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124214 I. It shall be unlawful for any license or permit holder to
125215 knowingly make a false statement or give false information to any
126216 authorized hunter check station or to an authorized Department
127217 employee when complying with the provisions of subsection H of this
128218 section. Information which may be collected at a Department check
129219 station shall include but not be limited to the name, address,
130220 license or permit number and signature of the taker, the date, time,
131221 county, method or weapon of the kill, sex and weight of carcass,
132222 whether or not the animal was taken on public hunting land and if so
133223 in what area, or any other information which may be required by the
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138252 J. 1. Any person convicted of violating the provisio ns of this
139253 section or of making a false statement or giving any false
140254 information in order to acquire any license or permit, pursuant to
141255 the provisions of this section, shall be punishable by a fine of not
142256 less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more t han Two Hundred
143257 Fifty Dollars ($250.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a
144258 period not to exceed ten (10) days, or by both such fine and
145259 imprisonment. Any person convicted of a second or subsequent
146260 violation of the provisions of this section or o f making a false
147261 statement or giving any false information in order to acquire any
148262 license or permit, pursuant to the provisions of this section, shall
149263 be punishable by a fine of not less than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars
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151265 imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed ten (10)
152266 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
267+2. Any hunting or fishing license issued to a person by the
268+Department of Wildlife Conservation shall be autom atically revoked
269+upon conviction of the person of violating the provisions of this
270+section. The revocation shall be for a period set by the court of
271+not less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10) years. If the
272+court does not set a period, the revocati on shall be for one (1)
273+year from the date of the conviction. During this period of
274+revocation, the Department shall not issue the person a hunting or
275+fishing license. If the court does not set a revocation period, the
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303+Department shall not issue that per son a license within one (1) year
304+of the conviction of the person pursuant to this section. A person
305+who has a license or permit revoked pursuant to this section shall
306+surrender the revoked license or permit to the court , or the court
307+may order the defend ant to surrender the license or permit directly
308+to an officer from the Department of Wildlife Conservation present
309+at the hearing. The If the license or permit is surrendered to the
310+court, the court shall send the Department of Wildlife Conservation
311+the revoked license and. The court shall also send the Department a
312+copy of the judgment of conviction. For purposes of this section,
313+“conviction” shall include a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to an
314+offense or the imposition of deferred adjudication for a n offense.
315+In lieu of sending a paper copy of the documents and information
316+required by this subsection, the court clerk may transmit the
317+conviction information by using an electronic method authorized by
318+the Department of Wildlife Conservation.
319+K. Any person who has had their license privileges revoked
320+shall not be entitled to purchase, apply for, or exercise the
321+benefits conferred by any license until the revocation period has
322+expired or the person has obtained approval from the Director. Any
323+person violating the provisions of this subsection, upon conviction,
324+shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars
325+($500.00), or by imprisonment in a county jail for a term of not
326+more than ninety (90) days or by both the fine and imprisonment.
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354+Upon conviction under this subsection, the previously granted
355+license revocation period shall be extended by two (2) additional
356+years.
357+SECTION 2. AMENDATORY Section 2, Chapter 200, O.S.L.
358+2012 (29 O.S. Supp. 2020, Section 5-202.1), is amended to read as
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360+Section 5-202.1. A. Any hunting or fishing license issued to a
361+person by the Department of Wildlife Conservation shall be
362+automatically revoked on final conviction of the person of an
363+offense under subsection J of Sectio n 5-202 of Title 29 of the
364+Oklahoma Statutes this title. The revocation shall be for a period
365+set by the court of not less than one (1) year or more than ten (10)
366+years. If the court does not set a period, the revocation shall be
367+for one (1) year from th e date the conviction becomes final. During
368+this period of revocation, the Department shall not issue that
369+person a hunting or fishing license. If the court does not set a
370+period, the Department shall not issue that person a license before
371+the first anniversary of the date the conviction becomes final.
372+B. A person who has a license or permit revoked under this
373+section shall surrender the revoked license or permit to the court ,
374+or the court may order the defendant to surrender the license or
375+permit directly to an officer from the Department of Wildlife
376+Conservation present at the hearing . The If the license or permit
377+is surrendered to the court, the court shall send the Department of
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405+Wildlife Conservation the revoked license and. The court shall also
406+send the Department a copy of the judgment of conviction. In lieu
407+of sending a paper copy of the documents and information required by
408+this subsection, the court clerk may transmit the conviction
409+information by using an electronic method authorized by the
410+Department of Wildlife Conservation.
411+C. For purposes of this section, “final conviction” shall
412+include a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to or the imposition of
413+deferred adjudication for an offense.
414+SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 29 O.S. 2011, Section 7-205, as
415+amended by Section 2, Chapter 286, O.S.L. 2013 (29 O.S. Supp. 2020,
416+Section 7-205), is amended to read as follows:
417+Section 7-205. A. Excluding furbearers and coyotes, no person
418+may capture, kill, mutilate or destroy any wildlife p rotected by law
419+and remove the head, claws, teeth, hide, antlers, horns or any or
420+all of such parts from the body with the intent to abandon the body.
421+B. Excluding furbearers and coyotes, no person may capture or
422+mutilate any living wildlife protected by law by removing the claws,
423+teeth, hide, antlers, horns or any or all of such parts from the
424+body.
425+C. No person may kill any wildlife protected by law and abandon
426+the body without disposing of the body in the most appropriate
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455+D. Any person convict ed of violating the provisions of this
456+section shall be punished by a fine of not less than Five Hundred
457+Dollars ($500.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or
458+by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year,
459+or by both fine and imprisonment.
460+E. Any hunting or fishing license issued to a person by the
155461 Department of Wildlife Conservation shall be automatically revoked
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157463 section. The revocation shall be for a per iod set by the court of
158464 not less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10) years. If the
159465 court does not set a period, the revocation shall be for one (1)
160466 year from the date of the conviction. During this period of
161467 revocation, the Department shall not issu e the person a hunting or
162468 fishing license. If the court does not set a revocation period, the
163469 Department shall not issue that person a license within one (1) year
164470 of the conviction of the person pursuant to this section. A person
165471 who has a license or per mit revoked pursuant to this section shall
166472 surrender the revoked license or permit to the court , or the court
167473 may order the defendant to surrender the license or permit directly
168474 to an officer from the Department of Wildlife Conservation present
169475 at the hearing. The If the license or permit is surrendered to the
170476 court, the court shall send the Department of Wildlife Conservation
171477 the revoked license and. The court shall also send the Department a
172478 copy of the judgment of conviction. For purposes of this sect ion,
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173506 “conviction” shall include a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to an
174507 offense or the imposition of deferred adjudication for an offense.
175508 In lieu of sending a paper copy of the documents and information
176509 required by this subsection, the court clerk may t ransmit the
177510 conviction information by using an electronic method authorized by
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182-K. Any person who has had th eir license privileg es revoked
183-shall not be entitled to purchase, ap ply for, or exercise the
184-benefits conferred by any license until the revocation period has
185-expired or the person has obtained approval from t he Director. Any
186-person violating the provisio ns of this subsectio n, upon conviction,
187-shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars
188-($500.00), or by imprisonment in a county jail for a term of not
189-more than ninety (90) days or by both the fine and imprisonment.
190-Upon conviction under this subsection, the previously granted
191-license revocation period shall be extended by two (2) additional
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194-SECTION 2. AMENDATORY Section 2, Chapter 200, O.S.L.
195-2012 (29 O.S. Supp. 2020, Section 5-202.1), is amended to rea d as
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198-Section 5-202.1. A. Any hunting or fishing license i ssued to a
199-person by the Department of Wildlife Conservation shall be
200-automatically revoked on final conviction of the person of an
201-offense under subsection J of Section 5 -202 of Title 29 of the
202-Oklahoma Statutes this title. The revocation shall be for a period
203-set by the court of not less than one (1) year or more than ten (10)
204-years. If the court does not set a period, the revocation shall b e
205-for one (1) year from the date the convictio n becomes final. During
206-this period of revocation, the Department s hall not issue that
207-person a hunting or fishing license. If the court does not set a
208-period, the Department shall not issue that person a lic ense before
209-the first anniversary of the date the conviction becomes final.
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212-section shall surrender the revoked license or permit to the court ,
213-or the court may order the defendant to surrender th e license or
214-permit directly to an officer fro m the Department of Wildlife
215-Conservation present at the hearing . The If the license or permit
216-is surrendered to the court, the court shall send the Department of
217-Wildlife Conservation the revoked license and. The court shall also
218-send the Department a copy of the judgment of conviction. In lieu
219-of sending a paper copy of the documents and information required by
220-this subsection, the court clerk may transmit the conviction
221-information by using an electronic m ethod authorized by the
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227-include a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to or the imposition of
228-deferred adjudication for an offense.
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230-SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 29 O.S. 2011, Section 7 -205, as
231-amended by Section 2, Chapter 28 6, O.S.L. 2013 (29 O.S. Supp. 2020,
232-Section 7-205), is amended to read as follows:
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234-Section 7-205. A. Excluding furbearers and coyotes, no person
235-may capture, kill, mutilate or destroy any wildlife protected by law
236-and remove the head, claws, teeth, hide, antlers, horns or any or
237-all of such parts from the body with the intent to abandon the body.
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240-mutilate any living wildlife protected by law by removing the claws,
241-teeth, hide, antlers, horns o r any or all of such parts from the
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244-C. No person may kill any wildlife protected by law and abandon
245-the body without disposing of the body in the most appropriate
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248-D. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this
249-section shall be punished by a fine of not less t han Five Hundred
250-Dollars ($500.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or
251-by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year,
252-or by both fine and imprisonment.
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255-Department of Wildlife Conservation shall be automatically revoked
256-upon conviction of the person of violating the provisions of this
257-section. The revocation shall be for a period set by the court of
258-not less than one (1) year nor m ore than ten (10) years. If the
259-court does not set a period, the revocation shall be for one (1)
260-year from the date of the conviction. During this period of
261-revocation, the Department shall not issue the person a hunti ng or
262-fishing license. If the court does not set a revocation perio d, the
263-Department shall not issue that person a license within one (1) year
264-of the conviction of the person pursuant to this section. A perso n
265-who has a license or permit revoked pursuant to this section shall
266-surrender the revoked license or permit to th e court, or the court
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270-to an officer from the Department of Wildlife Conser vation present
271-at the hearing. The If the license or permit is surrendered to the
272-court, the court shall send the Department of Wildlife Conservation
273-the revoked license and. The court shall also send the Department a
274-copy of the judgment of conviction. For purposes of this section,
275-“conviction” shall include a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to an
276-offense or the imposition of deferred adjudication for an offense.
277-In lieu of sending a paper copy of the documents and information
278-required by this subsect ion, the court clerk may transmit the
279-conviction information by using an electroni c method authorized by
280-the Department of Wildlife Conservation.
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300-OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
301-Received by the Office of the Governor this _______ _____________
302-day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _____ __ o'clock _______ M.
303-By: _______________________________ __
304-Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
305-day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
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307- _________________________________
308- Governor of the State of Oklahoma
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311-OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
312-Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this _______ ___
313-day of __________________, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
314-By: _______________________________ __
514+COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON WILDLIFE, dated 04/08/2 021 - DO
515+PASS.