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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
SENATE BILL 803 By: Bullard
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to fish and wildlife; creating the
Pushmataha Wildlife Preserve; stating purpose of
reserve; allocating funds; providing for the
promulgation of rules ; providing for codification;
and providing an effective 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 7-304.2 of Title 29, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. After the effective date of this act, twenty thousand
(20,000) acres of the Pushmataha Wildlife Management Area shall be
renamed as the Pushmataha Wildlife Preserve.
B. The purpose of the Pushmataha Wildlife Preserve shall be to
regulate the hunting and preservation of the wildlife and game in
the area in order to further the preservation of Oklahoma’s wildlife
population.
C. The total maximum allocation of funds necessary by the
Department of Wildlife Conservation shall be One Million Dollars
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($1,000,000.00). The funds shall be derived from legislative
appropriations. The purpose of the funds shall be used for the
enclosing of the land, wildlife personnel, and all expenses deemed
necessary by the Director for the management of the Pushmataha
Wildlife Preserve.
D. The Department of Wildlife Conservation shall promul gate
rules necessary for the preservation of the Pushmataha Elk Reserve.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
59-1-538 MR 1/18/2023 9:33:30 PM