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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 2270 By: West (Rick)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to wildlife; creating the Oklahoma
Habitat Stamp; requiring possession of the stamp by
non-residents while hunting or fishing in a Wildlife
Management Area; providin g stamp exceptions;
providing stamp purchase amount; providing
limitations on uses for monies received from stamp
purchases; stating expiration date; di recting the
Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission to
prescribe certain rules; providing for violatio n;
providing for temporary stamp issuance; providing
limitations on uses for monie s received from
temporary stamp purchases; providing for fines;
creating the Oklahoma Habitat Stamp Revolving Fund;
providing limitations of fund usage; providing for
codification; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLA HOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A n ew section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 4-204 of Title 29, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Non-residents may not hunt or fish any Oklahoma Wildlife
Management Area unless the person has first obtained an Oklahoma
Habitat Stamp from the Director of the Oklahoma Wildlife
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Conservation Commission or authorized agents of the Director. Each
person shall have the permit in addition to all other required
licenses, stamps, and permits when hunting a Wildlife Management
Area.
B. Persons excepted from the Oklahoma Habitat Stamp
requirements of this section are:
1. Non-resident active-duty military personnel stationed at
military installations located in the state; and
2. Non-resident veterans.
C. The Oklahoma Habitat Stamp shall be Eighty-five Dollars
($85.00). The fee shall be deposited in the Oklahoma Habitat Stamp
Revolving Fund, to be used exclusively for maintenance and
improvements to Wildlife Management Areas .
D. An Oklahoma Habitat Stamp is valid for a period of one (1)
year from the date of purchase.
E. The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission shall
prescribe, by rule, the form, design, a nd manner of issuance of th e
Oklahoma Habitat Stamp.
F. 1. Any non-resident arrested for hunting on a Wildlife
Management Area without an Oklahoma Habitat Stamp as required by the
provisions of subsection A of this section may purchase a substitute
temporary thirty-day stamp from the arresting game warden in lieu of
posting bond. The fee for a substitute stamp purchased pursuant to
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the provisions of this subsection shall be One Hundred Forty-five
Dollars ($145.00).
2. The fees from the temporary substitute stamp pursuant to the
provisions of this subsection shall be deposited in the Oklahoma
Habitat Stamp Revolving Fund, to be used exclusively for maintenance
and improvements to Wildlife Management Areas.
G. Any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of
this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than Twenty-
five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 4-205 of Title 29, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund
for the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission to be designated
the "Oklahoma Habitat Stamp Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a
continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, an d shall
consist of all monies received pursuant to the provisions of this
section from fees for the Oklahoma Habitat Stamp and required to be
deposited in the fund . All monies accruing to the cred it of the
fund are hereby appro priated and shall be expende d by the Commission
for the purpose of Wildlife Management Area maintenance and
improvements. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon
warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as
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prescribed by law with t he Director of the Office of Management and
Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
59-2-10606 JL 02/28/24