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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
HOUSE BILL 2856 By: Wallace
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to public health and safety; amending
63 O.S. 2021, Section 4210.3, which relates to the
Oklahoma Boating Safe ty Regulation Act; adding
exception to certain prohibited act; modifying and
reducing certain penalties; and providing an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, S ection 4210.3, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 4210.3 It shall be unlawful to transport a shotgun,
rifle or pistol in or to discharge such weapons a firearm from a
vessel, except for the purposes of self-defense, hunting animals or
fowl, and in compliance with existing state and federal laws.
Anyone violating the pr ovisions of this section, upon conviction,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of
not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) and not more than One Hundred
Dollars ($100.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not
less than ten (10) days and not more than six (6) three (3) months,
or by both such fine and imprisonment. Any person in possession of
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a valid handgun license from this state or a reciprocal state
authorized by the Oklahoma Self -Defense Act shall not be deemed
guilty of transporting a pistol in violation of this section when a
handgun is carried concealed or unconcealed upon or about their
person in compliance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Self-
Defense Act.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effect ive November 1, 2023.
59-1-5167 JM 01/09/23