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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 3462 By: Archer
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to live game; creating the Chronic
Wasting Disease Genetic Improvem ent Act, providing
for reference; requiring creation of certain pilot
program by certain date; establishing program 's
purpose to enhance genetic durability of Oklahoma
deer against chronic wasting disease ; establishing
program at the Department of Agricult ure, Food, and
Forestry; requiring certain assistance of the
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife; requiring collection
of DNA samples; requiring certain procedur es and
determinations; requiring program be admi nistered in
quadrants of the state; providing for t he
establishments of quadrants; limiting participation
in program; providing for certain timeline of program
activity; authorizing the promulgation of rules;
providing for a one time permit fee; 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 6-520 of Title 2, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. This section shall be known and may be cited as t he "Chronic
Wasting Disease Genetic Improvement Act ".
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B. No later than November 1, 2024, the Department of
Agriculture, Food, and Forestry shall establish a pilot program to
enhance the genetic durability of Oklahoma deer against chron ic
wasting disease. Such Pilot Program shall include , but not be
limited to, the following program charac teristics:
1. With the assistance of the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife,
provide for the collection of DNA samples to establish a baseline of
average genetic codon markers and genomic breeding values for
Oklahoma deer in each quadrant of the state. For purposes of
establishing quadrants of the state, the Department shall use
Interstates 35 and 40 as dividing lines for such quadrants;
2. Limit participation in the progr am to native cervid, born
and raised in Oklahoma with genetic resistance breeding, including
the SS allele at codon 96, and that surpass the genomic estimated
breeding value cutoff established for the program by the Department
of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry;
3. Beginning in 2025, during the month of October buc k deer
with antlers removed beyond the second antler tine may be released;
4. Beginning in 202 6, during the months of February, March, and
through the 15th of April, bred female deer may be released.
C. The Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry and the
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife may promulgate rules as needed to
implement the provisions of this Act.
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D. The Oklahoma Department of W ildlife may charge a on e time
permit fee, which shall not exceed Five Hundre d Dollars ($500.00),
for citizens purchasing deer for the pilo t program.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective October 1, 2024.
59-2-10343 JL 02/20/24