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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR ENGROSSED
HOUSE BILL 3462 By: Archer and Moore of the
House
and
Green of the Senate
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to live game; creating the Chronic
Wasting Disease Genetic Improvement Act ; providing
short title; requiring creation of certain pilot
program by certain date; establishing program ’s
purpose to enhance genetic durability of Oklahoma
deer against chronic wasting disease; establishin g
program at the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture,
Food, and Forestry; requiring certain assistance of
the Department of Wildlife Conservation; requiring
collection of DNA samples; requiring certain
procedures and determinations; allowing for the
establishment of testing locations; limiting
participation in program; providing for certain
timeline of program activity; authorizing the
promulgation of rules; providing for a one -time
permit fee; 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 sec tion 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:
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A. This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Chronic
Wasting Disease Genetic Improvement Act ”.
B. No later than November 1, 2024, the Oklahoma Department of
Agriculture, Food, and Forestry shall establish a pilot program to
enhance the genetic durability of Oklahoma deer against chronic
wasting disease. Such pilot program shall include, but not be
limited to, the following program characteristics:
1. The Department of Wildlife Conservation will begin
collecting DNA samples to establi sh a baseline of average genetic
codon markers and genomic breeding value s for native, free-ranging
Oklahoma while-tailed deer. For establishing testing locations in
the state, the Department shall use Interstates 35 and 40 as
dividing lines or establishe d Department deer management zones as
published in the current hunting regulations guide;
2. Limit participation in the program to native white-tailed
deer, 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
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry; and
3. Beginning in 2026, during the months of February and March
and through the 15th of April, bred female and male deer may be
released.
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C. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry
and the Department of Wildlife Conservation may promulgate rules as
needed to implement the provisions of this act.
D. The Department of Wildlife Conservation may charge a one-
time permit fee, which shall not exceed Five Hundred Dollars
($500.00), for citizens purchasing deer as a result of criteria
established in the pilot program.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective October 1, 2024 .
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