An Act
ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 3462 By: Archer, Moore, and Pfeiffer
of the House
and
Green and Bullard of the
Senate
An Act relating to live game; creating the Chronic
Wasting Disease Genetic Improvement Act ; requiring
creation of certain pilot progr am by certain date;
establishing program’s purpose to enhance genetic
durability of Oklahoma deer against chronic wasting
disease; establishing program at the Oklahoma
Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry;
requiring certain assistance of the Depar tment 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 timel ine of program activity ;
authorizing the promul gation of rules; providing for
a one-time permit fee; providing for codification;
and providing an effective date.
SUBJECT: Live game
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 the “Chronic
Wasting Disease Genetic I mprovement Act”.
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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. Suc h pilot program shall i nclude, but not be
limited to, the following pr ogram characteristics:
1. The Department of Wildlife Conservation will begin
collecting DNA samples to establish a baseline of average genetic
codon markers and genomic breeding values for native, free-ranging
Oklahoma white-tailed deer. For establishing testing locations in
the state, the Department shall use Interstates 35 and 40 as
dividing lines or established Department deer management zones as
published in the current hunting reg ulations 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 Fo restry; and
3. Beginning in 2026, during the months of February and March
and through the fifteenth of April, bred female and male deer may be
released.
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 Hun dred Dollars
($500.00), for citizens purchasing deer as a result of criteri a
established in the pilot program.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective October 1, 2024.
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Passed the House of Representatives the 30th day of April, 2024.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the 24th day of April, 2024.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________
day of ______________ _____, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________