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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 4086 By: Wallace
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to wildlife; increasing ce rtain ages
for certain exemptions; requiring certain licenses at
certain ages; creating certain licenses for specific
residencies; determining price of c ertain licenses;
and providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 29 O.S. 2021, Section 4 -130, is
amended to read as follows:
A. Except as otherwise provided in the Oklahoma Wildlife
Conservation Code, no person may hunt or take any waterfowl during
the open season on waterfowl unless the person ha s first obtained an
Oklahoma waterfowl hunting stamp or license from the Director or
authorized agents of the Director. Each person shall have the stamp
or license in their possession when hunting or taking any wate rfowl.
When a stamp is purchased, the s tamp shall be validated by the
signature of the licensee written across the face of the stamp.
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B. Persons excepted from the Oklahoma waterfowl hunting stamp
or license requirement of this section are:
1. Legal residents of Oklahoma under sixteen (16) eighteen (18)
years of age; and
2. Legal residents of Oklahoma sixty -five (65) years of age or
older.
C. 1. The Oklahoma waterfowl hunting stamp fee and water fowl
license shall each be Nine Dollars ($9.00). The remai nder of the
fee shall be deposited in th e Wildlife Conservation Fund, to be used
exclusively in the State of Oklahoma, for the purpose of developing,
managing, preserving, restoring and maintaining wetland habitats and
for the conservation and management o f waterfowl and ecologically
related species be for:
1. Residents eighteen (18) years of age or older – Twenty
Dollars ($20.00); and
2. Nonresidents eighteen (18) years of age or older – Thirty
Dollars ($30.00).
2. D. 1. The collection and remittance p rocedures applicable
to hunting license fees under this title shall apply to waterfowl
stamp or license fees.
3. 2. The waterfowl stamp or license issued pursuant to this
section shall expire on J une 30 of each year.
D. E. The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservat ion Commission may
prescribe, by regula tion, the form, design and manner of issuance,
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if any, of the waterfowl stamp, which could include the selection of
art for such stamp from an art contest regul ated by the Commission.
E. F. 1. Any person arrested for hunting or taking any
waterfowl during the open season on waterfowl without a valid
Oklahoma waterfowl hunting stamp or license as required by the
provisions of subsection A of this section may purch ase a substitute
temporary thirty-day stamp or license from the arresting game warden
in lieu of posting bond. Proof of hunter safety certification shall
not be required for the temporary substitute stamp or license. The
fee for a substitute stamp or lic ense purchased pursuant to the
provisions of this subsection shall be:
a. for legal residents – Fifty Dollars ($50.00), and
b. for nonresidents – One Hundred Forty-five Dollars
($145.00).
2. The fees from the temporary stamp and license purchased
pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall be deposited in
the Wildlife Conservation Fund, to be used exclusively in the State
of Oklahoma, for the purpose of developing, managing, preserving,
restoring and maintaining wetland habitats and for the conserv ation
and management of waterfowl and ecologically related species.
F. 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 ($1 00.00).
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G. H. Nothing in this title shal l prohibit a person from
hunting waterfowl exclusiv ely on their own property without an
Oklahoma waterfowl hunting stamp or license.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective October 1, 2024.
59-2-10397 JM 02/22/24