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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
February 19, 2024
SENATE BILL NO. 1636 By: Bullard
An Act relating to wildlife; authorizing the
Department of Wildlife Conservation to produce
certain study; requiring distribution of report to
the Legislature and Governor; specifying geographic
location for study; allowing the Department to use
certain sources for dat a; permitting Department to
enter into certain agreements to a ssist in data
collection; allowing for Department to make
recommendations; 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 section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3-316 of Title 29, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. The Department of Wildlife Conservation shall produce an elk
population study to be presented electronically to the Legislature
and the Governor on or before a year following the effective d ate of
this act.
B. The study shall be used to determi ne Oklahoma’s elk
population in southeastern Oklahoma. The study may incorporate
information available in other sources, such as studies produced by
collegiate or federal resources , into an analysis of Oklahoma ’s elk
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population. The Department may also enter into agreements with
other agencies, organizations operating in this state, or tribal
governments to assist with the production of this study.
C. The study may include recommendations by the Department for
the conservation of Oklahoma elk populations .
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON TOURISM AND WILDLIFE
February 19, 2024 - DO PASS