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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
SENATE BILL 1848 By: Dahm
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to wildlife; amending 29 O.S. 2021,
Section 7-503, which relates to prohibition on sales
of protected fish and wildlife ; redirecting funds to
different fund; updating statutory language; and
providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 29 O.S. 2021, Section 7 -503, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 7-503. A. Except as otherwise provided for by law, n o
person may buy, barter, trade, sell or offer, or expose for sale all
or any part of any fish or wildlife, or the nest or eggs of any
bird, protected by law. The carcasses or any parts thereof of
legally acquired furbearing animals or coyotes may be purchased,
bartered, traded, sold or offered for sale. The fur or pelt of
legally acquired squirrels may be purchased, bartered, traded, sold
or offered for sale.
B. Persons licensed to propagate or sell fish or wildlife
pursuant to the provisions of the Okl ahoma Wildlife Conservation
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Code and persons who have documentation of legally purchased fish or
wildlife or parts thereof for resale are exempt from the provisions
of this section.
C. All wildlife or parts thereof seized pursuant t o the
provisions of this section and determined to be unfit for release in
a suitable locale shall be sold. The proceeds from said the sale
shall be deposited in the Wildlife Conservation General Revenue
Fund.
D. No person shall buy, barter, trade, or sell, within this
state, any furbearing animal, game animal, or game fish, or any part
thereof, acquired from a source wi thin or outside of this state
unless at the time and place of each such sale, the seller shall
possess an invoice signed by the person fr om whom said the seller
purchased said the animals or fish, which shall contain a statement
of the source from which said the animals or fish were acquired, and
the species and quanti ty of each species, or parts thereof,
delivered to said the seller.
E. Persons who have obtaine d legal possession of wildlife or
parts of wildlife after being given to the person for taxiderm ic
preparation or processing of the meat for consumption shall be
permitted to dispose of such, unless otherwise prohibited by law,
under rules established by the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation
Commission.
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F. The animal, bird, fish, or part thereof shall be confiscated
by the arresting authority and forwarded to the C ommission to be
held until the matter is resolved. If a per son violating the
provisions of this section is convicted, the Commission shall retain
and properly dispose of the confiscated anima l, bird, fish, or part
thereof. If a person accused of violating the provisions of this
section is acquitted, the confiscated animal, bi rd, fish, or part
thereof shall be returned to the possession of the person from whom
it was confiscated.
G. The first violation of any of the provisions of this section
shall be punishable by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars
($100.00), nor more than Five Hundred Dol lars ($500.00), or by
imprisonment in the county jail for a period not less than ten (10)
days nor more than sixty (60) days, or by both said such fine and
imprisonment.
Subsequent violations of the provisions of this section shall be
punishable by a fine of not less than One Thousand Dollars
($1,000.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not
less than ten (10) days nor more than sixty (60) days, or by both
said such fine and imprisonment.
SECTION 2. This act shall become e ffective November 1, 2024.
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