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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
SENATE BILL 352 By: Murdock
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to wildlife; amending 29 O.S. 2021,
Section 5-213, as amended by S ection 1, Chapter 253,
O.S.L. 2022 (29 O.S. Supp. 2022, Section 5-213),
which relates to air bows; expanding season; allowing
for a physically disabled person to use air bows
under certain conditions ; and providing exception for
certain season.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 29 O.S. 2021, Section 5 -213, as
amended by Section 1, Chapter 253, O.S.L. 2022 (29 O.S. Supp. 2022,
Section 5-213), is amended to read as follow s:
Section 5-213. A. The use of crossbows and conventional
longbows with a device that permits the bow to be held mechanically
at full or partial draw, shall be a legal hunting meth od during any
open season when convent ional longbows are a legal means of take.
B. The use of air bows shall be a legal hunting method duri ng
any open season when rifles, archery, or primitive firearms are a
legal means of take, except as otherwise provided in subsection C of
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this section. No person may hunt or take dur ing the open season
with an air bow unless the person has first obtained a stamp issue d
by the Oklahoma Wildlife Cons ervation Commission for a one-time fee
of Twenty Dollars ($20.00).
C. 1. A permanently physically disabled person may use an air
bow as a legal hunting method during any open season.
2. A person using an air bow as a legal hunting method during
the archery deer season shall be limited to antlerless deer only.
3. A person may use an air bow as a legal hunting method for
nuisance wildlife or feral swine .
D. At such time as the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restorati on Act
is amended to expand the excise tax on sporting arms and ammun ition
to include air bows and air guns, the stamp pursu ant to subsection B
of this section shall no longer be re quired, and authorization for
the continual use of air bows as a legal mean s of take shall be
established by rules pr omulgated by the Commission .
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