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30		-	February 20, 2023
	53	+	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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	55	+	1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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33		-	SENATE BILL ~~NO.~~ 891 By: Dahm
	57	+	SENATE BILL 891 By: Dahm
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39	65		An Act relating to fish and wildlife; amending 29
40	66		O.S. 2021, Section 7-503, which relates to
41	67		prohibition on sales of protected fish and wil dlife;
42	68		removing provision for all seized wildlife and parts
43	69		to be sold and the proceeds from sale to be deposited
44	70		into certain fund; and providing an effective d ate.
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49	75		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
50	76		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 29 O.S. 2021, Section 7 -503, is
51	77		amended to read as follows:
52	78		Section 7-503. A. Except as otherwise provided for by law, no
53	79		person may buy, barter, trade, sell or offer, or expose f or sale all
54	80		or any part of any fish or wildlife or the nest or eggs of any bird,
55	81		protected by law. The carcasses or any parts thereof of legally
56	82		acquired furbearing animals or coyotes may be purchased, bartered,
57	83		traded, sold or offered for sale. The fur or pelt of legally
58	84		acquired squirrels may be purcha sed, bartered, traded, sold or
59	85		offered for sale.
60	86		B. Persons licensed to propagate or sell fish or wildlife
61	87		pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation
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	139	+	Code and persons who have docume ntation of legally purchased fish or
90	140		wildlife or parts thereof for resale are exempt from the provisions
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92	142		C. All wildlife or parts thereof seized pursuant to the
93	143		provisions of this section and determined to be unfit for release in
94	144		a suitable locale shall be sold. The proceeds from said sa le shall
95	145		be deposited in the Wildlife Conservation Fund.
96	146		D. No person shall buy, barter, trade, or sell, within this
97	147		state, any furbearing animal, game animal, or game fish, or any part
98	148		thereof, acquired from a source within or outside of this state
99	149		unless at the time and place of each such sale, the seller shall
100	150		possess an invoice signed by the person from whom said seller
101	151		purchased said animals or fish, which shall contain a statement of
102	152		the source from which said animals or fish were acquired, and the
103	153		species and quantity of each species, or parts thereof, delivered to
104	154		said seller.
105	155		E. D. Persons who have obtained legal possession of wildlife or
106	156		parts of wildlife after being given to the person for taxid ermic
107	157		preparation or processing of the meat for con sumption shall be
108	158		permitted to dispose of such, unless otherwise prohibited by law,
109	159		under rules established by the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation
110	160		Commission.
111	161		F. E. The animal, bird, fish, or part thereof shall be
112	162		confiscated by the arresting authority and forwarded to the
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	214	+	Commission to be held until the matter is resolved. If a person
141	215		violating the provisions of this section is convicted, the
142	216		Commission shall retain and properly dispose of the confiscated
143	217		animal, bird, fish, or part thereof. If a person accused of
144	218		violating the provisions of this section is acquitted, the
145	219		confiscated animal, bird, fish, or part thereof shall be returned to
146	220		the possession of the person from whom it was confiscated.
147	221		G. F. The first violation of any of the provisions of thi s
148	222		section shall be punishable by a fine of not less than One Hundred
149	223		Dollars ($100.00), nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or
150	224		by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not less than ten
151	225		(10) days nor more than sixty (60) days, or by both s aid fine and
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153	227		Subsequent violations of the provisions of this section shall be
154	228		punishable by a fine of not less than One Thousand Dollars
155	229		($1,000.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not
156	230		less than ten (10) days nor more than sixty (60) days, or by both
157	231		said fine and imprisonment.
158	232		SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
159		-	~~COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON TOURISM AND WILDLIFE~~
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