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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
SENATE BILL 967 By: Green
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to fish and wildlife; amending 29
O.S. 2021, Section 4 -112, as last amended by Section
2, Chapter 208, O.S.L. 2022 (29 O.S. Supp. 2022,
Section 4-112), which relates to hunting licenses;
excluding certain game from certain licensure;
including certain game for certain licensure; 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 -112, as
last amended by Section 2, Chapter 208, O.S.L. 2022 (29 O.S. Supp.
2022, Section 4-112), is amended to read as follows:
Section 4-112. A. Except as otherwise provided f or in the
Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Code or the Oklahoma Farmed Cervidae
Act, no person may hunt, pursue, trap, harass , catch, kill, take o r
attempt to take in any manner, use, have in possession, sell, or
transport all or any portion of any wildlife except fish, without
having first procure d a license from the Department of Wildlife
Conservation. The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commissio n shall
designate a consecutive Saturday and Sunday in September of each
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year as free hunting days in which resid ents of this state may hunt
without first procuring a hunting license pursuant to the provisions
of this section.
B. The following legal residents of Oklahoma shall be exempt
from the annual hunting license requirement of paragraph 1 of
subsection E of this section and the following nonresiden ts shall be
exempt from the annual nonresid ent hunting licenses required
pursuant to paragraph 1 of subsection C of this section:
1. Legal residents under sixteen (16) years of age;
2. Legal residents sixty -five (65) years of age or older
provided they have obtained a senio r citizen lifetime hunt ing or
combination hunting and fishing l icense pursuant to th e provisions
of Section 4-114 of this title;
3. Legal residents born on or before January 1, 1923;
4. Legal resident veterans having a disability of sixty percent
(60%) or more and registered w ith the veterans registry created by
the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs; provided, that if the
veteran has previously received an exemption pursuant to this
paragraph, no registration with the veteran s registry shall be
required;
5. Legal resident owners or tenants who hunt on land own ed or
leased by them;
6. Any nonresident under fourteen (14) years of age;
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7. Legal residents having a proven disability which rende rs
them nonambulatory and confines them to a wheelchair, as certified
by a physician licensed in this state or in any stat e which borders
this state;
8. Any legal resident or nonresident under eighteen (18) years
of age who is in the physical custody of a child care facility as
defined by Section 402 of Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statute s; and
9. Any legal resident or nonresi dent hunting, pursuin g,
trapping, harassing, catching, killing, taking, or attempting to
take in any manner any species of rattlesnake during an organized
rattlesnake-hunting event or festival and who has a rattlesna ke
permit issued pursuant to Section 4 -143 of this title.
C. Except as otherwise provided for in the Oklahoma Wildlife
Conservation Code, the nonresident hunting licenses is sued pursuant
to this section and the fee for each license shall be:
1. Annual hunting license for nonresidents huntin g game other
than deer, antelope, elk or bear which expire s one (1) year after
the date of issuance – One Hundred Seventy-five Dollars ($175.00).
Nonresidents hunting big game or combi nation big game and upland
game in a commercial hunting area shall be r equired to have this
license;
2. Gun hunting license for deer for nonresidents which shall be
valid for hunting all deer allowed during the current calendar year
deer gun season – Two Hundred Seventy-nine Dollars ($279.00);
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3. Archery hunting license for deer for nonresidents which
shall expire on January 15 of the calendar year after the year
purchased or if purchased during the deer archery season it shall
expire at the end of that d eer archery season – Two Hundred Seventy-
nine Dollars ($279.00);
4. Primitive firearms hunting lic ense for deer for nonresidents
which shall be valid for hunting all deer allowed during the current
calendar year deer primitive firearms season – Two Hundred Seventy-
nine Dollars ($279.00);
5. Hunting license for antelope for nonresidents – Three
Hundred Five Dollars ($305.00);
6. Hunting license for elk for nonresidents – Three Hundred
Five Dollars ($305.00);
7. Five-day hunting license for nonresidents h unting game other
than deer, antelope, elk, quail, turkey, or bear – Seventy-four
Dollars ($74.00). Nonresidents hunting big game or combination big
game and upland game in a commercial hunting area shall be re quired
to have this license; and
8. Ten-day hunting license for non residents hunting small game
and upland game in a commercial hunting area – Five Dollars ($5.00).
D. Of the fees collected pursuant to the provisions of
subsection C of this section:
1. Five Dollars ($5.00) of the license fee of each license
issued pursuant to paragraph s 1 through 7 of subsection C of this
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section and Two Dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) of the license fee
for each license issued pursuant to paragraph 8 of subsection C of
this section shall be deposited in the Wildlife Land Acquisition
Fund created pursuant to the provisions of Section 4 -132 of this
title; and
2. Five Dollars ($5.00) of the license fee for ea ch license
issued pursuant to paragraphs 1 through 8 of subsection C of this
section shall be for the Oklahoma Wildlife Land Stamp and shall be
deposited in the Oklahoma Wildlife Land Fund created pursuant to the
provisions of Section 4-141 of this title.
E. Except as otherwise provided, the annual resident hunting
licenses issued pursuant to this subsection shall expire one (1)
year after the date of issuance. The resident hunting licenses
issued pursuant to t his section and the fee for each license shal l
be:
1. Annual hunting license for residents eighteen (18) years of
age and older – Thirty-one Dollars ($31.00);
2. Annual hunting license for residents sixteen (16) or
seventeen (17) years of age – Six Dollars ($6.00);
3. Ten-day hunting license for residents for small game in a
commercial hunting area - Five Dollars ($5.00);
4. Five-year disability hunting license for residents for at
least six (6) months who a re receiving Social Security Disability
benefits, Supplemental Security Income benefits or disability
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benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act, 45 U.S.C.A ., Section
231a, or residents who are one-hundred-percent disabled and are
receiving disability paym ents from the Multiple Injury Trust Fund
pursuant to Section 31 of Title 85A of the Oklahom a Statutes - Ten
Dollars ($10.00);
5. Gun hunting license for de er for residents eighteen (18)
years of age or older - Nineteen Dollars ($19.00). The following
persons shall be exempt:
a. residents with proper certification from the United
States Department of Veterans Affairs or its
successor, certifying that the per son is a disabled
veteran in receipt of compensation at the on e-hundred-
percent rate and register ed with the veterans registry
created by the Oklahoma Department of Veterans
Affairs; provided, that if the veteran has previously
received an exemption pursua nt to this subparagraph,
no registration with the veterans reg istry shall be
required, and
b. residents hunting in big game or combin ation big game
and upland game commercial hunting areas;
6. Gun hunting license for deer for residents under eighteen
(18) years of age – Nine Dollars ($9.00);
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7. Archery hunting license for deer for residents ei ghteen (18)
years of age or older - Nineteen Dollars ($19.00). The following
persons shall be exemp t:
a. residents with proper certification from the United
States Department of Veterans Affairs or its
successor, certifying that the person is a disabled
veteran in receipt of compensation at the one -hundred-
percent rate and registered with the veterans r egistry
created by the Oklahoma Department of Veterans
Affairs; provided, that if the veteran has previously
received the exemption pursuant to this subpara graph,
no registration with the veterans reg istry shall be
required, and
b. residents hunting in big game or combination big game
and upland game commercial hunting areas;
8. Archery hunting license for deer for residents under
eighteen (18) years of age - Nine Dollars ($9.00);
9. Primitive firearms hunting license for deer for residents
eighteen (18) years of age or older - Nineteen Dollars ($19.00).
The following persons shall be exempt:
a. residents with proper certif ication from the United
States Department of Veterans Affairs or its
successor, certifying that the person is a disabled
veteran in receipt of compensation at the one-hundred-
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percent rate and registered with the veterans registry
created by the Oklahoma De partment of Veterans
Affairs; provided, that if the veteran has previo usly
received the exemption pursuant to this subparagraph ,
no registration with the veterans registry shall be
required, and
b. residents hunting in big game or combination big game
and upland game commercial hun ting areas;
10. Primitive firearms hunting license for deer for residents
under eighteen (18) years of age - Nine Dollars ($9.00);
11. Hunting license for elk for residents - Fifty Dollars
($50.00). Residents hunting in big game or combination b ig game and
upland game commercial hunting a reas shall be exempt from this
license;
12. Hunting license for antelope for residents – Fifty Dollars
($50.00). Residents hunting in big game or combination big game and
upland game commercial hunting area s shall be exempt from this
license; and
13. Bonus, special or additional gun hunting license for deer
for residents - Nineteen Dollars ($19.00). The following persons
shall be exempt:
a. residents with proper certification from the United
States Department of Veterans Affairs or i ts
successor, certifying that the person is a disabled
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veteran in receipt of compensation at the one-hundred-
percent rate and registered with the veterans registry
created by the Oklahoma Department of Veterans
Affairs; provided, that if the veteran has pr eviously
received the exemption pursuant to this subparagraph,
no registration with the vete rans registry shall be
required, and
b. residents hunting in big game or combination big game
and upland game commercial hunting are as.
F. Of the fees collected pursuant to the provisions of
paragraph 1 of subsection E of this section, Five Dollars ($5.00 ) of
the license fee shall be for the Oklahoma Wildlife Land Stamp and
shall be deposited in the Oklahoma Wildlife Land Fund created
pursuant to the provisions of Section 4-141 of this title.
G. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to
require a hunting license, resident or nonresident, of any person
merely because the person participates, as owner or handler of an
entry, as an official, or as a spectator in the conduct of a field
trial or performance test of dogs, whether a resident or non resident
of this state. No license to hunt shall be required of any person
engaged in training or working dogs, provided that person is in no
way engaged in hunting and does not take or attempt to take in any
manner any game.
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H. 1. Any person arrested f or hunting game other than deer,
antelope, elk, bear or turkey wi thout a valid hunting licens e as
required by the provisions of subsectio n A of this section may
purchase a substitute temporary thirty-day license from the
arresting game warden in lieu of po sting bond. Proof of hunter
safety certification will not be req uired for the temporary
substitute license. The fee for a substitute li cense 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. Except as otherwise p rovided for by this subsection, the
fees from licenses purchased pursuant to the provisions of this
subsection shall be deposited in the Wildlife Conservation Fund to
be used exclusively for developing, managing, preserving, and
protecting wildlife and wil dlife habitat.
I. Any person producing proo f in court that a current hunting
license issued by the Department of Wildlife Conservation to that
person was in force at the time of the alleged offense shall be
entitled to dismissa l of a charge of violating t his section upon
payment of court costs. If proof of a current hunting license
issued by the Department to the person that was in force at the time
of the alleged offense is presented to the court or district
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attorney within seventy-two (72) hours after t he violation, the
charge shall be dismissed without payment of court costs.
J. Unless a substitute license is purchased as provided for by
subsection H of this section, any resident convicted of violating
the provisions of this section shall be punished b y the imposition
of a fine of not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more
than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), or by imprisonment in the county
jail for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days, or by both.
K. Unless a substitute license is purchase d as provided for by
subsection H of this section, any nonresident convicted of violating
the provisions of this section shall be punished by the imposition
of a fine of not less than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) nor more
than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.0 0), or by imprisonment in the
county jail for a period not to exceed six (6) months, or by both.
L. The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission shall
promulgate any rules necessary to implement the provisions of this
section.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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