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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
SENATE BILL 982 By: Green
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to game and fish; amendin g 29 O.S.
2021, Section 4-144, which relates t o black bear
hunting license; providing certain exemp tion from
license requirement; providing an effective date; and
declaring an emergency .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 29 O.S. 2021, Section 4-144, is
amended to read as foll ows:
Section 4-144. A. No person may hunt or take black bear
without having first procured a license from the Director of
Wildlife Conservation or an agent of the Director.
B. The Wildlife Conservation Commission shall deci de the open
season, the bag limits, and territorial limitations for hunting or
taking black bear.
C. The fees for a license issued pursuant to this section shall
be:
1. For legal residents, One Hundred Dollars ($100.00); and
2. For nonresidents, Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).
D. Any person who fails to obtain a license as required in
subsection A of this section and pay the fee as required in
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paragraph 1 of subsection C of th is section, upon conviction, shall
be punished by a fine of not less than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00)
nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in
the county jail for a period not to exceed six (6) months, or by
both said fine and imprisonment.
E. Any person who fails to obtain a license as required in
subsection A of this section and pay the fee as required in
paragraph 2 of subsection C of this section, upon conviction, shall
be punished by a fine of not less than Eight Hundred Do llars
($800.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,00 0.00) or by
imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed six (6)
months, or by both said fine and imprisonment.
F. Legal residents of Oklahoma shall be exempt from the annual
black bear license requirements of subsection A of this section
provided a legal reside nt acquires a lifetime hunting or combination
lifetime hunting and fishing license pursuant to the provisions of
Section 4-114 of this title.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the pre servation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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