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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
HOUSE BILL 1046 By: Dollens
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to animals; creating the Oklahoma
Spay and Neuter Grant Program; providing the Oklahoma
Department of Agriculture, Foo d and Forestry will
oversee the program; providing purpose of program;
providing Department shall award grants based upon
recommendation of the Spay and Neuter Grant Program
Advisory Board; providing Board membership;
prohibiting compensation for Board members; providing
for travel expenses; providing role of Board;
providing who may seek a grant; providing competitive
grant proposal requirements; providing for review of
competitive grant proposals; providing for
promulgation of rules; making appropriations ;
providing for codification; and providing an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 901 of Title 4, unless there is
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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A. There is hereby created the Oklahoma Spay and Neuter Grant
Program which shall be overseen and carried out by the Oklahoma
Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry.
B. The purpose of this program is to reduce animal shelter
overpopulation and cat and dog euthanasia rates by financing grants
to local governments and animal welfare organization s for programs
that most efficiently and effectively facilitate and promote the
provision of spay and neuter services for cats and dogs in the
state.
C. Grants shall be awarded by the Department based upon the
recommendation of the of the Oklahoma Spay and Neuter Grant Program
Advisory Board.
D. The Oklahoma Spay and Neuter Grant Progr am Advisory Board
shall consist of:
1. The Commissioner of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, or his
or her designee; and
2. The following members, who shall be appointed by the
Commissioner Agriculture, Food and Forestry:
a. one representative of a private animal shelter located
in Oklahoma,
b. one Oklahoma veterinarian,
c. one representative of an Oklahoma animal control
agency, and
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d. two representatives of animal welfare advocacy
organizations.
E. The Commissioner of Agriculture, Food and Forestry shall
designate the chair of the Board.
F. Members of the Board:
1. May not receive compensation as a member of the Board; and
2. Are entitled to reimbursement for expenses related to
travel.
G. The Board shall advise the Department with respect to:
1. The administration of the Oklahoma Spay and Neuter Grant
Program;
2. The solicitation and evaluation of competitive grant
proposals;
3. The creation of additional standards for grant proposals;
4. Additional relevant data that the Department should require
from local animal shelters and appropriate animal control
organizations; and
5. Any other appropriate matter with respect to the
implementation of this program in the discretion of the Department.
H. Grants may be sought by local governments or animal w elfare
organizations to facilitate and promote the provisions of spay and
neuter services for cats and dogs by submitting a competitive grant
proposal to the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and
Forestry.
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I. A competitive grant proposal:
1. Shall target low-income communities and populations to the
maximum extent possible and detail how that goal is to be
accomplished;
2. May target feral cat populations if the Department
determines that this targeting does not violate local law;
3. Shall efficiently and effectively facilitate and promote the
provisions of spay and neuter services for cats and dogs; and
4. May include public education and outreach components.
J. The Department shall evaluate a competitive grant proposal
based on:
1. The standards established under subsection I of this
section; and
2. Any additional standards the Department promulgates by rule
consistent with this section.
K. The Department shall promulgate rules to promulgate this act
which shall include requiring a grant rec ipient to report relevant
information on how the grant was used, including dat a on the number
and type of spay or neuter surgeries performed and a description of
any public education and outreach implemented.
SECTION 2. There is hereby app ropriated to the Oklahoma
Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry from any monies not
otherwise appropriated from the Special Cash Fund of the State
Treasury for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the sum of Zero
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Dollars ($0.00) or so much thereof as may be necessary to implement
the Oklahoma Spay and Neuter Grant Program, as authorized by Section
1 of this act.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 2026.
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