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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR ENGROSSED
HOUSE BILL 1356 By: Hardin of the House
and
Woods of the Senate
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to agriculture; requiring persons
entering certain areas to maintain position of the
gate at use; prescribing penalties for violation;
providing for promulgation of rules; providing for
codification; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF O KLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Se ction 2-34 of Title 2, unless there is
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Any individual entering through gates used fo r ingress or
egress to a property designated as an easement shall maintain the
position of the gate upon use.
B. 1. Any individual who violates the provisions of subsection
A of this section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor
punishable by a fine not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00),
by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than ninety ( 90) days,
or by both such fine and imprisonment.
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2. Any individual convicted of a second offense shall, upon
conviction, be guilty of a misde meanor punishable by a fine not more
than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), by imprisonment in a county
jail for not more than one hundred eighty (180) days, or by both
such fine and imprisonment.
3. Any individual convicted of a third or subsequent offen se
shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not more than One
Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00), by i mprisonment in a
county jail for not more than one (1) year, or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
4. Any individual convicted pursuant to t he provisions of this
subsection shall also be liable for damages.
C. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry
shall promulgate rules necessary to implement the provisions of this
act.
SECTION 2. This act shall become ef fective November 1, 2025.
60-1-2032 RD 4/17/2025 11:59:50 AM