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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
April 17, 2025
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR ENGROSSED
HOUSE BILL NO. 1356 By: Hardin of the House
and
Woods of the Senate
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 OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new se ction of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 2 -34 of Title 2, unless there is
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Any individual entering through gates used for ingress or
egress to a property designated as an easem ent shall maintain the
position of the gate upon use.
B. 1. Any individual who violates the provisions of subsection
A of this section shall, u pon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor
punishable by a fine not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00),
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by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than ninety (90) days,
or by both such fine and imprisonment.
2. Any individual convicted of a second offense shall, upon
conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor 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 offense
shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not mor e than One
Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00), by imprisonment in a
county jail for not more than one (1) year, or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
4. Any individual convicted pursuant to the provisions of this
subsection shall also be liable fo r 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 effective November 1, 2025.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON ENERGY
April 17, 2025 - DO PASS AS AMENDED BY CS