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28		-	ENGROSSED SENATE
29		-	BILL NO. 1074 By: Murdock and Kern of the
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	29	+	SENATE FLOOR VERSION
	30	+	February 24, 2025
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34		-	~~Strom and Kannady of the~~
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	33	+	SENATE BILL NO. 1074 By: Murdock
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40	39		An Act relating to the Oklahoma Farmed Cervidae Act;
41	40		defining term; requiring person to obtain a
42	41		commercial harvesting facility license for certain
43	42		purpose; authorizing the Oklahoma Department of
44	43		Agriculture, Food, and Forestry to require
45	44		application and inspection for licensure;
46	45		establishing license fee; requiring application for
47	46		license after certain license expires; providing for
48	47		promulgation of rules; amending 29 O.S. 2021, S ection
49	48		4-106, which relates to commercial hunting areas;
50	49		removing reference to certain type of license;
51	50		updating statutory language; providing for
52	51		codification; providing for effective date; and
53	52		declaring an emergency .
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58	57		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF TH E STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
59	58		SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
60	59		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6 -517 of Title 2, unless there
61	60		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
62	61		A. For purposes of this section , “commercial harvesting
63	62		facility” means a privately or publicly owned premises managed or
64	63		engaged on a business basis for the harvesting or hunting of legally
65	64		acquired and privately owned cervidae, which may include w hite-
66	65		tailed deer, mule deer, and elk, cervidae hybrids, turkey, exotic
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93		-	species, and exotic hybrid species, for barter, for the offer to
94	94		sell, or for the possession with intent to sell for profit or
95	95		monetary gain.
96	96		B. No person may propagate or hold in captivity any wildlife or
97	97		domesticated animals hunted for sport for a commercial harvesting
98	98		facility without having procured a commercial harvesting facility
99	99		license from the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and
100	100		Forestry. A commercial harvesting faci lity shall be issued a
101	101		commercial harvesting facility license upon completion of an
102	102		application and adherence to all applicable laws and rules governing
103	103		the harvesting of legally acquired cervidae , which may include
104	104		white-tailed deer, mule deer, and elk, cervidae hybrids, turkey,
105	105		exotic species, and exotic hybrid species harvested in a commercial
106	106		harvesting facility. Nothing in this section shall allow a person
107	107		to propagate or hold in captivity any wildlife belonging to the
108	108		state.
109	109		C. Before obtaining a commercial harvesting facility license or
110	110		renewal of a license, the applicant shall submit proof that any
111	111		additional wildlife or domesticated animals have been secured from a
112	112		source other than wild stock in this state.
113	113		D. The Secretary of Agriculture, State Veterinarian, or his or
114	114		her designees shall have the authority to inspect a commercial
115	115		harvesting facility and its operations at any time upon evidence of
116	116		probable cause that a violation of this section or of the Oklahoma
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143	144		Farmed Cervidae Act has occurred. The Department shall be required
144	145		to provide notice of all other inspections as determined by rule .
145	146		E. The annual fee for a commercial harvesting facility license
146	147		shall be Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00).
147	148		F. All licenses issued pursuant to this section shall expire
148	149		August 31 of each year . After the effective date of this act,
149	150		facilities issued a big game license or a combination of big game
150	151		and upland game license pursuant to Section 4 -106 of Title 29 of the
151	152		Oklahoma Statutes shall be required to obtain a commercial
152	153		harvesting facility lice nse pursuant to this section .
153	154		G. The Department shall promulgate rules as necessary to
154	155		implement the provisions of this section .
155	156		SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 29 O.S. 2021, Section 4 -106, is
156	157		amended to read as follows:
157	158		Section 4-106. A. No person may propagate or hold in captivity
158	159		any wildlife or domesticated animals hunted for sport for commercial
159	160		hunting area purposes without having procured a license from the
160	161		Director of the Department of Wildlife Conservation. Licenses shall
161	162		be classified as big game, upland game, or a combination of big game
162	163		and issued pursuant to this section shall be for commercial hunting
163	164		areas for upland game.
164	165		1. A big game license shall be required for legally acquired
165	166		exotic ungulates, domesticated animals s o designated by the Oklahoma
166	167		Wildlife Conservation Commission, exotic swine, and legally acquired
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193	195		whitetail and mule deer, turkey and other species of big game
194	196		lawfully taken under the provisions of subsection A of Sec tion 5-411
195	197		and Section 5-401 of this title. Wildlife that has been crossbred
196	198		with exotic wildlife shall be considered native and not exotic
197	199		unless documentation shows otherwise.
198	200		2. An upland game license shall be required for legally
199	201		acquired captive-raised pheasants, all species of quail, I ndian
200	202		chukars, water fowl waterfowl, and other similar or suitable
201	203		gallinaceous birds; and shall include turkey if no other big game
202	204		species are listed on the license/application .
203	205		B. Before obtaining a an upland game license or a renewal of a
204	206		license the applicant shall submit proof that such wildlife or
205	207		domesticated animals hunted for sport will be or have been secured
206	208		from a source other than the wild stock in this state. Any person
207	209		obtaining or renewing a an upland game license shall submit a true
208	210		and complete inventory of said the animals before a license shall be
209	211		approved. Each license shall specifically list the different
210	212		species and/or subspecies to be hunted on the listed hunting area or
211	213		premises.
212	214		C. Any game warden of the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife
213	215		Conservation shall have authority to inspect any and all records and
214	216		invoices pertaining to the commercial hunting operations of any
215	217		person licensed or requesting licensure pursuant to subsection B of
216	218		this section and additionally shall have the a uthority to inspect
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243	246		any and all facilities, equipment and property connected to the
244	247		hunting operation of any person licensed or requesting licensure
245	248		pursuant to subsection B of this section.
246	249		D. 1. The annual fee for a commercial hunting area license for
247	250		upland game under this section shall be One Hundred Dollars
248	251		($100.00).
249	252		2. The annual fee for a commercial hunting area license for:
250	253		a. big game pursuant to this section shall be Two Hundred
251	254		Fifty Dollars ($250.00), or
252	255		b. a combination of big game and upla nd game pursuant to
253	256		this section shall be Three Hundred Fifty Dollars
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255	258		E. All licenses An upland game license issued pursuant to this
256	259		section shall expire on June 30 of each year.
257	260		F. Exemptions from this li cense requirement shall be operators
258	261		of running pens used for the performance test or training of dogs.
259	262		Operators of such running pens may acquire coyotes from wild stock
260	263		without having to possess a fur dealer ’s license for such purpose
261	264		and no license shall be required of those involved in pe rformance
262	265		testing or training dogs in such running pens so long as no other
263	266		wildlife are taken or hunted in any manner.
264	267		G. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this
265	268		section shall be punished by a fine of not less than Five Hundred
266	269		Dollars ($500.00) nor more than One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars
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293	297		($1,500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed
294	298		sixty (60) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
295	299		H. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this
296	300		section shall have the commercial hunting area upland game license
297	301		revoked. No new license shall be issued for a period of six (6)
298	302		months from and after the date on which the revocation order becomes
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300	304		I. The Department is a uthorized to promulgate rules pertaini ng
301	305		to commercial hunting areas this section.
302	306		SECTION 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
303	307		SECTION 4. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
304	308		of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is he reby
305	309		declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
306	310		be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
307		-	Passed the Senate the 27th day of March, 2025.
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314		-	Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________,
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	311	+	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND WILDLIFE
	312	+	February 24, 2025 - DO PASS