An act relating to public lands, the official text

1                   STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2            1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)

3 HOUSE BILL 1764                 By: Kerbs

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6                   AS INTRODUCED

7   An Act relating to public lands; amending Section 1,

    Chapter 175, O.S.L. 2024 (64 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section

8   1097), which relates to unauthorized camps;

    prohibiting use of county or municipal-owned lands

9   for unauthorized camps; and providing an effective

    date.

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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

13  SECTION 1.      AMENDATORY    Section 1, Chapter 175, O.S.L.

14 2024 (64 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section 1097), is amended to read as

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16  Section 1097. A. As used in this section, "unauthorized camp"

17 means any tent, shelter, or bedding constructed or arranged for the

18 purpose of or in such a way to permit overnight use on a property

19 not designated as a campsite.

20  B. Persons may not use state-owned, county-owned, or municipal-

21 owned lands for the purposes of establishing an unauthorized camp.

22  C. Any person who violates the provisions of this section

23 shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a

24 fine not to exceed Fifty Dollars ($50.00) or by imprisonment in the

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1 county jail not to exceed fifteen (15) days, or by both such fine

2 and imprisonment. However, a person who commits a first violation

3 of this section shall be issued a warning, and a citation may not be

4 issued unless the person refuses any assistance offered to them by

5 the arresting officer. Such assistance may include, but is not

6 limited to, transportation to a shelter, food pantry, or other place

7 where resources are made available to assist the indigent and

8 homeless.

9   SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.

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