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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 1074 By: Murdock
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to the Oklahoma Farmed Cervidae Act;
7 defining term; requiring person to obtain a
8 commercial harvesting facility license for certain
8 purpose; authorizing the Oklahoma Department of
9 Agriculture, Food, and Forestry to require
9 application and inspection for licensure;
10 establishing license fee; requiring application for
10 license after certain license expires; providing for
11 promulgation of rules; amending 29 O.S. 2021, Section
11 4-106, which relates to commercial hunting areas;
12 removing reference to certain type of license;
12 updating statutory language; providing for
13 codification; providing for effective date; and
13 declaring an emergency.
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16 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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17 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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18 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6-517 of Title 2, unless there
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19 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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20 A. For purposes of this section, "commercial harvesting
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21 facility" means a privately or publicly owned premises managed or
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22 engaged on a business basis for the harvesting or hunting of legally
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23 acquired and privately owned cervidae, which may include white-
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24 tailed deer, mule deer, and elk, cervidae hybrids, turkey, exotic
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1 species, and exotic hybrid species, for barter, for the offer to
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2 sell, or for the possession with intent to sell for profit or
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3 monetary gain.
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4 B. No person may propagate or hold in captivity any wildlife or
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5 domesticated animals hunted for sport for a commercial harvesting
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6 facility without having procured a commercial harvesting facility
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7 license from the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and
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8 Forestry. A commercial harvesting facility shall be issued a
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9 commercial harvesting facility license upon completion of an
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10 application and adherence to all applicable laws and rules governing
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11 the harvesting of legally acquired cervidae, which may include
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12 white-tailed deer, mule deer, and elk, cervidae hybrids, turkey,
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13 exotic species, and exotic hybrid species harvested in a commercial
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14 harvesting facility. Nothing in this section shall allow a person
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15 to propagate or hold in captivity any wildlife belonging to the
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16 state.
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17 C. Before obtaining a commercial harvesting facility license or
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18 renewal of a license, the applicant shall submit proof that any
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19 additional wildlife or domesticated animals have been secured from a
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20 source other than wild stock in this state.
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21 D. The Secretary of Agriculture, State Veterinarian, or his or
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22 her designees shall have the authority to inspect a commercial
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23 harvesting facility and its operations at any time upon evidence of
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24 probable cause that a violation of this section or of the Oklahoma
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1 Farmed Cervidae Act has occurred. The Department shall be required
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2 to provide notice of all other inspections as determined by rule.
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3 E. The annual fee for a commercial harvesting facility license
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4 shall be Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00).
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5 F. All licenses issued pursuant to this section shall expire
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6 August 31 of each year. After the effective date of this act,
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7 facilities issued a big game license or a combination of big game
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8 and upland game license pursuant to Section 4-106 of Title 29 of the
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9 Oklahoma Statutes shall be required to obtain a commercial
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10 harvesting facility license pursuant to this section.
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11 G. The Department shall promulgate rules as necessary to
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12 implement the provisions of this section.
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13 SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 29 O.S. 2021, Section 4-106, is
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14 amended to read as follows:
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15 Section 4-106. A. No person may propagate or hold in captivity
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16 any wildlife or domesticated animals hunted for sport for commercial
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17 hunting area purposes without having procured a license from the
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18 Director of the Department of Wildlife Conservation. Licenses shall
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19 be classified as big game, upland game, or a combination of big game
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20 and issued pursuant to this section shall be for commercial hunting
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21 areas for upland game.
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22 1. A big game license shall be required for legally acquired
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23 exotic ungulates, domesticated animals so designated by the Oklahoma
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24 Wildlife Conservation Commission, exotic swine, and legally acquired
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1 whitetail and mule deer, turkey and other species of big game
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2 lawfully taken under the provisions of subsection A of Section 5-411
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3 and Section 5-401 of this title. Wildlife that has been crossbred
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4 with exotic wildlife shall be considered native and not exotic
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5 unless documentation shows otherwise.
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6 2. An upland game license shall be required for legally
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7 acquired captive-raised pheasants, all species of quail, Indian
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8 chukars, water fowl waterfowl, and other similar or suitable
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9 gallinaceous birds; and shall include turkey if no other big game
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10 species are listed on the license/application.
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11 B. Before obtaining a an upland game license or a renewal of a
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12 license the applicant shall submit proof that such wildlife or
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13 domesticated animals hunted for sport will be or have been secured
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14 from a source other than the wild stock in this state. Any person
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15 obtaining or renewing a an upland game license shall submit a true
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16 and complete inventory of said the animals before a license shall be
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17 approved. Each license shall specifically list the different
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18 species and/or subspecies to be hunted on the listed hunting area or
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19 premises.
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20 C. Any game warden of the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife
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21 Conservation shall have authority to inspect any and all records and
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22 invoices pertaining to the commercial hunting operations of any
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23 person licensed or requesting licensure pursuant to subsection B of
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24 this section and additionally shall have the authority to inspect
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1 any and all facilities, equipment and property connected to the
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2 hunting operation of any person licensed or requesting licensure
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3 pursuant to subsection B of this section.
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4 D. 1. The annual fee for a commercial hunting area license for
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5 upland game under this section shall be One Hundred Dollars
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6 ($100.00).
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7 2. The annual fee for a commercial hunting area license for:
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8 a. big game pursuant to this section shall be Two Hundred
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9 Fifty Dollars ($250.00), or
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10 b. a combination of big game and upland game pursuant to
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11 this section shall be Three Hundred Fifty Dollars
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13 E. All licenses An upland game license issued pursuant to this
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14 section shall expire on June 30 of each year.
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15 F. Exemptions from this license requirement shall be operators
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16 of running pens used for the performance test or training of dogs.
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17 Operators of such running pens may acquire coyotes from wild stock
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18 without having to possess a fur dealer's license for such purpose
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19 and no license shall be required of those involved in performance
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20 testing or training dogs in such running pens so long as no other
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21 wildlife are taken or hunted in any manner.
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22 G. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this
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23 section shall be punished by a fine of not less than Five Hundred
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1 ($1,500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed
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2 sixty (60) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
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3 H. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this
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4 section shall have the commercial hunting area upland game license
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5 revoked. No new license shall be issued for a period of six (6)
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6 months from and after the date on which the revocation order becomes
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8 I. The Department is authorized to promulgate rules pertaining
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9 to commercial hunting areas this section.
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10 SECTION 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
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11 SECTION 4. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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12 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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13 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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14 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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