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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 1077 By: Murdock
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to fish and wildlife; amending 29
7 O.S. 2021, Section 7-602, which relates to
8 transporting wildlife; adding exception; updating
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11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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12 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 29 O.S. 2021, Section 7-602, is
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13 amended to read as follows:
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14 Section 7-602. A. Except as otherwise provided by law, no
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15 person may ship into or out of, transport into or out of, have in
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16 possession with the intent to so transport, or cause to be removed
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17 from this state:
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18 1. Any wildlife or parts thereof, nests of wildlife, their eggs
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19 or their young; or
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20 2. Any endangered or threatened species.
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21 B. Exceptions to paragraph 1 of subsection A of this section
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23 1. Dead fish or wildlife legally taken by licensed hunters or
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1 transported into or within the borders of this state if it is
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2 accompanied by or has attached the appropriate certificate, license,
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3 or tag as may be required by the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation
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4 Code, rules, or the laws of another state;
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5 2. Rough fish products that have been completely processed into
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6 food or other products that legally taken fish may yield may be
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7 exported from the state;
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8 3. Any rough fish taken by licensed commercial fishermen who
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9 have been issued a special permit as required by Section 4-105 of
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10 this title by the Director of Wildlife Conservation may be shipped,
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11 transported, or exported pursuant to the permit;
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12 4. Any fish or wildlife lawfully bred or propagated may be
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13 shipped or transported within the confines of this state or exported
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14 out of this state;
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15 5. Any wildlife for which the Director has given an individual
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16 specific written authority for its transportation into or out of the
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17 state; or
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18 6. Any farmed cervidae licensed pursuant to the Oklahoma Farmed
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19 Cervidae Act; or
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20 7. Any deceased, intact cervidae in transit into this state to
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21 a taxidermist who is in good standing with the Secretary of State.
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22 C. An owner or operator of a commercially licensed hunting
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23 facility shall be permitted to transport cervidae from one in-state
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1 hunt facility to another in-state hunt facility without a permit
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3 D. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this
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4 section shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars
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5 ($50.00) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), or by
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8 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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