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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 208 By: Pederson
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to fish and wildlife; requiring
7 residents and nonresidents to acquire certain
8 license; providing fee structure; establishing the
8 requirements for a hunting guide license in this
9 state; exempting certain entities under certain
9 circumstances; establishing procedure for violation
10 of provisions; providing for promulgation of rules;
10 providing for codification; and providing an
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14 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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15 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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16 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 4-112B of Title 29, unless there
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17 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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18 A. Except as otherwise provided in the Oklahoma Wildlife
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19 Conservation Code, no resident or nonresident shall assist,
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20 accompany, transport, guide, outfit, or aid persons in the taking of
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21 game for compensation or other consideration in this state without
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22 first procuring a hunting guide license specified in subsection C of
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23 this section from the Director of Wildlife Conservation or from any
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24 of the authorized agents of the Department of Wildlife Conservation.
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1 B. The hunting guide licenses provided in this section and the
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2 maximum fee for each license shall be:
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3 1. Annual hunting guide license for a resident not to exceed
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4 One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00); and
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5 2. Annual hunting guide license for a nonresident not to exceed
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6 Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00).
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7 The Director of the Department shall promulgate the rules
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8 necessary for the issuance of the license.
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9 C. All residents and nonresidents applying for a hunting guide
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10 license to assist, accompany, transport, guide, outfit, or aid
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11 persons in the taking of game for compensation or other
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12 consideration in this state shall:
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13 1. Be eighteen (18) years of age or older;
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14 2. Be able to produce a valid license to operate a motor
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15 vehicle or other positive proof of identification, age, and
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16 residency, and any such license issued shall show such data as well
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17 as the date and time of issuance;
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18 3. Be able to demonstrate to the Department a certification in
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19 the administration of lifesaving first aid and cardiopulmonary
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20 resuscitation (CPR);
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21 4. Be able to produce to the Department an insurance policy
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22 indicating a personal liability coverage of no less than One Million
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23 Dollars ($1,000,000.00); and
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1 5. Obtain written permission from the landowner and possess
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2 such document while hunting.
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3 D. The provisions of this section shall not:
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4 1. Apply to landowners who provide such services on properties
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5 they own;
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6 2. Apply to individuals licensed to conduct hunts in a
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7 commercial hunting area;
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8 3. Exempt a resident or nonresident procuring a hunting guide
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9 license pursuant to this section from any other hunting licenses as
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10 required by law;
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11 4. Allow a hunting guide license holder to conduct business on
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12 any land publicly owned or managed by the Department of Wildlife
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13 Conservation or the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department; or
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14 5. Apply to lessees of rural land who provide such services on
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15 properties leased by such individuals as a farming or ranching
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16 business pursuant to Section 951 of Title 18 of the Oklahoma
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17 Statutes or, if they indicated to the landowner or lessor, the
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18 primary use of the leased land is agricultural.
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19 E. Any individual issued a hunting guide license pursuant to
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20 this section may, upon conviction of violating the provisions of
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21 this section or any rule disqualifying guiding as created by the
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22 Department, be punished by a fine no less than five times the amount
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23 of the license fee for a first offense and no less than ten times
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24 the amount of the license fee for a second offense; for any
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1 subsequent offense, the Department may have his or her license
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2 immediately revoked. The revocation shall be for a period set by
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3 the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission not less than one (1)
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4 year nor more than ten (10) years. During the period of revocation,
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5 the Department shall not issue to the individual any hunting
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6 license. For purposes of this section, "conviction" shall mean a
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7 conviction in a court of law, a plea of guilty or nolo contendere,
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8 the imposition of a deferred or suspended sentence by a court, or
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9 forfeiture of bond.
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10 F. The Department shall promulgate any rules necessary to
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11 implement the provisions of this section. The Department shall
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12 publish a list of licensed guides, species pursued, and hunting
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14 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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