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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 280 By: Woods
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to wildlife; creating the Feral Swine
7 Eradication and Control Grant Program; stating
8 purpose of program; stating eligibility for grants;
8 authorizing the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture,
9 Food, and Forestry to implement certain program;
9 requiring collaboration from other Oklahoma entities;
10 setting maximum funds; stating use of funds;
10 providing for indemnity of the Department from
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11 program; exempting indemnity from certain issues;
12 providing for the promulgation of rules; allowing the
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13 permitting; providing for codification; and providing
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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 6-615 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. There is hereby created the Feral Swine Eradication and
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21 Control Grant Program. The purpose of the grant program shall be to
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22 provide Oklahomans with education, equipment, and services
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23 associated with the eradication and control of feral swine in
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1 B. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry
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2 shall, through collaboration with the Department of Wildlife
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3 Conservation and the Oklahoma Conservation Commission, implement a
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4 program or programs for the distribution of resources to assist with
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5 the capture or deterrence of feral swine populations affecting
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6 Oklahoma landowners or land lessors.
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7 C. The total maximum grant fund shall be no more than Five
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8 Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00). The funds shall be derived
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9 from legislative appropriations and other public and private sources
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10 of monies including other grants and matching funds received by this
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11 state from federal sources. The grants awarded through the Feral
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12 Swine Eradication and Control Grant Program shall only be available
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13 for the equipment, education, and services provided to Oklahomans
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14 for the eradication of feral swine.
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15 D. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry,
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16 or any employee or agent of the Department shall not be liable for
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17 damages in any civil suit or subject to criminal prosecution for any
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18 injury resulting from the program, unless the injury or death is a
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19 direct result of the gross negligence, recklessness, or intentional
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20 misconduct of the Department or any employee or agent of the
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21 Department.
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22 E. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry
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23 shall promulgate the rules necessary for the implementation of this
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24 program along with any educational material necessary for the proper
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1 eradication of feral swine for the landowners and land lessors
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2 through this program as not to violate the provisions of subsection
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5 permits required to control nuisance and invasive species set forth
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7 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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