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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 447 By: Boren
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to state property; permitting
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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14 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 335 of Title 61, unless there is
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15 created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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16 A. Any person may forage for nuts and edible plants on state-
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17 owned or state-managed property for personal use and not for resale
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18 except when such nuts and other edible plants are:
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19 1. From crops certified by the Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment
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20 Station system or the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service of the
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21 Oklahoma State University Division of Agricultural Sciences and
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22 Natural Resources, as provided in Section 8-33 of Title 2 of the
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1 2. Located on state-owned or University-owned test or research
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3 3. On property otherwise restricted for access by state or
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5 4. From plants that are threatened or endangered.
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6 B. As used in this section:
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7 1. "State-owned or state-managed property" means property owned
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9 this state, unless otherwise stated in subsection A of this section;
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10 2. "Edible plant" means a plant commonly found in the wild,
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11 which is edible to humans in part or in its entirety and may require
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12 cooking to make safe for consumption; and
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13 3. "Nut" means a dry fruit that has a single seed, a hard
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15 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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