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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 448 By: Hamilton
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to wildlife; amending 29 O.S. 2021,
7 Section 7-304, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 19,
8 O.S.L. 2022 (29 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section 7-304),
8 which relates to wildlife refuges and Wildlife
9 Management Areas; requiring nonresident hunters to
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10 Conservation Commission to use certain areas;
10 authorizing the Commission to create certain system
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11 updating statutory language; 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. AMENDATORY 29 O.S. 2021, Section 7-304, as
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16 amended by Section 1, Chapter 19, O.S.L. 2022 (29 O.S. Supp. 2024,
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17 Section 7-304), is amended to read as follows:
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18 Section 7-304. A. Except as otherwise provided by law, no
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19 person may enter upon any state or federal wildlife refuge or
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20 Wildlife Management Area with a dog, a gun, or a bow.
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21 B. Exceptions to the above provisions are when the Oklahoma
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22 Wildlife Conservation Commission and/or the Oklahoma Tourism and
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23 Recreation Commission may by resolution permit:
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1 1. The holding of field trials by duly authorized sportsmen's
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2 clubs; or
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3 2. Such hunting, killing, or trapping of wildlife from such
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4 refuge or Wildlife Management Area; provided, however, that Lake
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5 Murray State Park shall not be utilized for the killing or trapping
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6 of natural wildlife and shall remain a wildlife preserve.
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7 C. 1. Upon authorization for the hunting, killing, or trapping
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8 of wildlife from any state or federal wildlife refuge or Wildlife
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9 Management Area by either the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation
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10 Commission and/or the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Commission
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11 pursuant to subsection B of this section, the Oklahoma Wildlife
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12 Conservation Commission shall require nonresidents to schedule with
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13 the Department of Wildlife Conservation in order to receive written
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14 authorization to use such refuge or Wildlife Management Area.
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15 2. The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission shall create a
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16 lottery system as needed for the distribution of permits authorizing
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17 nonresidents to hunt, kill, or trap wildlife from such refuge or
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18 Wildlife Management Area.
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19 3. The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission shall
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20 promulgate any rules necessary to implement the provisions of this
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21 section.
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22 D. 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 One Hundred
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24 Dollars ($100.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or
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1 by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than ten (10) days
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2 nor more than thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and
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3 imprisonment for the first violation. A subsequent violation shall
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4 result in the suspension of privileges to hunt, kill, or trap within
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6 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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