STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 53rd Legislature (2011)

HOUSE BILL 1082	By:	Bennett

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to crimes and punishments; making certain acts unlawful; providing penalties; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 540D of Title 21, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
Any person who willfully delays or obstructs a law enforcement officer or emergency personnel in the performance of official duties by using any animal, fowl, reptile or insect, wild or tame, to interfere, restrict or prevent access by a law enforcement officer or emergency personnel to any dwelling, structure, building or vehicle where a criminal offense is being committed or attempted shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term of not more than five (5) years, or by a fine in an amount not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.      
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2011.

53-1-5871	GRS	12/28/10