STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 53rd Legislature (2011)

HOUSE BILL 1257	By:	Rousselot

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to game and fish; prohibiting the promulgation of a rule by the Wildlife Conservation Commission limiting the number of certain-sized blue catfish; requiring the Commission to amend or repeal certain rule; providing for codification; and declaring an emergency.

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 6-303.2 of Title 29, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The Wildlife Conservation Commission shall not promulgate any rule setting a limit on the number of blue catfish thirty (30) inches in length or larger which a person may take, attempt to take, kill or harvest during any one (1) day.  Within sixty (60) days after the effective date of this act, the Commission shall take action to amend or repeal any rule that sets a limit on the number of blue catfish thirty (30) inches in length or larger which may be taken, killed, or harvested during any one (1) day.
SECTION 2.  It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.

53-1-5121	KB	12/27/10