ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2862	By:	Richardson and Roan of the House

			and

		Justice of the Senate

An Act relating to game and fish; amending Section 1, Chapter 130, O.S.L. 2002 (29 O.S. Supp. 2009, Section 4-138), which relates to the Blue River Conservation Passport; changing the name of the Passport; expanding requirement for Passport to certain designated areas of land; authorizing the Wildlife Conservation Commission to designate lands; and modifying fee for annual Passport.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     Section 1, Chapter 130, O.S.L. 2002 (29 O.S. Supp. 2009, Section 4-138), is amended to read as follows:

Section 4-138.  A.  The Wildlife Conservation Commission may establish a special use permit to be designated the “Blue River Wildlife Conservation Passport”.  The Passport shall be required of all persons not otherwise exempt as provided for in subsection C of this section, who enter or use the Blue River Public Fishing and Hunting Area land owned by the Commission and that has been designated by the Commission as requiring a Passport.

B.  The Commission may establish and assess an annual fee of not more than One Dollar ($1.00) above the cost of an annual resident hunting or fishing license for the Passport.  Each person, not otherwise exempt as provided for in subsection C of this section, entering or using the Blue River Public Fishing and Hunting Area a designated area of land shall be required to have a Passport in their possession while in the area.

C.  The following persons shall be exempt from the Passport requirements of this section:

1.  All persons who possess a valid Oklahoma annual or combination resident fishing or hunting license, an annual nonresident fishing or hunting license, a lifetime resident or nonresident fishing, hunting, or combination license, a senior citizen lifetime fishing or hunting license, or a disability fishing or hunting license;

2.  Legal residents of Oklahoma who are under eighteen (18) years of age on the first day of the current calendar year; and

3.  Students and instructors participating in bona fide educational tours or activities sponsored or organized by an educational institution or entity or any other organized event sanctioned in advance by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.  Sponsors of such activities shall provide notice of the date and number of persons participating in the activity to the Department of Wildlife Conservation for approval not less than twenty (20) days prior to the date of the activity.

Passed the House of Representatives the 1st day of March, 2010.

	
Presiding Officer of the House of
	Representatives

Passed the Senate the 30th day of March, 2010.

	
Presiding Officer of the Senate