STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 52nd Legislature (2009)

SENATE BILL 1032	By:	Sparks

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to wildlife; amending 29 O.S. 2001, Section 4-114, as last amended by Section 16, Chapter 16, O.S.L. 2006 (29 O.S. Supp. 2008, Section 4-114), which relates to hunting, fishing, hunting/fishing lifetime licenses; stating requirements; adding certain licenses; setting fees; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     29 O.S. 2001, Section 4-114, as last amended by Section 16, Chapter 16, O.S.L. 2006 (29 O.S. Supp. 2008, Section 4-114), is amended to read as follows:
Section 4-114.  A.  All legal residents who have resided in the state for at least six (6) months may purchase lifetime fishing licenses, lifetime hunting licenses or lifetime combination hunting/fishing licenses from the State Wildlife Conservation Director.
B.  The fee for these licenses shall be:
1.  Lifetime fishing license, Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00);
2.  Lifetime hunting license, Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00);
3.  Lifetime combination hunting/fishing license, Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00);
4.  Lifetime hunting license for persons sixty (60) years of age or older, Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00);
5.  Lifetime fishing license for persons sixty (60) years of age or older, Thirty Dollars ($30.00); and
6.  Lifetime combination hunting/fishing license for persons sixty (60) years of age or older, Two Hundred Fifteen Dollars ($215.00).
C.  Legal resident having proper certification from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or its successor certifying that the person is a disabled veteran may purchase a disability lifetime combination hunting/fishing license from the State Wildlife Conservation Director.  The fees for the license shall be as follows:
1.  Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for veterans having a disability of less than sixty percent (60%); and
2.  Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) for veterans having a disability of sixty percent (60%) or more.
D.  Persons who were born in Oklahoma but are not residents of the state may purchase an Oklahoma Native Lifetime License.  The license may be a lifetime hunting license, a lifetime fishing license, or a lifetime combination hunting/fishing license.  An Oklahoma Native Lifetime License can be purchased only at the Department of Wildlife Conservation.  An applicant for such license shall apply in person and must provide a picture identification and a certified copy of the original birth certificate of the applicant.  The birth certificate must show that the applicant was born in Oklahoma and the parents had an Oklahoma address.  The fees for the Oklahoma Native Lifetime License shall be as follows:
1.  Oklahoma Native Lifetime Fishing License, Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00);
2.  Oklahoma Native Lifetime Hunting License, One Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($1,800.00); and
3.  Oklahoma Native Combination Fishing/Hunting License, Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00).
E.  The use of the licenses provided in this section are subject to those restrictions provided by statute and the regulations of the Wildlife Conservation Commission.  Except as otherwise provided for in this section, the lifetime hunting license shall be in lieu of all annual hunting licenses and all special season permits.
~~E.~~ F.  Nonresidents may purchase a lifetime nonresident fishing license.  The fee for such license shall be Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00).
~~F.~~ G.  Should any lifetime license be lost or destroyed, a duplicate will be issued by the Department of Wildlife Conservation for a fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00).
~~G.~~ H.  A lifetime licensee shall not lose the privileges of such license by a subsequent transfer of residency.
~~H.~~ I.  1.  In addition to the fees imposed pursuant to subsections B, C, D, and ~~E~~ F of this section, a person purchasing a lifetime fishing, hunting or combination license shall be required to purchase a Lifetime Oklahoma Wildlife Land Stamp.  Each person shall have the stamp in their possession while hunting, fishing, or taking any wildlife.  The fee for the Lifetime Oklahoma Wildlife Land Stamp shall be Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00).  The fee for the stamp shall be distributed as follows:
a.	Twenty Dollars ($20.00) from each stamp shall be deposited in the Oklahoma Wildlife Land Fund, created in Section 4-141 of this title, to be used to retire the obligations and related expenses as authorized pursuant to Section 168.9 of Title 73 of the Oklahoma Statutes or to purchase, lease, or purchase easements on real property to be used as public hunting, fishing, and trapping areas; and
b.	Five Dollars ($5.00) from each stamp shall be deposited in the Oklahoma Wildlife Land Fund, created in Section 4-141 of this title, to be used by the Commission for management of the real property acquired pursuant to Section 168.9 of Title 73 of the Oklahoma Statutes or acquired with proceeds from the Oklahoma Wildlife Land Stamp fee.
2.  The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission shall prescribe, by rule, the form, design, and manner of issuance of the Lifetime Oklahoma Wildlife Land Stamp.
3.  Within one (1) year of the final retirement, redemption, or defeasance of the obligations created pursuant to Section 168.9 of Title 73 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the Lifetime Oklahoma Wildlife Land Stamp and Lifetime Oklahoma Wildlife Land Stamp fee requirements provided for in this subsection shall terminate.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2009.

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