ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 216	By:	Fields of the Senate

			and

		Vaughan of the House

An Act relating to game and fish; requiring certain license for certain persons; requiring the Department of Wildlife Conservation to promulgate certain rules; setting fee; stating exemptions; setting 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 4-113B of Title 29, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A.  Except as otherwise provided in the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Code, no person shall assist, accompany, transport, guide or aid persons in the taking of wildlife for compensation without having first procured a license specified in subsection B of this section from the Director of the Department of Wildlife Conservation or from any of the authorized agents of the Department.
B.  The Department shall promulgate rules for a hunting guide license, for persons who assist, accompany, transport, guide or aid persons in the taking of wildlife for compensation.
C.  The fee for a license under this section shall be One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for resident and Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) for nonresident annually.
D.  The provisions of this section shall not apply to landowners or agricultural lessees who provide such services on properties they own or lease.  It shall be unlawful to guide on any lakes or lands owned or managed by the Department of Wildlife Conservation.  The provisions of this section shall not apply to persons guiding upland bird hunts on commercially licensed upland hunting areas or persons guiding for big game on commercially licensed big game hunting areas.  Nor shall it apply to persons involved in hunting dog trials or performance tests sanctioned by the Department of Wildlife Conservation or a nationally recognized hunting dog organization.
E.  The provisions of this section shall not exempt a person procuring a license pursuant to this section from any other hunting licenses as may be required by law.
F.  Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2013.
Passed the Senate the 4th day of March, 2013.

	
	Presiding Officer of the Senate

Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________, 2013.

	
	Presiding Officer of the House
	of Representatives