Okla. Stat. tit. 29, § 29-3-101
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Creation of Department and Commission - Rules,
Official statutory text
regulations and policies - Successor of former Commission and
Department.
A. There is hereby created a Department of Wildlife
Conservation and a Wildlife Conservation Commission in and for the
State of Oklahoma, under Section 1, Article XXVI, of the
Constitution of the State of Oklahoma, and such Department shall be
governed by the State Wildlife Conservation Director, which position
is created in Section 3-104 of this Code, under such rules,
regulations and policies as may be prescribed by the Commission.
Such rules and regulations and amendments thereto, as adopted by the
Commission, shall be filed and recorded in the office of the
Secretary of State.
B. The Department, Commission and the officers thereof, as
herein set forth, are hereby made the legal successors of the
Wildlife Conservation Department and Commission created by Section
1, Article XXVI of the Oklahoma Constitution and enacted by Section
122, Title 29, Oklahoma Statutes 1957. Such Department, Commission
and the officers thereof are hereby empowered to take charge of
records, books, papers, information, property, funds, obligations
and appropriations now in the possession of the former Wildlife
Department and Commission and shall perform all duties now enjoined
upon such former Department and Commission.
Department.
A. There is hereby created a Department of Wildlife
Conservation and a Wildlife Conservation Commission in and for the
State of Oklahoma, under Section 1, Article XXVI, of the
Constitution of the State of Oklahoma, and such Department shall be
governed by the State Wildlife Conservation Director, which position
is created in Section 3-104 of this Code, under such rules,
regulations and policies as may be prescribed by the Commission.
Such rules and regulations and amendments thereto, as adopted by the
Commission, shall be filed and recorded in the office of the
Secretary of State.
B. The Department, Commission and the officers thereof, as
herein set forth, are hereby made the legal successors of the
Wildlife Conservation Department and Commission created by Section
1, Article XXVI of the Oklahoma Constitution and enacted by Section
122, Title 29, Oklahoma Statutes 1957. Such Department, Commission
and the officers thereof are hereby empowered to take charge of
records, books, papers, information, property, funds, obligations
and appropriations now in the possession of the former Wildlife
Department and Commission and shall perform all duties now enjoined
upon such former Department and Commission.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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