Okla. Stat. tit. 29, § 29-4-138
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Wildlife Conservation Passports – Exemptions
Official statutory text
A. The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission may establish
special use permits to be designated the:
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1. "Annual Wildlife Conservation Passport"; and
2. "Three-Day Wildlife Conservation Passport".
A Passport shall be required of all persons not otherwise exempt
as provided for in subsection C of this section, who enter or use
land owned or managed by the Commission and that has been designated
by the Commission as requiring a Passport.
B. The Commission may establish and assess:
1. A fee not more than Ten Dollars ($10.00) above the cost of
an annual resident hunting license for residents and not more than
Thirty Dollars ($30.00) above such cost for nonresidents for the
Annual Wildlife Conservation Passport; and
2. A fee of not more than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) for
residents and not more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for nonresidents
for the Three-Day Wildlife Conservation Passport.
Each person, not otherwise exempt as provided for in subsection
C of this section, entering or using 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 fishing, hunting or
combination 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. Persons under eighteen (18) years of age; 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 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.
D. 1. Any person arrested while violating the provisions of
this section may purchase a temporary thirty-day license from the
arresting game warden in lieu of posting bond. The fee for a
substitute license purchased pursuant to the provisions of this
subsection shall be:
a. One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for legal residents of
this state, and
b. One Hundred Seventy-five Dollars ($175.00) for
nonresidents.
2. The fees from licenses purchased pursuant to the provisions
of this subsection shall be deposited in the Wildlife Conservation
Fund to be used exclusively for developing, managing, preserving and
protecting wildlife and wildlife habitat.
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special use permits to be designated the:
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 29. Game and Fish Page 96
1. "Annual Wildlife Conservation Passport"; and
2. "Three-Day Wildlife Conservation Passport".
A Passport shall be required of all persons not otherwise exempt
as provided for in subsection C of this section, who enter or use
land owned or managed by the Commission and that has been designated
by the Commission as requiring a Passport.
B. The Commission may establish and assess:
1. A fee not more than Ten Dollars ($10.00) above the cost of
an annual resident hunting license for residents and not more than
Thirty Dollars ($30.00) above such cost for nonresidents for the
Annual Wildlife Conservation Passport; and
2. A fee of not more than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) for
residents and not more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for nonresidents
for the Three-Day Wildlife Conservation Passport.
Each person, not otherwise exempt as provided for in subsection
C of this section, entering or using 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 fishing, hunting or
combination 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. Persons under eighteen (18) years of age; 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 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.
D. 1. Any person arrested while violating the provisions of
this section may purchase a temporary thirty-day license from the
arresting game warden in lieu of posting bond. The fee for a
substitute license purchased pursuant to the provisions of this
subsection shall be:
a. One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for legal residents of
this state, and
b. One Hundred Seventy-five Dollars ($175.00) for
nonresidents.
2. The fees from licenses purchased pursuant to the provisions
of this subsection shall be deposited in the Wildlife Conservation
Fund to be used exclusively for developing, managing, preserving and
protecting wildlife and wildlife habitat.
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