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Okla. Stat. tit. 29, § 29-7-401a

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Violation of state environmental regulatory agency

Official statutory text

provision or rule causing death of fish or wildlife.

A. Any person, firm or corporation who violates any provision

of or fails to perform any duty imposed by a state environmental

regulatory agency pursuant to the Oklahoma Statutes or rules

promulgated thereto, which violation causes the death of fish or

other wildlife, shall in addition to the penalties provided by law

be liable to pay the state an amount equal to the sum of money

reasonably necessary to restock such waters. Such liability shall

include replacement cost of fish killed, based on the most recent

fish values as officially published by the American Fishery Society,

Southern Division, all other costs required for such restocking,

including but not limited to shipment and handling, or replenish

such wildlife and all cost incurred in investigating, locating or

establishing the responsible person, firm or corporation as

determined by the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission.

B. Such amount may be recovered by a state environmental

regulatory agency on behalf of the state in a civil action brought

in the district court with all such monies being provided to the

Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission. The Oklahoma Wildlife

Conservation Commission shall reimburse the state environmental

regulatory agency issuing the violation for all expenses incurred.

C. For purposes of this section, a "state environmental

regulatory agency" is defined as the State Department of

Agriculture, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, the Department of

Environmental Quality, the Department of Mines and the Department of

Public Safety.

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