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.
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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