Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2217
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Public access and use of state parks - Prohibitions
Official statutory text
The public shall have the right to access and use the
facilities, services, and programs provided within state parks.
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person may:
a. discharge fireworks in any area of a state park unless
specified otherwise by the Division of State Parks
Director,
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 890
b. possess any glass container in a designated and posted
swim or beach area within a state park,
c. build a fire within a state park in areas posted as
prohibited by the Department,
d. solicit or demand gifts, money, goods or services
within a state park,
e. enter a state park with a dog, unless the dog is on a
leash, or permit any dog to enter a state park or
recreation area under the jurisdiction of the
Commission. It is further provided that any
authorized member of the Department or any authorized
employee of the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife
Conservation may kill any vicious dog found running
loose in any state park which poses imminent threat to
humans or other animals, or which may be chasing or
running any game in the state park. Any such
authorized employees of the Departments shall not be
held liable for the killing of said dog,
f. injure, destroy, mutilate or deface any building,
structure, sign, rock, tree, shrub, vine, or property,
or dispose of any matter which will likely contaminate
any swimming pool or other waters on the state park,
or take, kill, injure, pursue, hunt, or molest, any
wild game animal, or mar or rifle the nest of any bird
or the den or nest or abode of any wild animal within
any of the state parks, recreational grounds or state
monuments now created or which may be hereafter
acquired or designated,
g. use or operate motor vehicles, including motorcycles,
motorbikes or motor scooters, in areas not
specifically posted by the Department, or
h. sell, hawk, or peddle within a state park any goods,
wares, merchandise, liquids, edibles, or any item of
value, without having a contract or lease agreement
approved by the Commission.
2. Any such violation of the provisions of this section shall
be punishable as a misdemeanor, and subject to a fine of not less
than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) and no more than Five Hundred Dollars
($500.00), or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than
thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
3. Fifty percent (50%) of all monies collected pursuant to this
section shall be deposited in the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation
Department Revolving Fund and fifty percent (50%) shall be remitted
to the county in which the violation is made.
facilities, services, and programs provided within state parks.
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person may:
a. discharge fireworks in any area of a state park unless
specified otherwise by the Division of State Parks
Director,
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 890
b. possess any glass container in a designated and posted
swim or beach area within a state park,
c. build a fire within a state park in areas posted as
prohibited by the Department,
d. solicit or demand gifts, money, goods or services
within a state park,
e. enter a state park with a dog, unless the dog is on a
leash, or permit any dog to enter a state park or
recreation area under the jurisdiction of the
Commission. It is further provided that any
authorized member of the Department or any authorized
employee of the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife
Conservation may kill any vicious dog found running
loose in any state park which poses imminent threat to
humans or other animals, or which may be chasing or
running any game in the state park. Any such
authorized employees of the Departments shall not be
held liable for the killing of said dog,
f. injure, destroy, mutilate or deface any building,
structure, sign, rock, tree, shrub, vine, or property,
or dispose of any matter which will likely contaminate
any swimming pool or other waters on the state park,
or take, kill, injure, pursue, hunt, or molest, any
wild game animal, or mar or rifle the nest of any bird
or the den or nest or abode of any wild animal within
any of the state parks, recreational grounds or state
monuments now created or which may be hereafter
acquired or designated,
g. use or operate motor vehicles, including motorcycles,
motorbikes or motor scooters, in areas not
specifically posted by the Department, or
h. sell, hawk, or peddle within a state park any goods,
wares, merchandise, liquids, edibles, or any item of
value, without having a contract or lease agreement
approved by the Commission.
2. Any such violation of the provisions of this section shall
be punishable as a misdemeanor, and subject to a fine of not less
than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) and no more than Five Hundred Dollars
($500.00), or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than
thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
3. Fifty percent (50%) of all monies collected pursuant to this
section shall be deposited in the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation
Department Revolving Fund and fifty percent (50%) shall be remitted
to the county in which the violation is made.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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