1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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3 SENATE BILL 978 By: Green
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to firearms; amending 63 O.S. 2021,
7 Section 4210.3, which relates to transporting or
8 discharging a weapon from a vessel; removing certain
8 unlawful transport; modifying fines; deleting
9 licensed authorization of legal transport; and
9 providing an effective date.
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 4210.3, is
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14 amended to read as follows:
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15 Section 4210.3. It shall be unlawful to transport a shotgun,
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16 rifle or pistol in or to discharge such weapons a firearm from a
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17 vessel, except for the purposes of self-defense, hunting animals or
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18 fowl, and in compliance with existing state and federal laws.
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19 Anyone violating the provisions of this section, upon conviction,
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20 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of
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21 not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) and not more than One Hundred
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22 Dollars ($100.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not
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23 less than ten (10) days and not more than six (6) three (3) months,
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24 or by both such fine and imprisonment. Any person in possession of
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 1 a valid handgun license from this state or a reciprocal state
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2 authorized by the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act shall not be deemed
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3 guilty of transporting a pistol in violation of this section when a
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4 handgun is carried concealed or unconcealed upon or about their
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5 person in compliance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Self-
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6 Defense Act.
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7 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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9 59-1-315 JES 1/19/2023 12:03:01 PM
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