1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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3 HOUSE BILL 3198 By: Newton
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to public lands; requiring the
7 Commissioners of Land Office to remove or eradicate
8 certain harmful woody species; defining term;
8 providing for codification; and providing an
9 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. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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14 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 2001 of Title 64, unless there
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15 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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16 The Commissioners of the Land Office shall remove or eradicate
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17 all harmful woody species on land owned by and leased by the
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18 Commissioners of the Land Office. "Harmful woody species" means a
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19 tree or shrub species that is rapidly encroaching into adjoining
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20 lands and is likely to cause harm to the environment or economy.
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21 Harmful woody species include, but are not limited to, juniperus
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22 virginiana (eastern red cedar), juniperus scopulorum (Rocky Mountain
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23 juniper), juniperus monosperma (one-seed juniper), and tamarix
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24 ramosissima (salt cedar).
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 1 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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3 59-2-8958 JL 01/08/24
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