1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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3 HOUSE BILL 3462 By: Moore
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to feral swine; amending 2 O.S. 2021,
7 Sections 6-609 and 6-611, which relate to the Feral
8 Swine Control Act; limiting transportation of feral
8 swine; limiting the release of feral swine; and
9 providing an effective date.
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 2 O.S. 2021, Section 6-609, is
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15 amended to read as follows:
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16 Section 6-609 A. The State Board of Agriculture shall
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17 promulgate rules for the testing and intrastate movement of live
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18 feral swine.
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19 B. All persons that transport live feral swine in this state
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20 shall be required to obtain a transporter license from the Oklahoma
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21 Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry.
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22 C. Live feral swine shall only be transported to the following:
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23 1. A licensed sporting facility;
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24 2. A licensed handling facility;
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 1 3. 2. Directly to an approved slaughter facility; or.
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2 4. Pursuant to an order issued by the State Veterinarian.
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3 SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 2 O.S. 2021, Section 6-611, is
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5 Section 6-611. A. No person shall intentionally or knowingly
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6 release or engage in, sponsor, instigate, assist, or profit from the
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7 release of any hog, boar, swine, or pig to live in a wild or feral
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8 state upon public or private lands, except for:
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9 1. Release into a licensed sporting facility pursuant to the
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10 Feral Swine Control Act; or
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11 2. When when utilizing the Judas pig tagging system, release
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12 onto the same private land on which a feral hog was trapped or
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13 caught. In order to come under the release authorization of this
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14 paragraph, the release must occur within twenty-four (24) hours of
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15 the capture of the hog.
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16 B. No person shall knowingly or intentionally violate the
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17 importation, testing, permitting, licensing, and transportation
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18 requirements contained in the Feral Swine Control Act and rules
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19 promulgated thereto.
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20 C. Any person violating the provisions of this section is
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21 guilty of a felony and subject to a maximum punishment of two
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22 (2) years in prison, a fine of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00),
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 1 SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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3 59-2-8782 JL 01/09/24
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