Section 4-118 - Scientific purposes licenseA. No person may kill or capture wildlife or take their nests or eggs for scientific purposes without having first procured a license from the Director.B. A scientific purposes license may be issued to anyone sixteen (16) years of age or older when the Director is presented with: 1. A written testimonial from one well-known scientist or from any well-known scientific institution, the testimonial certifying to the good character and fitness of the individual; and2. A signed application listing b. the means to be used to take such species, and c. the reason for collection.C. The annual fee for the license shall be Ten Dollars ($10.00).D. Each license shall list the species that the licensee is permitted to take, the means of taking and the period during which such may be taken.E. Each licensee shall report to the Director at the end of each year the number and species of wildlife taken or killed and any other relative collection data as the Department may require.F. Upon application, licenses may be renewed without complying with the provisions of paragraph 1, subsection B of this section. However, no license may be renewed before the receipt of an annual report.G. Upon conviction that any licensee killed or captured wildlife, took nests or eggs for other than scientific purposes, or took any game by means other than that described on the license, the licensee shall be punished in the same manner as though the license had never been issued and the license shall be void.Okla. Stat. tit. 29, § 4-118
Laws 1974, SB 144, c. 17, § 4-118, emerg. eff. 4/8/1974; Amended by Laws 1985, HB 1023, c. 91, § 9, eff. 1/1/1986; Amended by Laws 2003 , HB 1663, c. 160, §4, emerg. eff. 7/1/2003.