licenses. A. All legal residents who have resided in the state for at least six (6) months and intend to remain residents may purchase lifetime fishing licenses or lifetime combination hunting and fishing licenses from the State Wildlife Conservation Director. B. The fee for these licenses shall be: 1. Lifetime fishing license, Three Hundred Seventy-five Dollars ($375.00); 2. Lifetime combination hunting and fishing license, One Thousand Twenty-four Dollars ($1,024.00); 3. Senior citizen lifetime fishing license for persons sixty- five (65) years of age or older, Thirty Dollars ($30.00); and 4. Senior citizen lifetime combination hunting and fishing license for persons sixty-five (65) years of age or older, Sixty Dollars ($60.00). C. Legal resident having proper certification from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or its successor certifying that the person is a disabled veteran and registered with the veterans registry created by the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs may purchase a disability lifetime combination hunting and fishing license from the State Wildlife Conservation Director. The fees for the license shall be as follows: 1. Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for veterans having a disability of less than sixty percent (60%); and 2. Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) for veterans having a disability of sixty percent (60%) or more. D. The use of the licenses provided in this section are subject to those restrictions provided by statute and the regulations of the Wildlife Conservation Commission. Except as otherwise provided for in this section, each lifetime hunting license issued pursuant to subsections B and C of this section shall be in lieu of all annual hunting licenses and all special season permits. E. Should any lifetime license be lost or destroyed, a duplicate will be issued by the Department of Wildlife Conservation for a fee not more than Ten Dollars ($10.00). F. A lifetime licensee shall not lose the privileges of such license by a subsequent transfer of residency. G. A person who is sixty-four (64) years of age shall be eligible to purchase a senior citizen lifetime license issued pursuant to paragraphs 4 through 6 of subsection B of this section during the calendar year in which the person turns sixty-five (65) years of age. H. The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission shall promulgate any rules necessary to implement the provisions of this section. Added by Laws 1974, c. 17, § 4-114, emerg. eff. April 8, 1974. Amended by Laws 1975, c. 238, § 4, emerg. eff. May 30, 1975; Laws 1981, c. 195, § 10, eff. July 1, 1981; Laws 1982, c. 154, § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Laws 1991, c. 29, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Laws 1992, c. 402, § 5, eff. Dec. 1, 1992; Laws 1994, c. 372, § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1995; Laws 2002, c. 346, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2002; Laws 2003, c. 157, § 1, eff. July 1, 2003; Laws 2004, c. 513, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2004; Laws 2005, c. 214, § 4, eff. July 1, 2005; Laws 2006, c. 16, § 16, emerg. eff. March 29, 2006; Laws 2010, c. 317, § 6, eff. Jan. 1, 2011; Laws 2014, c. 112, § 1; Laws 2017, c. 229, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2020; Laws 2024, c. 6, § 6, eff. July 1, 2024. NOTE: Laws 2004, c. 284, § 2 repealed by Laws 2005, c. 1, § 34, emerg. eff. March 15, 2005. Laws 2005, c. 304, § 1 repealed by Laws 2006, c. 16, § 17, emerg. eff. March 29, 2006.
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