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State of Oklahoma
Posted: Aug 31, 2016 3:42 PMUpdated: Aug 31, 2016 3:52 PM
Hunting and Fishing Compact
Ben Nicholas
Governor Mary Fallin and Choctaw Nation Chief Gary Batton have signed a hunting and fishing compact, which will allow the tribe to buy hunting and fishing licenses at a bulk rate.
This agreement grants the Choctaw Nation the ability to purchase at least 50,000 annual hunting and fishing licenses at $2 apiece for its resident citizens. The Choctaw Nation will pay a lump sum of $200,000 and an administrative cost payment of $75,000 to the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC) each year that the three-year compact is in effect.
Under the compact, the Choctaw Nation will purchase at least 50,000 hunting and fishing licenses each year from the ODWC for all Oklahoma-based Choctaw citizens between the ages of 16 and 64. Those issued licenses will have the same regulations and rules from current licenses can currently purchase.
ODWC Director, Richard Hatcher, says “We look forward to additional, mutually beneficial, cooperative agreements with the Choctaw Nation.”
This compact will take effect on January 1, 2017, and will run through December 31, 2019.
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