Okla. Stat. tit. 29, § 29-3-101: Creation of Department and Commission - Rules,

regulations and policies - Successor of former Commission and

Department.

A. There is hereby created a Department of Wildlife

Conservation and a Wildlife Conservation Commission in and for the

State of Oklahoma, under Section 1, Article XXVI, of the

Constitution of the State of Oklahoma, and such Department shall be

governed by the State Wildlife Conservation Director, which position

is created in Section 3-104 of this Code, under such rules,

regulations and policies as may be prescribed by the Commission.

Such rules and regulations and amendments thereto, as adopted by the

Commission, shall be filed and recorded in the office of the

Secretary of State.

B. The Department, Commission and the officers thereof, as

herein set forth, are hereby made the legal successors of the

Wildlife Conservation Department and Commission created by Section

1, Article XXVI of the Oklahoma Constitution and enacted by Section

122, Title 29, Oklahoma Statutes 1957. Such Department, Commission

and the officers thereof are hereby empowered to take charge of

records, books, papers, information, property, funds, obligations

and appropriations now in the possession of the former Wildlife

Department and Commission and shall perform all duties now enjoined

upon such former Department and Commission.