Okla. Stat. tit. 29, § 29-4-132: Wildlife habitat stamp - Wildlife Land Acquisition Fund

A. The Department of Wildlife Conservation is hereby authorized

to issue an Oklahoma Wildlife Habitat Stamp to any person upon the

voluntary payment of a fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00). Said fee shall

be deposited in the Wildlife Land Acquisition Fund created in

subsection C of this section.

B. The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission shall

promulgate rules specifying the form, design, and manner of issuance

of said wildlife habitat stamp.

C. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving

fund for the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission to be

designated the "Wildlife Land Acquisition Fund". The fund shall be

a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall

consist of all monies received pursuant to the provisions of this

section by the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission. The

Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission is hereby authorized to

invest all or part of the monies of said fund in any investment

permitted by a written investment policy adopted by the Wildlife

Conservation Commission; provided, all investments shall be made in

accordance with the Oklahoma Uniform Prudent Investor Act. Any

interest or dividends accruing from such investments shall be

deposited in the Wildlife Land Acquisition Fund. All monies

accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby appropriated and may

be budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation

Commission for the purposes specified in subsection D of this

section. Any monies withdrawn from said fund by the Oklahoma

Wildlife Conservation Commission for investment pursuant to this

subsection shall be deemed to be for the purposes specified in

subsection D of this section. Expenditures from said fund shall be

made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims

filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.

D. The Wildlife Land Acquisition Fund shall be used by the

Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission for the acquisition on a

willing-seller willing-buyer basis only, leasing, taking of

easements, development, management, and enhancement of lands

acquired pursuant to this section for the following purposes:

1. Management of game animals, protected animals and birds,

furbearing animals, game birds, fish, and their restoration,

propagation, and protection; and

2. Creation and management of public hunting, fishing, and

trapping areas as places where the public may hunt, fish, or trap as

authorized by law.

E. The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission may accept

private contributions, grants, and donations made for the purposes

of this section. Any monies received pursuant to this subsection

shall be deposited in the Wildlife Land Acquisition Fund created in

subsection C of this section. Any property received pursuant to

this subsection which is not suitable for the purposes of this

section may be sold by the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission

and the proceeds from such sales shall be deposited in the Wildlife

Land Acquisition Fund created in subsection C of this section.

F. Whenever the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission

acquires title to land pursuant to this section, the Commission

shall annually make in lieu of tax payments equal to the average ad

valorem tax per acre paid on similar land in that county. Said

payments shall be made to the county treasurer of the county in

which the land is located.