Oklahoma § 2-16-59 Removal of pine timber or products from state lands.

Oklahoma Statutes

§ 2-16-59 — Removal of pine timber or products from state lands.

Oklahoma § 2-16-59

Title 2Agriculture

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Bluebook

Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-16-59 (2026).

Text

No timber or other timber products shall be removed from any lands owned by the State of Oklahoma, except for public utilities and improvements, and no officer, employee, or any other person employed by the State of Oklahoma shall authorize the removal, except upon written approval of the Director of Forestry. In carrying out the duties of this section, the Director is authorized to delegate authority to persons qualified to act in the Director’s behalf. Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a Class D3 felony offense and upon conviction shall be punished, for the first offense, by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20P of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or by both. For any subsequ

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No timber or other timber products shall be removed from any lands owned by the State of Oklahoma, except for public utilities and improvements, and no officer, employee, or any other person employed by the State of Oklahoma shall authorize the removal, except upon written approval of the Director of Forestry. In carrying out the duties of this section, the Director is authorized to delegate authority to persons qualified to act in the Director’s behalf. Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a Class D3 felony offense and upon conviction shall be punished, for the first offense, by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20P of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or by both. For any subsequent offense, the person shall be punished by a fine not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20P of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or both.

Legislative History

Added by Laws 1971, c. 349, § 309, emerg. eff. June 24, 1971. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 101, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 37, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2001, c. 113, § 41, emerg. eff. April 18, 2001. Renumbered from § 1301-309 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 113, § 56, emerg. eff. April 18, 2001. Amended by Laws 2025, c. 486, § 634, eff. Jan. 1, 2026. NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 101 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.