Oklahoma § 74-2217 - Public access and use of state parks - Prohibitions

§ 74-2217. Public access and use of state parks - Prohibitions

The public shall have the right to access and use the

facilities, services, and programs provided within state parks.

1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person may:

a.

discharge fireworks in any area of a state park unless

specified otherwise by the Division of State Parks

Director,

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government

b.

possess any glass container in a designated and posted

swim or beach area within a state park,

c.

build a fire within a state park in areas posted as

prohibited by the Department,

d.

solicit or demand gifts, money, goods or services

within a state park,

e.

enter a state park with a dog, unless the dog is on a

leash, or permit any dog to enter a state park or

recreation area under the jurisdiction of the

Commission. It is further provided that any

authorized member of the Department or any authorized

employee of the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife

Conservation may kill any vicious dog found running

loose in any state park which poses imminent threat to

humans or other animals, or which may be chasing or

running any game in the state park. Any such

authorized employees of the Departments shall not be

held liable for the killing of said dog,

f.

injure, destroy, mutilate or deface any building,

structure, sign, rock, tree, shrub, vine, or property,

or dispose of any matter which will likely contaminate

any swimming pool or other waters on the state park,

or take, kill, injure, pursue, hunt, or molest, any

wild game animal, or mar or rifle the nest of any bird

or the den or nest or abode of any wild animal within

any of the state parks, recreational grounds or state

monuments now created or which may be hereafter

acquired or designated,

g.

use or operate motor vehicles, including motorcycles,

motorbikes or motor scooters, in areas not

specifically posted by the Department, or

h.

sell, hawk, or peddle within a state park any goods,

wares, merchandise, liquids, edibles, or any item of

value, without having a contract or lease agreement

approved by the Commission.

2. Any such violation of the provisions of this section shall

be punishable as a misdemeanor, and subject to a fine of not less

than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) and no more than Five Hundred Dollars

($500.00), or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than

thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

3. Fifty percent (50%) of all monies collected pursuant to this

section shall be deposited in the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation

Department Revolving Fund and fifty percent (50%) shall be remitted

to the county in which the violation is made.

Added by Laws 2005, c. 363, § 18, eff. Nov. 1, 2005.