Department of Wildlife Conservation

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This chapter discusses Article XXVI of the Oklahoma constitution, which concerns the Department of Wildlife Conservation. Section 1 provides for the creation and membership of a Department of Wildlife Conservation of the State of Oklahoma and an Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission. Section 2 states that “nothing in this Act shall repeal any existing laws now on the Statute, pertaining to game and fish.” Section 3 focuses on the appointment of the director of Wildlife Conservation, who has the power to govern the department. The legislature may not interfere with his or her authority by, for instance, imposing salary increases, because such legislative action would impermissibly encroach on the director’s authority. Lastly, Section 4 sets forth the requirement that funds accumulating from the commission’s actions and existence are to be used for the benefit of Oklahoma’s wildlife.