The State Board of Agriculture is authorized to regulate the importation of exotic livestock in the same manner and with the same authority over livestock as is delegated to the Board by this title. No exotic livestock under the jurisdiction of the Board shall be released into the wilds of Oklahoma without first obtaining written permission of the Director of the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission. Any person releasing such exotic livestock into the wilds of Oklahoma in violation of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Added by Laws 1996, HB 2487, c. 7, § 2, emerg. eff. March 19, 1996.