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Some of these posts are misleading.  Here is the Bill:



STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 52nd Legislature (2009)
HOUSE BILL 1332 By: Denney
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to animals; creating the Oklahoma Pet Quality Assurance and Protection Act; providing for administration; defining terms; providing scope of application of the Oklahoma Pet Quality Assurance and Protection Act; making it unlawful for certain persons to operate without a certain license; providing for application form; specifying certain applicants to submit certain protocol; limiting issuance of licenses; specifying certain requirements be met before license approval or renewal; specifying procedures for renewal; specifying certain late penalty; specifying requirements for out-of-state dealer/breeders; establishing fees; specifying display of license; exempting certain persons from the Oklahoma Pet Quality Assurance and Protection Act; providing for the promulgation of certain rules; specifying requirements for licensee; providing for the promulgation of rules consistent with USDA standards; listing standards; authorizing promulgation of certain rules regarding certain enforcement; providing for certain enforcement; providing for disclosure of records; providing for notice and hearing; establishing the Pet Quality Assurance Enforcement Fund; providing for revenues; providing for use of fund; providing for expenditures; providing for expenditure of certain additional monies to certain fund; providing for collection of penalties; specifying conditions justifying refusal of license; providing for written notice and hearing; authorizing seizure of animals upon certain circumstances; providing for forfeiture of animals; providing for retrieval of animals; establishing certain appellate procedures; providing procedures for notice of forfeiture; specifying burden of proof; specifying actions regarding 24
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forfeited animals; specifying certain transport requirement; mandating certain information for animals; requiring bill of sale for animals; specifying circumstance requiring immediate revocation; providing for official health certificates; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 701 of Title 4, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma Pet Quality Assurance and Protection Act” and shall be administered by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry subject to available funds.
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 702 of Title 4, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
As used in the Oklahoma Pet Quality Assurance and Protection Act:
1. “Agent” means a person employed by the Department who has met requisite training requirements established by rule and is certified by the Department;
2. “Animal” means a domestic dog or cat;

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3. “Animal rescue” means any person or organization that maintains twenty-five or more dogs, cats, or both for the purpose of collecting, accumulating, amassing, maintaining, or offering the dogs or cats for adoption and may or may not maintain a central facility but uses a system of fostering in private homes, boarding, or keeping in licensed animal facilities;
4. “Animal shelter” means a facility, excluding municipal and county shelters, which, minimally, houses animals for impoundment purposes; or a centralized private facility that accepts or houses animals for the purpose of finding permanent adoptive homes. Foster home sites and mobil