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The state of Oklahoma has reached an agreement with a second tribe to provide hunting and fishing licenses to its members.

Gov. Mary Fallin and Choctaw Nation Chief Gary Batton on Wednesday signed a hunting and fishing compact that grants the Choctaw Nation the ability to purchase at least 50,000 annual hunting and fishing licenses at $2 apiece for its resident citizens.

In addition, the Choctaw Nation will pay a lump sum of $200,000 and an administrative cost payment of $75,000 to the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.

Oklahoma reached a similar agreement with the Cherokee Nation last year. That three-year compact took effect Jan. 1.

The Choctaw Nation compact is in place for three years — Jan. 1, 2017, through Dec. 31, 2019.

The tribe will provide all members ages of 16 to 64 with hunting and fishing licenses at no charge to them beginning in January.

The tribe posted notice on its webpage that online applications will be available beginning Oct. 1.