Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-8-41.8 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-8-41.8
Prohibited acts
Status: in_force

The following acts are prohibited:

1. The manufacture or distribution of any commercial feed that

is adulterated or misbranded;

2. The adulteration or misbranding of any commercial feed;

3. The distribution of agricultural commodities like whole

seed, hay, straw, stover, silage, cobs, husks, and hulls, which are

adulterated within the meaning of paragraph 1 of Section 8-41.7 of

this title;

4. The removal or disposal of a commercial feed in violation of

an order under Section 8-41.12 of this title;

5. The failure or refusal to obtain a commercial feed license

in accordance with Section 8-41.4 of this title;

6. The violation of subsection C of Section 8-41.13 of this

title; and

7. Failure to pay inspection fees and file reports as required

by Section 8-41.9 of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-15-70 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-15-70
County officers may make annual levy – Purpose of levy
Status: in_force

A. The county commissioners, the county excise board and all

other proper officers of the county may make an annual levy upon all

taxable property in the county in an amount not to exceed one-half

(1/2) of one (1) mill per annum in counties of more than fifteen

thousand (15,000) population. In counties of less than fifteen

thousand (15,000) population, the proper officers of the county may

make an annual levy upon all taxable property in the county of not

exceeding one (1) mill per annum. The purpose of the levy is to

raise funds for:

1. The support and maintenance of the fair, including the

payment of premiums on livestock, poultry, agricultural and

horticultural products, dairy products, boys' and girls' club work

or other junior agricultural organizations which shall be in one

class, products of domestic science and domestic arts, farm women's

clubs, hand paintings, cultivated plants and flowers;

2. Necessary expenses of management of said fair, including

office expenses, postage, telephone, digital and electronic

communication, Internet and supporting equipment, salary and

traveling expenses of the secretary, printing and necessary office

supplies;

3. Premium ribbons and badges, clerical help, guards,

superintendents and judges;

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4. Advertising, decorating and cleaning the grounds and

buildings; and

5. The repair of or erecting buildings owned and controlled by

said county that are or will be used for free fair purposes.

B. In the counties of this state having a population in excess

of fifty-five thousand (55,000), according to the 1940 Federal

Decennial Census and in which county there is not authorized a state

fair, it shall be the mandatory duty of the county commissioners and

the excise board and other officers of the county, to make annual

levy for the purposes specified by this section upon all taxable

property in such county of not less than one-fourth (1/4) of one (1)

mill per annum.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-14-36 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-14-36
Request for testing
Status: in_force

The State Board of Agriculture may, at the request of the owner

or user of any weighing or measuring device, test a device upon

payment of a fee for expenses.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-18-188 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-18-188
Publication of ballot and other information - Voting
Status: in_force

The Sheep and Wool Utilization, Research and Market Development

Commission shall cause the ballots and other information required

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pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Sheep and Wool Producers

Act to be published in a market news service available to Oklahoma

sheep and wool producers for those persons in the sheep and wool

industry. Voting shall be conducted pursuant to rules promulgated

by the Sheep and Wool Utilization, Research and Market Development

Commission.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-10-9.19 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-10-9.19
Land application of poultry waste - Tests – Rate -
Status: in_force

Rules.

1. Prior to any land application of poultry waste by a

certified poultry waste applicator, the applicator shall obtain the

most recent soil and poultry waste tests as required by the Oklahoma

Poultry Waste Applicators Certification Act.

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2. Land application of poultry waste in a non-nutrient-limited

watershed and non-nutrient-vulnerable groundwaters shall not be made

at any rate which exceeds the Department's promulgated standards for

land application of poultry waste.

3. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry

may promulgate rules pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act

which will prohibit the land application of poultry waste in

nutrient-limited watersheds and nutrient-vulnerable groundwaters

based upon lower soil phosphorous levels than are allowed in this

section for non-nutrient-limited watersheds and non-nutrient-

vulnerable groundwaters.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-738.1 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-738.1
Renumbered as § 10-91 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146,
Status: in_force

§ 246, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-3-214 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-3-214
Inspector training cooperative agreements – Federal
Status: in_force

funding.

A. The Commissioner of Agriculture may enter into cooperative

agreements with Oklahoma State University for the purpose of

training qualified inspectors in the identification of those plants

designated as noxious weeds by the State Board of Agriculture.

B. For purposes of carrying out the provisions of the Weed Free

Hay Certification Act, the Board may accept funds from any agency of

the federal government and may cooperate and enter into agreements

with any federal agency, any agency of another state, and any agency

of this state or its political subdivisions.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-5-60.23 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-5-60.23
Establishment of board upon certification of referendum
Status: in_force

results.

If the Commissioner of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture,

Food, and Forestry certifies adoption of a referendum proposition

under Section 5-60.21 of this title, the new commodity producers

board is established and has the powers and duties prescribed by the

Oklahoma Agricultural Commodity Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-3-50.4 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-3-50.4
Review by Commissioner and State Board of Agriculture
Status: in_force

The Commissioner in conjunction with the State Board of

Agriculture is authorized to review and make recommendations to the

Legislature regarding the boll weevil eradication and

posteradication maintenance and control program.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-13-1 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-13-1
Statutes as part of code
Status: in_force

All statutes of Title 2 currently in effect and which are

hereafter enacted shall be considered and deemed part of the

Oklahoma Agricultural Code.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-5-307 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-5-307
False representation as organic product - Stop-sale
Status: in_force

orders – Fines and penalties.

A. A person shall not sell, offer for sale, label, or advertise

an agricultural product with the representation that it is organic

if the person knows or has reason to know that it has not been

certified pursuant to the Oklahoma Organic Food Act or the Organic

Food Production Act of 1990, as amended, 7 U.S.C., Section 6501 et

seq. and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.

B. The State Board of Agriculture is authorized to issue a

written or printed “stop-sale” or “notice of violation” order to the

owner or custodian of a product being labeled, advertised or offered

or exposed for sale in violation of the Oklahoma Organic Food Act or

rules promulgated pursuant thereto.

C. Any person violating the provisions of the Oklahoma Organic

Food Act or rules promulgated pursuant thereto may be:

1. Assessed an administrative fine as specified in Section 2-18

of this title; and

2. Deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof,

may be punished by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars

($1,000.00).

D. Each day a violation continues shall be a separate offense.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-16-59 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-16-59
Removal of pine timber or products from state lands
Status: in_force

No timber or other timber products shall be removed from any

lands owned by the State of Oklahoma, except for public utilities

and improvements, and no officer, employee, or any other person

employed by the State of Oklahoma shall authorize the removal,

except upon written approval of the Director of Forestry. In

carrying out the duties of this section, the Director is authorized

to delegate authority to persons qualified to act in the Director’s

behalf.

Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a Class D3

felony offense and upon conviction shall be punished, for the first

offense, by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00),

or by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of

Section 20P of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or by both. For

any subsequent offense, the person shall be punished by a fine not

exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by imprisonment as

provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20P of Title 21

of the Oklahoma Statutes, or both.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-15-82 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-15-82
Resubmission of question - Time - Petition - Calling,
Status: in_force

advertisement and holding of election.

When any county has determined a free fair site pursuant to the

provisions of Section 15-81 of this title, the question shall not

again be submitted to a vote of the county within five (5) years

from said date, and then only upon petition signed by twenty-five

percent (25%) of the total number of votes cast at the last general

election for the county office receiving the highest number of

votes. The petition shall be in lieu of the resolution of the

executive board of the free fair association, as provided in Section

15-80 of this title. The election shall be called, advertised and

held in all other respects, as provided in Sections 15-80 and 15-81

of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-5-60.11 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-5-60.11
Purpose of act
Status: in_force

A. The purpose of the Oklahoma Agricultural Commodity Act is:

1. To authorize and prescribe the necessary procedures by which

the producers of agricultural commodities grown in this state may

establish agricultural commodity producers boards to finance

programs devised to alleviate any circumstance or condition that

serves to impede the production, marketing, research or use of

agricultural commodities; and

2. To establish a procedure for an existing statutory commodity

board to privatize and convert to a successor organization.

B. Agriculture commodity producers boards established pursuant

to the Oklahoma Agricultural Commodity Act shall be state agencies

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for purposes of The Governmental Tort Claims Act and are exempt from

taxation in the same manner and to the same extent as other state

agencies. The board shall not be considered a state agency for any

other purpose.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-16-74 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-16-74
Federal excess property - Fire services
Status: in_force

The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture is the designated agency

for the receipt and distribution of federal excess property for

volunteer, paid, or combined departments that provide fire services.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-792 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-792
Renumbered as § 8-36.2 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146,
Status: in_force

§ 248, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-18-31 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-18-31
Legislative intent
Status: in_force

A. It is the intent of the Legislature to:

1. Create the Oklahoma Beef Council;

2. Promote the growth of the cattle industry in Oklahoma;

3. Assure an adequate and wholesome food supply;

4. Provide for the general economic welfare of producers and

consumers of beef; and

5. Provide the beef cattle industry with the authority to

establish a self-financed, self-governed program to develop,

maintain, and expand the state, national, and foreign markets for

beef and beef products produced, processed, or manufactured in this

state.

B. The promotion, marketing, research, and educational efforts

concerning beef and beef products, pursuant to the Oklahoma Beef

Improvement and Market Development Act, shall utilize existing

cattle industry infrastructure to the extent possible.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-1709 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-1709
Renumbered as § 8-85.9 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146,
Status: in_force

§ 255, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-2A-4 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-2A-4
Disclosure of interest in regulated entities
Status: in_force

Any employee of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food,

and Forestry in a technical, supervisory or administrative position

relating to the review, issuance, or enforcement of permits pursuant

to the Oklahoma Agricultural Code who is an owner, stockholder,

employee or officer of, or who receives compensation from, any

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corporation, partnership, or other business or entity which is

subject to regulation by the Department shall disclose the interest

to the Commissioner of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food,

and Forestry. Disclosures shall be submitted for Board review and

shall be made a part of the Board minutes available to the public.

This section shall not apply to financial interests occurring by

reason of participation of an employee in the Oklahoma State

Employees Deferred Compensation Plan or publicly traded mutual

funds.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-18-194 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-18-194
Proposed budget of Sheep and Wool Utilization, Research
Status: in_force

and Market Development Commission – Review – Itemization of income

and expenditures.

A. The Sheep and Wool Utilization, Research and Market

Development Commission shall file with the Director of the Market

Development Division of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture,

Food, and Forestry a proposed budget and may expend funds only after

the division director has approved the budget.

B. If after thorough review the division director disapproves

the proposed budget, the proposed budget shall be returned to the

Commission not later than forty-five (45) days after the date on

which the proposed budget is submitted with a statement of reasons

for disapproval.

C. Within thirty (30) days following the end of each fiscal

year of the Commission, the Commission shall submit to the Director

of the Market Development Division of the Oklahoma Department of

Agriculture, Food, and Forestry a report itemizing all income and

expenditures and describing all activities of the Commission during

the previous fiscal year.

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D. No general revenue funds shall be appropriated to carry out

the provisions of the Oklahoma Sheep and Wool Producers Act. Funds

collected by the Commission shall not be subject to state budget and

expenditure limitations. Such funds shall at no time become monies

of the state or become part of the general budget of the state.

Debts or obligations of the Commission shall not be construed to be

debts or obligations of this state.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-5-601 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-5-601
Short title — Donated Agriculture and Wild Game Foods
Status: in_force

Act.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Donated

Agriculture and Wild Game Foods Act".
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-202 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-6-202
Refusal or withdrawal of inspection
Status: in_force

The Board may (for such period, or indefinitely, as it deems

necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act) refuse to provide,

or withdraw, inspection service under Sections 1 through 16 of this

act with respect to any establishment if it determines, after

opportunity for a hearing is accorded to the applicant for, or

recipient of, such service, that such applicant or recipient is

unfit to engage in any business requiring inspection under Sections

1 through 16 of this act because the applicant or recipient, or

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anyone responsibly connected with the applicant or recipient, has

been convicted, in any federal or state court of (1) any felony, or

(2) more than one (1) violation of any law, other than a felony,

based upon the acquiring, handling, or distributing of unwholesome,

mislabeled, or deceptively packaged food or upon fraud in connection

with transactions in food. This section shall not affect in any way

other provisions of this act for withdrawal of inspection services

under Sections 1 through 16 from establishments failing to maintain

sanitary conditions or to destroy condemned carcasses, parts, meat

or meat food products.

For the purpose of this section a person shall be deemed to be

responsibly connected with the business if he was a partner,

officer, director, holder, or owner of ten percent (10%) or more of

its voting stock or employee in a managerial or executive capacity.

The determination and order of the Board with respect thereto under

this section shall be final and conclusive unless the affected

applicant for, or recipient of, inspection service files application

for judicial review within thirty (30) days after the effective date

of such order in the appropriate court as provided in Section 25.

Judicial review of any such order shall be upon the record upon

which the determination and order are based.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-9-203 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-9-203
Renumbered as § 20-4 of this title by Laws 2005, c. 292,
Status: in_force

§ 25, eff. July 1, 2005.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-10-72.1 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-10-72.1
Shell eggs not processed to destroy salmonellae – Safe
Status: in_force

handling instruction.

Shell eggs that have not been specifically processed to destroy

all live salmonellae before distribution to the consumer shall

require that the retail establishments include the following safe

handling statement on the label of the shell egg container:

SAFE HANDLING INSTRUCTION: To prevent illness from bacteria:

keep eggs refrigerated, cook eggs until yolks are firm and cook

foods containing eggs thoroughly.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-1301-302 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-1301-302
Renumbered as Section 16-52 of this title by Laws
Status: in_force

2001, c. 113, § 56, emerg. eff. April 18, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-3-50.17 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-3-50.17
Rules
Status: in_force

A. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry

is authorized to promulgate rules, including, but not limited to:

1. Establishing quarantine areas in this state or any portion

thereof at the request of the board of directors;

2. Designating this state or any portion thereof as an

“eradicated area”; and

3. Governing the storage or other handling in the eradicated or

other quarantined areas of regulated articles and the movement of

regulated articles into or from these areas, when the Department

determines that an action is necessary, or reasonably appears

necessary, to prevent, eradicate, control, or retard the spread of

boll weevil.

B. 1. The Department shall promulgate rules establishing a

reasonable schedule of administrative penalties and fines for

violations of the Boll Weevil Eradication Act.

2. The Department shall promulgate rules necessary, expedient,

or appropriate for the performance, enforcement, or carrying out of

any of the purposes, objectives, or provisions of the Boll Weevil

Eradication Act.

3. Any rules promulgated pursuant to the Boll Weevil

Eradication Act, including the establishment of quarantines, shall

be promulgated in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-11-91 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-11-91
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Oklahoma Scrap Metal Dealers Act:

1. "Aluminum material" means the metal aluminum or aluminum

alloy or anything made of either aluminum or aluminum alloy, except

aluminum beverage cans;

2. "Copper material" means the metal copper or copper alloy or

anything made of either copper or copper alloy;

3. "Department" means the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture,

Food, and Forestry and its employees, officers and divisions;

4. "Digital image" means pixels intended for display on a

computer monitor or for transformation into another format, such as

a printed page. For purposes of this paragraph, "pixels" shall mean

raster-based, two-dimensional, rectangular arrays of static data

elements;

5. "Exempted seller" means any person, firm, business or

governmental entity that produces or otherwise acquires any scrap

metal regulated by the provisions of the Oklahoma Scrap Metal

Dealers Act in the normal course of business , including, but not

limited to:

a. a mechanical, electrical or plumbing contractor

currently licensed to do business in any state,

b. a scrap metal dealer (Standard Industrial

Classification Codes 5051 or 5093), currently licensed

pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Scrap Metal

Dealers Act,

c. a holder of a current farm-use tax permit,

d. a manufacturer,

e. a distributor,

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f. a retailer with a current sales tax permit, or

g. any state-recognized business entity including a

corporation, limited liability company, partnership,

limited partnership and sole proprietorship;

6. "License" means a scrap metal dealer license;

7. "Remote storage battery" means a battery commonly used in

telecommunications, the oil industry or infrastructure;

8. "Scrap metal" means any copper material or aluminum material

or any item listed in subsection C of Section 11-93 of this title,

offered for sale or resale or purchased by any person, firm or

business;

9. "Scrap metal dealer" means any person, firm or corporation

being an owner, keeper or proprietor of a retail or wholesale

business which buys, sells, salvages, processes or otherwise handles

scrap metal materials regulated by the provisions of the Oklahoma

Scrap Metal Dealers Act; and

10. "Yard" means the place where any scrap metal dealer stores

scrap metal materials or keeps such materials for purpose of sale.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-290.10 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-6-290.10
Suspension of plant approval - Grounds - Refusal to
Status: in_force

provide or withdrawal of inspection service.

A. 1. Any plant approval given pursuant to the Exotic

Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act may be

suspended by the Department for:

a. failure to maintain a plant and equipment in a

satisfactory state of repair;

b. failure to maintain plant or equipment in a sanitary

manner on a continuing basis;

c. the use of operating procedure which are not in

accordance with the Exotic Livestock and Exotic

Livestock Products Inspection Act or regulations

promulgated thereto;

d. alterations of buildings, facilities, or equipment

which cannot be approved in accordance with the Exotic

Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act

or regulations promulgated thereto;

e. assault on an agent of the Board; or

f. failure to properly denature condemned and inedible

materials.

2. During such period of suspension, inspection service shall

not be rendered. However, the other provisions of the Exotic

Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act pertaining to

providing such service on a resident basis will remain in effect

unless such service is terminated in accordance with duly authorized

regulations promulgated by the Department. Upon suspension of

inspection service in an official plant, the plant approval shall

also become suspended, and all labels, seals, tags or packaging

material bearing official identification shall be destroyed, or the

official identification completely obliterated, or sealed in a

manner acceptable to the Department.

B. 1. The Board may refuse to provide, or withdraw, inspection

service with respect to any establishment if it determines, after

opportunity for a hearing is accorded to the applicant for, or

recipient of, such service, that such applicant or recipient is

unfit to engage in any business requiring inspection because the

applicant or recipient, or any person responsibly connected with the

applicant or recipient, has been convicted, in any federal or state

court of:

a. any felony, or

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b. more than one violation of any law, other than a

felony, based upon the acquiring, handling, or

distributing of unwholesome, mislabeled, or

deceptively packaged food or upon fraud in connection

with transactions in food.

2. This section shall not affect in any way other provisions of

the Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act

for withdrawal of inspection services from establishments failing to

maintain sanitary conditions or to destroy condemned carcasses,

parts, meats or meat food products.

3. For the purpose of this subsection, a person shall be deemed

to be responsibly connected with the business if he was a partner,

officer, director, holder, or owner of ten percent (10%) or more of

its voting stock or employee in a managerial or executive capacity.

The determination and order of the Board with respect thereto

pursuant to this section shall be final and conclusive unless the

affected applicant for, or recipient of, inspection service files

application for judicial review within thirty (30) days after the

effective date of such order in the appropriate court. Judicial

review of any such order shall be upon the record upon which the

determination and order are based.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-5-61k — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-5-61k
Renumbered as § 14-41 of this title by Laws 2000, c. 243,
Status: in_force

§ 126, emerg. eff. May 24, 2000.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-2-34 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-2-34
Maintaining position of easement gate at use — Violations
Status: in_force

— Penalties.

A. Any individual entering through gates used for ingress or

egress to a property designated as an easement shall maintain the

position of the gate upon use.

B. 1. Any individual who violates the provisions of subsection

A of this section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor

punishable by a fine not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00),

by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than ninety (90) days,

or by both such fine and imprisonment.

2. Any individual convicted of a second offense shall, upon

conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not more

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than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), by imprisonment in a county

jail for not more than one hundred eighty (180) days, or by both

such fine and imprisonment.

3. Any individual convicted of a third or subsequent offense

shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not more than One

Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00), by imprisonment in a

county jail for not more than one (1) year, or by both such fine and

imprisonment.

4. Any individual convicted pursuant to the provisions of this

subsection shall also be liable for damages.

C. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry

shall promulgate rules necessary to implement the provisions of this

act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-5-3A.2 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-5-3A.2
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Oklahoma Farmers Market and Farmers Hub Act:

1. "Approved" means conforming to scientific principles,

applicable federal, state and local laws and generally recognized

industry standards that protect public health;

2. "Approved source" means a source that is licensed and

inspected by a recognized regulatory authority and whose license is

in good standing;

3. "Farm food" means food made from products grown or raised on

a farm including:

a. crops,

b. crops grown on trees,

c. crops grown on vines and bushes,

d. livestock, and

e. aquatic goods;

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4. "Farm food producer" means a person, including family

members and employees who grow, raise and harvest agricultural

products to the point at which the products are ready for sale;

5. "Farmers hub" means a designated area where farm food and

value-added products from approved sources are sold on a consignment

basis for farm food producers;

6. "Farmers market" means a designated area where farm food

producers and value-added processors from a designated region gather

on a consistently scheduled basis to sell approved farm food and

value-added products from approved sources directly to the

purchaser;

7. "Farm-direct marketer" means a farm food producer, value-

added processor or a designated representative who sells approved

farm food and value-added products from approved sources by

consignment;

8. "Manager or advisory board member" means the individual

listed on file with the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food,

and Forestry as the point of contact who is responsible for

coordination of the farmers market or farmers hub, and is

responsible for filing of all official documents and all

communications with the Department;

9. "Time/Temperature Control for Safety" means a food that

requires time/temperature control for safety to limit pathogenic

microorganism growth or toxin formation and which meets all other

aspects of the definition of "Time/Temperature Control for Safety

Food" pursuant to 310:257-1-2 of the Oklahoma Administrative Code;

and

10. "Value-added processor" means a person, including family

members and employees, who processes a raw agricultural product into

items ready for sale, so long as a portion of the finished product

was grown by the seller or seller's family members or employees.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-8-85.3 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-8-85.3
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Soil Amendment Act:

1. “Active ingredient” or “soil amending ingredient” means:

a. the ingredient or ingredients that affect the

physical, chemical, or other characteristics of the

soil and improve soil condition, or

b. any natural or synthetic substance when applied to

plants or seeds that is intended to improve crop

production, germination, growth, yield, product

quality, reproduction, flavor or other desirable

characteristics of plants;

2. “Adulterated” means and shall apply to any soil amendment

if:

a. it contains any deleterious or harmful agent in

sufficient amount to render it injurious to beneficial

plants, animals, or aquatic life when applied in

accordance with the directions for use shown on the

label; or if adequate warning statements and

directions for use, necessary to protect plants,

animals, or aquatic life are not shown on the label,

b. its composition falls below purported labeling

requirements, or

c. it contains noxious weed seed;

3. “Bulk” means in nonpackaged form;

4. “Distribute” means to import, consign, manufacture, blend,

offer for sale, sell, barter, or to supply soil amendments to any

person in this state;

5. “Distributor” means any person who imports, consigns,

manufactures, blends, sells, offers for sale, barters or supplies

soil amendments in this state;

6. “Inert ingredient” or “other ingredient” means the

ingredients with no beneficial effect that are present in the

product;

7. “Label” means the display of written, printed, or graphic

matter upon the immediate container of a soil amendment;

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8. “Labeling” means all written, printed, or graphic matter

upon or accompanying any soil amendment, and all advertisements,

brochures, posters, television, or radio announcements used in

promoting the sale of a soil amendment;

9. “Manufacturer” means any person who produces, compounds,

mixes, or blends soil amendments;

10. “Misbranded” means and shall apply if:

a. any soil amendment bears a label that is false or

misleading in any particular,

b. any soil amendment is distributed under the name of

another soil amendment,

c. any material is represented as a soil amendment or is

represented as containing a soil amendment, unless the

soil amendment conforms to the definition of identity,

if any, prescribed by rules,

d. the active ingredient in any soil amendment is not

shown in the approved ingredient form, or

e. the labeling on any soil amendment is false or

misleading in any particular;

11. “Name” means the specific designation under which the

individual product is offered for sale;

12. “Percent” or “percentage” means the portion of each one

hundred (100) units of weight;

13. “Registrant” means any person who registers a soil

amendment under the provisions of the Soil Amendment Act; and

14. “Soil amendment” means any substance which is intended to

improve the physical, chemical, or other characteristics of the

soil, horticultural growing media, or any natural or synthetic

substance applied to plants or seeds that is intended to improve

crop production, germination, growth, yield, product quality,

reproduction, flavor or other desirable characteristics of plants

except the following: commercial fertilizers, agricultural liming

materials, agricultural gypsum, unmanipulated animal manures,

unmanipulated vegetable manures, and pesticides; provided that

commercial fertilizer shall be included if it is represented to

contain, as an active ingredient, a substance other than a

recognized plant food element or is represented as promoting plant

growth by other than supplying a recognized plant food element.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-18-275 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-18-275
Oilseed fee – Collection of assessment
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby assessed a fee to be determined by each

oilseed subcommittee for oilseed marketed by oilseed producers in

this state and sold or handled through commercial channels. The fee

shall be assessed and imposed upon the oilseed producer at the time

of sale or delivery and shall be collected and remitted by the first

purchaser to the Oklahoma Oilseed Commission. Pursuant to the

provisions of the Oklahoma Oilseed Resources Act, no oilseed shall

be subject to assessment of a fee more than once including a

national checkoff. If the assessment of a national checkoff fee

ceases to exist, an Oklahoma assessment shall then be implemented.

B. 1. The first purchaser shall collect the assessment by

deducting the appropriate amount from the purchase price of the

oilseed or from any funds advanced for that purpose.

2. The amount of the assessment collected shall be clearly

shown on the sales invoice or other document evidencing the

transaction. The first purchaser shall furnish a copy of the

document to the oilseed producer.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-15-2 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-15-2
Limitation on indebtedness - Purchase of realty -
Status: in_force

Mortgages - Directors' liability.

Agricultural Fair Corporations shall not contract any debts or

liabilities in excess of the amount of money in the treasury at the

time of contract except for the purchase of real property, for which

they may create a debt not exceeding Three Thousand Dollars

($3,000.00), secured by mortgage on the property of the corporation.

The directors of any Agricultural Fair Corporation who vote therefor

shall be personally liable for any debt contracted or incurred in

violation of this section.

R.L. 1910, § 23. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 147, emerg. eff.

April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 32 of this title by Laws 2001, c.

146, § 267, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-75 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-75
Renumbered as § 15-25 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, §
Status: in_force

268, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-513 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-6-513
Written complaint procedures
Status: in_force

A. Upon receipt of a written complaint, the Department of

Agriculture, Food, and Forestry shall notify the person filing the

complaint in writing of its receipt and status within five (5)

working days. The party whom the complaint is filed against, if

known, shall be notified within five (5) working days. The

resolution of a complaint is the completion of the appropriate

administrative, jurisdictional, and legal remedies to the extent

possible by the Department. The complainant and owner shall be

notified in writing within seven (7) working days after resolution

of the complaint.

B. The Department may initiate an investigation at any time.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-10-9.10 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-10-9.10
Investigation of complaints - Entry upon premises -
Status: in_force

Standard health precautions.

A. 1. a. The State Board of Agriculture or its authorized

agents are empowered to enter upon the premises of any

poultry feeding operation for the purpose of

investigating complaints as to the operation or to

determine whether there are any violations of the

Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding Operations Act.

b. This section shall not be construed to authorize the

Board or its agents to violate any provision of the

United States Constitution or the Oklahoma

Constitution relating to unlawful search or seizure.

2. a. Registration of a poultry feeding operation pursuant

to the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding Operations

Act shall be deemed to constitute consent for entry

upon the premises of such operation by the Board or

its agents for the purpose of implementing the

provisions of this subsection.

b. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and

Forestry shall make at least one inspection per

calendar year of every poultry feeding operation

registered pursuant to the Oklahoma Registered Poultry

Feeding Operations Act.

B. 1. The Board shall promulgate standard precautions for the

prevention of the transmission of communicable diseases to humans

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and animals to be used by employees of the Department when

inspecting poultry feeding operations pursuant to their official

duties specified by the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding

Operations Act and rules promulgated pursuant thereto.

2. Except for emergency situations or when enforcement of the

provisions of the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding Operations Act

requires the use of the standard precautions as promulgated by the

Board pursuant to paragraph 1 of this subsection, Department

employees shall observe the health standards and sanitary

requirements of the facility.

C. The Board shall maintain necessary records and undertake

such studies, investigations and surveys for the proper

administration of the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding Operations

Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-5-60.29 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-5-60.29
Collection of assessment
Status: in_force

A. The processor at the first point of sale determined by the

board shall collect the assessment. Except as provided by

subsection B of this section, the processor at that point shall

collect the assessment by deducting the appropriate amount from the

purchase price of the commodity or from any funds advanced for that

purpose.

B. If the producer and processor are the same legal entity, or

if the producer retains ownership after processing, such entity

shall remit the assessment at the time of first sale of the

commodity.

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C. The board, by registered or certified mail, shall notify

each processor of the duty to collect the assessment, the manner in

which the assessment is to be collected, and the date on or after

which the processor is to begin collecting the assessment.

D. The amount of the assessment collected shall be clearly

shown on the sales invoice or other document evidencing the

transaction. The processor shall furnish a copy of the document to

the producer.

E. Unless otherwise provided by the original referendum, no

later than the tenth day of each month the processor shall remit the

amount collected during the previous month to the board.

F. No commodity shall be subject to the applicable fee more

than once per growing season.

G. A successor organization shall follow the assessment

requirements and procedures established in the statutory provisions

for the particular commodity represented by the successor

organization, if applicable.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-1301-108 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-1301-108
Renumbered as Section 16-9 of this title by Laws 2001,
Status: in_force

c. 113, § 56, emerg. eff. April 18, 2001.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-3-410 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-3-410
Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program Fund
Status: in_force

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund

for the State Board of Agriculture to be designated the "Oklahoma

Industrial Hemp Program Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund,

not subject to fiscal year limitations and shall consist of all

monies received by the State Board of Agriculture from fees received

and collected pursuant to the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program,

donations, grants, contributions and gifts from any public or

private source. The Board may expend funds for the purposes set

forth in the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program. Expenditures from

said fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer

against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the

Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and

payment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-7-413 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-7-413
Violations
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly, willfully or

recklessly:

1. Attempt to produce, haul, process or distribute milk or milk

products without an appropriate and valid permit;

2. Sell, offer or expose for sale as Grade A any adulterated or

misbranded milk or milk product;

3. Sell, offer, expose for sale or serve milk and milk products

which have not been maintained at or below the temperature specified

by the State Board of Agriculture;

4. Dip or ladle Grade A milk and milk products;

5. Transfer Grade A milk and milk products at any location

other than a permitted Grade A facility designed and equipped for

such purpose;

6. Prevent, interfere or attempt to impede the Commissioner

from investigating and enforcing the Oklahoma Milk and Milk Products

Act;

7. Sell or serve Grade A milk and milk products from other than

the individual container, or approved bulk dispenser, received from

the distributor; or

8. Violate any provision of the Oklahoma Milk and Milk Products

Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-18-407 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-18-407
Eastern Redcedar Revolving Fund
Status: in_force

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund

for the Eastern Redcedar Management Act to be designated the

"Eastern Redcedar Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing

fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of

all monies received by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food,

and Forestry from the state income tax checkoff as provided for in

Section 18-408 of this title, the special license plate issued

pursuant to Section 1135.5 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, any

state-appropriated funds, federal funds, donations, grants,

contributions, and gifts from any public or private source. All

monies accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby appropriated

and may be budgeted and expended by the Department for the purposes

set forth in the Eastern Redcedar Management Act. Expenditures from

said fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer

against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the

Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and

payment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-8-61.a — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-8-61.a
Manipulated manures - Exemption from registration and inspection requirements -
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 16inspection requirements - Violations - Penalties.

A. Any person operating a business that is engaged in the

distribution, use, or sale of manipulated manures shall not be

subject to the provisions of Sections 8-62 and 8-64 of Title 2 of

the Oklahoma Statutes for the sale, use or distribution of such

manipulated manures if:

1. the manipulated manures offered for sale, sold, or

distributed in this state in bulk do not reflect by label or

otherwise any warrantees or guarantees of the contents of such

manures other than the animal sources of the manures; and

2. the person engaged in the selling, use, or sale of

manipulated manures does not in any manner make or offer any

warrantees or guarantees of the manipulated manures other than the

animal sources of the manures. The provisions of this paragraph

shall not prohibit a person engaged in the selling, use, or sale of

manipulated manures from providing the consumer information

regarding analysis of manipulated manures.

B. Any person violating the provisions of this section, in

addition to any other penalties authorized by the fertilizer laws of

this state, shall be subject to a revocation of the exemption

offered by the provisions of this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-11-13 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-11-13
Grant program to mitigate costs
Status: in_force

A. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry

shall develop a grant program for the purpose of providing grants to

incorporated municipalities to mitigate extreme purchase costs,

extraordinary costs, or both, incurred by the incorporated

municipality's owned or controlled unregulated utility affected by

the extreme weather event that began February 7, 2021. To qualify

for a grant, the following requirements shall be met:

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1. The incorporated municipality must show proof of extreme

purchase costs, extraordinary costs, or both incurred by the

incorporated municipality's owned or controlled unregulated utility;

2. The population of the incorporated municipality shall be no

greater than three thousand five hundred (3,500) persons according

to the most recent Federal Decennial Census or most recent annual

estimate of the population by the United States Census Bureau; and

3. The incorporated municipality's owned or controlled

unregulated utility has had no costs mitigated through

securitization as provided by Sections 9070 through 9081 of Title 74

of the Oklahoma Statutes.

B. The Department shall promulgate rules necessary for

determining the eligibility and priority of applicants for the

grants. In determining the priority of applicants, the Department

shall consider the implications of the extraordinary costs and

extreme purchase costs regarding the incorporated municipality's

solvency and the amount of the incorporated municipality's

extraordinary costs and extreme purchase costs on a per capita

basis.

C. On or before February 1, 2023, the Oklahoma Department of

Agriculture, Food, and Forestry shall provide a report to the

Governor, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of

the House of Representatives that includes the list of

municipalities who applied for the grant, the amount requested by

each municipality, municipalities that were awarded grants, the

amount of each grant awarded, and any other information the

Department determines to be necessary.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-4014 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-4014
Annual report
Status: in_force

The Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority

shall submit an annual report to the Governor, the Speaker of the

Oklahoma House of Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of

the Oklahoma State Senate. Such report shall be submitted in

accordance with the requirements for financial statement audits in

Section 212A of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes and shall include

an account of the operations and actions of the Authority and an

accounting of all revenue received and disbursed by the Authority

for the previous fiscal year. The report shall include an

accounting of expenses related to each of the following:

1. Education and training of students of the Oklahoma State

University College of Veterinary Medicine, resident veterinarians

and others;

2. Care and treatment of animal patients for whom the Authority

receives any form of state or federal reimbursement; and

3. Research.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-400 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-6-400
Short title
Status: in_force

Subarticle 4 of Article 6 of the Oklahoma Agricultural Code

shall be known and may be cited as the "Animal Disease Outbreak

Temporary Emergency Act".
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-280.9 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-6-280.9
Records - Inspection - Maintenance
Status: in_force

A. All persons subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Rabbit

and Rabbit Products Inspection Act shall keep such records as

willfully and correctly disclose all transactions involved in their

businesses. All persons, subject to such requirements shall, at all

reasonable times, upon notice by a duly authorized representative of

the Board, afford such representative and any duly authorized

representative of the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States

accompanied by such representative of the Board access to their

places of business and opportunity to examine the facilities,

inventory, and records thereof, to copy all such records, and to

take reasonable samples of their inventory.

B. Any record required to be maintained by this section shall

be maintained for such period of time as the Board may by

regulations prescribe.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-16-31 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-16-31
Rewards
Status: in_force

The Forestry Division of the State Department of Agriculture may

offer and pay rewards for information leading to the arrest and

conviction of any person violating any of the provisions of the

Oklahoma Forestry Code.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-3-124 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-3-124
Certified Beekeeper Program - European Honeybee
Status: in_force

Certification Program.

A. The State Board of Agriculture may promulgate rules to

establish a Certified Beekeeper Program.

B. The Board may promulgate rules to establish and administer a

voluntary European Honeybee Certification Program.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-2-6 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-2-6
Advisory or consulting committees - Appointment
Status: in_force

The State Board of Agriculture shall have authority to appoint

advisory or consulting committees from the residents of the state

who are interested in the various phases of agriculture, either in

conservation, production, processing, regulation, or sale of

agricultural products.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-17-1 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-17-1
Title of act
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Cooperative

Marketing Association Act”.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-3-32.5 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-3-32.5
Vegetable plants and transplants - Identification
Status: in_force

All vegetable plants or transplants in flats, crates, baskets or

containers, regardless of origin, shall have affixed to the outside,

a tag bearing:

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1. The name and address of the grower or dealer for whom this

inspection was conducted, except at the grower's location; and

2. The variety and/or cultivar name under which the vegetable

plants are sold.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-1301-310 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-1301-310
Renumbered as Section 16-60 of this title by Laws
Status: in_force

2001, c. 113, § 56, emerg. eff. April 18, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-8-80.7 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-8-80.7
Inspection fees - Reports
Status: in_force

A. For the purpose of helping to defray the expenses of

inspection, administering, and carrying out the provisions of the

Oklahoma Agricultural Liming Materials Act, an inspection fee of ten

cents ($0.10) per ton shall be paid to the State Board of

Agriculture on all agricultural liming material sold or distributed

for use within this state.

B. All agricultural liming material fees collected shall be

deposited in the State Department of Agriculture Revolving Fund.

C. Manufacturers, importers, and other guarantors distributing

agricultural liming materials in the state shall file with the Board

not later than the last day of January and July of each year, a

semiannual report on forms furnished by the Board setting forth the

number of net tons of agricultural liming material distributed in

this state during the preceding six (6) calendar months. This

report shall be accompanied by payment of the inspection fee. If no

lime was sold or distributed in this state for the semiannual

period, manufacturers shall submit a statement reflecting that

information and shall remit a minimum fee of Five Dollars ($5.00).

The Board shall have authority to audit records of each person to

determine the accuracy of these reports.

D. Any agricultural liming material on which the inspection fee

has not been paid shall be subject to a stop-sale, removal order, or

seizure.

E. The Board may publish and distribute semiannually or

annually to each person, distributor, registrant, licensee, and

other interested persons a report showing the tons of agricultural

liming material sold in Oklahoma. This report shall in no way

divulge the operation of any registrant, distributor, or licensee.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-1508.1 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-1508.1
Renumbered as § 18-188 of this title by Laws 2001, c
Status: in_force

146, § 253, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-5-123 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-5-123
Eligibility for grants
Status: in_force

A. The Department shall administer the provisions of the Urban

Gardens Grant Act.

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B. The State Board of Agriculture shall promulgate rules and

adopt eligibility guidelines necessary to enforce and administer the

Urban Gardens Grant Act, including an application process for

grants. Entities that receive grants must be located in food

deserts and serve residents of the community in which they are

located. The applicants shall show that an awarded grant will

expand and stimulate economic activity in the low income areas

served, as well as provide increased opportunities for the citizens

of those low income areas to obtain healthier food options.

C. One-time grants up to Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars

($250,000.00) shall be provided to entities for the purchase of

greenhouses and other materials to establish and operate an urban

garden.

D. Entities eligible to apply for the grants are nonprofit

community organizations, churches, or other nonprofit organizations.

E. The urban gardens shall grow healthy foods that are to be

sold on site or at farmer’s markets, produce stands and retailers

located within the same community.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-1037 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-1037
Renumbered as § 18-316 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146,
Status: in_force

§ 250, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-7-414 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-7-414
Construction of act
Status: in_force

A. The provisions of the Oklahoma Milk and Milk Products Act

shall not be construed to:

1. Include incidental sales of raw milk directly to consumers

at the farm where the milk is produced;

2. Preclude the advertising of the incidental sale of goat

milk; and

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3. Prohibit any farmer or producer from making cheese using

milk or cream produced on the farm of such farmer or producer.

B. For purposes of this section, incidental sales of goat milk

are those sales where the average monthly number of gallons sold

does not exceed one hundred (100).
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-18-38 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-18-38
Refund – Collection action
Status: in_force

A. Any producer who has paid the assessment under the

provisions of the Oklahoma Beef Improvement and Market Development

Act shall be entitled to a refund upon a valid request to the

Council.

B. The Council shall make available to all producers and

marketing agents forms for refund requests.

C. Refund claims shall be submitted by the producer within

forty-five (45) days of the payment of the assessment and shall

include a signature, date of sale, place of sale, number of cattle,

amount of assessment deducted, and proof of the payment of the

deducted assessment.

D. 1. Upon verification of a valid refund request, the Council

shall remit a refund to the producer within forty-five (45) days of

the valid request.

2. In the event the Council fails to remit the valid requested

refund as required by this subsection, the producer may bring a

civil action against the Council in the district court of the county

in which the office of the Council is located for collection of the

refund, a ten-percent-penalty assessment, and all court costs.

3. The civil action shall be tried and judgment rendered as in

any other cause of action for debts due and payable.

4. All assessments, penalty assessments, and enforcement costs

recovered are due and payable to the producer.

E. If the Council has reasonable doubt that a refund claim is

valid, it may withhold payment and take action as deemed necessary

to determine its validity.

F. All requests for refunds shall only be initiated by the

producer.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-18-196 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-18-196
Actions by Attorney General - Penalties
Status: in_force

The Attorney General may bring action in the district court of

Oklahoma County to recover all fees and penalties due the Sheep and

Wool Utilization, Research and Market Development Commission for

failure of any person to comply with the provisions of the Oklahoma

Sheep and Wool Producers Act. Any person violating any of the

provisions of the Oklahoma Sheep and Wool Producers Act upon

conviction thereof shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-18-276 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-18-276
Report and remittance of fees – Failure to report –
Status: in_force

Audit – Retention of records and reports.

A. The first purchaser shall render and have on file a report

along with remittance of the fees collected pursuant to the Oklahoma

Oilseed Resources Act on the fifteenth of each calendar quarter.

The report shall include the total amount of fees assessed by the

first purchaser, the total amount of oilseed purchased and other

information as may be required by the Oklahoma Oilseed Commission.

B. If the first purchaser fails to make a report and remittance

as required by the Oklahoma Oilseed Resources Act, the Commission

shall determine the amount collected and owed by the first

purchaser, which shall be prima facie correct. Any first purchaser

having failed to make the report as required by the Oklahoma Oilseed

Resources Act shall, within ten (10) days after notice of the

computed collection amount established by the Commission is mailed

to the first purchaser, pay the computed collection amount, together

with a penalty of five percent (5%) of the computed collection

amount. The first purchaser may dispute the computed collection

amount established by the Commission and request the Commission to

hold a hearing to redetermine the amount of the computed collection

and the penalty to be imposed. No payment shall be made until the

Commission enters its order determining the amount of payment. The

payment of the determined collection amount and penalty shall be

paid within ten (10) days of notice of the decision.

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C. At any time the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food,

and Forestry may request an audit of the first purchaser to

determine whether the collection and proper disposition of the

collected assessment were made pursuant to the provisions of the

Oklahoma Oilseed Resources Act.

D. The first purchaser shall retain any records or reports

relating to the collection of the assessment for at least three (3)

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Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-1850.1 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-1850.1
Renumbered as § 18-240 of this title by Laws 2001, c
Status: in_force

146, § 266, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-9-200 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-9-200
Renumbered as § 20-1 of this title by Laws 2005, c. 292,
Status: in_force

§ 25, eff. July 1, 2005.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-15-85 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-15-85
Bond election - Proclamation - Publication - Time for
Status: in_force

election.

A. The board of county commissioners in each county of this

state is hereby authorized and empowered to call an election for the

purpose of issuing bonds to purchase lands, improve the same, and to

construct buildings thereon for free fair purposes. The lands and

improvements thereon shall be owned and controlled by such counties.

B. The commissioners shall call the election by issuing a

proclamation therefor and giving notice thereof in four consecutive

issues of a weekly newspaper published in and of general circulation

in the county proposing to issue the bonds.

C. No election shall be held until the expiration of thirty

(30) days following the date of the first publication of the

proclamation.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-2-19 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-2-19
Renumbered as § 14-81 of this title by Laws 2000, c. 243,
Status: in_force

§ 126, emerg. eff. May 24, 2000.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-44 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-44
Renumbered as § 15-13 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, §
Status: in_force

267, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-16-71 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-16-71
Renumbered as § 10.1 of Title 76 by Laws 2004, c. 368, §
Status: in_force

68, eff. Nov. 1, 2004.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-8-77.7 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-8-77.7
Inspection fee - Tonnage report
Status: in_force

A. Each registrant distributing fertilizer in this state shall

file with the State Board of Agriculture, not later than the last

day of January and July of each year, a semiannual inspection fee

report setting forth the number of tons sold or distributed during

the period and pay an inspection fee of One Dollar ($1.00) per ton

of which fifty cents ($0.50) per ton shall be forwarded directly to

a special Soil Fertility Research Account in the Department of Plant

and Soil Sciences of the Division of Agricultural Sciences and

Natural Resources at Oklahoma State University for the purpose of

conducting soil fertility research and extension involving efficient

fertilizer use for agronomic crops and forages and groundwater and

surface water protection from plant food nutrients. Oklahoma State

University shall present an annual report to the Agriculture

Committees of the Legislature on the use of the special Soil

Fertility Research Account Fund.

B. Each registrant distributing commercial fertilizer in this

state shall file with the State Board of Agriculture not later than

the last day of January and July of each year, a semiannual tonnage

report stating:

1. The number of net tons of fertilizer distributed during the

preceding six (6) calendar months;

2. The amount in tons of each grade of fertilizer distributed

during the preceding six (6) calendar months; and

3. Whether the fertilizer was distributed in bag, bulk, or

liquid.

C. If no fertilizer was sold or distributed in this state for

the semiannual period, the registrant shall submit a statement

reflecting that information and shall remit a minimum fee of Ten

Dollars ($10.00). If the inspection fee and tonnage report are not

filed and the payment of the inspection fee is not made within

thirty (30) days after the end of the specified filing period, a

collection fee of ten percent (10%) of the inspection fee due or a

minimum of Ten Dollars ($10.00) shall be assessed and added to the

amount due.

D. Sales or exchanges between importers, manufacturers,

distributors, registrants, or licensees are exempt.

E. When more than one person is involved in the distribution of

a fertilizer, the last person who has the fertilizer registered and

who distributed the fertilizer to a nonregistrant dealer or consumer

is responsible for reporting the tonnage and paying the inspection

fee, unless the report and payment is made by a prior distributor or

manufacturer of the fertilizer.

F. If the Board finds any deficient inspection fees due as a

result of an audit of the records of any person subject to the

provisions of the Oklahoma Fertilizer Act, the Board shall assess a

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penalty fee of ten percent (10%) of the amount due, with a maximum

not to exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) or a minimum of One

Hundred Dollars ($100.00) whichever is greater. The audit penalty

shall be added to the deficient inspection fees due and payment

shall be made within thirty (30) days of notice of the deficiency.

G. No information furnished to the Board under this section

shall be disclosed in a way which divulges proprietary information

about the operation of any person.

H. Each registrant, distributor, or manufacturer shall keep

accurate records of the tonnage of fertilizer distributed in this

state.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-6 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-6-6
Importing or possessing exotic swine - Misdemeanor –
Status: in_force

Exceptions.

A. It shall be unlawful and be a misdemeanor in Oklahoma to

import or possess exotic swine of the family Suidae. Provided,

however, exotic swine species shall not include pot-bellied pigs,

teacup pigs and other swine or pigs commonly owned as domestic pets.

B. The State Veterinarian may grant exceptions for importation

and possession by a zoo accredited by the Association of Zoos and

Aquariums.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-1301-103 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-1301-103
Renumbered as Section 16-3 of this title by Laws 2001,
Status: in_force

c. 113, § 56, emerg. eff. April 18, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-609 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-6-609
Rules for testing and intrastate movement - Transporter
Status: in_force

license - Transportation to authorized locations.

A. The State Board of Agriculture shall promulgate rules for

the testing and intrastate movement of live feral swine.

B. All persons that transport live feral swine in this state

shall be required to obtain a transporter license from the Oklahoma

Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry.

C. Live feral swine shall only be transported to the following:

1. A licensed sporting facility;

2. A licensed handling facility;

3. Directly to an approved slaughter facility; or

4. Pursuant to an order issued by the State Veterinarian.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-16-12 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-16-12
Application for and allocation of cost-share funds
Status: in_force

A. The State Department of Agriculture may require eligible

applicants to submit information, forms, and reports necessary to

properly and efficiently administer the forestry cost-share program.

B. Persons may apply to the Commissioner of the State

Department of Agriculture for cost-share funds to improve forest

lands in the State of Oklahoma, in accordance with rules promulgated

by the State Board of Agriculture. To be eligible, landowners shall

follow a written forest management plan that has been prepared by a

professional forester and approved by the Commissioner or that meets

standards established by the Commissioner. Applications for funds

shall be approved or denied by the Department in accordance with

criteria promulgated by the Board.

C. The Commissioner shall allocate monies from the Fund to

eligible landowners on a matching basis.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-1301-502 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-1301-502
Renumbered as Section 16-82 of this title by Laws
Status: in_force

2001, c. 113, § 56, emerg. eff. April 18, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-18-62 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-18-62
Referendum
Status: in_force

A. Before any change in assessment can be made, a referendum of

Oklahoma peanut growers shall be conducted to determine the

proportion of the peanut growers that favor continuation of the

program and the proportion of peanut growers that favor

discontinuing the program. Thereafter, such referendum shall be

conducted no more than once every three (3) years upon the receipt

by the Oklahoma Peanut Commission of petitions requesting a

referendum signed by at least ten percent (10%) of Oklahoma peanut

growers.

B. At any time a referendum is to be held, the Commission shall

write a definition of a producer eligible to vote, and shall cause a

notice to be given, by letter or publication in the official

publication of the Oklahoma Peanut Commission. The Commission shall

send ballots to those persons eligible to vote and shall set the

final date for ballots to be returned for tabulation. The

Commission shall provide for the printing of ballots and shall

furnish a double envelope system so that the identity of a voter

cannot be determined. The grower shall return the ballots by way of

a sealed envelope, pre-addressed to the President of the State Board

of Agriculture.

C. Tabulation of ballots shall be jointly by the President of

the State Board of Agriculture and chairman of the Oklahoma Peanut

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Commission. Whenever the question of levying the assessments is

disapproved, by failure of sixty percent (60%) of growers voting in

the referendum to favor continuation of the assessments, the

proclamation declaring the result shall provide for the termination

of the assessments on April 30, following the date of the

referendum.

D. Thirty (30) days after termination of the assessment, all

remaining funds of the Commission shall be transferred to the

experiment stations of Oklahoma State University to be used for

continued research on peanuts.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-81 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-81
Renumbered as § 15-31 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, §
Status: in_force

268, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-18-270 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-18-270
Short title - Purpose
Status: in_force

A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma

Oilseed Resources Act".

B. The purpose of the Oklahoma Oilseed Resources Act shall be

to develop programs that will enhance oilseed production, oilseed

research, promoting market development and education, and improving

profitability of Oklahoma oilseed producers.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-510 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-6-510
Emergency orders - Compliance – Hearings – Review of
Status: in_force

order, priority.

A. Whenever the State Veterinarian finds that an emergency

exists requiring immediate action to protect the public health or

welfare or to protect farmed or native cervidae from any animal

disease or pest, the State Veterinarian may without notice or hearing

issue an order that shall be effective upon issuance, reciting the

existence of an emergency and requiring that immediate action be

taken to meet the emergency.

B. Any person to whom an emergency order is directed shall

comply immediately but may request an administrative enforcement

hearing within fifteen (15) days after the order is served.

C. The administrative enforcement hearing shall be held by the

Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry within ten

(10) working days after receipt of the request.

D. With the input of the Department of Wildlife Conservation,

the State Board of Agriculture shall affirm, revoke, or modify the

emergency order based on the hearing record.

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E. Any person aggrieved by the final order may, pursuant to the

Administrative Procedures Act, petition for a judicial review of the

final order.

F. The appeal when docketed shall have priority over all cases

pending on the docket, other than criminal.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-1036.1 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-1036.1
Renumbered as § 18-315 of this title by Laws 2001, c
Status: in_force

146, § 250, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-16-5 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-16-5
Forestry Division - Other enforcement agencies
Status: in_force

The laws of this state relating to forestry activities shall be

implemented, enforced, and carried out by the State Board of

Agriculture through a division of the State Department of

Agriculture to be known as the Forestry Division. Other law

enforcement agencies of the state shall assist in the prevention,

suppression, and investigation of fires, and the enforcement of the

Oklahoma Forestry Code.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-16-23 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-16-23
Adoption of rules for road crews
Status: in_force

The State Department of Highways and the county commissioners of

the several counties of this state shall require their construction

and maintenance crews, contractors, subcontractors, and employees to

comply with the provisions of the Oklahoma Forestry Code, and the

highway department or county commissioners may adopt and promulgate

rules for the observance of the crews, contractors, subcontractors,

and employees in carrying out the purposes and provisions of the

Oklahoma Forestry Code.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-5-62.5 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-5-62.5
Renumbered as § 14-65 of this title by Laws 2000, c
Status: in_force

243, § 126, emerg. eff. May 24, 2000.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-10-74 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-10-74
Application of subarticle
Status: in_force

The provisions of this subarticle shall apply only to eggs

bought or sold for human food or consumption by humans.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-9-212.1 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-9-212.1
Renumbered as § 20-27 of this title by Laws 2005, c
Status: in_force

292, § 25, eff. July 1, 2005.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-155 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-6-155
Penalties
Status: in_force

Any person violating the provisions of subsections A and B of

Section 6-151 of this title relating to the importation and

transportation of livestock, is guilty of a Class D3 felony offense

and subject to a punishment of imprisonment as provided for in

subsections B through F of Section 20P of Title 21 of the Oklahoma

Statutes, or a Two Thousand Dollar ($2,000.00) fine, or both. Any

person violating any of the other provisions of this section,

relating to the importation and transportation of livestock, is

guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a maximum punishment of six

(6) months in the county jail or a Five Hundred Dollar ($500.00)

fine, or both. Each animal brought into the state in violation of

any of the provisions of this section shall constitute a separate

and distinct violation.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-3-406.1 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-3-406.1
Hemp remediation — Compliant test
Status: in_force

An industrial hemp licensee shall only remediate any industrial

hemp legally grown pursuant to the Oklahoma Department of

Agriculture, Food, and Forestry and the United States Department of

Agriculture programs at the licensee’s facility. Noncompliant hemp

shall not leave the facility until a compliant test is conducted by

the Department or a lab approved by the Department.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-2A-24 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-2A-24
Powers and duties of Department
Status: in_force

A. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry

is hereby authorized to implement and enforce the provisions of the

Oklahoma Agriculture Environmental Permitting Act and rules

promulgated thereunder.

B. In addition to authority under the Oklahoma Agricultural

Code, the Department shall have the power and duty to:

1. Evaluate applications for administrative and technical

completeness pursuant to requirements of the Oklahoma Agricultural

Code and rules promulgated thereunder and, when necessary to

determine the completeness, request changes, revisions, corrections,

or supplemental submissions;

2. Evaluate notices related to applications for sufficiency of

content and compliance and require that omissions or inaccuracies be

cured;

3. Consider timely and relevant comments received;

4. Prepare responses to comments, draft and final denials, and

draft, proposed, and final permits;

5. Cooperate with federal agencies;

6. Consolidate processes related to multiple, pending

applications filed by the same applicant for the same facility or

site in accordance with rules of the State Board of Agriculture; and

7. Otherwise exercise all incidental powers as necessary and

proper to implement the provisions of the Oklahoma Agriculture

Environmental Permitting Act and promulgate rules.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-1301-303 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-1301-303
Renumbered as Section 16-53 of this title by Laws
Status: in_force

2001, c. 113, § 56, emerg. eff. April 18, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-1301-204 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-1301-204
Renumbered as Section 16-24 of this title by Laws
Status: in_force

2001, c. 113, § 56, emerg. eff. April 18, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-15-111 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-15-111
Association may be converted into one with specified
Status: in_force

duties, powers and liabilities.

In each county in this state in which there has been established

a county free fair association under the 1937 Free Fair Act, as

amended in 1939, in which county bonds for free fair purposes have

been voted and issued since the effective date of the 1939

amendment, as provided in Sections 15-84 through 15-92 of this

title, the board of directors of the fair association may, by

resolution, if approved by the board of county commissioners,

establish and convert the association into a similar fair

association of the same name with the duties, powers and liabilities

specified by Sections 15-112 through 15-127 of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-108 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-108
Renumbered as § 15-83 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, §
Status: in_force

269, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-3-32.7 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-3-32.7
Licenses - Inspection fees
Status: in_force

A. The fee for each grower or dealer, license issued or renewed

and inspection conducted shall be as follows:

1. Grower’s license fee - Twenty five Dollars ($25.00) for each

business location;

2. Grower’s inspection fee - One Dollar ($1.00) per acre or

1000 square feet of greenhouse area inspected; and

3. Dealer’s license fee - Thirty eight Dollars ($38.00) for

each business location.

B. No fee shall be charged for a grower's license issued to any

scientific, agricultural, or horticultural club, educational or

eleemosynary institution, or any department or branch of the state

or federal government.

C. All licenses shall expire at a date to be determined by the

State Board of Agriculture. Failure to remit the license fee by the

15th of the month following the expiration month shall result in a

penalty fee equal to the cost of the license.

D. A person shall obtain a license prior to selling or dealing

in nursery stock.

E. All licenses are nontransferable upon any change of

ownership.

F. All penalties, fees, and monies collected under this program

shall be paid to the State Department of Agriculture and deposited

in the State Department of Agriculture Revolving Fund.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-191 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-6-191
Forging of official marks or certificates
Status: in_force

(a) No brand manufacturer, printer, or other person, firm, or

corporation shall cast, print, lithograph, or otherwise make any

device containing any official mark or simulation thereof, or any

label bearing any such mark or simulation, or any form of official

certificate or simulation thereof, except as authorized by the

Board.

(b) No person, firm, or corporation shall

(1) forge any official device, mark, or certificate;

(2) without authorization from the Board use any official

device, mark, or certificate, or simulation thereof, or alter,

detach, deface, or destroy any official device, mark, or

certificate;

(3) contrary to the regulations prescribed by the Board, fail

to use, or to detach, deface, or destroy any official device, mark,

or certificate;

(4) knowingly possess, without promptly notifying the Board or

its representative, any official device or any counterfeit,

simulated, forged, or improperly altered official certificate or any

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device or label or any carcass of any animal, or part or product

thereof, bearing any counterfeit, simulated, forged, or improperly

altered official mark;

(5) knowingly make any false statement in any shipper's

certificate or other nonofficial or official certificate provided

for in the regulations prescribed by the Board; or

(6) knowingly represent that any article has been inspected and

passed, or exempted, under this act, when, in fact, it has,

respectively, not been so inspected and passed, or exempted.

(c) Any person who violates the provisions of this section

shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class D3 felony offense and

shall be punished by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B

through F of Section 20P of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-16-54 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-16-54
Disposition of lands
Status: in_force

The State Board of Agriculture may sell, exchange, lease, or

dispose of any lands under its jurisdiction by the provisions of the

Oklahoma Forestry Code when in its judgment it is advantageous to

the state. All sales, exchanges, leases, or dispositions of lands

shall be at least upon a thirty-day public notice, to be given by

the Board, and shall be by sealed competitive bids, and awarded to

the highest bidder.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-152 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-6-152
Inspection and quarantine – Condemnation – Quarantine
Status: in_force

release.

A. 1. Any authorized agent of the State Board of Agriculture,

or any law enforcement officer of the State of Oklahoma or any

subdivision, shall have the authority to stop the shipment or

movement of any livestock within this state, and the agent or

officer may hold the livestock under quarantine at the owner's risk

and expense for observation, tests, vaccination, dipping, treatment,

inspection, or for any other purposes.

2. The agent or officer may order any and all livestock

unloaded or handled in any manner when the agent or officer finds it

necessary to effect a more complete and thorough inspection or

examination.

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3. If the livestock are found to be affected with any

infectious or communicable disease or condition which poses a threat

to the public health, safety, or welfare, the Board or State

Veterinarian may condemn the livestock and order them slaughtered

immediately. The agent, Board, or State Veterinarian shall not be

liable for the loss in value of any livestock stopped, quarantined,

condemned, or slaughtered under the provisions of this subarticle.

B. No livestock held under quarantine shall be released from

quarantine until a written release, signed by an authorized agent

has been executed.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-1029 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-1029
Renumbered as § 18-307 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146,
Status: in_force

§ 250, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-16-30 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-16-30
Civil liability
Status: in_force

Any person violating any of the provisions of the Oklahoma

Forestry Code shall be liable for all damages caused by any

violation, damages shall be recoverable in any court of competent

jurisdiction.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-303 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-6-303
Livestock trailers to be identified by number or driver
Status: in_force

license number.

A. It shall be unlawful to operate any trailer, not otherwise

required to be licensed by law, which is used for the hauling of

livestock upon the roads or highways of the State of Oklahoma unless

that trailer bears an identifying number.

B. Trailers owned by individual persons shall be identified

with the driver license number of the owner. Trailers owned by

corporations, partnerships, and other associations or owned by a

person who has no driver license shall be identified with numbers as

designated by rules of the State Board of Agriculture with advice

from the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety.

C. The identifying number shall be in Arabic numerals in a

contrasting color of not less than two (2) inches high painted or

otherwise affixed to the rear of the trailer so it is clearly

visible from the rear at all times and in a manner as to reasonably

assure against alteration or destruction.

D. The State Board of Agriculture may promulgate rules, and

with the advice of the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety, direct

the affixing of identifying numbers to livestock trailers.

E. It shall be unlawful to alter a livestock trailer

identifying number other than to comply with this subarticle or

rules issued pursuant to this subarticle.

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F. No fee shall be charged for the issuance of any trailer

identification number required by this subarticle.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-2-9 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-2-9
Cooperative contracts and agreements - Grading, sampling or
Status: in_force

inspection - Fees.

The State Board of Agriculture may enter into cooperative

contracts and agreements with the United States Department of

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 51

Agriculture, or any other federal or state agency, person, or firm

providing for the grading, sampling, or inspection of processed or

unprocessed foods, livestock, poultry, seeds, fruits, vegetables, or

other agricultural commodities and products. The Board shall

promulgate a schedule of fees to be charged and collected under the

provisions of this section from the person or agency for whom the

grading, sampling, or inspection service is rendered. The schedule

of fees shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State in

accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act and be open to the

public, and any subsequent change in the fees shall not be operative

until the change has been filed in the office of the Secretary of

State pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-283 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-6-283
Testing
Status: in_force

Upon request by the Board, all owners of equidae within the

State of Oklahoma shall submit their animals for an official test

for the detection of equine infectious anemia, or for application of

official identification. Such owners shall provide the necessary

facilities for conducting tests, or identifying animals, and shall

render such assistance as may be required by the Board.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-9-136 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-9-136
Buying of livestock prior to consignment – Fraudulent
Status: in_force

sale of livestock.

A. No person shall buy or offer to buy livestock on the

premises owned and used by a person operating a livestock auction

market before the livestock has been regularly consigned for sale.

B. No person, with the intent to defraud, shall offer for sale

any livestock at a livestock auction market in any name other than

that of the seller. Any person, with the intent to defraud, who

attempts to sell or sells livestock under a false name or a name

other than that of the seller shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

C. No person shall offer for sale any livestock at a livestock

auction market with the intent to defraud. For the purposes of this

subsection, it shall be considered an attempt by the seller to

defraud if livestock identified previously for sale are not the same

livestock offered or sold at a livestock market auction. Any person

convicted of violating the provisions of this subsection shall be

guilty of a misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-5-60.4 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-5-60.4
Duties of director
Status: in_force

The duties of the director shall include, but not be limited to:

1. Identifying and promoting the critical components of

individual Farm to School Programs and advising the agencies on

needed actions and strategies to implement the Oklahoma Farm to

School Program;

2. Establishing a partnership with public and nonprofit sources

to implement a public engagement campaign and establish a structure

to facilitate communication between farmers and school districts;

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3. Providing leadership at the state level to encourage school

districts to develop and improve school nutrition plans using

locally grown farm-fresh products;

4. Conducting workshops, training sessions, and technical

assistance to school food services directors, personnel, farmers,

and produce distributors and processors regarding the demand for and

the availability of Oklahoma farm products; and

5. Seeking grants from private donations and other funding

sources.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-270 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-6-270
Jurisdiction of district courts - Subpoenas
Status: in_force

The district courts are vested with jurisdiction specifically to

enforce and to prevent and restrain violations of this act and shall

have jurisdiction in all other kinds of cases arising under this

act, except as provided in Section 8, subsection D or Section 17 of

this act. All proceedings for the enforcement or to restrain

violations of this act shall be by and in the name of this state.

Subpoenas for witnesses who are required to attend a court of this

state in any district may run into any other district of this state

in any such proceeding.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-1509 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-1509
Renumbered as § 18-189 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146,
Status: in_force

§ 253, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-2-23 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-2-23
Renumbered as § 14-84 of this title by Laws 2000, c. 243,
Status: in_force

§ 126, emerg. eff. May 24, 2000.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-201 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-6-201
Cooperation with Federal Government
Status: in_force

(a) The Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture is hereby

designated as the state agency which shall be responsible for

cooperating with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States

under the provisions of Section 301 of the Federal Meat Inspection

Act and such agency may cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture

of the United States in developing and administering the meat

inspection program of this state under this act to assure that not

later than November 15, 1969, its requirements will be at least

equal to those imposed under Titles I and IV of the Federal Meat

Inspection Act and in developing and administering the program of

this state under Section 6-197 et seq. of this title in such a

manner as will effectuate the purposes of this act and said Federal

Act.

(b) In such cooperative efforts, the Oklahoma State Board of

Agriculture is authorized to accept from said Secretary advisory

assistance in planning and otherwise developing the state program,

technical and laboratory assistance and training (including

necessary curricular and instructional materials and equipment), and

financial and other aid for administration of such a program. The

Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture is further authorized to spend

public funds of this state appropriated for administration of this

act.

(c) The Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture is further

authorized to recommend to the said Secretary of Agriculture such

officials or employees of this state as the Oklahoma State Board of

Agriculture shall designate, for appointment to the advisory

committees provided for in Section 301 of the Federal Meat

Inspection Act; and the President of the Oklahoma State Board of

Agriculture shall serve as the representative of the Governor for

consultation with said Secretary under paragraph (c) of Section 301

of said act, unless the Governor shall select another

representative.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-3-100 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-3-100
Short title
Status: in_force

This subarticle shall be known and may be cited as the Oklahoma

Apiary Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-5-60.20 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-5-60.20
Determination of election results
Status: in_force

A. Upon receiving the report of the returns of an election and

referendum, the Commissioner shall determine:

1. The number of votes cast for and against the referendum

proposition;

2. The total volume of production of the commodity during the

relevant production period;

3. The percentage of the total volume of production of the

commodity that was produced by those voting in favor of the

referendum proposition; and

4. The appropriate number of candidates receiving the highest

number of votes for membership on the commodity producers board.

B. A successor organization shall follow the board election

procedures set in the bylaws of the successor organization and the

statutory assessment provisions for the particular commodity

represented by the successor organization.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-8-24 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-8-24
Records - File samples - Inspection
Status: in_force

Each person whose name appears on the label and handles

agricultural and vegetable seed subject to this subarticle shall

keep, for a period of at least two (2) years, complete records of

each lot of agricultural or vegetable seed handled, and shall keep

for at least one (1) year a file sample of each lot of seed after

final disposition. All records pertaining to the lot or lots

involved shall be accessible for inspection by the State Board of

Agriculture during customary business hours.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-16-25 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-16-25
Unlawful burning
Status: in_force

A. It is unlawful for any person to carelessly or willfully

burn or cause to be burned or to set fire to or cause any fire to be

set to any forest, grass, crops, rangeland, or other wild lands not

owned by, duly authorized by the owner or manager, or in the lawful

possession of, the person setting the fire or burning the lands or

causing the fire to be burned.

B. Any person who carelessly violates this section is guilty of

a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than Five Hundred

Dollars ($500.00), by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year,

or both. Any person who willfully violates this section is guilty

of a Class D1 felony offense punishable by a fine of not more than

Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), by imprisonment as provided for

in subsections B through F of Section 20N of Title 21 of the

Oklahoma Statutes, or by both.

C. Any person who carelessly or willfully burns, causes to be

burned, sets fire, or causes fire to be set, any forest, grass,

croplands, or woodlands not owned by, duly authorized by the owner

or manager, or in lawful possession of, shall be liable in a civil

action to any person injured or damaged by a fire to the amount of

the injury or damages.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-3-407 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-3-407
Inspection and sampling
Status: in_force

A. Any plants of the licensee are subject to at least annual

routine inspections and sampling to verify that the plant meets the

definition of industrial hemp. The Department shall notify each

licensee of the scope of the inspection and the process by which the

inspection will be conducted. The Department shall promulgate rules

regarding the procedures of inspection and sampling.

B. The Department may inspect and take samples from any

licensee’s plants during normal business hours.

C. Licenses for handling or processing shall be subject to at

least annual inspections in addition to compliance inspections.

D. The Department shall have the licensee present at the time

of inspection and sampling. The licensee or authorized

representative shall provide the Department’s inspector with

complete and unrestricted access to all plants, parts and seeds,

whether growing or harvested, and all land, buildings and other

structures used for the growth, cultivation, harvesting, storage,

handling or processing of industrial hemp, and all documents and

records pertaining to the licensee’s industrial hemp-growing,

cultivation operation, handling and processing.

E. The licensee shall pay for any inspection and laboratory

analysis costs that the Department deems necessary within thirty

(30) days of the date of the receipt of an invoice for the costs.

The Department shall waive all inspection or sampling costs if no

inconsistencies or violations are identified during an inspection

that is not part of the regular annual inspection process.

F. The Department shall promulgate rules to establish a process

by which a licensee may contest the procedures, protocols and

results or findings of the inspection.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-17-19 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-17-19
Inducing or attempting to induce breach of marketing
Status: in_force

contract - Penalty.

A. Except as otherwise provided by this section, any person or

corporation:

1. Whose officers or employees knowingly induce, or attempt to

induce any member or stockholder of an association organized

pursuant to the Cooperative Marketing Association Act or organized

pursuant to similar statutes of other states and operating in this

state under due authority, to breach its marketing contract with the

association; or

2. Who maliciously and knowingly spread false reports about the

finances, management, or activity of an association, organized

pursuant to the Cooperative Marketing Association Act,

shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof

shall be subject to a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars

($100.00) and not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for

each such offense.

B. Any member may present anything relative to the affairs of

the association at any annual or special meeting of the members,

without being liable under this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-3-50.5 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-3-50.5
Oklahoma Boll Weevil Eradication Organization -
Status: in_force

Formation - Status - Membership.

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A. 1. The State of Oklahoma shall contain a boll weevil

eradication district to be known as the Oklahoma Boll Weevil

Eradication Organization for the purposes of eradicating boll

weevils and performing posteradication maintenance and control

functions as an agency of the State of Oklahoma. The Organization

and the board of directors may enter into agreements with other

state agencies, other states, the United States of America and any

other entity or party as necessary to carry out the purposes of the

Boll Weevil Eradication Act.

2. The Organization shall be, and is hereby declared to be, a

governmental agency of the State of Oklahoma, body politic and

corporate, with powers of government and with the authority to

exercise the rights, privileges, and functions specified by the Boll

Weevil Eradication Act.

B. Every person who is a cotton grower in this state is subject

to the provisions of the Boll Weevil Eradication Act; however, only

eligible cotton growers may vote in the elections provided for by

the Boll Weevil Eradication Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-3-50.6 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-3-50.6
Board of directors - Election procedure
Status: in_force

A. 1. Elections for the board of directors shall be conducted

under the procedures provided by this section.

2. A cotton grower eligible to vote in a particular district

who desires to be a candidate for the board of directors shall file

with the board a petition signed by five cotton growers from the

district board. The application shall be:

a. filed not later than thirty (30) days before the date

set for the election, and

b. on a form approved by the board.

3. On receipt of an application and verification that the

application meets the requirements of this section, an applicant's

name shall be placed on the ballot for the election of the board of

directors.

4. The election shall be preceded by at least forty-five (45)

days' notice published in one or more newspapers published and

distributed in the established election districts. The notice shall

be published not less than once a week for three (3) consecutive

weeks.

B. All cotton growers actively engaged in the production of

cotton in the year of the calling of an election or who were

actively engaged in production of cotton in any two (2) of the three

(3) years immediately preceding the calling of the election shall be

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entitled to vote in the election. The board shall determine

eligibility to vote.

C. The board shall establish an election process that shall

include but not be limited to provisions for determining:

a. who is a cotton grower eligible to vote in an

election,

b. whether a board member is elected by a plurality or a

majority of the votes cast, and

c. qualifications for membership of the board of

directors.

D. Eligible cotton growers may vote in any district in which

they produce cotton.

E. Ballots in an election may be mailed to a central location

or delivered in person to a location or locations designated by the

board.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-17-18 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-17-18
Election of existing associations to come under act
Status: in_force

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A. By complying with the provisions of this section, any

association, organized pursuant to any previously existing statutes,

may elect, by vote of its members as provided in its Articles of

Incorporation and bylaws for the amendment of its Articles of

Incorporation and bylaws, to be brought under the provisions of the

Cooperative Marketing Association Act.

B. A statement, signed and sworn to by its directors to the

effect that the corporation or association has elected to adopt the

benefits and be bound by the provisions of the Cooperative Marketing

Association Act and has duly authorized all changes accordingly,

shall be filed as required for the filing of an amendment to the

Articles of Incorporation.

C. The same fee shall be paid for filing as for the filing

pursuant to this section of an amendment to the Articles of

Incorporation.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-280.15 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-6-280.15
Good faith violations - Alternatives to prosecution
Status: in_force

A. No person shall be subject to penalties pursuant to this

section for receiving for transportation any article or animal in

violation of the Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit Products Inspection Act

if such receipt was made in good faith, unless such person refuses

to furnish on request of a representative of the Board the name and

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address of the person from whom he received such article or animal,

and copies of all documents, if any there be, pertaining to the

delivery of the article or animal to him.

B. Nothing in the Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit Products

Inspection Act shall be construed as requiring the Board to report

for prosecution, or for the institution of legal action or

injunction proceedings, minor violations of the Oklahoma Rabbit and

Rabbit Products Inspection Act whenever it believes that the public

interest will be adequately served by a suitable written notice of

warning.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-16-61 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-16-61
Notice to adjoining property owners of harvesting
Status: in_force

operations.

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A. 1. Any timber owner involved in a logging or timber

harvesting operation shall clearly mark any established property

lines which are within one hundred (100) feet of the area to be cut.

2. If there is no established property line, the timber owner

authorizing the logging or timber harvesting operation shall send by

certified mail, return receipt requested, written notice of the

logging or timber harvesting operation to the owner of record in the

office of the county assessor or records of the county treasurer of

any real property adjoining the cutting area at least ten (10) days

prior to the commencement of the operation.

3. If the timber owner is unable to ascertain the address of

the legal residence of the owner of record as recorded in the office

of the county assessor or records of the county treasurer of any

real property adjoining the cutting area, notice of the logging or

timber harvesting operation shall be given by publication. The

notice shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation

in the county in which the operation is to occur specifying the

owner of the property and the legal description. The notice shall

be published at least ten (10) days prior to commencement of the

operation.

B. If the timber owner fails to clearly mark any established

property lines or fails to mail or publish any notice to the

abutting real property owners as required by this section and, as a

result of that failure, timber is harvested or other damage occurs

on any abutting real property without the consent of the owner, the

timber owner shall be liable in damages pursuant to Section 72 of

Title 23 of the Oklahoma Statutes to the owner of the abutting real

property.

C. The provisions of this section shall not relieve the owner

of the real property on which the timber is located from liability

pursuant to Section 72 of Title 23 of the Oklahoma Statutes for

failing to clearly mark or mismarking any property lines required by

this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-10-25 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-10-25
Premiums and expenses
Status: in_force

At least sixty percent (60%) of any amount made available for

the state show or any county show shall be used to pay premiums and

to defray expenses for the junior division of the show. The

remainder shall be used to pay premiums and to defray expenses for

the adult or open division.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-1301-202 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-1301-202
Renumbered as Section 16-22 of this title by Laws
Status: in_force

2001, c. 113, § 56, emerg. eff. April 18, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-751 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-751
Renumbered as § 7-21 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, §
Status: in_force

247, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-1452 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-1452
Renumbered as § 8-80.2 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146,
Status: in_force

§ 252, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-2003 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-2003
Qualifications for retraining
Status: in_force

In order for farmers and ranchers to qualify for retraining, they shall:

1. Have at least fifty percent (50%) of income from farming and ranching on

or after January 1, 1983, and the applicant furnish appropriate federal and state

tax returns to verify facts necessary to qualify for retraining; and

2. Have defaulted on any agriculture-related loan to any banking, savings

and loan, or federal agency, on or after January 1, 1983; or

3. Have been the subject of a foreclosure on any item or property related to

agriculture business by any institution similar to a bank or savings and loan,

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including but not limited to the Federal Land Bank; or any federal agency similar,

but not limited to the Farmers Home Administration or the Federal Land Bank; or

4. Be an individual who could possibly save his farm or ranch from

bankruptcy or foreclosure by learning a skill. The individuals who would qualify

under this subsection will be recommended by the Advisory Committee on

Agricultural Employment Retraining created in Section 2005 of this title; and

5. Satisfy the entrance and eligibility requirements imposed by the

technology center school.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-14-35 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-14-35
Board - Powers and duties conforming to National
Status: in_force

Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook.

The State Board of Agriculture shall have the following powers

and duties:

1. Maintain traceability of the state standards to the National

Institute of Standards and Technology and adopt standard weights and

measures for products in conformity with federal standards for use

as the standard for weighing and measuring products in Oklahoma;

2. Ensure that all rules conform as nearly as practicable to

the uniform regulations adopted by the National Conference on

Weights and Measures and published in the National Institute of

Standards and Technology Handbook 130, “Uniform Laws and

Regulations”, including all supplements and revisions thereof;

3. Establish requirements for labeling, for the presentation of

cost-per-unit information, for standards of weight, measure, or

count, and for standards of fill for any packaged commodity. The

Board may establish requirements for open dating information;

4. Conduct investigations to ensure compliance with this

article;

5. Inspect and test weights and measures kept, offered, or

exposed for sale;

6. Inspect and test to ascertain if the weights and measures

commercially used are correct by:

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a. determining the weight, measure, or count of

commodities or things sold, offered, or exposed for

sale on the basis of weight, measure, or count, or

b. by computing the basic charge or payment for services

rendered on the basis of weight, measure, or count;

7. Approve for use weights and measures found to be correct and

reject and mark as rejected weights and measures found to be

incorrect. Approved weights and measures may be marked as approved.

Weights and measures that have been rejected may be seized if not

corrected within the time specified or if used or disposed of in a

manner not specifically authorized. The Board shall condemn and may

seize weights and measures found to be incorrect that are not

capable of being made correct;

8. Weigh, measure, or inspect packaged commodities kept,

offered or exposed for sale, sold or in the process of delivery, to

determine whether they contain the amounts represented and are in

accordance with this article and rules of the Board. The Board

shall use recognized sampling procedures adopted by the National

Conference on Weights and Measures and published in the National

Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 133, “Checking the

Net Contents of Packaged Goods” and supplements and revisions;

9. If a method of declaring the quantity of a specific

commodity by weight, measure, numerical count, or combination does

not facilitate value comparisons by consumers or offers an

opportunity for consumer confusion, an appropriate term or unit of

weight or measure may be prescribed;

10. Allow reasonable variations from the stated quantity of

contents, including but not limited to those caused by loss or gain

of moisture during the course of good distribution practice or by

unavoidable deviations in good manufacturing practice only after the

commodity has entered intrastate commerce;

11. Set standards for inspection by rule for circumstances not

addressed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Handbook 130, “Uniform Laws and Regulations” and the National

Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 133, “Checking the

Net Contents of Packaged Goods”;

12. Promulgate rules for the enforcement of the National

Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook Number 130, “Uniform

Laws and Regulations,” the National Institute of Standards and

Technology Handbook 133, “Checking the Net Contents of Packaged

Goods, and the act; and

13. Enforce the provisions of Sections 14-31 through 14-43 of

this title and rules promulgated thereto.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-1024 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-1024
Renumbered as § 18-303 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146,
Status: in_force

§ 250, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-38 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-38
Renumbered as § 15-8 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, §
Status: in_force

267, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-2A-21 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-2A-21
Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 12 through 20 of this act shall be known and may be

cited as the “Oklahoma Agriculture Environmental Permitting Act”.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-1027 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-1027
Renumbered as § 18-305 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146,
Status: in_force

§ 250, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-20-27 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-20-27
Renumbered as § 20-63 of this title by Laws 2007, c. 31,
Status: in_force

§ 51, eff. Nov. 1, 2007.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-2-10 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-2-10
Department of Agriculture Revolving Fund - Disbursements -
Status: in_force

Claims.

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund to be

known as the State Department of Agriculture Revolving Fund. All

monies, fees, and revenues collected, authorized, or received from

any source by the State Board of Agriculture or any division,

officer, or employee of the State Department of Agriculture pursuant

to the provisions of the Oklahoma Agricultural Code or any law or

agreement shall be deposited in the fund.

B. The fund shall be a continuing fund and shall be expended

only for purposes specifically authorized and approved by a majority

vote of the five (5) members appointed to and constituting the

Board. The President, in the absence of the Board, may approve

disbursements for lawfully authorized purposes. Expenditures from

the fund shall be made only for defraying the costs and expenses of

providing inspection, sampling, grading, and other services

authorized by the Board for which fees or other monies have been

paid into the fund and for which other monies are not available for

the payment of services.

C. The Board shall have authority to employ and pay out of the

fund inspectors, graders, or other personnel as needed or required

to conduct authorized services.

D. All claims against the fund shall be paid only upon the

majority approval of the Board, or the President in the absence of

the Board.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-14-82 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-14-82
Tolerances
Status: in_force

The State Department of Agriculture shall establish tolerances

for pesticidal chemicals in foodstuffs and other materials destined

for human consumption or animal feeds including forage crops and

grains except where tolerances are established by the State Board of

Health on foodstuffs or other materials for human consumption for

which the State Board of Health has regulatory jurisdiction by law.

Copies of the tolerances shall be made available to any agency,

person, group, company or other organization requesting the

tolerances.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-9-21 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-9-21
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Public Warehouse and Commodity Indemnity Act:

1. “Charter” means a franchise issued to a person for the

operation of a public warehouse;

2. “Commodities” means nonperishable grains or seeds;

3. “Depositor” means any person storing commodities with a

state-chartered or federally licensed warehouse;

4. “Electronic document” means a document that is generated,

sent, received, or stored by electronic data interchange, electronic

mail, telegram, telex, or telecopy;

5. “Electronic receipt” means a receipt that is authorized by

the State Board of Agriculture to be issued under this act in the

form of an electronic document;

6. “Full market value” means the value required by law to be

used by insurance underwriters in paying for losses of commodities

insured for their actual cash value;

7. “Indemnity” means the Oklahoma Commodity Storage Indemnity

Fund;

8. “Loss” means any monetary reduction in value to a producer

of an extraordinary nature and which shall include, but not be

limited to, bankruptcy, embezzlement, theft or fraud;

9. “Producer” means any person planting, raising, growing, or

harvesting commodities;

10. “Public warehouse” means any place where commodities are

received for storage, received for transfer to other public

warehouses, or both;

11. “Storage” or “warehousing” means any method of holding

commodities by a party other than the direct owner except for

transportation;

12. “Warehouseman” means any person operating a public

warehouse; and

13. “Warehouse receipt” means every receipt issued by a

warehouseman for commodities pursuant to the Public Warehouse and

Commodity Indemnity Act.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-15-59 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-15-59
Tax levy - Amount - Purpose
Status: in_force

For the purpose of defraying the expense of holding county and

township fairs, the excise board of each county may make an annual

levy upon all taxable property in the county, of not exceeding one-

half (1/2) of one (1) mill, per annum, which is hereby declared not

to be a current expense and in addition to the maximum levy for

current expenses now provided by law. The levy shall be for a

special purpose. One-half (1/2) of the fund shall be known as the

"free fair fund" and the other half of the fund shall be known as

the 4-H Club, F.F.A., and Women's Home Demonstration Club Work Fund.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-10-9.13 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-10-9.13
Short title - Oklahoma Poultry Waste Transfer Act -
Status: in_force

Purpose.

A. Sections 10-9.13 through 10-9.15 of this title shall be

known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Poultry Waste Transfer Act".

The purpose of this act shall be to encourage the transfer of

poultry waste out of designated nutrient-limited watersheds and

nutrient-vulnerable groundwater as designated in the most recent

Oklahoma Water Quality Standards.

B. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry

shall develop a plan to encourage the transfer of poultry waste out

of designated nutrient-limited watersheds and nutrient-vulnerable

groundwater as designated by the most recent Oklahoma Water Quality

Standards.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-4018 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-4018
Resident veterinarians — Payroll — Insurance benefits
Status: in_force

The Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority is

authorized to place resident veterinarians of the Oklahoma State

University College of Veterinary Medicine on the Oklahoma State

University Veterinary Medicine Authority payroll, and is further

authorized to acquire health, life, and dental insurance for such

residents. Such residents shall not be considered employees of the

Authority and shall not be eligible to participate in the Oklahoma

Public Employees Retirement System. This section shall not preclude

the right of the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine

Authority to terminate, for cause, the practicing privileges of any

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resident veterinarian within the Oklahoma State University

Veterinary Medicine Authority.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-100 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-6-100
Brucellosis eradication - Livestock owner requirements -
Status: in_force

Indemnity payments.

A. The State of Oklahoma is hereby declared brucellosis free.

The State Board of Agriculture may reinstitute a program of

brucellosis eradication based on the advice of the State

Veterinarian and in consultation with the United States Department

of Agriculture.

B. Each owner of livestock shall comply with the requirements

of a brucellosis plan. A licensed, accredited veterinarian or

authorized agent of the Board shall perform all tests on livestock

for brucellosis. The owner or person in control of the livestock

shall render assistance in restraining the animals as the State

Veterinarian or a representative of the State Veterinarian deems

necessary. Any owner or caretaker who neglects or refuses to

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present the livestock for testing or refuses or neglects to assist

in restraining them, upon conviction thereof, shall be guilty of a

misdemeanor.

C. The State Veterinarian or representative authorized to test

the livestock may file a complaint with the district attorney who

shall immediately notify the offending party either by certified

mail, personal service, posting a notice on the premises, or

publication that the person will have an additional ten (10) days to

comply with the requirements. If the party fails to comply, the

sheriff of the county shall gather the livestock for testing. The

owner shall pay all fees and costs incurred in gathering the

livestock into the county general fund, to be reappropriated to the

county sheriff's office.

D. An indemnity payment in an amount approved by the United

States Department of Agriculture and the Board shall be made on each

reactor upon proof of slaughter. The Board shall pay any owner of

cattle destroyed because of brucellosis an indemnity of not more

than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for each animal, provided the animal

qualifies for an indemnity payment pursuant to official state or

federal brucellosis regulations, and the state monies will be in

addition to any indemnity payments by the United States Department

of Agriculture. The indemnity payments shall be made from funds

made available by the United States Department of Agriculture or the

Board within the limits of availability. The state indemnity shall

not be paid unless the owner of the cattle is in compliance with

rules of the Board pertaining to an approved plan.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-18-408 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-18-408
Contributing to Eastern Redcedar Revolving Fund - State
Status: in_force

income tax return.

A. Each individual taxpayer required to file a state income tax

return who desires to contribute to the Eastern Redcedar Revolving

Fund, as created in Section 18-407 of this title, may designate the

contribution on the appropriate income tax form. The contribution

may not increase or decrease the income or liability of the taxpayer

and may be made by reducing the income tax refund of a taxpayer by

the amount designated or by accepting additional payment from the

taxpayer by the amount designated, whichever is appropriate.

B. 1. The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall include on each state

individual income tax return form for tax years beginning after

December 31, 2010, an opportunity for the taxpayer to donate for the

benefit of the Eastern Redcedar Revolving Fund. The instructions

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accompanying the income tax form shall be provided to the Oklahoma

Tax Commission by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and

Forestry and shall contain a description of the purpose for which

the Eastern Redcedar Revolving Fund was established and information

on the use of monies from the income tax contribution.

2. Taxpayers who are entitled to refunds shall have the refunds

reduced by the amount designated by the taxpayer. The Oklahoma Tax

Commission shall annually determine the total amount designated plus

the amount received in excess payments and shall report the total

amount to the Office of the State Treasurer. The State Treasurer

shall credit the total amount to the Eastern Redcedar Revolving Fund

created in Section 18-407 of this title at the earliest possible

time.

C. The incremental cost of administration of contributions

shall be paid out of the fund to the Oklahoma Tax Commission from

amounts received pursuant to this section before funds are expended

for the purposes of the fund.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-12-2 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-12-2
Agents authorized to carry firearms
Status: in_force

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It shall be lawful for an authorized agent of the State Board of

Agriculture engaged in wildlife damage management, pursuant to the

provisions of Section 12-1 of this title, to carry firearms in the

course of his or her official duties. Authorized agents shall

successfully pass a background check by the Oklahoma Department of

Agriculture, Food, and Forestry and be trained in accordance with

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services guidelines

for the use of firearms in wildlife damage management.

The names of agents authorized by the Board to carry firearms

shall be furnished to the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-112 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-112
Renumbered as § 15-87 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, §
Status: in_force

269, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-94 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-6-94
Positive reactions - Permanent branding of animal – Tagging – Removal of permanent mark
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 10Tagging – Removal of permanent mark or brand.

A. The owner of exposed animals or reactors shall present the

animals for branding or tagging within fifteen (15) days after

receiving notice of reaction or exposure. The failure of an owner

to comply with the requirements of this subsection shall be deemed a

misdemeanor.

B. The removal of any permanent mark or brand, including

official identification, from any animal with a reportable disease

or those classified as diseased in a herd being depopulated, without

prior authorization from the State Veterinarian, shall be deemed a

Class D3 felony offense and shall be punished by imprisonment as

provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20P of Title 21

of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-1850.12 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-1850.12
Renumbered as § 18-251 of this title by Laws 2001, c
Status: in_force

146, § 266, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-314 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-6-314
Inspections - Summary of aquatic species produced and
Status: in_force

marketed.

A. 1. a. Any duly authorized representative of the Oklahoma

Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry shall

have the power to inspect, at reasonable times,

records, facilities and operations of any person

engaging in the commercial production of catfish,

minnows, fingerlings, fish, frogs and other aquatic

species in order to determine whether or not diseased

species, that could cause such species to contaminate

wild fish, exist in the impoundments.

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b. If diseased conditions exist, the Oklahoma Department

of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry may require the

removal or the treatment of the diseased species to

prevent contamination of wild fish.

2. Any duly authorized representative of the Department of

Wildlife Conservation shall have the power to inspect, at reasonable

times, records, facilities and operations of any person engaging in

the commercial production of catfish, minnows, fingerlings, fish,

frogs and other aquatic species in order to determine if the

commercial operation is in compliance with the Oklahoma Wildlife

Conservation Code and rules promulgated thereto. Any person found

or alleged to be in violation of the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation

Code or rules promulgated thereto shall be subject to the provisions

of the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Code.

B. A licensee shall be present during any inspection authorized

pursuant to the provisions of this section. In addition, the

licensee shall cooperate with the Oklahoma Department of

Agriculture, Food, and Forestry and the Department of Wildlife

Conservation in performing such licensee’s duties pursuant to the

provisions of this act.

C. Any licensee subject to the provisions of this act shall

submit to the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry

an annual summary of the number of catfish, minnows, fingerlings,

fish, frogs and other aquatic species produced and marketed by the

commercial operation and any other information as requested by the

Department. The summary shall be submitted to the Department at

such time and in such manner as is required by the Department.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-2-2 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-2-2
Compensation - Meetings
Status: in_force

Members of the State Board of Agriculture shall receive actual

expenses of travel pursuant to the State Travel Reimbursement Act.

The Board shall meet a minimum of eight (8) times per year in

regular session but not more than six (6) days in any calendar

month. Special meetings of the Board may be held at the time and

place as set by the President or at the time and place petitioned

for by three members of the Board.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-105 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-105
Renumbered as § 15-80 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, §
Status: in_force

269, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-188 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-6-188
Establishments - Inspections - Sanitary conditions
Status: in_force

The Board shall cause to be made, by competent inspectors, such

inspection of all slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing,

rendering, or similar establishments in which cattle, bison, sheep,

swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines are slaughtered and

the meat and meat food products thereof are prepared for intrastate

commerce as may be necessary to inform itself concerning the

sanitary conditions of the same and to prescribe the rules and

regulations of sanitation under which such establishments shall be

maintained; and where the sanitary conditions of any such

establishment are such that the meat or meat food products are

rendered adulterated, it shall refuse to allow said meat or meat

food products to be labeled, marked, stamped, or tagged as "Oklahoma

Inspected and Passed", and the Board may remove inspectors from any

establishment which fails to maintain said establishment in a

sanitary manner.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-5-503 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-5-503
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Oklahoma AgrAbility Project Act:

1. “Oklahoma AgrAbility Project” means the joint program of the

Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, ABLE Tech, Langston

University, and Oklahoma Assistive Technology Foundation,

established in accordance with the AgrAbility Program established by

the United States Department of Agriculture; and

2. “Production agriculture” means production for commercial

purposes of crops, livestock, and livestock products.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-1763 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-1763
Renumbered as § 5-83 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, §
Status: in_force

258, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-3-50.9a — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-3-50.9a
Collection of assessment
Status: in_force

A. 1. The assessment imposed pursuant to the provisions of the

Boll Weevil Eradication Act shall be levied on a cotton grower at

the time of sale and shall be collected and remitted to the board of

directors by the cotton gin serving as the selling agent for the

cotton produced. The cotton gins shall furnish monthly reports to

the board of directors on or before the fifteenth day of each month

regarding the assessments collected, pay all of the assessments

collected each month, and furnish the board with any other

information reasonably requested by it to ensure the collection of

the assessments for each grower.

2. Pursuant to the provisions of the Boll Weevil Eradication

Act no cotton shall be subject to assessment of a fee more than

once.

B. 1. The cotton gin serving as selling agent for the cotton

grower shall collect the assessment in the same manner as ginning

costs are deducted from the purchase price of the cotton or from any

funds advanced for that purpose.

2. The board of directors, by registered or certified mail,

shall notify each cotton gin of the duty to collect the assessment,

the manner in which the assessment is to be collected, and the date

on or after which the cotton gin is to begin collecting the

assessment, the date by which an accounting of all assessments

collected and paid will be submitted, and the date by which the

balance of previously collected assessment shall be paid.

3. The amount of the assessment collected shall be clearly

shown on the sales invoice or other document evidencing the

transaction. The cotton gin, as the seller's agent, shall furnish a

copy of the document to the cotton grower.

C. 1. The cotton gin may rely upon the information or

certification provided by the board of directors to the cotton gin

regarding cotton acres and other related information as deemed

necessary by the board of directors in determining the amount of

assessment due and owing from the cotton grower.

2. A cotton gin that uses due diligence in collecting an

assessment from a cotton grower based upon information or a

certification provided by the board of directors regarding the

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cotton grower shall be relieved of any liability for any errors or

omissions in the assessment should it be determined that the

assessment was inaccurate.

3. The provisions contained in this section apply to all cotton

gins located in the State of Oklahoma or in any other state. Any

gin that, whether by design or inadvertent act, fails to forward to

the board of directors by June 1 of each year an accounting of all

assessments collected and paid, as well as payment for all

assessments previously collected but not paid, shall be subject to

an administrative penalty or fine pursuant to the Boll Weevil

Eradication Act.

D. Every cotton grower shall keep accurate production records

on the amount of cotton ginned and the number of acres planted and

harvested for a minimum of two (2) years. Copies shall be furnished

to any authorized agent of the board of directors or the State Board

of Agriculture at any time during reasonable business hours of the

cotton grower immediately upon oral request, or within ten (10)

working days of any written request.

E. Failure to pay the required assessment or any remaining

amount due shall result in an administrative penalty or fine to the

grower, or other legal action to the grower or to the cotton gin

when the assessment has been collected from the cotton grower.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-18-57 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-18-57
Assessments - Refunds - Liens
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby levied an assessment of Four Dollars ($4.00)

per net ton of peanuts on a farmer's stock basis marketed in

Oklahoma. Such assessment shall be levied and assessed to the

grower at the time of sale, and shall be shown as a deduction by the

first purchaser from the price paid in settlement to the grower;

provided that within sixty (60) days after any sale the grower may

upon submission of a written request therefor to the executive

director obtain a refund in the amount of the assessment deducted by

the first purchaser. The refund to the grower who has requested

such refund shall be made within sixty (60) days following the

request. Such request shall be accompanied by the producer's

marketing settlement forms which shall be evidence of the payment of

the assessment which need not be verified.

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B. The availability of a refund and instructions describing the

process of obtaining a refund shall be posted in a conspicuous

public location at all places where the fees are required to be

collected.

C. The Oklahoma Peanut Commission shall keep complete records

of all refunds made under the provisions of this section. Records

of refunds may be destroyed two (2) years after the refund is made.

D. All funds expended in the administration of the Oklahoma

Peanut Act and for the payment of all claims whatsoever growing out

of the performance of any duties or activities pursuant to the

Oklahoma Peanut Act shall be paid from the proceeds derived from

subsection A of this section. In the case of a lienholder who is a

first purchaser, the assessment shall be deducted by the lienholder

from the proceeds of the claim secured by such lien at the time the

peanuts are pledged or mortgaged. The assessment shall constitute a

preferred lien and shall have priority over all other liens and

encumbrances upon such peanuts. The assessment shall be deducted

and paid as herein provided whether such peanuts are stored in this

or any other state.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-18-279 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-18-279
Oklahoma Oilseed Resources Fund
Status: in_force

There is created until November 1, 2017, the Oklahoma Oilseed

Resources Fund. The Oklahoma Oilseed Resources Fund shall be

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administered by the Oklahoma Oilseed Commission for the benefit of

the oilseed producers in this state for the purposes specified by

the Oklahoma Oilseed Resources Act. The Oklahoma Oilseed Resources

Fund shall be established and maintained in a bank or other

depository as approved by the Commission and the President of the

State Board of Agriculture. Any unexpended balance contained in the

revolving fund designated for the Oklahoma Oilseed Commission on

November 1, 2017, shall be transferred and deposited to the credit

of the General Revenue Fund of the State Treasury.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-15-22 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-15-22
Officers - Selection - Board of directors - Election of
Status: in_force

president and secretary.

The officers of the free district fair association shall be

chosen from the delegates selected by the counties entering the

association. The officers shall consist of a president, secretary

and board of directors. The president and secretary selected

pursuant to Section 15-55 of this title for county fair association

organizations of each of the counties constituting the free district

fair association shall be and constitute the board of directors of

the free district fair association from which membership a president

and secretary shall be elected.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-361d — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-361d
Renumbered as § 17-5 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 38, §
Status: in_force

26, eff. Nov. 1, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-1454 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-1454
Renumbered as § 8-80.5 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146,
Status: in_force

§ 252, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-290.4 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-6-290.4
Board - Powers and duties
Status: in_force

In addition to any powers and duties of the Board provided for

by law, the Board shall have the power and duty to:

1. Adopt and promulgate regulations necessary to provide for

the proper inspection of exotic livestock and exotic livestock

products, and prescribe conditions under which carcasses, parts of

carcasses, exotic livestock meat and exotic livestock products

capable of use as human food, shall be stored, labeled, marked or

otherwise handled by any person engaged in the business of buying,

selling, freezing, storing, or transporting, in or for intrastate

commerce;

2. Cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United

States in effectuating the purposes of the Exotic Livestock and

Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act;

3. Appoint inspectors to make examination and inspection of

exotic livestock, exotic livestock carcasses, all exotic livestock

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meat and exotic livestock products, and the sanitary conditions of

all plants or establishments in which exotic livestock meat and

exotic livestock products are prepared;

4. Detain and seize exotic livestock or exotic livestock

carcasses or exotic livestock products pursuant to the provisions of

the Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act;

5. Require reports from all persons subject to the provisions

of the Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection

Act;

6. Suspend inspection service pursuant to the provisions of the

Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act;

7. Establish and enforce administrative penalties pursuant to

Section 11-1 of Title 2 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

8. Enter upon any public or private property for purposes of

inspecting and investigating compliance with the Exotic Livestock

and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act;

9. Refuse to render inspection services to any establishment

whose premises, facilities, or equipment, or the operation thereof,

fail to meet the requirements of the Exotic Livestock and Exotic

Livestock Products Inspection Act;

10. Institute or cause to be instituted any necessary legal

proceedings with the Office of the Attorney General or in any court

of competent jurisdiction for an injunction relief to enforce the

provisions of the Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products

Inspection Act; and

11. Exercise all incidental powers which are necessary and

proper to perform the duties of the Board pursuant to the Exotic

Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-7-409 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-7-409
Sampling and testing
Status: in_force

A. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall collect and analyze

representative samples, at least four times in any consecutive six

(6) months, of Grade A raw milk for pasteurization and Grade A milk

and milk products from each Grade A dairy farm, or milk plant and

shall collect and analyze representative Grade A milk and milk

products, as required by the Oklahoma Milk and Milk Products Act and

rules promulgated by the State Board of Agriculture.

B. Whenever two of the last four consecutive bacteria counts,

somatic cell counts, coliform determinations, or cooling

temperatures, taken on separate days, exceed the limit of the

standard for the milk and milk products, the Commissioner shall send

a written notice to the person concerned. This notice shall be in

effect so long as two of the last four consecutive samples exceed

the limit of the standard. An additional sample shall be taken

within twenty-one (21) days of sending the notice, but not before

the lapse of three (3) days.

C. Whenever a phosphatase test on Grade A pasteurized milk is

positive, the cause shall be determined; and where the cause is

improper pasteurization, it shall be corrected and any milk or milk

product involved shall not be offered for sale as Grade A.

D. Whenever an inhibitor test is positive and confirmed, the

cause shall be determined, any milk or milk product involved shall

not be offered for sale as Grade A, and the dairy farm responsible

shall not produce raw milk for Grade A purposes until the milk is

found to be free of inhibitors.

E. Samples shall be analyzed in a laboratory approved by the

Commissioner. All sampling procedures and required laboratory

examinations shall be in substantial compliance with the latest

edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Dairy Products of

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the American Public Health Association and the latest edition of

Official Methods of Analyses of the Association of Official

Analytical Chemists. The procedures including the certification of

sample collectors and the examinations shall be evaluated in

accordance with the Evaluation of Milk Laboratories, 1995

Recommendations of the U.S. Public Health Service/Food and Drug

Administration and its successors.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-2-18 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-2-18
Notice - Hearings - Penalties
Status: in_force

A. After notice and opportunity for a hearing in accordance

with the Administrative Procedures Act, if the State Board of

Agriculture finds any person in violation of the Oklahoma

Agricultural Code or any rule promulgated or order issued pursuant

thereto, the Board shall have the authority to assess an

administrative penalty of not less than One Hundred Dollars

($100.00) and not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for

each violation. Each animal, each action, or each day a violation

continues may constitute a separate and distinct violation.

B. The Board may appoint administrative law judges to conduct

the hearings. Hearings shall be held at a location within the

region in which the alleged violator resides or the violation

occurred, or the central offices of the State Board of Agriculture

in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

C. Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of the

Oklahoma Agricultural Code or rules promulgated by the Board shall

be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor unless a violation of the Oklahoma

Agricultural Code or rules promulgated thereto is specifically

identified with a penalty or as a Class D3 felony offense in the

individual articles of the Oklahoma Agricultural Code. Any person

who violates the provisions of this subsection shall, upon

conviction, be guilty of a Class D3 felony offense and shall be

punished by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F

of Section 20P of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

D. Nothing in the Oklahoma Agricultural Code shall preclude the

Board from seeking penalties in district court in the maximum amount

allowed by law. The assessment of penalties in an administrative

enforcement proceeding shall not prevent the subsequent assessment

by a court of the maximum civil or criminal penalties for violations

of the Oklahoma Agricultural Code and rules promulgated pursuant

thereto.

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E. Any person assessed an administrative or civil penalty may

be required to pay, in addition to the penalty amount and interest

thereon, attorney fees and costs associated with the collection of

the penalties.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-2-4c — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-2-4c
Livestock policy implementation – Restriction on local
Status: in_force

orders, ordinances, and regulations.

A. Except as may otherwise be provided by law, the Oklahoma

Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry shall be the state

entity empowered to implement the policy of the state regarding the

care and handling of livestock in this state.

B. No municipality, county, or other political subdivision of

this state shall enact or enforce any order, ordinance, or

regulation concerning the care and handling of livestock within its

jurisdiction that is more restrictive than rules promulgated by the

Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry concerning

the care and handling of livestock or Section 1685 of Title 21 of

the Oklahoma Statutes. Ordinances or regulations by municipalities

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pertaining to land use or to human health or safety shall not be

considered to constitute livestock care and handling.

C. Except as otherwise provided by law as of the effective date

of this act, standards for erection, installation, and use of

structures and equipment used for care and handling of livestock,

poultry facilities, and planting of agricultural crops, except

medical marijuana, shall only be subject to regulation by the

Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry. This

subsection shall only apply to all entities who purport to regulate

the erection, installation, and use of structures and equipment for

care and handling of livestock, poultry, and planting of

agricultural crops, except medical marijuana, in unincorporated

areas.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-34 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-34
Renumbered as § 15-4 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, §
Status: in_force

267, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-3-82A — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-3-82A
Fees
Status: in_force

A. The following fees shall be paid to the State Board of

Agriculture:

1. A fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each category of

pesticide application shall be paid to the Board for the issuance or

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renewal of a commercial applicator business license. Not more than

Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) total category fees shall be charged

annually to any business location of an applicator;

2. A fee of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) shall be paid to the Board

for each written examination conducted by the Board;

3. A fee of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) shall be paid to the Board

for each practical examination conducted by the Board;

4. A fee of Twenty Dollars ($20.00) shall be paid to the Board

for the issuance or renewal of a private applicator's license;

5. A fee of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) shall be paid to the Board

for the issuance or renewal of a noncommercial business license.

Not more than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) total category

fees shall be charged annually to any noncommercial business

location of an applicator;

6. A fee of Twenty Dollars ($20.00) shall be paid to the Board

for the issuance or renewal of service technician identification;

7. A fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00) shall be paid to the Board for

the issuance of duplicate licenses or certificates or transfer of

service technician identification;

8. A fee of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) shall be paid to the Board

for each recertification procedure; and

9. A fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) shall be paid to the

Board for each reciprocal certification procedure for applicator

certifications.

B. All fees shall be deposited in the State Department of

Agriculture Revolving Fund.

C. Fees shall be paid to the Board prior to the processing of

any application.

D. Failure to pay any fee identified with licenses, permits,

pesticide registrations, or certification shall require the Board to

deny the application.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-1301-316 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-1301-316
Renumbered as Section 16-72 of this title by Laws
Status: in_force

2001, c. 113, § 56, emerg. eff. April 18, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-515 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-6-515
Disposal of cervidae - Cleaning of premises
Status: in_force

A. Upon expiration of a license, the owner or operator may take

up to one hundred twenty (120) days to dispose of all cervidae at

the facility.

B. In no case shall the farmed cervidae be released into the

wild.

C. Cleaning and disinfection of the premises shall be completed

immediately upon closure of the facility in circumstances of disease

if required by the Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-20-40 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-20-40
Short title - Purpose
Status: in_force

A. Sections 28 through 50 of this act shall be known and may be

cited as the "Oklahoma Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Act”.

B. The purpose of the Oklahoma Concentrated Animal Feeding

Operations Act is to provide for environmentally responsible

construction and expansion of animal feeding operations and to

protect the safety, welfare and quality of life of persons who live

in the vicinity of an animal feeding operation.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-361r — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-361r
Renumbered as § 17-19 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 38, §
Status: in_force

26, eff. Nov. 1, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-1503 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-1503
Renumbered as § 18-182 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146,
Status: in_force

§ 253, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-9-138 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-9-138
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Livestock Auction Market Act:

1. “Exotic animals” means commercially raised animals of the

families bovidae, cervidae, antilocapridae, suidae, and ratites;

2. “Livestock” means cattle, swine, sheep, horses, mules, or

goats and includes exotic animals;

3. “Payment by check” means the actual delivery of the check to

the seller or representative at the location where the transfer of

ownership is accomplished. In the case of grade and yield selling,

payment by check means making the check available at the packing

plant, subject to the instructions of the seller or representative;

4. “Slaughter” means killing livestock with the intent to

process and distribute the meat and offal of the livestock,

regardless of the period of time elapsing between the purchase and

the killing of the livestock; and

5. “Wire transfer” means any telephonic, telegraphic,

electronic, or similar communication between the financial

institution or bank of the purchaser and the financial institution

or bank of the seller which results in the transfer of funds or

credit of the purchaser to an account of the seller.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-5-62.6 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-5-62.6
Renumbered as § 14-66 of this title by Laws 2000, c
Status: in_force

243, § 126, emerg. eff. May 24, 2000.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-16-53 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-16-53
Use of lands acquired
Status: in_force

All lands acquired by the State Board of Agriculture on behalf

of the state shall be in the custody of and subject to the

jurisdiction, management, and control of the Board and, for the

purposes and the utilization and development of the land, the Board

may use the proceeds of the sale of any products; the proceeds of

the sale of any lands, save the twenty-five percent (25%) of the

proceeds which shall be paid into the state school fund; and other

funds appropriated for use by the Board and, in the opinion of the

Board, available for any uses and purposes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-3004 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-3004
Renumbered as § 5-94 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, §
Status: in_force

262, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-5-61c — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-5-61c
Renumbered as § 14-33 of this title by Laws 2000, c. 243,
Status: in_force

§ 126, emerg. eff. May 24, 2000.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-18-60 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-18-60
Foreclosure of lien
Status: in_force

If the assessment is not deducted and paid to the executive

secretary as provided in the Oklahoma Peanut Act, or within ten (10)

days thereafter, the lien may within one (1) year after the

expiration of said ten (10) days period be foreclosed by action in

any court having jurisdiction in the county in which such peanuts

were grown, or sold, or in which such peanuts may be found, or in

which such peanuts shall have been commingled with other peanuts.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-20-54 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-20-54
Expiration and renewal of licenses – Fees
Status: in_force

A. Licenses shall expire on June 30 of each year and may be

renewed upon payment of the license fee set forth in this section

and continued compliance with the provisions of the Oklahoma

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Act and the rules of the

Board.

B. The fees for an animal feeding operations license and annual

renewal shall be:

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1. Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) for facilities with a capacity of

less than two hundred fifty (250) animal units;

2. Thirty-seven Dollars and fifty cents ($37.50) for facilities

with a capacity of two hundred fifty (250) to five hundred (500)

animal units;

3. Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00) for facilities with a capacity

of five hundred one (501) to three thousand (3,000) animal units;

4. One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) for facilities with a

capacity of three thousand one (3,001) to ten thousand (10,000)

animal units; or

5. Two Hundred Twenty-five Dollars ($225.00) for facilities

with a capacity of more than ten thousand (10,000) animal units.

C. All fees received by the Board for licensure of animal

feeding operations pursuant to this section shall be deposited in

the State Department of Agriculture Revolving Fund.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-1905 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-1905
Renumbered as § 11-24 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146,
Status: in_force

§ 260, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-15-91 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-15-91
Disposition of proceeds of bonds - Purchase of land -
Status: in_force

Construction of buildings - Improvement and beautification.

Out of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds, the board of

county commissioners shall purchase lands and construct buildings

thereon for the county free fair. In purchasing the lands and

constructing the buildings thereon, the county commissioners shall

also have the right to improve and beautify the lands.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-5-4.2 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-5-4.2
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Homemade Food Freedom Act:

1. "Home food establishment" shall mean a business on the

premises of a residence in which homemade food products are created

for sale or resale if the business has gross annual sales of

prepared food of less than Seventy-five Thousand Dollars

($75,000.00). Gross annual sales includes all sales of prepared

food produced by the business at any location;

2. "Delivered" shall mean transferred to the customer, either

immediately upon sale or at a time thereafter;

3. "Homemade food product" shall mean food, including a

beverage, which is produced and, if packaged, packaged at a

residence; provided, however, homemade food product shall not mean

alcoholic beverages or unpasteurized milk or cannabis or marijuana

products;

4. "Non-time- or -temperature-controlled for safety" shall mean

food that does not require time or temperature control for safety to

limit the rapid and progressive growth of infectious or toxigenic

microorganisms, including foods that have a pH level of four and

six-tenths (4.6) or below or a water activity (aw) value of eighty-

five one-hundredths (0.85) or less;

5. "Time- or temperature-controlled for safety" shall mean a

food that requires time or temperature control for safety to limit

infectious or toxigenic microorganisms and is in a form capable of

supporting rapid and progressive growth of infectious or toxigenic

microorganisms; provided, however, time- or temperature-controlled

for safety shall not include foods that have a pH level of four and

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six-tenths (4.6) or below or a water activity (aw) value of eighty-

five one-hundredths (0.85) or less;

6. "Produce" shall mean to prepare a food product by cooking,

baking, drying, mixing, cutting, canning, fermenting, preserving,

dehydrating, growing, raising or other process; and

7. "Producer" shall mean the person who produces a homemade

food product in a home food establishment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-1301-213 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-1301-213
Renumbered as Section 16-33 of this title by Laws
Status: in_force

2001, c. 113, § 56, emerg. eff. April 18, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-3-32.3 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-3-32.3
Plant pests - Sale - Notice
Status: in_force

A person shall not knowingly propagate, sell, or offer for sale

any nursery stock infested or infected with any plant pest. If the

State Board of Agriculture finds any plant pest at any nursery or

dealer’s facility, the Board shall notify the owner or person in

control of the nursery or facility in writing. The Board shall

issue a stop sale until treatment or destruction of the plant pest

on nursery stock or in the facility is completed. No damages shall

be awarded to the owner for the loss of infested or infected trees,

plants, shrubs, or other plant material destroyed as a result of an

order of the Board.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-1850.8 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-1850.8
Renumbered as § 18-247 of this title by Laws 2001, c
Status: in_force

146, § 266, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-199 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-6-199
Registration of certain businesses
Status: in_force

No person, firm, or corporation shall engage in business, in or

for intrastate commerce, as a meat broker, renderer, or animal food

manufacturer, or engage in business in such commerce as a wholesaler

of any carcasses, or parts or products of the carcasses, of any

cattle, bison, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines,

whether intended for human food or other purposes, or engage in

business as a public warehouseman storing any such articles in or

for such commerce, or engage in the business of buying, selling, or

transporting in such commerce any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased

animals of the specified kinds, or parts of the carcasses of any

such animals that died otherwise than by slaughter, unless, when

required by regulations of the Board, he has registered with the

Board his name, and the address of each place of business at which

and all trade names under which he conducts such business. Any

person who violates the provisions of this section shall, upon

conviction, be guilty of a Class D3 felony offense and shall be

punished by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F

of Section 20P of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-1753.1 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-1753.1
Renumbered as § 9-145 of this title by Laws 2001, c
Status: in_force

146, § 256, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-15-13 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-15-13
Investment of monies in Free Fair Building Fund in
Status: in_force

government bonds or notes.

Any and all monies in the "Free Fair Building Fund" of any

county which has been raised by levy therefor or transfer into the

Fund from the sinking funds of the county may be invested by the

board of county commissioners with the approval of the directors of

the county free fair association, in bonds or notes issued by the

United States Government or the Treasury Department of the United

States.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-1109 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-1109
Renumbered as § 18-58 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146,
Status: in_force

§ 251, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-91.1 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-91.1
Renumbered as § 15-52 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146,
Status: in_force

§ 269, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-361k — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-361k
Renumbered as § 17-12 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 38, §
Status: in_force

26, eff. Nov. 1, 2001.

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§2-361 l. Renumbered as § 17-13 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 38,

§ 26, eff. Nov. 1, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-2-33 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-2-33
Official plant pest and disease control agency
Status: in_force

A. The State Board of Agriculture shall be the official plant

pest and disease control agency of the State of Oklahoma. The Board

shall have authority to promulgate and enforce rules governing plant

pests and plant protection, including quarantine.

B. In addition to other statutory authority, the state plant

regulatory official, upon obtaining concurrence of the State Board

of Agriculture, may issue emergency orders governing plants in order

to protect the citizens and plants of the state from diseases and

pests. The emergency order may:

1. Prohibit or impose conditions on importing plants or

implements of husbandry into the state;

2. Require testing of pests or plants;

3. Require any treatment of pests or plants;

4. Prohibit or impose conditions on moving plants or implements

of husbandry within the state;

5. Issue stop movement orders for all plants in the state to

determine the precise location of a plant pest or disease;

6. Govern the disposition of plants; and

7. Impose other measures governing plants to protect the

citizens and plants of the state from diseases and pests.

C. Emergency orders issued pursuant to this section shall

expire on the date set in the order or ninety (90) days after the

date the order was issued; however, the state plant regulatory

official may renew the order for successive ninety–day periods.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-9-201 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-9-201
Renumbered as § 20-2 of this title by Laws 2005, c. 292,
Status: in_force

§ 25, eff. July 1, 2005.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-8-85.1 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-8-85.1
Short title
Status: in_force

This subarticle shall be known and may be cited as the Soil

Amendment Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-5-604 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-5-604
Preemption
Status: in_force

This act shall not restrict or preempt the authority granted to

the State Department of Health and the Oklahoma Department of

Agriculture, Food, and Forestry by other law to inspect, regulate,

or ban food.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-10-10.3 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-10-10.3
Purpose - Application - Construction
Status: in_force

A. It shall be the purpose of the Eucha-Spavinaw Management Act

to preserve and promote the purposes and agreements of the parties

set forth in the Settlement Agreement with regard to the Eucha-

Spavinaw Watershed. Provided, nothing in this act is intended or

shall be construed as an amendment to the Settlement Agreement or

the rights and duties granted the parties therein.

B. The Eucha-Spavinaw Management Act shall apply to all persons

utilizing poultry waste for land application purposes in the Eucha-

Spavinaw Watershed and shall only apply to the Eucha-Spavinaw

Watershed.

C. The Eucha-Spavinaw Management Act shall be construed in

harmony with the purpose, intent and provisions of all other

applicable state or federal laws, rules and regulations that

preserve and protect the waters of the state, public health and

safety and the environment including, but not limited to, Title 2

and Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-4-11 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-4-11
Brands in current edition subject to sale, transfer, etc
Status: in_force

- Recording - Fees.

Only brands appearing in the current edition of the State Brand

Book or supplement thereto shall be subject to sale, assignment,

transfer, devise, or bequest. The transfer of title shall be

recorded with the statewide livestock organization. A reasonable

fee for recording the transfer of title shall be set by the

organization.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-8-33 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-8-33
Compliance with rules and requirements - Single certification agency for one crop - State
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 15certification agency for one crop - State agencies as sole

authority.

Every person subject to the provisions of this subarticle shall

comply with all rules and requirements specified by the Agricultural

Experiment Station and the Agricultural Extension Service of the

Oklahoma State University, Division of Agricultural Sciences and

Natural Resources regarding:

1. What crops grown or to be grown in Oklahoma shall be

eligible for certification;

2. The process of certification, either by Oklahoma State

University directly or by agents or agencies authorized by it for

the purpose; and

3. Standards, requirements, and forms for certification.

Not more than one agent or agency for certification shall be

designated for any one specified crop. No certification within the

provisions of this subarticle shall be made or authorized except

through the Agricultural Experiment Station and the Agricultural

Extension Service of the Oklahoma State University, Division of

Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-1504 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-1504
Renumbered as § 18-183 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146,
Status: in_force

§ 253, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-5-63.14 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-5-63.14
Receipt of funds - Expenses - Restrictions on use of
Status: in_force

funds.

A. The board is authorized to receive state assessments as

provided for in the Commodity Research Enhancement Act, donations

from any source and grants from governmental agencies.

B. Money received by the board may be expended for the purpose

of implementing the provisions of the Commodity Research Enhancement

Act.

C. Funds assessed and collected under this act shall not be

expended for use directly or indirectly to promote or oppose the

election of any candidate for public office or to influence

legislation.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-3-50.18 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-3-50.18
Destruction of cotton - Volunteer or noncommercial
Status: in_force

cotton.

A. When a person fails to meet the rules promulgated by the

Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry, the

Commissioner, at the request of the board of directors, shall have

authority to destroy cotton in any area of the state not in

compliance with the rules.

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B. Cotton in any area of the state from a volunteer or

noncommercial source may be destroyed or treated with pesticides by

the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry upon

request of the board of directors.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-5-60.6 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-5-60.6
Authority to promulgate rules
Status: in_force

The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry is

authorized to promulgate rules as necessary to carry out the

provisions of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-10-9.24 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-10-9.24
Agriculture Regulation Revolving Fund
Status: in_force

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund

for the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry to be

designated the "Agriculture Regulation Revolving Fund". The fund

shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations,

and shall consist of fees and fines assessed on concentrated animal

feeding operations, registered poultry feeding operations, and any

other monies deposited in this fund pursuant to law. All monies

accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may

be budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture,

Food, and Forestry for the regulation, enforcement, and

administration of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and

Forestry Water Quality Division. Expenditures from the fund shall

be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims

filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-18-241 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-18-241
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Oklahoma Sorghum Resources Act:

1. "Commercial channels" means the sale of sorghum for any use,

when sold to any commercial buyer, dealer, processor, cooperative,

or to any person, public or private, who resells any sorghum or

product produced from sorghum;

2. "Commercial quantities" means and includes all bushels of

sorghum produced for market in any calendar year by any producer;

3. "Commission" means the Oklahoma Sorghum Commission;

4. "Department" means the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture,

Food, and Forestry;

5. "First purchaser" means any person buying or acquiring after

harvest the property in or to sorghum from a sorghum producer. A

mortgagee, pledgee, lienholder, or other person having a claim

against the sorghum producer under a nonrecourse loan made against

the sorghum after harvest shall be a purchaser. The term "first

purchaser" shall not include a harvesting or threshing lienee;

6. "President" means the President of the State Board of

Agriculture; and

7. "Sorghum producer" or "producer" means an individual engaged

in the production of sorghum, who markets sorghum in commercial

quantities in Oklahoma. Each individual determined to be an entity

pursuant to rules promulgated by the United States Department of

Agriculture Farm Service Agency shall be considered a sorghum

producer.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-15-87 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-15-87
Conduct of election - Canvass of returns
Status: in_force

The election shall be conducted by the duly qualified election

officials of the county. The returns of the election shall be

canvassed by the county election board.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-4-8 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-4-8
Brands in current edition as prima facie evidence of
Status: in_force

ownership.

Brands in the current edition of the State Brand Book and

supplements shall be prima facie evidence of ownership. An owner

whose brand does not appear in the State Brand Book or a supplement

shall produce evidence to establish title to the property in the

event of controversy.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-15-89 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-15-89
Bonds - Interest - Denominations - Payment - Signatures –
Status: in_force

Attestation - Registration - Sale - Issuance and delivery - Deposit

by purchaser - Tender of bonds - Rejection of bids - Resale.

A. The bonds issued shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed

the maximum rate provided by Section 498.1 of Title 62 of the

Oklahoma Statutes, per annum, payable semiannually, and shall be

issued in denominations of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or any

multiple thereof not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).

B. The entire amount of the bond issue shall be payable within

twenty-five (25) years. The bonds shall be signed by the chairman

of the board of county commissioners and attested by the county

clerk. Facsimile signatures may be used as provided in the

Registered Public Obligations Act of Oklahoma. The bonds shall be

registered in the office of the county clerk and in the office of

the county treasurer or by their authorized agent.

C. All bonds shall be sold to the bidder who will pay therefor

par and accrued interest, and who shall stipulate in his or her bid

the lowest rate of interest which the bonds shall bear.

D. Upon the acceptance of the bid, the bonds shall be issued in

accordance therewith and shall be delivered to the purchaser upon

payment of the purchase price thereof. The bidder shall submit with

his or her bid a sum in cash, or its equivalent, equal to two

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percent (2%) of his or her bid. Upon acceptance of any bid, the

deposit shall become the property of the county selling the bonds,

and shall be credited to the purchase price thereof upon the

understanding that if the purchaser fails to pay the balance of the

purchase price within five (5) days after the tender of the bonds,

the sale shall be thereby annulled, and the deposit shall be

retained by the county commissioners and credited to the account for

which such bonds are being issued.

E. No tender of the bonds shall be valid until after the

expiration of the period of contestability as now provided by law.

All other deposits shall be returned.

F. The county commissioners selling such bonds shall have the

right to reject all bids and readvertise the bonds for sale.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-15-66 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-15-66
County free fair in each county - State not obliged to
Status: in_force

pay for fair.

There is hereby established and created in each county in this

state a county free fair. The fair shall be held at such place in

each of the counties as may have heretofore or may be hereafter

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designated by the county free fair board of each of the member

counties to be known and designated as the (name of a county) county

free fair association. The county free fair boards created pursuant

to this section are not state institutions, and the State of

Oklahoma shall not be obliged to pay for the fairs.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-7-406 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-7-406
Sale of Grade A milk and milk products
Status: in_force

A. Only Grade A pasteurized milk and milk products or Grade A

raw milk shall be sold to the final consumer; provided, however:

1. Only Grade A pasteurized milk shall be sold through

restaurants, soda fountains, grocery stores, or similar

establishments, including school lunch rooms; and

2. In an emergency, the sale of pasteurized milk and milk

products which have not been graded, or the grade is unknown, may be

authorized by the Commissioner of Agriculture so long as the milk

and milk products shall be labeled "ungraded".

B. Approval by the Commissioner pursuant to rules promulgated

by the State Board of Agriculture for the use of Grade A label on

milk and milk products processed at any milk plant in accordance

with the provisions of the Oklahoma Milk and Milk Products Act shall

constitute an acceptable rating for all intrastate purposes. No

sanitary requirement or standard issued pursuant to the Oklahoma

Milk and Milk Products Act or by any governmental subdivision shall

prohibit the sale of Grade A milk and milk products which are

produced and processed under laws or rules of any governmental unit

which are substantially equivalent to the requirements of the

Oklahoma Milk and Milk Products Act, and which are enforced with

equal effectiveness, as determined by a milk sanitation rating

certified to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Food

and Drug Administration or its successor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-316 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-6-316
Application for license - Proofs required - Revocation
Status: in_force

A. 1. All persons applying for a license to commercially

produce catfish, minnows, fingerlings, fish, frogs or other aquatic

species pursuant to the provisions of this act shall produce

positive proof of:

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a. identification including, but not limited to, a valid

Oklahoma driver license of the applicant,

b. age, and

c. residency.

2. It shall be unlawful for any person to make a false

statement or to give any false information in order to acquire a

license, pursuant to the provisions of this act.

B. Any license issued by the Oklahoma Department of

Agriculture, Food, and Forestry pursuant to this act shall contain

the data required by subsection A of this section as well as the

date and time of issuance of the license.

C. 1. All licenses issued by the Department pursuant to this

act shall be nontransferable.

2. No person shall alter, change, lend or transfer any such

license. No person shall use, loan or borrow a license which has

not been issued to that person by the Oklahoma Department of

Agriculture, Food, and Forestry.

D. All licenses issued pursuant to this act shall terminate

December 31 for the year issued.

E. The Department may issue a duplicate license at a reasonable

cost for a commercial operation if such license is lost or

destroyed.

F. 1. A license for engaging in a private commercial operation

subject to the provisions of this act may be revoked for a period of

not less than one (1) year upon the conviction of the licensee for

violating any provision of this act or rules promulgated thereto by

the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry in

accordance with rules promulgated by the State Board of Agriculture,

or by a court of competent jurisdiction.

2. For purposes of this subsection, a court conviction, a plea

of guilty, a plea of nolo contendere, the imposition of a deferred

or suspended sentence by a court, or forfeiture of bond shall be

deemed a conviction.

3. Any person who has had a license to engage in private

commercial operations pursuant to this act shall not be entitled to

reapply for such license until the revocation period has expired or

the person has obtained approval of the Oklahoma Department of

Agriculture, Food, and Forestry to reapply for the license.

4. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in a private

commercial operation subject to the provisions of this act after

revocation of his or her license. Upon conviction of engaging in a

commercial operation after revocation of a license, such person

shall not be entitled to obtain a license pursuant to this act for a

two-year period after conviction.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-5-22 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-5-22
Renumbered as § 10-74 of this title by Laws 2000, c. 243,
Status: in_force

§ 126, emerg. eff. May 24, 2000.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-5-60.28 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-5-60.28
Assessments, donations and grants – Purpose of
Status: in_force

expenditures.

A. The board is authorized to receive assessments as provided

for in the Oklahoma Agricultural Commodity Act or other statute

authorizing an assessment, and donations or grants from any source.

B. Money received by the board may be expended for the purpose

of implementing the provisions of the Oklahoma Agricultural

Commodity Act.

C. Funds assessed and collected under this act shall not be

expended for use directly or indirectly to promote or oppose the

election of any candidate for public office.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-5-62.2 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-5-62.2
Renumbered as § 14-62 of this title by Laws 2000, c
Status: in_force

243, § 126, emerg. eff. May 24, 2000.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-7-410 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-7-410
Suspension of permit
Status: in_force

A. Since analytical results may not become available until

after the milk and milk products reach retail stores and consumers,

the Commissioner of Agriculture, for the imperative protection of

public health, safety, and welfare, as defined in the Administrative

Procedures Act, shall upon receipt of the analysis, notify and

suspend the permit of a dairy farm or milk plant:

1. Which produced raw milk containing an inhibitor, for at

least twenty-four (24) hours and until the cause is corrected and

the raw milk is found to be free of inhibitors; or

2. Which produced or processed milk that, in any consecutive

six (6) months, exceeded in three of the last five samples the limit

of the standard for the milk, in accordance with Section 7-409 of

this title for at least twenty-four (24) hours and until the dairy

farm or milk plant is inspected and/or sampled and found to be in

compliance.

B. The Commissioner shall notify and suspend the permit of a

facility refusing to allow an inspection of the applicable premises

as required by the Oklahoma Milk and Milk Products Act or upon a

second consecutive inspection, conducted not less than seventy-two

(72) hours nor more than twenty-one (21) days after the first

inspection, disclosing gross neglect of cleaning of milk contact

surfaces. This suspension shall continue until an inspection is

allowed or the milk contact surfaces are found to be clean.

C. The Commissioner may suspend, revoke or refuse to renew a

permit for continuing or multiple violations of the Oklahoma Milk

and Milk Products Act, or suspend a Grade A permit to protect the

public health, safety, or welfare.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-17-15 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-17-15
Board of directors
Status: in_force

A. The association shall be managed by a board of not less than

five or more than twenty-one directors elected by the members of the

association. The directors shall be qualified as may be provided

for in the Articles of Incorporation or bylaws.

B. All of the directors shall be members of the association or

officers, directors, or members of member associations.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-209 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-6-209
Application of act with respect to Federal Meat
Status: in_force

Inspection Act.

The requirements of this act shall apply to persons, firms,

corporation establishments, animals, and articles regulated under

the Federal Meat Inspection Act only to the extent provided for in

Section 408 of said Federal Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-16-60 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-16-60
Wrongful injuries to timber - Criminal penalties
Status: in_force

A. 1. Any person who intentionally, willfully, maliciously, or

unlawfully enters upon the lands of another to cut down, injure,

remove, or destroy any timber valued at more than Two Hundred

Dollars ($200.00), without the permission of the owner or the

owner’s representative shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class

D3 felony offense, punishable by the imposition of a fine of not

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more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), by imprisonment as

provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20P of Title 21

of the Oklahoma Statutes, or both.

2. Any person who intentionally, willfully, maliciously, or

unlawfully enters upon the lands of another to cut down, injure,

remove, or destroy any timber valued at Two Hundred Dollars

($200.00) or less, without the permission of the owner or the

owner’s representative shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a

misdemeanor, punishable by the imposition of a fine of not more than

One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisonment in the county jail

for not more than thirty (30) days.

3. The necessary trimming and removal of timber to permit the

construction, repair, maintenance, cleanup, and operations of

pipelines and utility lines and appurtenances of public utilities,

public service corporations, and to aid registered land surveyors

and professional engineers in the performance of their professional

services, and municipalities, and pipeline companies, or lawful

operators and product purchasers of oil and gas shall not be deemed

a willful and intentional cutting down, injuring, removing, or

destroying of timber.

4. The necessary trimming and removal of timber for boundary

line maintenance, for the construction, maintenance, and repair of

streets, roads, and highways or for the control and regulation of

traffic by the state and its political subdivisions or registered

land surveyors and professional engineers shall not be deemed a

willful and intentional cutting down, injuring, removing, or

destroying of timber.

B. In addition to the punishment prescribed in subsection A of

this section, the person is liable in damages pursuant to Section 72

of Title 23 of the Oklahoma Statutes for the damage or injury done

to the timber, the damages to be recovered in a civil action by the

owner of the property or the public officer having charge of the

property.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-3-82G — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-3-82G
Establishment of categories for pesticide application
Status: in_force

licenses and pesticide sales permits.

The Board may establish any category of license for pesticide

application or any category of permit for pesticide sales.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-5-102 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-5-102
Cause of action for damages
Status: in_force

A. Any producer of perishable agricultural food products who

suffers damages as a result of another person's disparagement of any

such perishable agricultural food product, when the disparagement is

based on false information which is not based on reliable scientific

facts and scientific data and which the disseminator knows or should

have known to be false, may bring an action for damages and for any

other appropriate relief in a court of competent jurisdiction.

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B. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to

limit or prohibit any cause of action which may be available to any

producer of perishable agricultural food products pursuant to the

Oklahoma Deceptive Trade Practices Act or any state or federal

slander or libel law.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-754 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-754
Renumbered as § 7-24 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, §
Status: in_force

247, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-8-80.1 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-8-80.1
Short title
Status: in_force

This subarticle shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma

Agricultural Liming Materials Act".
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-9-28 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-9-28
Warehouse receipts - Form - Furnishing by Board - Price
Status: in_force

Negotiable public warehouse receipts shall be in a form

prescribed and designed by the State Board of Agriculture. The

Board shall furnish warehouse receipts to warehousemen at a price

commensurate with the cost of preparation, printing and delivery.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-8-93 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-8-93
Exemptions
Status: in_force

A. The provisions of the preceding section shall not apply to

weed-infested material in storage in, or consigned to, a processing

establishment for cleaning or processing, or weed-infested material

transported by producers from their farms to an elevator, or from

farm-to-market. Any labeling, invoice, or other representation

which may be made with respect to the uncleaned or unprocessed weed-

infested material shall be subject to the provisions of this

subarticle.

B. No unprocessed weed-infested material shall be transported

by any person over or along any road or highway in this state or by

any railroad operating in this state, unless the same is carried or

transported in a vehicle or containers adequate to prevent the

leaking or scattering of the weed-infested material. In no instance

shall weed-infested material be sold to the ultimate consumer

(including a livestock feeder) until the material shall have been

processed to destroy the viability of the noxious weed-infested

content.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-20-58 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-20-58
Setback requirements - Certain feeding operations exempt
Status: in_force

Animal feeding operations, other than a concentrated animal

feeding operation, not licensed pursuant to the provisions of the

Oklahoma Feed Yards Act in operation on the effective date of this

act shall not be subject to any setback requirements not in effect

on the date of past construction.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-19-2 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-19-2
Airport - Import and export of livestock
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Oklahoma Legislature that an airport in

the State of Oklahoma apply and receive approval from the United

States Department of Agriculture and the United States Customs and

Border Patrol to provide international and domestic livestock and

livestock products import and export functions. The cities of

Oklahoma City and Tulsa and their respective airports, the Oklahoma

Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry, the United States

Department of Agriculture and the United States Customs and Border

Patrol shall cooperate to achieve this intent. The Oklahoma

Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry shall provide a

progress report to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the

Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Governor no later

than December 1, 2012.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-1301-310.4 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-1301-310.4
Renumbered as Section 16-64 of this title by Laws
Status: in_force

2001, c. 113, § 56, emerg. eff. April 18, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-402 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-6-402
Quarantine zones of control
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 347

A. Upon an emergency declaration by the Governor pursuant to

the Animal Disease Outbreak Temporary Emergency Act, the State

Veterinarian may establish quarantine zones of control in any area

where a specific animal determined to be infected or is likely to be

infected with the disease be examined by a veterinarian authorized

by the Board or the State Veterinarian. This determination shall be

based on an actual veterinary examination or laboratory testing.

B. Quarantine zones of control shall be the smallest size

practicable to prevent the spread of the disease and must exist for

the shortest duration consistent with effective disease control. A

quarantine zone of control shall not extend beyond a radius of three

(3) miles from an animal determined to be infected or is likely to

be infected with the disease, unless the Board orders that control

of a specific disease requires a larger quarantine zone of control

based upon epidemiological evidence.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-5-507 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-5-507
Reports
Status: in_force

If state funds are utilized, unless otherwise required by

federal law, the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service shall

provide the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and the

President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma Senate a copy of any report or

other document that it provides to the United States Department of

Agriculture concerning the Oklahoma AgrAbility Project.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-14-38a — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-14-38a
Compliance
Status: in_force

Any person subject to the provisions of Sections 14-31 through

14-43 of Title 2 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall comply with the

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 526

provisions of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Handbook 130, “Uniform Laws and Regulations,” and supplements or

revisions and the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Handbook 133, “Checking the Net Contents of Packaged Goods,” and

supplements or revisions.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-131.6 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-131.6
Renumbered as § 15-116 of this title by Laws 2001, c
Status: in_force

146, § 270, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-15-28 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-15-28
Stand rights and privileges - Admission charges for
Status: in_force

special amusements - Proceeds - Use - Balance.

A. The free district fair association shall have exclusive

rights to all stand rights and privileges. Admission may be charged

to races, horse shows, or any other special amusements. No money

collected pursuant to this section shall be used to defray any

expenses or costs of such races, horse show or amusements. In

addition, the charging of admission to such amusements shall not

interfere with free access of the public to all exhibits.

B. All monies derived from rights and privileges of the

fairgrounds shall be collected by the secretary of the free district

fair association, and except as provided in this section, may be

used in defraying expenses.

C. Any balance that may be on hand after such expenses shall be

turned over to the secretary, who shall place it in the free

district fair fund.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-361h — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-361h
Renumbered as § 17-9 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 38, §
Status: in_force

26, eff. Nov. 1, 2001.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-95 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-6-95
Brucellosis Milk Surveillance test
Status: in_force

The Brucellosis Milk Surveillance test made with whole milk or

cream and an approved antigen, in a manner and by a person approved

by the United States Department of Agriculture and the State Board

of Agriculture, may be used to indicate the possibility of the

presence of reactors in the herd from which the milk or cream

samples were taken. If the test indicates that reactors may be

present in a herd, the State Veterinarian shall have the authority

to conduct an official test of the herd in order to identify the

reactors.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-16-34 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-16-34
Illegal possession of incendiary device
Status: in_force

A. Any person possessing any incendiary device as defined by

subsection B of this section with the intent to use the device for

the purpose of burning or setting fire to any forest, grass, crops,

or woodlands that the person possessing that device is not the owner

of nor in possession of lawfully, as under a lease, shall be guilty

of a Class D1 felony offense punishable by a fine of not more than

One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), as provided for in subsections B

through F of Section 20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or by

both.

B. The term “incendiary device” as used in this section

includes, but is not limited to, any “slow match” which is any

device contrived to accomplish the delayed ignition of a match or

matches or other flammable material by the use of a cigarette, rope,

or candle to which the match or matches are attached, or a

magnifying glass focused to intensify heat on flammable material and

cause a fire to start at a subsequent time, or any chemicals,

chemically treated paper or material, or other combustible material

arranged or designed to make possible its use as a delayed firing

device.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-287 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-6-287
Penalty
Status: in_force

Any person violating any provision of this act or of any rules,

regulation or order of the Board issued pursuant to this act is

guilty of a misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-18-402 — OK Code / Title 2 / Section 2-18-402
Legislative intent
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature to:

1. Create the Eastern Redcedar Directory;

2. Provide for a directory for Eastern Redcedar trees in the

state, including but not limited to the location, ownership, level

of infestation and average size of the trees;

3. Promote the harvesting of Eastern Redcedars through

registration in the directory and a property owner and harvester

information exchange; and

4. Promote marketing, research and education efforts concerning

the Eastern Redcedar tree and Eastern Redcedar products.