OPERATING LAND TO RAISE PROVISIONS. BLACKS LAW DICTIONARY (4TH ED. 1968)"
IT MAY BE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY HAS READ THIS STATUTE CONSISTENTLY OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS AND INTERPRETATIONS OF STATUTES BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES WITH JURISDICTION TO ENFORCE THEM ARE GIVEN GREAT WEIGHT. ORAL ROBERTS UNIVERSITY V. OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION, 714 P.2D 1013 (OKLA. 1985). WHILE IT IS NOT MY PLACE TO ADVISE THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY THAT THEIR READING OF THE STATUTE IS INCORRECT, I SIMPLY DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN THE BLACK AND WHITE WORDING OF THE STATUTE TO PERMIT DIFFERENT TREATMENT OF IMPLEMENTS OF HUSBANDRY OPERATED BY FARMERS AND IMPLEMENTS OF HUSBANDRY OPERATED BY PERSONS HIRED BY FARMERS. I HOPE THE OBSERVATIONS IN THIS LETTER WILL BE OF SOME USE TO YOU.
(THOMAS L SPENCER)