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2 OK Stat § 2-5-60.28 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-5-60.28. Assessments, donations and grants – Purpose of 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.Added by Laws 1999, c. 123, § 19, eff. July 1, 1999. Amended by Laws 2014, c. 1, § 17, eff. July 1, 2014.
2 OK Stat § 2-5-60.29 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-5-60.29. Collection of assessment.

|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.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.Added by Laws 1999, c. 123, § 20, eff. July 1, 1999. Amended by Laws 2014, c. 1, § 18, eff. July 1, 2014.
2 OK Stat § 2-5-60.30 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-5-60.30. Refund.

|A. A producer who has paid an assessment may obtain a refund of the amount paid by filing an application for refund with the certified organization within sixty (60) days after the date of payment. The application shall be in writing, on a form prescribed by the board for that purpose, and accompanied by proof of payment of the assessment. |B. The certified organization shall pay the refund to the producer before the eleventh day of the month following the month in which the application for refund and proof of payment are received.C. A successor organization shall follow the refund requirements established in the statutory provisions for the particular commodity represented by the successor organization, if applicable.Added by Laws 1999, c. 123, § 21, eff. July 1, 1999. Amended by Laws 2014, c. 1, § 19, eff. July 1, 2014.
2 OK Stat § 2-5-60.31 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-5-60.31. Increase of maximum rate of assessment – Abolition of assessment - Referendum.

|A. At any election of the commodity producers board, the certified organization may submit to the voters a proposition to increase the maximum rate of assessment. The referendum proposition will be adopted upon a finding that: |1. Two-thirds or more of those voting in the election voted in favor of the referendum proposition; or2. More than one-half of those voting in the election voted in favor of the referendum proposition, and those voting in favor of the proposition produced at least fifty percent (50%) of the volume of the production of the commodity during the relevant production period.B. 1. If twenty percent (20%) or more of the producers participating in the program present to the certified organization a petition calling for a referendum of the qualified voters on the proposition of discontinuing the assessment, the certified organization shall conduct a referendum for that purpose. An election on a proposition of discontinuing the assessment shall be held no more than once per year.2. The certified organization shall give notice of the referendum, the referendum shall be conducted, and the results shall be declared in the manner provided by law for the original referendum and election, with any necessary exceptions provided in bylaws of the certified organization.3. The certified organization shall conduct the referendum within ninety (90) days of the date of filing of the petition.4. The proposition shall be approved if:a.two-thirds or more of those voting in the election voted in favor of the referendum proposition, orb.more than one-half of those voting in the election voted in favor of the referendum proposition, and those voting in favor of the proposition produced at least fifty percent (50%) of the volume of the production of the commodity during the relevant production period.C. If the proposition is approved, the assessment is abolished.D. A successor organization shall follow the statutory assessment provisions and the assessment continuation referendum requirements established in the statutory provisions for the particular commodity represented by the successor organization.Added by Laws 1999, c. 123, § 22, eff. July 1, 1999. Amended by Laws 2014, c. 1, § 20, eff. July 1, 2014.
2 OK Stat § 2-5-60.32 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-5-60.32. Failure to remit assessment – Proceedings to recover.

|The commodity producers board may investigate conditions that relate to the prompt remittance of the assessment by any producer or processor. If the board determines that a person has failed to remit to the board the required assessment, the board may independently institute proceedings for recovery of the amount due to the board or for injunctive or other appropriate relief. |Added by Laws 1999, c. 123, § 23, eff. July 1, 1999. Amended by Laws 2014, c. 1, § 21, eff. July 1, 2014.
2 OK Stat § 2-5-60.33 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-5-60.33. Violations – Injunction – Costs and attorney fees.

|A violation of any provision of the Oklahoma Agricultural Commodity Act is unlawful and may be enjoined by a district court of competent jurisdiction. In any action brought by a board which results in an injunction against a person and the court determines that such person has violated any provision of the Oklahoma Agricultural Commodity Act, the court shall award costs and attorney fees to the board. |Added by Laws 1999, c. 123, § 24, eff. July 1, 1999. Amended by Laws 2014, c. 1, § 22, eff. July 1, 2014.
2 OK Stat § 2-5-60.34 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-5-60.34. Exemption from requirements of act.

|All commissions and assessments established before July 1, 1999, are exempt from the requirements and provisions of the Oklahoma Agricultural Commodity Act. However, any statutory commodity board that is replaced by a successor organization approved by the Commissioner of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry shall be subject to the provisions of this act. |Added by Laws 1999, c. 123, § 25, eff. July 1, 1999. Amended by Laws 2014, c. 1, § 23, eff. July 1, 2014.
2 OK Stat § 2-5-60.36 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-5-60.36. Transfer of funds, equipment, and property to successor organization.

|All funds, equipment, and all other property shall transfer from the statutory commodity board to the successor organization immediately upon approval of the successor organization by the Commissioner. All funds, equipment, and other property so transferred shall no longer be considered state funds or state property and may be transferred or disposed by the successor organization without regard to state surplus property laws. |Added by Laws 2014, c. 1, § 25, eff. July 1, 2014.
2 OK Stat § 2-5-63.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-5-63.1. Short title - Commodity Research Enhancement Act.

|This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Commodity Research Enhancement Act". |Added by Laws 2014, c. 371, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
2 OK Stat § 2-5-63.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-5-63.2. Definitions.

|As used in the Commodity Research Enhancement Act: |1. "Agricultural commodity" means an agricultural commodity, horticultural commodity, silvicultural commodity, or agricultural product, horticultural product, viticulture, or silvicultural product, or bees and honey, planting seed, rice, livestock or livestock product, or poultry or poultry product produced in this state, either in its natural state or as processed by the producer;2. "Board" means federally approved commodity board;3. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry;4. "District" means a geographical area within the jurisdiction of a board;5. "Federally approved commodity board" means a board organized and sanctioned by the United States Department of Agriculture to receive a federal assessment for the specific commodity;6. "Nonprofit commodity organization" means any organization representing commodity producers with the ability to seek a state assessment and designate a federally approved commodity board as the recipient;7. "Person" means an individual, firm, corporation, association, or any other business entity;8. "Processor" means a person who:a.is a purchaser, warehouseman, processor, or other commercial handler of an agricultural commodity, orb.is engaged in the operation of packing, grading, selling, offering for sale or marketing any agricultural commodity in commercial quantities as defined in a marketing program, who as owner, agent, or otherwise, ships or causes agricultural commodities to be shipped;9. "Producer" means a person engaged in the business of producing or causing to be produced for commercial purposes an agricultural commodity. The term "producer" includes the owner of a farm on which the commodity is produced and the owner's tenant or sharecropper; and10. "Volume of production" shall be defined by the certified organization and can refer to units of product sold such as pounds, bushels, gallons, flats, containers, packages, or other commonly recognized units of measure, square footage or acreage of production space or other appropriate measurement units, or number of production units, such as trees, vines, head count of livestock or poultry, or other commonly recognized measurement units, or gross sales.Added by Laws 2014, c. 371, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
2 OK Stat § 2-5-63.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-5-63.3. Petition for state assessment referendum.

|A. 1. Any nonprofit commodity organization may petition the Commissioner of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry to request approval to conduct a state assessment referendum pursuant to the Commodity Research Enhancement Act. |2. The petition shall state:a.the name of the nonprofit organization that will conduct the referendum,b.the reasons for and the purposes of the state assessment,c.the federally approved commodity board that will be designated by the nonprofit commodity organization as the recipient of the state assessment,d.the maximum state assessment to be levied pursuant to an election,e.the names and number of positions held by each nonprofit commodity organization on the federally approved commodity board, andf.such other information required by the Commissioner.3. The petition shall be signed by at least ten percent (10%) of the commodity producers in the state.B. 1. Within fifteen (15) days following the day on which a petition for certification is received, the Commissioner shall schedule a public hearing to consider the petition. The public hearing shall be scheduled no later than forty (40) days after receipt of the completed petition by the Department.2. Upon the scheduling of the public hearing, the nonprofit commodity organization shall provide for notification of interested commodity producers in the manner, method and locations required by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry.3. If the Commissioner determines that, on the basis of testimony presented at the public hearing, the petitioning nonprofit commodity organization is representative of the producers of the agricultural commodity and that the petition conforms to the purposes and provisions of the Commodity Research Enhancement Act, the Commissioner shall designate the nonprofit commodity organization as representative of the producers of the commodity and authorized to conduct the state assessment referendum.4. The petitioning nonprofit commodity organization shall be responsible for all costs associated with the Commissioner's consideration of the petition.Added by Laws 2014, c. 371, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
2 OK Stat § 2-5-63.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-5-63.4. State assessment referendum.

|A. A designated nonprofit commodity organization may conduct a referendum of the producers of an agricultural commodity on the proposition of whether or not the producers shall levy a state assessment on themselves to finance programs of research, disease and insect control, predator control, education or promotion designed to encourage the production, marketing and use of the commodity. The designated nonprofit commodity organization shall give public notice of: |1. The date, hours and polling places for voting in the referendum;2. The estimated amount and basis of the state assessment proposed to be collected;3. Whether a producer exemption is to be allowed in accordance with Section 8 of this act; and4. A description of the manner in which the state assessment is to be collected and the proceeds administered and used.B. The notice under subsection A of this section shall be published in one or more newspapers published and distributed within the boundaries described in the petition. The notice shall be published for not less than once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, beginning at least sixty (60) days before the date of the election. In addition, at least sixty (60) days before the date of the election, the designated nonprofit commodity organization shall give direct written notice to each county extension educator in any county within the boundaries described in the petition.Added by Laws 2014, c. 371, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
2 OK Stat § 2-5-63.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-5-63.5. Statewide basis - Eligible voters.

|A. Subject to the approval of the Commissioner of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry, the designated nonprofit commodity organization shall conduct the referendum on a statewide basis. |B. A producer of the agricultural commodity is eligible to vote in the election and referendum if the producer would be required under the referendum to pay the state assessment.Added by Laws 2014, c. 371, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
2 OK Stat § 2-5-63.6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-5-63.6. Ballots.

|A. The designated nonprofit commodity organization shall prepare and distribute all necessary ballots in advance of the referendum and shall cause ballots to be available at all polling places. |B. The ballot shall specify a maximum rate for the authorized state assessment.C. The ballot shall provide a space for the voter to certify the volume of the voter's production of the commodity during the preceding year or other relevant production period, as designated on the ballot.Added by Laws 2014, c. 371, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
2 OK Stat § 2-5-63.7 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-5-63.7. Expenses.

|The designated nonprofit commodity organization is responsible for all expenses incurred in connection with the referendum. |Added by Laws 2014, c. 371, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
2 OK Stat § 2-5-63.8 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-5-63.8. Exemptions for producers.

|The original referendum may provide exemptions for producers from payment of the state assessment if the exemptions are included in full written form on the election ballot and the referendum is adopted as outlined in Section 11 of this act. |Added by Laws 2014, c. 371, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
2 OK Stat § 2-5-63.9 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-5-63.9. Void ballots.

|A. In any contest of an election, a ballot is void if the voter overstated the volume of production of the producer by more than ten percent (10%). Any other error in stating volume of production is not grounds for invalidating the ballot. |B. If a ballot is void or if any other error is made in stating production volume, the returns shall be corrected and the results adjusted accordingly.C. In any referendum election, the Commissioner of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry shall be authorized and is responsible for making the determination if a ballot is void due to overstatement of production volume.Added by Laws 2014, c. 371, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
2 OK Stat § 2-5-63.10 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-5-63.10. Ballot determinations.

|Upon receiving the report of the returns of the referendum, the Commissioner of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry 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; and3. The percentage of the total volume of production of the commodity that was produced by those voting in favor of the referendum proposition.Added by Laws 2014, c. 371, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
2 OK Stat § 2-5-63.11 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-5-63.11. Referendum certification.

|A. In a referendum election, if the Commissioner of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry finds that either of the two conditions set forth in subsection B of this section are met, the Commissioner shall publicly certify the adoption of the referendum proposition. Otherwise, the Commissioner shall certify that the referendum proposition was defeated. |B. 1. The adoption of the referendum proposition will be subject to the referendum process outlined by the federally approved commodity board.2. In the event that the federally approved commodity board does not have an outlined referendum process, the referendum proposition will be adopted upon finding that:a.two-thirds (2/3) or more of those voting in the election voted in favor of the referendum proposition, orb.more than one-half (1/2) of those voting in the election voted in favor of the referendum proposition and those voting in favor of the proposition produced at least fifty percent (50%) of the volume of the production of the commodity during the relevant production period.C. Upon certification of the referendum proposition, the designated federally approved commodity board shall be the recipient of any state assessment.Added by Laws 2014, c. 371, § 11, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
2 OK Stat § 2-5-63.12 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-5-63.12. Federally approved commodity board - Powers and duties.

|The federally approved commodity board shall have the power and duty to: |1. Employ personnel deemed necessary by the board, fix the amount and manner of their compensation, and incur other expenses that are necessary and proper to enable the board to effectively carry out the purposes of the Commodity Research Enhancement Act; such employees shall not be considered state employees for any purpose;2. Retain legal counsel as is required to fulfill the purposes of the Commodity Research Enhancement Act;3. Sue and be sued;4. Cooperate with local, state or national organizations, whether public or private, in carrying out the purposes of contracts as may be necessary;5. Make such reasonable expenditures of funds as are necessary to carry out the provisions of the Commodity Research Enhancement Act;6. The board shall open its state assessment records to examination by any participating producer during regular business hours; provided, the board may determine that certain information provided by a commodity producer is proprietary and confidential;7. Set the rate of the state assessment. The rate may not exceed the maximum established in the election authorizing the state assessment or a subsequent election establishing a maximum rate;8. Act separately or in cooperation with any person in developing, carrying out, and participating in programs of research, disease and insect control, predator control, education and promotion designed to encourage the production, marketing and use of the commodity on which the state assessment is levied; and9. Exercise such other powers as necessary to carry out the purposes of the Commodity Research Enhancement Act.Added by Laws 2014, c. 371, § 12, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
2 OK Stat § 2-5-63.13 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-5-63.13. Assessment funds - Yearly report.

|A. The federally approved commodity board shall not commingle funds derived from the state assessment with any other funds. |B. Within ninety (90) days following the end of each fiscal year of the board, the board shall submit to the Commissioner of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry a report itemizing all income and expenditures and describing all activities of the board during the previous fiscal year.C. State assessment funds collected by the federally approved commodity board pursuant to the Commodity Research Enhancement Act 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 board shall not be construed to be debts or obligations of this state.Added by Laws 2014, c. 371, § 13, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
2 OK Stat § 2-5-63.14 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-5-63.14. Receipt of funds - Expenses - Restrictions on use of 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.Added by Laws 2014, c. 371, § 14, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
2 OK Stat § 2-5-63.15 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-5-63.15. State assessment collection.

|The collection of the state assessment shall be collected in the same manner as the federal assessment for the federally approved commodity. |Added by Laws 2014, c. 371, § 15, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
2 OK Stat § 2-5-63.16 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-5-63.16. Application for refund.

|A. A producer who has paid a state assessment may obtain a refund of the amount paid by filing an application for refund with the federally approved commodity board within sixty (60) days after the date of payment. The application must be in writing, on a form prescribed by the board for that purpose, and accompanied by proof of payment of the state assessment. |B. The board shall pay the refund to the producer before the eleventh day of the month following the month in which the application for refund and proof of payment are received.Added by Laws 2014, c. 371, § 16, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.