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2 OK Stat § 2-15-58 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-15-58. Estimate of cost of fairs - Certification to county excise board - Items of expenditure.

|A. The executive board, with such committee as may be selected from the county fair association, shall make an estimate of the cost of the township and county fairs, and shall certify such estimate to the county excise board in time to be acted upon by the county excise board at its annual meeting for making tax levies. |B. The items to be considered in the expenditure of funds shall be for:1. Premiums on livestock, poultry, agricultural and horticultural products, dairy products, boys' and girls' club work, products of domestic science and domestic arts, school exhibits, hand painting, decorating and drawing, manufactured articles, cultivated plants and flowers;2. Necessary expenses of management of township and county fairs organized under the provisions of this article, including office expenses, postage, telegraph and telephone, salary and traveling expenses of the secretary, printing and necessary office supplies, premium ribbons and badges, clerical help, guards, superintendents and judges;3. Advertising the fairs and for decorating and cleaning the grounds and buildings, and for caring for the grounds and buildings; and4. Transportation and arrangement of township fair exhibits at the county fair and county fair exhibits at the Oklahoma State Fair and other State Fairs.Added by Laws 1915, c. 179, § 7. Amended by Laws 1925, c. 38, p. 57, § 7; Laws 2001, c. 146, § 179, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 97 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 269, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
2 OK Stat § 2-15-59 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-15-59. Tax levy - Amount - Purpose.

|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. |Added by Laws 1915, c. 179, § 8. Amended by Laws 1921, c. 89, p. 114, § 3; Laws 1925, c. 38, p. 58, § 8; Laws 1939, p. 240, § 1; Laws 2001, c. 146, § 180, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 98 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 269, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
2 OK Stat § 2-15-60 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-15-60. Collection, apportionment and disbursement of funds - Eligibility of exhibitors.

|A. The county treasurer shall collect and apportion monies for the county free fairs as other monies are collected and apportioned. |B. In school districts which overlap into adjoining counties, the levy for the free fair purposes shall be made and collected in the same manner as for school purposes.C. The county treasurer shall disburse the monies from the levy upon vouchers issued by the executive board of the county free fair association, signed by the president and secretary of the same.D. Residents of any school district which overlaps into any other county shall be eligible to exhibit their products at the fairs in the county in which the school district is located.Added by Laws 1915, c. 179, § 9. Amended by Laws 1925, c. 38, p. 58, § 9; Laws 2001, c. 146, § 181, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 99 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 269, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
2 OK Stat § 2-15-61 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-15-61. Township fairs - Cooperation with agricultural extension forces - Determination of number, time and place - Management - Selection and transportation of county fair exhibits.

|A. The township fair shall be the unit of the free fair plan, and the county fair association shall cooperate with the state and federal agricultural extension forces in organizing boys' and girls' clubs, cooperative marketing associations, livestock improvement associations and such other agricultural organizations as are deemed advisable by the executive board. |B. The executive board:1. Shall determine the number of township fairs and county or township livestock shows and other agricultural shows, to be held;2. Shall fix the time and place of holding the fairs and shows; and3. May provide that two or more townships or communities within the county may combine their exhibits in one township fair.C. The management of the township fairs shall be under the direction of the township members and the secretary of the county fair association, who:1. Must observe the rules of the executive board;2. Shall select exhibits for the county fair; and3. Shall transport the exhibits to the county fair.Added by Laws 1915, c. 179, § 10. Amended by Laws 1925, c. 38, p. 58, § 10; Laws 1965, c. 395, § 2, emerg. eff. July 1, 1965; Laws 2001, c. 146, § 182, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 100 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 269, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
2 OK Stat § 2-15-62 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-15-62. Grounds and buildings - Cost not included in executive board's estimate - Fairs where provided free.

|A. The executive board of the county fair association shall not include in its estimate the cost of grounds and buildings for township and county fairs. |B. The executive board may arrange for holding the fairs where suitable grounds and buildings will be provided free.Added by Laws 1915, c. 179, § 11. Amended by Laws 1925, c. 38, p. 59, § 11; Laws 2001, c. 146, § 183, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 101 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 269, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
2 OK Stat § 2-15-63 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-15-63. Stand rights and privileges - Charges for admission to entertainments - Entertainment expenses not to be defrayed from money appropriated - Free access to exhibits.

|The county fair association shall have exclusive rights to all stand rights and privileges of township and county fairs. Admission may be charged to any amusements or other forms of entertainment; provided, that: |1. No money collected pursuant to this section, shall be used to defray any expenses of costs of such amusements or entertainment; and2. Charging admission to the amusements does not interfere with free access of the public to all exhibits.Added by Laws 1915, c. 179, § 12. Amended by Laws 1925, c. 38, p. 59, § 12; Laws 2001, c. 146, § 184, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 102 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 269, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
2 OK Stat § 2-15-64 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-15-64. Use of money derived from rights and privileges.

|All money derived from rights and privileges on the fair grounds, except as otherwise provided by Section 15-63 of this title, may be used in defraying expenses. |Added by Laws 1915, c. 179, § 13. Amended by Laws 1925, c. 38, p. 59, § 13; Laws 2001, c. 146, § 185, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 103 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 269, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
2 OK Stat § 2-15-65 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-15-65. Election to determine fair site and authorize construction and maintenance of buildings.

|In any county of the State of Oklahoma, in which a free fair association is organized and operating under the laws of the state, an election may be held as provided in Section 15-68 of this title, for the purposes of determining a permanent free fair site and authorizing the construction and maintenance of buildings thereon. |Added by Laws 1929, c. 25, p. 21, § 1. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 186, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 104 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 269, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
2 OK Stat § 2-15-66 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-15-66. County free fair in each county - State not obliged to 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 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. |Added by Laws 1937, p. 273, § 1. Amended by Laws 1939, p. 241, § 1; Laws 2001, c. 146, § 187, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 104a of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 269, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
2 OK Stat § 2-15-67 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-15-67. "Free fair" defined - Power of governing board.

|A. The term "free fair" as used in Section 15-66 of this title shall be construed to mean community and county fairs and livestock shows and other agricultural shows where admission to the grounds and all exhibit buildings is free and no charge is made for entering exhibits on which premiums are offered. |B. The governing board shall have the power to designate the time, place and number of fairs and livestock shows and agricultural shows in each county.Added by Laws 1937, p. 273, § 2. Amended by Laws 1939, p. 241, § 2; Laws 1965, c. 395, § 3, emerg. eff. July 1, 1965; Laws 2001, c. 146, § 188, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 104b of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 269, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
2 OK Stat § 2-15-69 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-15-69. Control of fair and expenditures by board of directors - Annual budget - Township or district fairs and junior fat stock shows in certain counties.

|A. The board of directors is hereby vested with: |1. Control of the fair;2. The expenditure of all money levied and collected for the purpose of conducting the fair; and3. The power and authority to do all acts and things necessary in the conduct of the fair and the management of its fiscal affairs.B. The board shall prepare an annual budget for the fair, which shall be published according to the law provided for budget publications. The board shall file the annual budget with the county clerk of each of the member counties.C. 1. The provisions of this section shall also apply to livestock shows, community and district fairs, and other agricultural shows authorized by the board of directors.2. In counties having a population of more than fifty-five thousand (55,000), according to the 1940 Federal Decennial Census and in and for which county no state fair is provided by statute, it shall be the duty of the board of directors to:a.hold in addition to the county fair one or more township fairs, and/or district fairs within such county,b.designate the place and time for holding the fairs, andc.hold within such county, in addition to the fairs, a junior fat stock show with premiums the same as a fair at an appropriate time during the spring months for the purpose of encouraging the youth of such county in the breeding and feeding of fat hogs, cattle, sheep and other livestock.Added by Laws 1937, p. 274, § 4. Amended by Laws 1947, p. 2, § 1; Laws 1951, p. 2, § 1; Laws 1965, c. 395, § 4, emerg. eff. July 1, 1965; Laws 2001, c. 146, § 190, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 104d of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 269, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
2 OK Stat § 2-15-70 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-15-70. County officers may make annual levy – Purpose of levy.

|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, telegraph and telephone, salary and traveling expenses of the secretary, printing and necessary office supplies;3. Premium ribbons and badges, clerical help, guards, superintendents and judges;4. Advertising, decorating and cleaning the grounds and buildings; and5. 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.Added by Laws 1937, p. 274, § 5. Amended by Laws 1939, p. 241, § 3; Laws 1947, p. 2, § 2; Laws 1951, p. 2, § 2; Laws 2001, c. 146, § 191, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 104e of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 269, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
2 OK Stat § 2-15-71 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-15-71. Provisions of act cumulative and controlling over conflicting laws.

|It is hereby expressly provided that the provisions of this article shall be cumulative to all existing laws in the State of Oklahoma and where the provisions of this article conflict with any other laws of the State of Oklahoma the provisions of this article shall prevail. |Added by Laws 1939, p. 242, § 4. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 192, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 104e.1 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 269, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
2 OK Stat § 2-15-72 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-15-72. Budget and itemized estimate of needs.

|The board of directors of a fair shall submit to the county commissioners and the excise board a budget and an itemized estimate of the needs of the fair. The levy shall be made for the purpose of taking care of the budget. |Added by Laws 1937, p. 274, § 6. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 193, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 104f of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 269, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
2 OK Stat § 2-15-73 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-15-73. Expenditure of funds.

|The county treasurer, upon requisition therefor by the board of directors of a fair, shall pay over to the treasurer of the fair board the funds collected by virtue of the levy. The funds shall be paid out by the treasurer of the fair board upon vouchers and warrants issued by the board under such rules as the board may make. |Added by Laws 1937, p. 274, § 7. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 194, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 104g of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 269, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
2 OK Stat § 2-15-74 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-15-74. Grounds, buildings, concessions, advertising, etc. - Gifts and donations.

|A. The board of directors shall have power to: |1. Acquire grounds for the fair by lease or purchase;2. Erect buildings and repair the same;3. Sell concessions, advertising and privileges at the fair; and4. Accept gifts and donations.B. All money received from sale of concessions and privileges, and all gifts and donations shall be paid to and deposited with the treasurer of the fair board, to be disbursed as provided in Section 15-75 of this title.Added by Laws 1937, p. 274, § 8. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 195, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 104h of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 269, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
2 OK Stat § 2-15-75 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-15-75. Duties of officers of fair board.

|A. The president of a fair board shall be the executive head of the association and perform all the duties usual to the office and enforce and carry out the orders and directions of the board. |B. The vice president shall act in the absence of the president.C. The secretary shall be the clerk of the board and keep all the records and property of the association and shall keep an account of the money and property of the association and draw all warrants and orders on the treasurer.D. The treasurer shall keep all monies and securities of the association and pay out the same upon the order and warrant of the board, attested by the president and secretary of the board.Added by Laws 1937, p. 274, § 9. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 196, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 104i of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 269, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
2 OK Stat § 2-15-76 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-15-76. Terms of directors.

|A. The directors elected at the first election held on the first Saturday in June, 1937, shall hold office; three for one (1) year, three for two (2) years, and three for three (3) years, so that annually thereafter there shall be elected three directors to serve for a term of three (3) years, and until their successors are elected and qualified. |B. At the first meeting of the directors on the second Saturday of June, 1937, the directors shall determine by lot or agreement who shall serve for the one-year, the two-year and the three-year terms.Added by Laws 1937, p. 275, § 10. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 197, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 104j of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 269, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
2 OK Stat § 2-15-77 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-15-77. Levy by excise board on failure of county commissioners to approve and submit estimates.

|In case of failure of the county commissioners to approve and submit estimates to the excise board after having complied with the provisions of Section 15-72 of this title, the excise board of each of the member counties shall, upon application of the fair board, make the levy provided by Section 15-70 of this title, after publication of the estimates therefor as otherwise provided by law. |Added by Laws 1937, p. 275, § 11. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 198, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 104k of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 269, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
2 OK Stat § 2-15-78 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-15-78. Effect on existing laws.

|It is hereby expressly provided that the provisions of this article shall not repeal or modify existing laws relative to free fairs. |Added by Laws 1937, p. 275, § 12A. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 199, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 104m of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 269, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
2 OK Stat § 2-15-79 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-15-79. County free fair association - Conversion and establishment to association subject to §§ 15-66 through 15-78 of this title.

|In each county in this state in which there has been established a county free fair association pursuant to the provisions of Sections 15-51 through 15-64 of this title, the board of directors of such fair association may, by resolution, convert and establish such association into a fair association of the same name which is subject to the provisions of Sections 15-66 through 15-78 of this title. |Added by Laws 1992, c. 120, § 2, emerg. eff. April 23, 1992. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 200, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 104n of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 269, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
2 OK Stat § 2-15-80 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-15-80. Resolution of executive board - Submission of question - Time for calling election - Submission at regular election - Determination of site.

|A. The board of county commissioners of a county, when requested so to do, by a proper resolution passed and presented by the executive board of the free fair association of the county, shall submit, to a vote of the county, the question of determining a permanent free fair site. |B. The board of county commissioners shall at the next regular meeting of such board determine whether such election shall be called. If the board decides to call an election, the election shall be called within sixty (60) days after the decision; or the board may submit such question at the next primary or general election thereafter. The permanent free fair site shall be determined by a majority of all legal votes cast in the election.Added by Laws 1929, c. 25, p. 21, § 2. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 201, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 105 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 269, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
2 OK Stat § 2-15-81 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-15-81. Election proclamation - Publication - Contents.

|A. The election, as provided in Section 15-80 of this title, shall be called and held pursuant to the provisions of this section. |B. The board of county commissioners shall cause to be published in a county newspaper of general circulation in the county, for four consecutive issues, a proclamation calling an election. The proclamation shall include a detailed statement of the proposition.C. The proclamation shall state the exact method by which the electors shall vote their preference for the location of the free fair site.Added by Laws 1929, c. 25, p. 21, § 3. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 202, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 106 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 269, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
2 OK Stat § 2-15-82 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-15-82. Resubmission of question - Time - Petition - Calling, 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. |Added by Laws 1929, c. 25, p. 22, § 4. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 203, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 107 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 269, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.