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2 OK Stat § 2-18-194 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-18-194. Proposed budget of Sheep and Wool Utilization, Research 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.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.Added by Laws 1973, c. 164, § 14, emerg. eff. May 16, 1973. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 47, § 1, emerg. eff. April 9, 1979; Laws 2000, c. 173, § 1, emerg. eff. May 3, 2000; Laws 2001, c. 146, § 73, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 1514 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 253, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 413, § 6, eff. July 1, 2010.
2 OK Stat § 2-18-195 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-18-195. Cooperation with other organizations.

|The Sheep and Wool Utilization, Research and Market Development Commission may cooperate with and enter into contracts with proper local, state or national organizations, public or private, in carrying out the purposes of the Oklahoma Sheep and Wool Producers Act. |Added by Laws 1973, c. 164, § 15, emerg. eff. May 16, 1973. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 74, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 1515 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 253, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
2 OK Stat § 2-18-196 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-18-196. Actions by Attorney General - Penalties.

|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. |Added by Laws 1973, c. 164, § 16, emerg. eff. May 16, 1973. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 75, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 1516 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 253, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
2 OK Stat § 2-18-240 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-18-240. Short title - Purpose.

|A. This subarticle shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Sorghum Resources Act". |B. The purpose of the Oklahoma Sorghum Resources Act shall be to develop programs that will enhance sorghum production, sorghum research, promoting market development and education, and improving profitability of Oklahoma sorghum producers.Added by Laws 1997, c. 151, § 1, emerg. eff. April 25, 1997. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 134, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 1850.1 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 266, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
2 OK Stat § 2-18-241 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-18-241. Definitions.

|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; and7. "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.Added by Laws 1997, c. 151, § 2, emerg. eff. April 25, 1997. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 135, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 1850.2 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 266, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Amended by Laws 2017, c. 220, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
2 OK Stat § 2-18-245 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-18-245. Assessment of fees.

|A. 1. There is hereby assessed a fee of one cent ($0.01) per bushel upon all sorghum marketed by sorghum producers in this state and sold or handled through commercial channels. The fee shall be assessed and imposed upon the sorghum producer at the time of sale or delivery and shall be collected and remitted by the first purchaser to the Commission. Pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Sorghum Resources Act, no sorghum shall be subject to assessment of a fee more than once. |2. No assessments for sorghum shall be collected in accordance with this section while a national checkoff program for sorghum established pursuant to 7 CFR 1221 remains in effect. The collection of assessments in accordance with this section shall be reinstated upon suspension or termination of the program for sorghum established pursuant to 7 CFR 1221.B. 1. The first purchaser shall collect the assessment by deducting the appropriate amount from the purchase price of the sorghum or from any funds advanced for that purpose.2. The Commission, by registered or certified mail, shall notify each first purchaser 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 first purchaser is to begin collecting the assessment.3. 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 sorghum producer.4. The Commission shall establish through bylaws the procedures for the collection and remittance of the assessment.C. Any unexpended balance contained in the Oklahoma Sorghum Resources Fund as of November 1, 2017, shall be transferred and deposited to the credit of the General Revenue Fund of the State Treasury.Added by Laws 1997, c. 151, § 6, emerg. eff. April 25, 1997. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 139, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 1850.6 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 266, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Amended by Laws 2008, c. 57, § 1, eff. July 1, 2008; Laws 2017, c. 220, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
2 OK Stat § 2-18-246 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-18-246. Report and remittance of fees.

|A. The first purchaser shall render and have on file a report along with remittance of the fees collected pursuant to the Oklahoma Sorghum 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 sorghum purchased and other information as may be required by the Oklahoma Sorghum Commission. |B. If the first purchaser fails to make a report and remittance as required by the Oklahoma Sorghum 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 Sorghum 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.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 Sorghum Resources Act.D. The first purchaser shall retain any records or reports relating to the collection of the assessment for at least three (3) years.Added by Laws 1997, c. 151, § 7, emerg. eff. April 25, 1997. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 140, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 1850.7 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 266, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Amended by Laws 2017, c. 220, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
2 OK Stat § 2-18-248 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-18-248. Refund of fees.

|A. Any sorghum producer subject to the assessment provided in the Oklahoma Sorghum Resources Act may request a refund of the fees so assessed, within sixty (60) days following the collection of the fee. Any sorghum producer requesting a refund shall make application to the Oklahoma Sorghum Commission for the refund of the assessment. Along with the application, the sorghum producer shall submit the evidence of payment of the fee and of the amount of sorghum sold required by the Commission. The Commission may verify the accuracy of the request for the refund. |B. Upon receipt of the application for a refund and evidence required, the Commission shall refund the amount of the assessment owed to the producer within thirty (30) days of the date the refund request was received and the Commission received payment from the first purchaser.Added by Laws 1997, c. 151, § 9, emerg. eff. April 25, 1997. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 142, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 1850.9 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 266, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
2 OK Stat § 2-18-251 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-18-251. Referendum on assessments.

|A. Sorghum producers may petition for a referendum to determine if the assessment is to be continued, at any time. The President of the State Board of Agriculture shall call and conduct a referendum if the petitions bear signatures of ten percent (10%) of the sorghum producers. No more than one referendum shall be conducted in any one thirty-six-month period. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry shall determine if the petition bears the required number of valid signatures. The President shall announce the referendum at least thirty (30) days prior to the day of voting. At least thirty (30) days before the referendum, the Department shall mail a notice of the referendum to all known sorghum producers in the State of Oklahoma who market sorghum in commercial quantities. The notice shall specify the dates, times, and places for holding the referendum, and shall include a sample ballot with the following wording: |DO YOU FAVOR A CONTINUATION OF THE ONE CENT ($0.01) PER BUSHEL ASSESSMENT ON SORGHUM MARKETED IN OKLAHOMA FOR UTILIZATION, RESEARCH, EDUCATION, PROMOTION, AND MARKET DEVELOPMENT?YES ( )NO ( )B. Places within each county for conducting the referendum shall be designated by the Agricultural Extension Division of Oklahoma State University, and voting in each county shall be supervised by the county agricultural extension agent, or person designated by the Department. The Oklahoma Sorghum Commission shall ensure sufficient ballots and supplies necessary for the conduct of the voting and tabulation of returns. Certified results of the referendum in each district shall be transmitted within twenty-four (24) hours after voting ends to the President, and the ballots shall be transmitted to the President within forty-eight (48) hours. Ballots shall be preserved by the President for a period of at least three (3) months.C. 1. The results of the referendum shall be determined by the President, and the results certified to the Governor who shall issue a proclamation declaring the results.2. The Commission shall bear expenses of advertising and conducting the referendum.D. Whenever the question of levying the assessments is disapproved, by failure of sixty percent (60%) of the sorghum producers 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.Added by Laws 1997, c. 151, § 12, emerg. eff. April 25, 1997. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 145, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 1850.12 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 266, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Amended by Laws 2017, c. 220, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
2 OK Stat § 2-18-270 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-18-270. Short title - Purpose.

|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.Added by Laws 2008, c. 154, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.
2 OK Stat § 2-18-271 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-18-271. Definitions.

|As used in the Oklahoma Oilseed Resources Act: |1. "Commercial channels" means the sale of oilseed for any use, when sold to any commercial buyer, dealer, processor, cooperative, or to any person, public or private, who resells any oilseed or product produced from oilseed;2. "Commercial quantities" means and includes all hundredweights (CWT) of oilseed produced for market in any calendar year by any producer;3. "Commission" means the Oklahoma Oilseed 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 oilseed from an oilseed producer. A mortgagee, pledgee, lienholder, or other person having a claim against the oilseed producer under a nonrecourse loan made against the oilseed 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;7. "Oilseed" means any seed or crop grown primarily or mainly for oil; and8. "Oilseed producer" or "producer" means an individual engaged in the production of oilseed, who markets oilseed 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 an oilseed producer.Added by Laws 2008, c. 154, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2008. Amended by Laws 2017, c. 117, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
2 OK Stat § 2-18-275 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-18-275. Oilseed fee – Collection of assessment.

|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.Added by Laws 2008, c. 154, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2008. Amended by Laws 2017, c. 117, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
2 OK Stat § 2-18-276 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-18-276. Report and remittance of fees – Failure to report – 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.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) years.Added by Laws 2008, c. 154, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2008. Amended by Laws 2017, c. 117, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
2 OK Stat § 2-18-277 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-18-277. Annual report to Secretary of Agriculture.

|A. The chair of the Oklahoma Oilseed Commission shall make an annual report to the Secretary of Agriculture, within forty-five (45) days after June 30 of each year, showing in detail all income and expenditures and any other facts relevant to the Oklahoma Oilseed Resources Act. The annual report shall include a list of all officers and any employees of the Commission and shall indicate the official positions of officers and any employees and salaries paid. |B. The report shall be available to the public. A copy shall be sent upon request to any producer upon whom the assessment is assessed.C. All records of the Commission shall be kept at least three (3) years.Added by Laws 2008, c. 154, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.
2 OK Stat § 2-18-278 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-18-278. Refund of fees.

|A. Any oilseed producer subject to the assessment provided in the Oklahoma Oilseed Resources Act may request a refund of the fees so assessed, within sixty (60) days following the collection of the fee. Any oilseed producer requesting a refund shall make application to the Oklahoma Oilseed Commission for the refund of the assessment. Along with the application, the oilseed producer shall submit the evidence of payment of the fee and of the amount of oilseed sold required by the Commission. The Commission may verify the accuracy of the request for the refund. |B. Upon receipt of the application for a refund and evidence required, the Commission shall refund the amount of the assessment owed to the producer within thirty (30) days of the date the refund request was received and the Commission received payment from the first purchaser.Added by Laws 2008, c. 154, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.
2 OK Stat § 2-18-279 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-18-279. Oklahoma Oilseed Resources Fund.

|There is created until November 1, 2017, the Oklahoma Oilseed Resources Fund. The Oklahoma Oilseed Resources Fund shall be 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. |Added by Laws 2008, c. 154, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 2008. Amended by Laws 2017, c. 117, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.