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2 OK Stat § 2-3-50.10 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-3-50.10. Boll Weevil Eradication Fund.

|A. There is hereby created the Boll Weevil Eradication Fund. The Boll Weevil Eradication Fund shall be administered by the board of directors for the benefit of the cotton growers in this state to eradicate and ensure the long-term eradication and control of boll weevils. The Boll Weevil Eradication Fund shall be established and maintained in a bank or other depository approved by the Commissioner. |B. The Boll Weevil Eradication Fund shall consist of:1. All monies received by the board of directors as proceeds from the assessment imposed pursuant to the Boll Weevil Eradication Act;2. Interest attributable to investment of money in the Boll Weevil Eradication Fund; and3. Monies received by the board of directors in the form of gifts, grants, reimbursements, or from any other source designated by law for deposit to the Boll Weevil Eradication Fund.C. The monies deposited in the Boll Weevil Eradication Fund, including emergency contingency funding for posteradication infestation, shall at no time become monies of the state.D. Monies in the Boll Weevil Eradication Fund shall only be expended for:1. Implementation and management of the Boll Weevil Eradication Act; and2. Costs incurred by the board of directors and the State Board of Agriculture for the administration of the Boll Weevil Eradication Act.E. Any debts or obligations of the organization shall not become or be construed to be obligations of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry or this state.Added by Laws 1993, c. 198, § 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 2006, c. 211, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.
2 OK Stat § 2-3-50.11 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-3-50.11. Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry - Collection of assessment and administrative penalty or fine - Disposition of penalty.

|A. The board of directors may request the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry to provide for the collection of the assessment or for other enforcement action necessary as determined by the board of directors for violations of the Boll Weevil Eradication Act and for collection of any administrative penalty or fine from any person who is determined to have violated any provision of the Boll Weevil Eradication Act. |B. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, in an enforcement action brought by the board of directors, the board of directors may collect, in addition to the assessment, a fine from any person or cotton gin that is determined to have violated any provision of the Boll Weevil Eradication Act.C. Failure by any person to comply with any provisions of the Boll Weevil Eradication Act may result in assessment of an administrative penalty or fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) and not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for each violation.D. Any administrative penalty or fine collected pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be deposited in the Boll Weevil Eradication Fund; provided, the Department shall be reimbursed for any costs incurred by the Department in the enforcement of this section.Added by Laws 1993, c. 198, § 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 231, § 5, emerg. eff. May 24, 2000; Laws 2005, c. 93, § 4, eff Nov. 1, 2005; Laws 2006, c. 211, § 11, eff. Nov. 1, 2006; Laws 2007, c. 157, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2007.
2 OK Stat § 2-3-50.14 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-3-50.14. Commissioner assistance in control of boll weevil eradication programs - Use of state-appropriated monies prohibited - Reimbursement of Department's costs and expenses.

|A. The Commissioner, upon the request of the board of directors, is authorized to assist in the eradication and control of the boll weevil in this state. |B. State-appropriated monies shall not be a funding source for activities conducted pursuant to the Boll Weevil Eradication Act. The Department shall be reimbursed for any costs and expenses incurred for any assistance provided pursuant to the Boll Weevil Eradication Act.Added by Laws 1993, c. 198, § 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 2006, c. 211, § 12, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.
2 OK Stat § 2-3-50.15 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-3-50.15. Cooperation with other entities - Written agreements.

|The Commissioner is authorized to cooperate with any agency of the federal government, any state contiguous to this state, any other agency in this state, or any person engaged in growing, processing, marketing, or handling cotton in this state, or any group of persons, in programs to effectuate the purposes of the Boll Weevil Eradication Act, and may enter into written agreements to effectuate these purposes. The agreements may provide for cost sharing, for division of duties and responsibilities pursuant to the Boll Weevil Eradication Act and may include other provisions that effectuate the purposes of the Boll Weevil Eradication Act. |Added by Laws 1993, c. 198, § 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 2006, c. 211, § 13, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.
2 OK Stat § 2-3-50.16 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-3-50.16. Right of entry - Inspections and other activities - Warrants.

|A. 1. The board of directors and the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry, or their authorized agents shall have authority, to: |a.enter cotton fields and other premises in order to carry out activities, including but not limited to treatment with pesticides, monitoring, and destruction of growing cotton and other host plants, as necessary to carry out the provisions of the Boll Weevil Eradication Act,b.make inspection of any fields or premises in this state and any property for the purpose of determining if the property is infested with boll weevils, andc.examine and make photocopies of any records and documents relating to the Boll Weevil Eradication Act.2. The inspection and other activities may be conducted at any hour with the notification of the owner or person in charge of the premises or property. If access is denied, the board of directors, the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry, or the authorized agent of either shall have the right to apply to and obtain from a district court an administrative warrant as necessary to enforce the right of access and inspection as authorized pursuant to 2-14 of the Oklahoma Code.B. Any judge of this state shall, within the judge’s territorial jurisdiction, and upon proper statutory authority, issue administrative warrants for the purpose of conducting administrative inspections and other activities authorized by the Boll Weevil Eradication Act.Added by Laws 1993, c. 198, § 16, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 2006, c. 211, § 14, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.
2 OK Stat § 2-3-50.17 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-3-50.17. Rules.

|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”; and3. 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.Added by Laws 1993, c. 198, § 17, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 231, § 6, emerg. eff. May 24, 2000; Laws 2006, c. 211, § 15, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.
2 OK Stat § 2-3-50.18 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-3-50.18. Destruction of cotton - Volunteer or noncommercial 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. |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.Added by Laws 1993, c. 198, § 18, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 2006, c. 211, § 16, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.
2 OK Stat § 2-3-50.19 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-3-50.19. Unlawful acts - Moving infested article into state - Penalties.

|A. It shall be unlawful for any person to store or handle any regulated article in an eradicated or other quarantined area, or to move into or from an eradicated or other quarantined area any regulated article, except under conditions as may be prescribed by the rules promulgated by the State Board of Agriculture. |B. Any person who, except in compliance with the rules of the Department, moves any regulated article into this state from any other state infested by boll weevils shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 3-50.20 of this title. Any person convicted of a violation may be required to pay restitution for damages caused by the violation.Added by Laws 1993, c. 198, § 19, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 2006, c. 211, § 17, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.
2 OK Stat § 2-3-50.20 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-3-50.20. Violations - Penalties.

|Any person who violates any of the provisions of the Boll Weevil Eradication Act or the rules promulgated thereto, or who shall alter, forge, counterfeit, or use without authority any certificate, permit, or other document provided for in the Boll Weevil Eradication Act or in rules promulgated thereto shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00). |Added by Laws 1993, c. 198, § 20, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 2006, c. 211, § 18, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.
2 OK Stat § 2-3-50.21 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-3-50.21. Boll Weevil Eradication Organization - Relationship with Merit System of Personnel Administration - Seasonal employees.

|A. The Oklahoma Boll Weevil Eradication Organization shall not be subject to the Merit System of Personnel Administration. |B. The Oklahoma Boll Weevil Eradication Organization is authorized to employ seasonal employees for projects throughout the calendar year. Project labor employed by the Oklahoma Boll Weevil Eradication Organization may be employed for a period of time necessary to complete the project. Regardless of the number of hours worked during any fiscal year, project employees shall not be entitled to paid leave, paid holidays, retirement, longevity, health, dental or life insurance, and disability benefits, and shall be exempt from any laws, rules or practices providing for these benefits, or to state employee minimum annualized salaries, salary increases or adjustments, unless specifically authorized by law.Added by Laws 2000, c. 231, § 7, emerg. eff. May 24, 2000. Amended by Laws 2006, c. 211, § 19, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.
2 OK Stat § 2-3-50.30 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-3-50.30. Review and evaluation of boll weevil eradication efforts.

|The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry may periodically conduct reviews to evaluate the ongoing boll weevil eradication and posteradication efforts in the state. |Added by Laws 1997, c. 17, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1997. Renumbered from § 3-60.1 of this title by Laws 1997, c. 381, § 7, eff. July 1, 1997. Amended by Laws 2006, c. 211, § 20, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.
2 OK Stat § 2-3-82.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-3-82.1. Unwanted Pesticide Disposal Fund.

|There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund for the State Board of Agriculture to be designated the State Department of Agriculture “ Unwanted Pesticide Disposal 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 to implement and maintain the Unwanted Pesticide Disposal Program. On July 1, 2005, the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry shall transfer all money in the State Department of Agriculture Revolving Fund which has been designated by law for conducting programs for unwanted pesticide disposal to the Unwanted Pesticide Disposal Fund. |Added by Laws 2005, c. 42, § 2, eff. July 1, 2005.
2 OK Stat § 2-3-83 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-3-83. Keeping of records – Board audits.

|A. Every commercial and noncommercial applicator shall keep accurate records pertaining to pesticide activities, applications, and wood infestation reports, as required by the State Board of Agriculture. The records of the applicator shall be kept intact at the principal business location in this state for at least two (2) years after their date of expiration and copies shall be furnished to any authorized agent of the Board, immediately upon request in person, at any time during the regular business hours of the applicator. Copies of records shall be furnished to any authorized agent of the Board within seven (7) working days of a written request, in summary form, by mail, fax, e-mail, web site, or any other electronic media customarily used. |B. Every restricted use pesticide dealer shall keep accurate records pertaining to restricted use pesticide purchases and sales, as required by the Board. The records shall be kept intact at the principal business location in this state for at least two (2) years after their date of expiration. Copies shall be furnished to any authorized agent of the Board at any time during the regular business hours of the dealer, immediately upon request in person, or within seven (7) working days of a written request, in summary form, by mail, fax, e-mail, web site, or any other electronic media customarily used.C. It shall be the duty of the Board to audit the maintenance of records as necessary to carry out the provisions of the Oklahoma Agriculture Code.Added by Laws 1961, p. 2, § 3. Amended by Laws 1967, c. 278, § 1, emerg. eff. May 8, 1967; Laws 1977, c. 98, § 6; Laws 1984, c. 156, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1984; Laws 2000, c. 367, § 12, emerg. eff. June 6, 2000.
2 OK Stat § 2-3-84 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-3-84. Declaration of pest – Rules - Requirements.

|A. The Board shall have the authority to declare any form of plant or animal life or virus which is injurious to plants, humans, domestic animals, articles, or substances as a pest. The Board shall have the authority to classify pesticide uses as being general, restricted, or both, to determine standards of coloring or discoloring for pesticides, and to subject pesticides to the requirements of this section. |B. The Board shall promulgate appropriate rules for carrying out the provisions of this section.C. The Board shall, to the extent practical, create uniformity between the requirements of Oklahoma and those prescribed by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, as amended.Added by Laws 1961, p. 3, § 4, operative July 1, 1961. Amended by Laws 1965, c. 324, § 1, emerg. eff. June 28, 1965; Laws 1977, c. 98, § 7; Laws 2000, c. 367, § 13, emerg. eff. June 6, 2000; Laws 2004, c. 109, § 2; Laws 2014, c. 280, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
2 OK Stat § 2-3-100 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-3-100. Short title.

|This subarticle shall be known and may be cited as the Oklahoma Apiary Act. |Added by Laws 1988, c. 259, § 1, operative July 1, 1988. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 367, § 16, emerg. eff. June 6, 2000.
2 OK Stat § 2-3-101 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-3-101. Enforcement of act - Powers of Board.

|A. The State Board of Agriculture or its authorized agents shall have the authority to enter any premises or mode of transportation during reasonable hours for the purpose of implementing the Oklahoma Apiary Act or rules promulgated pursuant thereto. |B. The Board or its authorized agents shall have the authority to carry out all necessary and proper actions to determine compliance with the Oklahoma Apiary Act including, but not limited to, conducting investigations, opening any bundle, package, or container, examining and making photocopies of records or documents, examining devices, collecting and submitting samples for analysis, issuing any order to destroy infected or infested bees or apiary equipment, and removing or destroying bees, hives or other articles as deemed necessary by the Board.C. The Board is authorized to promulgate rules necessary, expedient, or appropriate for the performance, enforcement, or carrying out of any of the purposes, objectives, or provisions of the Oklahoma Apiary Act, including the establishment of fees. All fees shall be fair and equitable to all parties concerned. Any rules shall be promulgated pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act.D. The Board shall have the authority to:1. Issue, renew, deny, modify, suspend, cancel, and revoke any registration, permit, certificate, license, identification, or order issued pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Apiary Act;2. Issue certificates of inspection;3. Issue entry permits to any person transporting bees or apiary equipment into this state;4. Investigate complaints and violations of the Oklahoma Apiary Act and rules promulgated pursuant thereto;5. Issue quarantines, initiate control measures, confiscate, and destroy apiaries, bees, colonies, or hives that present a danger to the public safety or welfare; and6. Exercise all incidental powers as necessary and proper to implement and enforce the provisions of the Oklahoma Apiary Act and the rules of the Board promulgated pursuant thereto.Added by Laws 1955, p. 17, art. 3(F), § 1, emerg. eff. June 3, 1955. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 259, § 3, operative July 1, 1988; Laws 2000, c. 367, § 18, emerg. eff. June 6, 2000; Laws 2005, c. 135, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2005; Laws 2013, c. 118, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.
2 OK Stat § 2-3-103 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-3-103. Quarantine – Declaration of bee disease or pest - Order to destroy.

|A. Upon the discovery of any bee disease or pest, a premise shall be quarantined by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry. |B. The State Board of Agriculture shall have the authority to declare any form of bee, plant, animal, or virus that is injurious to bees as a bee disease or pest.C. Any person receiving a quarantine order shall immediately initiate any and all control measures specified in the quarantine.D. The quarantine shall remain in effect until officially removed by the Department.E. When there are no effective control measures available, or the person fails to initiate control, a Board order to destroy the bees and apiary equipment infected or infested with the bee disease or pest may be issued by the Department to prevent the spread of the bee disease or pest.Added by Laws 1955, p. 17, art. 3(F), § 3, emerg. eff. June 3, 1955. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 259, § 4, operative July 1, 1988; Laws 2000, c. 367, § 19, emerg. eff. June 6, 2000; Laws 2005, c. 135, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2005.
2 OK Stat § 2-3-106 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-3-106. Sales and transport of apiaries, equipment, bees, or hives.

|A. A person shall not sell or offer for sale any apiary, apiary equipment, bee, or hive in this state unless free of bee diseases or pests. |B. Any apiary, apiary equipment, bee, or hive shipped or transported interstate shall be accompanied with a certificate of inspection issued by the state of origin.C. Any person moving or transporting colonies into, within, or through the State of Oklahoma shall secure the colonies in a manner that prevents the escape of bees.D. Honey or honey products used in shipping cages for the transport or movement of bees shall be boiled for at least thirty (30) minutes.Added by Laws 1955, p. 17, art. 3(F), § 6, emerg. eff. June 3, 1955. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 259, § 5, operative July 1, 1988; Laws 2000, c. 367, § 20, emerg. eff. June 6, 2000; Laws 2005, c. 135, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2005.
2 OK Stat § 2-3-113 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-3-113. Voluntary registration program – Location of new apiaries – Abandoned apiaries.

|A. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry, on a form prescribed by the Department, shall establish a voluntary registration program. The program shall be available to any of the following: |1. Any person establishing, maintaining, or locating an apiary within the state;2. Any person shipping bees into the state; or3. Migratory beekeepers that transport colonies of bees into the state.B. The Department shall issue to each registrant a registration identification number. Any person owning an apiary that does not register with the Department shall be required to post personal contact information at or near their apiary.C. All registrants shall pay registration fees as established by the State Board of Agriculture. Fees shall be paid to the Board prior to the processing of the registration.D. The Board shall promulgate rules to establish and administer the voluntary registration program.E. No person shall locate a new apiary within close proximity to an established apiary if the Department determines that the new apiary presents an imminent danger of spreading bee diseases or pests or interferes with the proper feeding and foraging of an established apiary.F. If the Department discovers an apiary that does not appear to have a registration identification number, the Department shall make a reasonable effort to locate and notify the beekeeper or owner. If no beekeeper or owner is identified for the apiary, then it may be designated as an abandoned apiary, and the Department may destroy the apiary or donate it to an appropriate research facility.Added by Laws 1955, p. 19, art. 3(F), § 13, emerg. eff. June 3, 1955. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 259, § 7, operative July 1, 1988; Laws 1992, c. 290, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Laws 2000, c. 367, § 22, emerg. eff. June 6, 2000; Laws 2005, c. 135, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2005.
2 OK Stat § 2-3-116 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-3-116. Certificate of inspection – Pollination or honey production colony inspection - Investigation.

|A. For the purposes of obtaining a certificate of inspection, a person may request the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry to conduct an inspection of their apiary, colony, hive, apiary equipment, or premise. |B. Upon completion of inspection, the Department shall issue a certificate of inspection stating that the apiary, the colony, hive, apiary equipment, or premise is either:1. Apparently free of bee diseases or pests; or2. Not free of bee diseases or pests and the certificate of inspection contains a list of any and all bee diseases or pests found during the inspection.C. Any beekeeper who provides colonies of bees for pollination purposes or honey production pursuant to an oral or written contract shall be subject to inspection by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry for the strength of colonies and the presence of pests. The Department may, upon complaint, investigate any bee colony. Copies of the written contract, if one exists, shall be furnished to the Board upon request.Added by Laws 1955, p. 19, art. 3(F), § 16, emerg. eff. June 3, 1955. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 259, § 9, operative July 1, 1988; Laws 2000, c. 367, § 24, emerg. eff. June 6, 2000; Laws 2005, c. 135, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2005.