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2 OK Stat § 2-9-161 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-9-161. Packer - Definition.

|As used in the Competitive Livestock Markets Act, “packer” means any person: |1. Engaged in the business of buying more than five thousand (5,000) animal units of livestock per year in commerce for purpose of slaughter;2. Manufacturing or preparing meats or meat food products for sale of shipment in commerce; or3. Marketing meats, meat food products or livestock products in an unmanufactured form acting as a wholesale broker, dealer or distributor.Added by Laws 2001, c. 400, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2001.
2 OK Stat § 2-9-162 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-9-162. Packer prohibitions.

|It shall be unlawful for any packer with respect to livestock, meats, meat products or livestock products in unmanufactured form to: |1. Engage in or use any unfair, unjustly discriminatory or deceptive practice or device;2. Sell or otherwise transfer to or for any other packer or buy or otherwise receive from or for any other packer any article for the purpose or with the effect of apportioning the supply between any such persons if such apportionment has the tendency or effect of restraining commerce or of creating a monopoly;3. Sell or otherwise transfer to or for any other person, or buy or otherwise receive from or for any other person, any article for the purpose or with the effect of manipulating or controlling prices, or of creating a monopoly in the acquisition of buying, selling or dealing in any article, or of restraining commerce;4. Engage in any course of business or do any act for the purpose of or with the effect of manipulating or controlling prices, or of creating a monopoly in the acquisition of buying, selling, dealing in any article or of restraining commerce;5. Conspire, combine, agree or arrange with any other person to apportion territory for carrying on business, to apportion purchases of any article or to manipulate or control prices; or6. Conspire, combine, agree or arrange with any other person to aid or abet the doing of any act made unlawful by paragraph 1, 2, 3 or 4 of this section.Added by Laws 2001, c. 400, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2001.
2 OK Stat § 2-9-163 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-9-163. Declaratory judgment - Restraining order - Actions.

|A. Any person who has incurred damages as a result of the Competitive Livestock Markets Act may bring an action to: |1. Obtain a declaratory judgment that an act or practice violates the Competitive Livestock Markets Act; or2. Enjoin or obtain a restraining order against a packer who is violating the Competitive Livestock Markets Act.B. A person who suffers damages as a result of a violation of the Competitive Livestock Markets Act may bring an individual or a class action for the damages caused by any violation of the Competitive Livestock Markets Act together with reasonable attorney fees, against the party or parties whose conduct is the proximate cause of such damages.Added by Laws 2001, c. 400, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2001.
2 OK Stat § 2-9-164 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-9-164. Accounts, records and memoranda.

|Every packer shall keep such accounts, records and memoranda as necessary to fully and correctly disclose all transactions involved in such person’s business, including the true ownership of the business by stockholding or otherwise. |Added by Laws 2001, c. 400, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2001.
2 OK Stat § 2-10-2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-10-2. Board as official state agency.

|The State Board of Agriculture shall be the official state agency in all matters related to the health of birds, hatching eggs, and in the administration of the National Poultry Improvement Plan. |Added by Laws 1955, p. 93, art. 10(A), § 2. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 367, § 125, emerg. eff. June 6, 2000.
2 OK Stat § 2-10-9 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-10-9. Acceptance or approval of pending poultry feeding operation applications - Prohibition within certain distance upstream from Pensacola Project boundary.

|The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry shall not accept or approve any pending applications requesting permits for registration, construction or expansion of any poultry feeding operation, as defined in Section 10-9.1 of this title, to be located within one (1) mile upstream of the Pensacola Project boundary as described in the records of the Grand River Dam Authority and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Any such operation authorized or permitted prior to April 17, 2002, shall not be affected by the provisions of this section. |Added by Laws 2002, c. 94, § 2, emerg. eff. April 17, 2002. Amended by Laws 2005, c. 292, § 24, eff. July 1, 2005.
2 OK Stat § 2-10-9.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-10-9.3. Registration.

|A. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to construct or operate a new poultry feeding operation without having first registered with the State Board of Agriculture. |2. The owner or operator of a poultry operation not classified as a poultry feeding operation may register if such owner or operator elects to come under the provisions of the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding Operations Act and the rules of the Board.B. Any poultry feeding operation that has a valid license pursuant to the Oklahoma Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Act shall not be required to register pursuant to the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding Operations Act.Added by Laws 1998, c. 232, § 3, eff. July 1, 1998. Amended by Laws 2015, c. 313, § 2, eff. July 1, 2015.
2 OK Stat § 2-10-9.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-10-9.4. Poultry operations under common ownership - Registration upon waste exceeding certain limit - Reregistration upon certain increase in waste.

|A. Every poultry feeding operation shall be required to register annually to operate pursuant to the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding Operations Act and rules promulgated pursuant thereto. |B. 1. Two or more poultry operations under common ownership are considered, for the purposes of registration, to be a single poultry feeding operation if they adjoin each other or if they use a common waste facility.2. Once the cumulative amount of poultry waste produced by all facilities owned or managed by a person meets or exceeds the amount specified by paragraph 20 of Section 10-9.1 of this title, all poultry feeding operations owned by the person shall be required to become registered.3. After the effective date of this act, any poultry feeding operation shall be required to reregister for any increase in excess of ten percent (10%) of the facility's original registered capacity.Added by Laws 1998, c. 232, § 4, eff. July 1, 1998. Amended by Laws 2015, c. 313, § 3, eff. July 1, 2015.
2 OK Stat § 2-10-9.6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-10-9.6. Poultry Waste Education Revolving Fund.

|A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry to be designated the "Poultry Waste Education Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies donated to the fund, and any other monies deposited in the fund pursuant to law. |B. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry to contract with Oklahoma State University to provide the educational courses required by the Oklahoma Poultry Waste Applicators Certification Act.C. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.Added by Laws 1998, c. 232, § 6, eff. July 1, 1998. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 8.
2 OK Stat § 2-10-9.8 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-10-9.8. Registration fee.

|Every application shall be accompanied by an annual registration fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00), which is nonrefundable. All such fees shall be deposited in the Agriculture Regulation Revolving Fund created in Section 10-9.24 of this title to be used for the purpose of implementing the provisions of the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding Operations Act and the Oklahoma Poultry Waste Applicators Certification Act. |Added by Laws 1998, c. 232, § 8, eff. July 1, 1998. Amended by Laws 2015, c. 313, § 6, eff. July 1, 2015.
2 OK Stat § 2-10-9.8a (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-10-9.8a. New or expanded poultry feeding operations – Construction in certain areas prohibited.

|On and after the effective date of this act: |1. No new or expanding poultry feeding operations, operated by entities prohibited in Section 951 of Title 18 of the Oklahoma Statutes including but not limited to entities operating as prescribed by Section 954 of Title 18 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall be constructed within a one-hundred-year flood plain; and2. No new or expanding poultry feeding operations, operated by entities prohibited in Section 951 of Title 18 of the Oklahoma Statutes including but not limited to entities operating as prescribed by Section 954 of Title 18 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall be constructed within the following minimum buffer areas:a.one and one-half (1 1/2) miles of the high water mark of a surface public water supply if the poultry feeding operation is located within the watershed for the public water supply,b.one (1) mile of any designated scenic river area as specified by the Scenic Rivers Act,c.one (1) mile of a public drinking water well, andd.one (1) mile of a water body specified as Outstanding Resource Waters that has recreational or ecological significance as outlined by the most current Water Quality Standards promulgated by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board.Added by Laws 2002, c. 65, § 1.
2 OK Stat § 2-10-9.9 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-10-9.9. Designation of poultry feeding operation as concentrated animal feeding operation – Rules.

|A. In addition to the authority of the State Board of Agriculture to make designations of a concentrated animal feeding operation pursuant to Section 20-44 of this title, the Board shall have the power to designate a poultry feeding operation as a concentrated animal feeding operation as defined by Section 20-41 of this title subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Act after an administrative determination that an operation has violated or is unwilling to comply with any of the provisions of the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding Operations Act, or any rule promulgated pursuant thereto whether or not the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry determines the registered poultry feeding operation to be a significant contributor of pollution to waters of this state. |B. In order to protect the public health and safety and the environment of this state, the Board, pursuant to the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding Operations Act, may require application for a concentrated animal feeding operation license to establish and operate a poultry feeding operation on and after the effective date of this act to any person or other legal entity which:1. Is not in substantial compliance with a final agency order or any final order or judgment of a court of record secured by any state or federal agency relating to poultry feeding operations; or2. Has evidenced a reckless disregard for the protection of the public and the environment as demonstrated by a history of noncompliance with environmental laws and rules resulting in endangerment of human health or the environment.C. Any action taken in regard to the denial, suspension or revocation of a license shall be in conformity with the rules of the Board governing administrative procedures and with the Administrative Procedures Act.D. The Board shall promulgate rules which will provide a procedure whereby any poultry feeding operation which has been designated a concentrated animal feeding operation pursuant to this section may have such designation removed. The rules shall require satisfactory evidence that such designation is no longer necessary in order to ensure that the operation will comply with all provisions of the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding Operations Act and will not contribute to pollution of the waters of this state.Added by Laws 1998, c. 232, § 9, eff. July 1, 1998. Amended by Laws 2015, c. 313, § 7, eff. July 1, 2015.
2 OK Stat § 2-10-9.10 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-10-9.10. Investigation of complaints - Entry upon premises - Standard health precautions.

|A. 1. a.The State Board of Agriculture or its authorized agents are empowered to enter upon the premises of any poultry feeding operation for the purpose of investigating complaints as to the operation or to determine whether there are any violations of the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding Operations Act. |b.This section shall not be construed to authorize the Board or its agents to violate any provision of the United States Constitution or the Oklahoma Constitution relating to unlawful search or seizure.2.a.Registration of a poultry feeding operation pursuant to the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding Operations Act shall be deemed to constitute consent for entry upon the premises of such operation by the Board or its agents for the purpose of implementing the provisions of this subsection.b.The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry shall make at least one inspection per calendar year of every poultry feeding operation registered pursuant to the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding Operations Act.B. 1. The Board shall promulgate standard precautions for the prevention of the transmission of communicable diseases to humans and animals to be used by employees of the Department when inspecting poultry feeding operations pursuant to their official duties specified by the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding Operations Act and rules promulgated pursuant thereto.2. Except for emergency situations or when enforcement of the provisions of the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding Operations Act requires the use of the standard precautions as promulgated by the Board pursuant to paragraph 1 of this subsection, Department employees shall observe the health standards and sanitary requirements of the facility.C. The Board shall maintain necessary records and undertake such studies, investigations and surveys for the proper administration of the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding Operations Act.Added by Laws 1998, c. 232, § 10, eff. July 1, 1998. Amended by Laws 2015, c. 313, § 8, eff. July 1, 2015.
2 OK Stat § 2-10-9.12 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-10-9.12. Promulgation of rules.

|A. The State Board of Agriculture shall promulgate rules for the administration, implementation, and enforcement of the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding Operations Act. |B. For the performance of its duties and responsibilities, the Board is authorized to employ such personnel and agents as may be required within the funds available.Added by Laws 1998, c. 232, § 12, eff. July 1, 1998. Amended by Laws 2013, c. 227, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2013; Laws 2015, c. 313, § 10, eff. July 1, 2015.
2 OK Stat § 2-10-9.13 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-10-9.13. Short title - Oklahoma Poultry Waste Transfer Act - Purpose.

|A. Sections 10-9.13 through 10-9.15 of this title shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Poultry Waste Transfer Act". The purpose of this act shall be to encourage the transfer of poultry waste out of designated nutrient-limited watersheds and nutrient-vulnerable groundwater as designated in the most recent Oklahoma Water Quality Standards. |B. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry shall develop a plan to encourage the transfer of poultry waste out of designated nutrient-limited watersheds and nutrient-vulnerable groundwater as designated by the most recent Oklahoma Water Quality Standards.Added by Laws 1998, c. 232, § 13, eff. July 1, 1998. Amended by Laws 2015, c. 313, § 11, eff. July 1, 2015.
2 OK Stat § 2-10-9.14 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-10-9.14. Poultry Waste Transfer Fund.

|A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund for the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry to be designated as the Poultry Waste Transfer Fund. The fund shall be a continuing fund not subject to fiscal year limitations and shall consist of: |1. All monies received by the Department for implementing the purpose of the provisions of the Oklahoma Poultry Waste Transfer Act;2. Interest attributable to investment of money in the Poultry Waste Transfer Fund; and3. Money received by the Department in the form of gifts, grants, reimbursements, or from any other source intended to be used for the purposes specified by or collected pursuant to the provisions of the Poultry Waste Transfer Fund.B. The monies deposited in the Poultry Waste Transfer Fund shall at no time become monies of the state and shall not become part of the general budget of the Department or any other state agency. Except as provided for in this section, no monies from the Poultry Waste Transfer Fund shall be transferred for any purpose to any other state agency or any account of the Department or be used for the purpose of contracting with any other state agency or reimbursing any other state agency for any expense.Added by Laws 1998, c. 232, § 14, eff. July 1, 1998. Amended by Laws 2015, c. 313, § 12, eff. July 1, 2015.
2 OK Stat § 2-10-9.16 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-10-9.16. Short title - Oklahoma Poultry Waste Applicators Certification Act.

|Sections 10-9.16 through 10-9.21 of this title shall be known and may cited as the "Oklahoma Poultry Waste Applicators Certification Act". |Added by Laws 1998, c. 232, § 16, eff. July 1, 1998. Amended by Laws 2015, c. 313, § 13, eff. July 1, 2015.
2 OK Stat § 2-10-9.17 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-10-9.17. Applicator's certificates - Application - Renewal - Violation - Fees.

|A. It shall be unlawful and a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for any person to act, operate, or do business or advertise as a commercial poultry waste applicator or to land-apply poultry waste as a private poultry waste applicator unless such person has obtained a valid applicator's certificate issued by the State Board of Agriculture. |B. Applicator's certificates shall be issued by the Board, to applicants who qualify under the provisions of the Oklahoma Poultry Waste Applicators Certification Act.C. Certificates shall be issued only upon application therefor to the Board on a form of application prescribed by the Board. The application shall contain information regarding the applicant's qualifications and proposed operations and such other information as may be specified by the Board.D. A certificate shall be issued only after satisfactory completion of such certification standards as determined by the Board.E. 1. All commercial applicator certificates shall expire on the thirty-first day of December following their issuance or renewal, and may be renewed for the ensuing calendar year, without penalty, if a properly completed application is filed with the Board not later than the first day of January of each year. A registration fee of Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) shall accompany every initial application for certification. A renewal fee of Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) shall accompany every renewal application.2. All private applicator certificates shall be in effect for five (5) years and may be renewed by application. A registration fee of Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) shall accompany every initial application for certification. A renewal fee of Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) shall accompany every renewal application. The Fifteen Dollar ($15.00) registration and renewal fee shall be waived if the private applicator is also registered pursuant to the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding Operations Act.3. All such fees shall be deposited in the Agriculture Regulation Revolving Fund to be used for the purpose of implementing the provisions of the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding Operations Act and the Oklahoma Poultry Waste Applicators Certification Act.F. Any person issued an applicator's certificate shall comply with the education provisions of subsection F of Section 10-9.5 of this title.Added by Laws 1998, c. 232, § 17, eff. July 1, 1998. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 367, § 126, emerg. eff. June 6, 2000; Laws 2011, c. 55, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2012; Laws 2015, c. 313, § 14, eff. July 1, 2015.
2 OK Stat § 2-10-9.18 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-10-9.18. Report regarding all poultry waste land-applied.

|A. Every certified poultry waste applicator shall file by September 1 of each year an annual report with the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry regarding all poultry waste land-applied by such applicator for the period from July 1 of the previous year through June 30 of that year. The report shall contain the following information: |1. The legal description and county where the poultry waste was produced;2. The legal description and county where the poultry waste was land-applied;3. Date of each application;4. Total and per-acre amount of each application;5. Name, address, and telephone number of the person for whom poultry waste was applied;6. The most recent soil test results obtained; and7. Such other information as may be required by the State Board of Agriculture.B. The Department shall make available forms to be used in making such report.C. Applicators who seek to obtain a renewal certificate shall submit the report with their application for renewal. No renewal certificate may be issued without submission of this report.Added by Laws 1998, c. 232, § 18, eff. July 1, 1998. Amended by Laws 2015, c. 313, § 15, eff. July 1, 2015.
2 OK Stat § 2-10-9.19 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-10-9.19. Land application of poultry waste - Tests – Rate - Rules.

|1. Prior to any land application of poultry waste by a certified poultry waste applicator, the applicator shall obtain the most recent soil and poultry waste tests as required by the Oklahoma Poultry Waste Applicators Certification Act. |2. Land application of poultry waste in a non-nutrient-limited watershed and non-nutrient-vulnerable groundwaters shall not be made at any rate which exceeds the most recently published United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service Waste Utilization Standards.3. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry may promulgate rules pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act which will prohibit the land application of poultry waste in nutrient-limited watersheds and nutrient-vulnerable groundwaters based upon lower soil phosphorous levels than are allowed in this section for non-nutrient-limited watersheds and non-nutrient-vulnerable groundwaters.Added by Laws 1998, c. 232, § 19, eff. July 1, 1998. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 367, § 127, emerg. eff. June 6, 2000; Laws 2015, c. 313, § 16, eff. July 1, 2015.
2 OK Stat § 2-10-9.19a (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-10-9.19a. Land application of poultry waste – Compliance with animal waste management and conservation plans.

|Land application of poultry waste, whether performed by a private or commercial poultry waste applicator, shall comply at all times with the provisions set forth in: |1. The Nutrient Management Plan, if application is conducted on land operated by a registered poultry feeding operation; and2. The Conservation Plan, if application is conducted on land operated by entities not regulated pursuant to the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding Operations Act and is located in a nutrient-limited watershed.Added by Laws 2002, c. 65, § 2. Amended by Laws 2015, c. 313, § 17, eff. July 1, 2015.