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2 OK Stat § 2-18-42 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-18-42. Oklahoma Beef Council Revolving Fund.

|There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma Beef Council to be designated the "Oklahoma Beef Council Revolving Fund". The Fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations and shall consist of all monies received by the Oklahoma Beef Council from assessments received and collected pursuant to the Oklahoma Beef Improvement and Market Development Act, donations, grants, contributions and gifts from any public or private source. The Council may expend funds as provided for by law. Expenditures from said 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 2004, c. 34, § 13, eff. Nov. 1, 2004. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 15.
2 OK Stat § 2-18-50 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-18-50. Oklahoma Peanut Act.

|Sections 18-50 through 18-62 of this title shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Peanut Act". |Added by Laws 1965, c. 349, § 1, emerg. eff. June 28, 1965. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 37, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 1101 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 251, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Amended by Laws 2014, c. 1, § 26, eff. July 1, 2014; Laws 2015, c. 195, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.
2 OK Stat § 2-18-51 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-18-51. Definitions.

|For the purpose of the Oklahoma Peanut Act: |1. "Commission" means the Oklahoma Peanut Commission;2. "Grower" means any natural person engaged in growing peanuts;3. "First purchaser" is any person, public or private corporation, association or partnership buying or otherwise acquiring after harvest the property in or to peanuts from a grower. A mortgagee, pledgee, lienor or other person, public or private, having a claim against the grower under a nonrecourse loan made against such peanuts after harvest thereof shall be deemed a purchaser. The term "first purchaser" shall not include a harvesting or threshing lienee; and4. "Sale" includes any pledge or mortgage of peanuts, after harvest, to any person, public or private.Added by Laws 1965, c. 349, § 2, emerg. eff. June 28, 1965. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 38, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 1102 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 251, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Amended by Laws 2015, c. 195, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.
2 OK Stat § 2-18-57 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-18-57. Assessments - Refunds - Liens.

|A. There is hereby levied an assessment of Four Dollars ($4.00) per net ton of peanuts on a farmer's stock basis marketed in Oklahoma. Such assessment shall be levied and assessed to the grower at the time of sale, and shall be shown as a deduction by the first purchaser from the price paid in settlement to the grower; provided that within sixty (60) days after any sale the grower may upon submission of a written request therefor to the executive director obtain a refund in the amount of the assessment deducted by the first purchaser. The refund to the grower who has requested such refund shall be made within sixty (60) days following the request. Such request shall be accompanied by the producer's marketing settlement forms which shall be evidence of the payment of the assessment which need not be verified. |B. The availability of a refund and instructions describing the process of obtaining a refund shall be posted in a conspicuous public location at all places where the fees are required to be collected.C. The Oklahoma Peanut Commission shall keep complete records of all refunds made under the provisions of this section. Records of refunds may be destroyed two (2) years after the refund is made.D. All funds expended in the administration of the Oklahoma Peanut Act and for the payment of all claims whatsoever growing out of the performance of any duties or activities pursuant to the Oklahoma Peanut Act shall be paid from the proceeds derived from subsection A of this section. In the case of a lienholder who is a first purchaser, the assessment shall be deducted by the lienholder from the proceeds of the claim secured by such lien at the time the peanuts are pledged or mortgaged. The assessment shall constitute a preferred lien and shall have priority over all other liens and encumbrances upon such peanuts. The assessment shall be deducted and paid as herein provided whether such peanuts are stored in this or any other state.Added by Laws 1965, c. 349, § 8, emerg. eff. June 28, 1965. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 134, § 6, emerg. eff. April 4, 1978; Laws 1982, c. 55, § 2, operative July 1, 1982; Laws 2001, c. 146, § 44, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 1108 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 251, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Amended by Laws 2007, c. 195, § 9, emerg. eff. May 31, 2007; Laws 2015, c. 195, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.
2 OK Stat § 2-18-58 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-18-58. Receipt for assessments - Peanut Commission Revolving Fund.

|A. The assessment imposed shall, before the twentieth day of the calendar month following the date of settlement, be paid by the purchaser to the executive director of the Oklahoma Peanut Commission. The executive director shall give the purchaser a receipt. |B. Any unexpended balance contained in the Oklahoma Peanut Commission Revolving Fund as of November 1, 2015, shall no longer be considered state funds or state property and may be transferred to the successor organization.Added by Laws 1965, c. 349, § 9, emerg. eff. June 28, 1965. Amended by Laws 1969, c. 209, § 2, emerg. eff. April 18, 1969; Laws 1978, c. 134, § 7, emerg. eff. April 4, 1978; Laws 2001, c. 146, § 45, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 1109 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 251, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Amended by Laws 2015, c. 195, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.
2 OK Stat § 2-18-60 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-18-60. Foreclosure of lien.

|If the assessment is not deducted and paid to the executive secretary as provided in the Oklahoma Peanut Act, or within ten (10) days thereafter, the lien may within one (1) year after the expiration of said ten (10) days period be foreclosed by action in any court having jurisdiction in the county in which such peanuts were grown, or sold, or in which such peanuts may be found, or in which such peanuts shall have been commingled with other peanuts. |Added by Laws 1965, c. 349, § 10, emerg. eff. June 28, 1965. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 47, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 1110 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 251, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
2 OK Stat § 2-18-61 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-18-61. Penalties.

|Any person who violates any of the provisions of the Oklahoma Peanut Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). |Added by Laws 1965, c. 349, § 12, emerg. eff. June 28, 1965. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 48, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 1112 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 251, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
2 OK Stat § 2-18-62 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-18-62. Referendum.

|A. Before any change in assessment can be made, a referendum of Oklahoma peanut growers shall be conducted to determine the proportion of the peanut growers that favor continuation of the program and the proportion of peanut growers that favor discontinuing the program. Thereafter, such referendum shall be conducted no more than once every three (3) years upon the receipt by the Oklahoma Peanut Commission of petitions requesting a referendum signed by at least ten percent (10%) of Oklahoma peanut growers. |B. At any time a referendum is to be held, the Commission shall write a definition of a producer eligible to vote, and shall cause a notice to be given, by letter or publication in the official publication of the Oklahoma Peanut Commission. The Commission shall send ballots to those persons eligible to vote and shall set the final date for ballots to be returned for tabulation. The Commission shall provide for the printing of ballots and shall furnish a double envelope system so that the identity of a voter cannot be determined. The grower shall return the ballots by way of a sealed envelope, pre-addressed to the President of the State Board of Agriculture.C. Tabulation of ballots shall be jointly by the President of the State Board of Agriculture and chairman of the Oklahoma Peanut Commission. Whenever the question of levying the assessments is disapproved, by failure of sixty percent (60%) of growers 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.D. Thirty (30) days after termination of the assessment, all remaining funds of the Commission shall be transferred to the experiment stations of Oklahoma State University to be used for continued research on peanuts.Added by Laws 1965, c. 349, § 13, emerg. eff. June 28, 1965. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 134, § 8, emerg. eff. April 4, 1978; Laws 2001, c. 146, § 49, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 1113 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 251, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Amended by Laws 2015, c. 195, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.
2 OK Stat § 2-18-180 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-18-180. Short title.

|Sections 59 through 75 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma Sheep and Wool Producers Act”. |Added by Laws 1973, c. 164, § 1, emerg. eff. May 16, 1973. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 59, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 1501 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 253, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
2 OK Stat § 2-18-181 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-18-181. Sheep and Wool Utilization, Research and Market Development Commission.

|There shall be re-created, to continue until July 1, 2017, in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Sunset Law, the Sheep and Wool Utilization, Research and Market Development Commission for the utilization, research and market development of sheep and wool produced in Oklahoma. |Added by Laws 1973, c. 164, § 2, emerg. eff. May 16, 1973. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 34, § 1, operative July 1, 1982; Laws 1988, c. 225, § 4; Laws 1994, c. 11, § 1; Laws 2000, c. 97, § 1; Laws 2001, c. 146, § 60, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 1502 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 253, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Amended by Laws 2006, c. 46, § 1; Laws 2007, c. 88, § 1; Laws 2013, c. 293, § 1.
2 OK Stat § 2-18-182 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-18-182. Definitions.

|As used in the Oklahoma Sheep and Wool Producers Act, unless the context otherwise requires: |1. "Commission" shall mean the Sheep and Wool Utilization, Research and Market Development Commission;2. "Dealer" shall mean any person who buys or accepts sheep or wool from a sheep producer for shipment or for delivery to or in behalf of any person within or without the state. Such person may or may not be, depending upon the circumstances, a final purchaser;3. "Final purchaser " shall mean any person who buys or accepts sheep, either within or without the state, or who buys or accepts wool for processing, or intends to process such wool, either within or without the state;4. "Oklahoma sheep producer" shall mean anyone personally engaged in producing sheep who markets sheep in Oklahoma either within or without the state; and5. "Person" shall mean any individual, partnership, association, corporation or other business enterprise.Added by Laws 1973, c. 164, § 3, emerg. eff. May 6, 1973. Amended by Laws 1984, c. 93, § 1, emerg. eff. April 4, 1984; Laws 2001, c. 146, § 61, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 1503 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 253, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
2 OK Stat § 2-18-183 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-18-183. Membership of Commission.

|The Sheep and Wool Utilization, Research and Market Development Commission shall consist of seven (7) elected members who are at least twenty-five (25) years of age and residents of Oklahoma, and have been actually engaged in producing sheep or wool in this state for a period of at least three (3) years. The Commission shall be composed as follows: |1. One member of the Commission shall be a resident of this state and elected at large;2. Two members of the Commission shall be residents of this state and producers of the major purebred breeds of sheep in this state and shall be elected at large; and3. The remaining four elected members of the Commission shall be residents of those areas of the state designated as Districts I-IV, one member from each district:a.District I (Northwest), consisting of Alfalfa, Beaver, Blaine, Cimarron, Garfield, Grant, Harper, Kay, Kingfisher, Logan, Major, Noble, Payne, Roger Mills, Texas, Woods, and Woodward Counties,b.District II (Southwest), consisting of Beckham, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Grady, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Jefferson, Kiowa, Oklahoma, Stephens, Tillman, and Washita Counties,c.District III (Southeast), consisting of Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Garvin, Haskell, Hughes, Johnston, Latimer, LeFlore, Love, McClain, McCurtain, McIntosh, Marshall, Murray, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Pushmataha, and Seminole Counties, andd.District IV (Northeast), consisting of Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Lincoln, Mayes, Muskogee, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Rogers, Sequoyah, Tulsa, Wagoner, and Washington Counties.Added by Laws 1973, c. 164, § 4, emerg. eff. May 16, 1973. Amended by Laws 1984, c. 93, § 2, emerg. eff. April 4, 1984; Laws 2001, c. 146, § 62, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 1504 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 253, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
2 OK Stat § 2-18-185 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-18-185. Removal of members.

|A member of the Sheep and Wool Utilization, Research and Market Development Commission shall be removable by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the other members of the Commission for cause. A member ceasing to be a resident of the state, ceasing to live in the district from which the member was elected, or ceasing to be actually engaged in producing sheep or wool in the state shall be deemed sufficient cause for removal from office. |Added by Laws 1973, c. 164, § 6, emerg. eff. May 16, 1973. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 64, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 1506 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 253, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
2 OK Stat § 2-18-186 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-18-186. Officers - Meetings.

|At the first meeting of the Sheep and Wool Utilization, Research and Market Development Commission, the Commission shall elect a chair, vice-chair, secretary and treasurer from among the membership, and thereafter at the first meeting of each fiscal year. The Commission shall meet at least once every three (3) months and at such other times as called by the chair or by a majority of the Commission. |Added by Laws 1973, c. 164, § 7, emerg. eff. May 16, 1973. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 65, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 1507 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 253, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
2 OK Stat § 2-18-187 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-18-187. Powers of Commission.

|The Sheep and Wool Utilization, Research and Market Development Commission shall have the power to: |1. Make such reasonable expenditures of funds as is necessary to carry out the provisions of the Oklahoma Sheep and Wool Producers Act;2. Devise, adopt and conduct a program of education and publicity;3. Cooperate with local, state or national organizations, whether public or private, in carrying out the purposes of the Oklahoma Sheep and Wool Producers Act, and to enter into such contracts as may be necessary. No Commission funds shall be used, directly or indirectly, or as a result of contract or agreement with other persons or organizations, in supporting or opposing political candidates, political officeholders, and legislation, either state or national;4. Promulgate such rules as are necessary to promptly and effectively administer the provisions of the Oklahoma Sheep and Wool Producers Act;5. Conduct, in addition to the things enumerated, any other program for the utilization, research and market development of sheep and wool produced in the State of Oklahoma;6. Call and conduct such meetings and elections as may be necessary in carrying out the provisions of the Oklahoma Sheep and Wool Producers Act; and7. Employ an executive secretary and such other personnel as necessary, and to prescribe their duties and fix their compensation.Added by Laws 1973, c. 164, § 8, emerg. eff. May 16, 1973. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 66, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 1508 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 253, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
2 OK Stat § 2-18-188 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-18-188. Publication of ballot and other information - Voting.

|The Sheep and Wool Utilization, Research and Market Development Commission shall cause the ballots and other information required pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Sheep and Wool Producers Act to be published in a market news service available to Oklahoma sheep and wool producers for those persons in the sheep and wool industry. Voting shall be conducted pursuant to rules promulgated by the Sheep and Wool Utilization, Research and Market Development Commission. |Added by Laws 1984, c. 93, § 4, emerg. eff. April 4, 1984. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 87, § 1, emerg. eff. April 12, 1995; Laws 2001, c. 146, § 67, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 1508.1 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 253, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
2 OK Stat § 2-18-189 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-18-189. Assessments - Remittance.

|A. There is hereby assessed a fee of twenty-five cents ($0.25) per head on all sheep produced or sold in the State of Oklahoma and a fee of two cents ($0.02) per pound on all wool produced or sold in the State of Oklahoma. Such fees are assessed and imposed on the producer at the time of the producer’s initial sale through an auction or to a dealer. |B. If the dealer is the first purchaser, such dealer shall remit the applicable fee or fees to the Commission. In the case of wool gathered or held at a common point, cooperative or wool pool for later sale, the applicable fee or fees shall be remitted to the Sheep and Wool Utilization, Research and Market Development Commission at the time of the final settlement with the producer or producers thereof.C. In any event, it is the duty of the first purchaser to remit such fee or fees to the Commission. No sheep or wool shall be subject to the applicable fee more than once.Added by Laws 1973, c. 164, § 9, emerg. eff. May 16, 1973. Amended by Laws 1980, c. 191, § 1; Laws 1984, c. 93, § 5, emerg. eff. April 4, 1984; Laws 2001, c. 146, § 68, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 1509 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 253, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001; Laws 2004, c. 216, § 2.
2 OK Stat § 2-18-191 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-18-191. Reports and remittance of fees - Penalties.

|A. A purchaser shall render and have on file a report with the Sheep and Wool Utilization, Research and Market Development Commission by the fifteenth day of each calendar quarter following any calendar quarter in which such purchaser has purchased five hundred (500) or more sheep for slaughter, or in which such purchaser has purchased five thousand (5,000) pounds of wool for processing. If less than five hundred (500) sheep or less than five thousand (5,000) pounds of wool have been purchased in any calendar quarter, the applicable fee may be reported and remitted with the following quarter's return except that all fees collected must be remitted at least once every six (6) months. |B. In case any person, business or entity, public or private, subject to the fee, fails to make a report and remittance when and as required, the Sheep and Wool Utilization, Research and Market Development Commission shall determine the amount of such fee according to its best information and judgment, which amount so fixed shall be prima facie correct. A person having failed to make the report shall, within ten (10) days after notice of the amount of the fee fixed and computed by the Commission is mailed to the person, pay such fee, together with a penalty of five percent (5%) of the amount of the fee. The person may dispute the fee as fixed by the Commission. The person may request the Commission to hold a hearing to determine the amount of the fee and penalty to be imposed. No payment shall be made until the Commission enters its order determining the amount of the payment. If and when the Commission determines the amount of the payment, such payment shall be paid within ten (10) days of notice of the payment decision.Added by Laws 1973, c. 164, § 11, emerg. eff. May 16, 1973. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 70, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 1511 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 253, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
2 OK Stat § 2-18-192 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-18-192. Reports by Commission.

|A. The chair of the Sheep and Wool Utilization, Research and Market Development Commission shall make an annual report to the Governor, within thirty (30) days after January 1 of each year, showing in detail all income and expenditures and any other facts relevant to the Oklahoma Sheep and Wool Producers Act. The annual report shall include a list of all officers and employees of the Commission and shall indicate the official positions of such officers and employees and their salaries. The report shall be available to the public. |B. All records of the Commission shall be kept at least three (3) years.C. The Commission shall submit a report of its income, expenditures and a brief survey of its work annually to the Chairs of the Agriculture Committees of the House of Representatives and Senate of the State Legislature.Added by Laws 1973, c. 164, § 12, emerg. eff. May 16, 1973. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 71, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 1512 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 253, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
2 OK Stat § 2-18-193 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-18-193. Refunds - Application.

|A. Any sheep or wool producer who is assessed the fee or fees authorized by the Oklahoma Sheep and Wool Producers Act and objects to the collection of such fee may, within sixty (60) days following such collection, make application to the Sheep and Wool Utilization, Research and Market Development Commission for a refund of such fee or fees. Upon receipt of such application by the Commission such refund shall be made within one hundred twenty (120) days. Application forms for refund purposes shall be furnished by the Commission and shall be made available at all places where the fees provided in the Oklahoma Sheep and Wool Producers Act are required to be collected. |B. The availability of a refund and instructions describing the process of obtaining a refund shall be posted in a conspicuous public location at all places where the fees are required to be collected.Added by Laws 1973, c. 164, § 13, emerg. eff. May 16, 1973. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 34, § 2, operative July 1, 1982; Laws 2001, c. 146, § 72, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 1513 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 253, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.