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2 OK Stat § 2-2A-25 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-2A-25. Tier II or III applications - Publication of notice of filing - Process meeting on Tier III applications.

|A. Upon filing a Tier II or III application with the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry, the applicant shall publish notice of the filing as legal notice in one newspaper of general circulation local to the proposed new site or existing facility. The publication shall identify public locations where the application may be reviewed, including a public location in the county where the proposed new site or existing facility is located. |B. For Tier III applications, the publication shall also include notice of a thirty-day opportunity to request, or give the date, time and place for, a process meeting on the permitting process. If the Department receives a timely request and determines that a significant degree of public interest in the application exists pursuant to rules of the Department, it shall schedule and hold the meeting. The applicant shall be entitled to attend the meeting and may make a brief presentation on the permit request. Any local community meeting regarding the proposed facility or activity for which a permit is sought that is scheduled and held by the applicant may be combined, with the agreement of the Department and the applicant, with the process meeting authorized by this paragraph.C. The provisions of this section shall not stay the review of the application by the Department.Added by Laws 2005, c. 292, § 16, eff. July 1, 2005.
2 OK Stat § 2-2A-26 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-2A-26. Tier II or III applications - Draft denial or permit.

|A. Upon conclusion of its technical review of a Tier II or III application within the permitting timeframes established by rules promulgated by the State Board of Agriculture, the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry shall prepare a draft denial or draft permit. |1. Notice of a draft denial shall be given by the Department and notice of a draft permit shall be given by the applicant.2. Notice of the draft denial or draft permit shall be published as legal notice in one newspaper of general circulation local to the proposed new site or existing facility. The notice shall identify public locations where the draft denial or draft permit may be reviewed, including a public location in the county where the proposed new site or existing facility is located, and shall provide for a set time period for public comment and for the opportunity to request a formal public meeting on the respective draft denial or draft permit. The time period shall be set at least thirty (30) calendar days after the date the notice is published unless a longer time is required by federal regulations promulgated as rules by the Board. In lieu of the notice of opportunity to request a public meeting, notice of the date, time, and place of a public meeting may be given, if previously scheduled.B. Upon the publication of notice of a draft permit, the applicant shall make the draft permit and the application, except for proprietary provisions otherwise protected by law, available for public review at a public location in the county where the proposed new site or existing facility is located.Added by Laws 2005, c. 292, § 17, eff. July 1, 2005.
2 OK Stat § 2-2A-27 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-2A-27. Public meeting on draft denial or permit.

|A. Pursuant to the rules of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry, the Department shall promptly schedule and hold a formal public meeting if the Department receives timely written request for the meeting on the draft denial or draft permit. |B. Notice of the meeting shall be given to the public at least thirty (30) calendar days prior to the meeting date.C. The public meeting shall be held at a location convenient to and near the proposed new site or existing facility not more than one hundred twenty (120) calendar days after the date notice of the draft denial or draft permit was published.D. At the meeting, any person may submit oral or written statements and data concerning the draft denial or permit.E. The public comment period shall automatically be extended to the close of the public meeting. Upon good cause shown, the presiding officer may extend the comment period further to a date certain by so stating at the meeting.F. The meeting shall not be a quasi-judicial proceeding.G. The applicant or a representative of the applicant may be present at the meeting to respond to questions.Added by Laws 2005, c. 292, § 18, eff. July 1, 2005.
2 OK Stat § 2-2A-29 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-2A-29. General permits.

|For common and routine permit applications, the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry may expedite the permitting process by issuing permits of general applicability, hereafter identified as general permits. General permits shall be subject to all the Tier II administrative procedures including the public participation requirements. The administrative process for rulemaking shall not be applicable to the issuance of general permits. Individual applicants may obtain authorization through the Tier I process to conduct an activity covered by a general permit. General permits are limited to activities under the Tier I and Tier II classifications. |Added by Laws 2005, c. 292, § 20, eff. July 1, 2005.
2 OK Stat § 2-3-32.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-3-32.2. Inspections - Notices of violations - Seizure or destruction of stock - Treatment of diseased plants - Rules and regulations.

|A. 1. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry shall have the authority to inspect any orchard, fruit, garden, park, cemetery, private premises, public place, or any place that may be infested with a plant pest that may be a threat to plants belonging to other property owners or the health or safety of the general public. |2. The Department may inspect any nursery stock, shipping documents, treatment records, sales records, or other relevant documents of any person, whether licensed with the Department or not, to determine the distribution of nursery stock.3. The Department may take samples removed of nursery stock in order to determine compliance with this subarticle. If the Department finds that the samples are not in compliance with this subarticle, the Department’s finding shall be considered prima facie evidence that a violation has occurred.B. The Department shall have the authority to issue notices of violation, citations, compliance orders, conditional orders, stop sales orders, stop work orders, quarantines, or any other order authorized pursuant to the Oklahoma Agricultural Code.C. Any nursery stock distributed, sold, or offered for sale within this state or delivered for transportation or transported in intrastate or interstate commerce may be seized or caused to be destroyed by the Department in any county of the state where it may be found if:1. The nursery stock is devitalized or infested with a plant pest and may become a threat to plants belonging to other persons or the health, safety, or welfare of the general public; or2. The nursery stock does not bear the proper certificate, plant tag information, or the required inspection or shipping information.D. The Department shall also have the authority to order the owner, occupant, or person in charge to take any necessary action including, but not limited to, the proper treatment or destruction of infested or diseased plants pursuant to the Oklahoma Agricultural Code and the Administrative Procedures Act.E. For the purpose of securing uniformity of rules, no city, town, county, or other political subdivision of this state shall adopt or continue in effect any ordinance, rule, regulation, or statute regarding nursery stock sales or distribution that is more stringent than the rules of the State Board of Agriculture.Added by Laws 2000, c. 367, § 2, emerg. eff. June 6, 2000. Amended by Laws 2007, c. 200, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2007.
2 OK Stat § 2-3-32.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-3-32.3. Plant pests - Sale - Notice.

|A person shall not knowingly propagate, sell, or offer for sale any nursery stock infested or infected with any plant pest. If the State Board of Agriculture finds any plant pest at any nursery or dealer’s facility, the Board shall notify the owner or person in control of the nursery or facility in writing. The Board shall issue a stop sale until treatment or destruction of the plant pest on nursery stock or in the facility is completed. No damages shall be awarded to the owner for the loss of infested or infected trees, plants, shrubs, or other plant material destroyed as a result of an order of the Board. |Added by Laws 2000, c. 367, § 3, emerg. eff. June 6, 2000.
2 OK Stat § 2-3-32.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-3-32.4. Nursery stock shipments - Inspection certificates.

|All nursery stock shipped into Oklahoma shall have a certificate on each package stating that the contents were inspected by an authorized inspecting officer and that the contents appear free from plant pests. The State Board of Agriculture shall have the authority to inspect all nursery stock. The Board shall have the authority to order any nursery stock which may be infested with any plant pests destroyed or returned to the consignor at the consignor’s expense. |Added by Laws 2000, c. 367, § 4, emerg. eff. June 6, 2000.
2 OK Stat § 2-3-32.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-3-32.5. Vegetable plants and transplants - Identification.

|All vegetable plants or transplants in flats, crates, baskets or containers, regardless of origin, shall have affixed to the outside, a tag bearing: |1. The name and address of the grower or dealer for whom this inspection was conducted, except at the grower's location; and2. The variety and/or cultivar name under which the vegetable plants are sold.Added by Laws 2000, c. 367, § 5, emerg. eff. June 6, 2000.
2 OK Stat § 2-3-32.6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-3-32.6. Turfgrass sod - Identification.

|A. A seller of turfgrass sod shall be required to state on the sales contract, invoice, or bill of lading the following information: |1. The variety and the named blend or mixture of turfgrass; and2. Each different lot of harvested turfgrass sod shall be identified by a sign stating the variety, kinds, or name blend or mixture as stated on the invoice or bill of lading from the shipper when offered or exposed for sale.B. All growers shall provide the legal description of all growing fields of sod to the State Department of Agriculture.Added by Laws 2000, c. 367, § 6, emerg. eff. June 6, 2000.
2 OK Stat § 2-3-32.7 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-3-32.7. Licenses - Inspection fees.

|A. The fee for each grower or dealer, license issued or renewed and inspection conducted shall be as follows: |1. Grower’s license fee - Twenty five Dollars ($25.00) for each business location;2. Grower’s inspection fee - One Dollar ($1.00) per acre or 1000 square feet of greenhouse area inspected; and3. Dealer’s license fee - Thirty eight Dollars ($38.00) for each business location.B. No fee shall be charged for a grower's license issued to any scientific, agricultural, or horticultural club, educational or eleemosynary institution, or any department or branch of the state or federal government.C. All licenses shall expire at a date to be determined by the State Board of Agriculture. Failure to remit the license fee by the 15th of the month following the expiration month shall result in a penalty fee equal to the cost of the license.D. A person shall obtain a license prior to selling or dealing in nursery stock.E. All licenses are nontransferable upon any change of ownership.F. All penalties, fees, and monies collected under this program shall be paid to the State Department of Agriculture and deposited in the State Department of Agriculture Revolving Fund.Added by Laws 2000, c. 367, § 7, emerg. eff. June 6, 2000.
2 OK Stat § 2-3-32.8 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-3-32.8. Violations.

|It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly or willfully violate any of the provisions of this subarticle or any rules of the State Board of Agriculture by: |1. Misrepresenting to another their connection with a nursery, or to:a.misrepresent the grade, character, variety, or quality of any nursery stock,b.make a false declaration of acreage,c.conceal any nursery stock from inspection, ord.offer for sale nursery stock which is seriously or substantially devitalized;2. Failing to furnish the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry with true and exact copies of order forms, contracts, and agreements with customers;3. Failing to furnish each purchaser, upon request, a true and correct invoice of each purchase, stating the variety, quality, age, or size of the stock to which the invoice applies;4. Selling, offering for sale, or distributing any nursery stock infected or infested with a plant pest;5. Selling, offering for sale, or distributing nursery stock that is not healthy, sound, and capable of growth;6. Failing to carry out treatment or destruction of nursery stock as ordered by the Board;7. Misrepresenting or falsifying information on a license application;8. Doing business without a valid license;9. Allowing a license to be used by any person other than the person to whom it was issued;10. Failing to notify the Board of the legal description of all growing locations of nursery stock or sod;11. Failing to allow an authorized agent to complete an inspection or collect adequate samples;12. Selling nursery stock restricted by a stop sale order;13. Selling, moving, or distributing nursery stock or other material under a quarantine;14. Mislabeling nursery stock by using the wrong common name or botanical name;15. Transporting any regulated article into the state from a quarantined area of any other state or country when the article has not been treated or handled as provided by the requirements of the quarantine;16. Interfering with, hindering, or impeding, by any method, any authorized agent of the Board in the performance of duties;17. Falsifying or using false information to ship nursery stock out of Oklahoma into any other state in the United States or any country outside of the United States or making a false statement regarding the condition, quality, grade, character, variety, or treatment used; or18. Failing to comply with any order of the Board.Added by Laws 2000, c. 367, § 8, emerg. eff. June 6, 2000. Amended by Laws 2007, c. 200, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2007.
2 OK Stat § 2-3-32.9 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-3-32.9. Quarantines.

|A. The State Board of Agriculture shall have the authority to establish a quarantine and promulgate rules prohibiting or restricting the transportation into or through Oklahoma from any other state, country, territory, or district of any nursery stock, or other article, of any character, capable of carrying plant pests or other harmful pests. |B. The quarantine shall show the boundaries of the area or place quarantined and the conditions of the quarantine.C. The Board shall have the authority to promulgate rules for the seizure, inspection, disinfection, destruction, or other disposition of any nursery stock, plants, plant products, or other article, of any character, capable of carrying harmful plant pests or other harmful pests.Added by Laws 2000, c. 367, § 9, emerg. eff. June 6, 2000. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 133, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
2 OK Stat § 2-3-50.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-3-50.1. Short title.

|This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Boll Weevil Eradication Act". |Added by Laws 1993, c. 198, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 2006, c. 211, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.
2 OK Stat § 2-3-50.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-3-50.2. Declaration - Purpose.

|A. The Anthonomus grandis Boheman, known as the boll weevil, is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, a pest, and a menace to the cotton industry. Due to the interstate nature of boll weevil infestation, it is necessary to secure the cooperation of cotton growers, other state governments, and agencies of the federal government in order to carry out a program of boll weevil eradication and posteradication maintenance and control. |B. The purpose of the Boll Weevil Eradication Act is to secure and ensure on a continuing basis the eradication of the boll weevil.Added by Laws 1993, c. 198, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 2006, c. 211, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.
2 OK Stat § 2-3-50.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-3-50.3. Definitions.

|As used in the Boll Weevil Eradication Act: |1. "Board of directors" means the board of directors of the Oklahoma Boll Weevil Eradication Organization elected pursuant to the provisions of the Boll Weevil Eradication Act;2. "Boll weevil" means the insect Anthonomus grandis Boheman, in any stage of development, including the egg, larval, pupal and adult stages;3. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry or designee;4. "Cotton" means a cotton plant or any part of it including bolls, stalk, flowers, root, or leaves or cotton products such as seed cotton, cottonseed, and hulls;5. "Eligible cotton grower" means any person actively engaged in the production of cotton either currently or in any two (2) of the three (3) years immediately preceding the calling of an election or a referendum;6. "Department" means the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry;7. “Eradicated area” means an area free of boll weevil;8. "Host" means any plant or plant product in which the boll weevil is capable of completing any portion of its life cycle;9. "Infested" means the presence of the boll weevil in any life stage or the existence of circumstances that make it reasonable to believe that the boll weevil is present;10. "Organization" means the Oklahoma Boll Weevil Eradication Organization established pursuant to the provisions of the Boll Weevil Eradication Act;11. "Regulated article" means any article carrying or capable of carrying the boll weevil, including but not limited to cotton plants, seed cotton, gin trash, other hosts, or cotton harvesting equipment; and12. “Quarantined area” means any area or part of the state designated as quarantined by the State Board of Agriculture at the request of the Oklahoma Boll Weevil Eradication Organization.Added by Laws 1993, c. 198, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 2006, c. 211, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.
2 OK Stat § 2-3-50.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-3-50.4. Review by Commissioner and State Board of Agriculture.

|The Commissioner in conjunction with the State Board of Agriculture is authorized to review and make recommendations to the Legislature regarding the boll weevil eradication and posteradication maintenance and control program. |Added by Laws 1993, c. 198, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 2006, c. 211, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.
2 OK Stat § 2-3-50.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-3-50.5. Oklahoma Boll Weevil Eradication Organization - Formation - Status - Membership.

|A. 1. The State of Oklahoma shall contain a boll weevil eradication district to be known as the Oklahoma Boll Weevil Eradication Organization for the purposes of eradicating boll weevils and performing posteradication maintenance and control functions as an agency of the State of Oklahoma. The Organization and the board of directors may enter into agreements with other state agencies, other states, the United States of America and any other entity or party as necessary to carry out the purposes of the Boll Weevil Eradication Act. |2. The Organization shall be, and is hereby declared to be, a governmental agency of the State of Oklahoma, body politic and corporate, with powers of government and with the authority to exercise the rights, privileges, and functions specified by the Boll Weevil Eradication Act.B. Every person who is a cotton grower in this state is subject to the provisions of the Boll Weevil Eradication Act; however, only eligible cotton growers may vote in the elections provided for by the Boll Weevil Eradication Act.Added by Laws 1993, c. 198, § 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 381, § 1, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 1998, c. 253, § 1, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 2000, c. 231, § 1, emerg. eff. May 24, 2000; Laws 2006, c. 211, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.
2 OK Stat § 2-3-50.6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-3-50.6. Board of directors - Election procedure.

|A. 1. Elections for the board of directors shall be conducted under the procedures provided by this section. |2. A cotton grower eligible to vote in a particular district who desires to be a candidate for the board of directors shall file with the board a petition signed by five cotton growers from the district board. The application shall be:a.filed not later than thirty (30) days before the date set for the election, andb.on a form approved by the board.3. On receipt of an application and verification that the application meets the requirements of this section, an applicant's name shall be placed on the ballot for the election of the board of directors.4. The election shall be preceded by at least forty-five (45) days' notice published in one or more newspapers published and distributed in the established election districts. The notice shall be published not less than once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks.B. All cotton growers actively engaged in the production of cotton in the year of the calling of an election or who were actively engaged in production of cotton in any two (2) of the three (3) years immediately preceding the calling of the election shall be entitled to vote in the election. The board shall determine eligibility to vote.C. The board shall establish an election process that shall include but not be limited to provisions for determining:a.who is a cotton grower eligible to vote in an election,b.whether a board member is elected by a plurality or a majority of the votes cast, andc.qualifications for membership of the board of directors.D. Eligible cotton growers may vote in any district in which they produce cotton.E. Ballots in an election may be mailed to a central location or delivered in person to a location or locations designated by the board.Added by Laws 1993, c. 198, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 2006, c. 211, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.
2 OK Stat § 2-3-50.8 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 2. Agriculture|§2-3-50.8. Certification of acreage in program.

|Every person growing cotton in this state shall annually certify to the board of directors the person’s number of acres and provide the legal description and the United States Department of Agriculture Farm Services Agency (FSA) numbers for each field. The certification shall occur on or before July 20 of each year. The cotton grower shall also furnish to the board of directors any other information reasonably required to carry out the provisions of the Boll Weevil Eradication Act. |Added by Laws 1993, c. 198, § 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 381, § 3, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2000, c. 231, § 2, emerg. eff. May 24, 2000; Laws 2005, c. 93, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2005; Laws 2006, c. 211, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.