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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-280.2. Purpose.

A. Rabbit and rabbit products are an important source of the nation's total supply of food. It is essential in the public interest that the health and welfare of consumers be protected by assuring that slaughtered rabbit and rabbit products distributed to them are wholesome, not adulterated, and properly marked, labeled, and packaged. Unwholesome, adulterated, or misbranded rabbit or rabbit products are injurious to the public welfare, destroy markets for wholesome, not adulterated, and properly labeled and packaged rabbit and rabbit products, and result in sundry losses to rabbit producers and processors of rabbit and rabbit products, as well as injury to consumers. The unwholesome, adulterated, mislabeled, or deceptively packaged articles can be sold at lower prices and compete unfairly with the wholesome, not adulterated, and properly labeled and packaged articles, to the detriment of consumers and the public generally.
B. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Legislature of this state to provide for the inspection of rabbit and rabbit products and otherwise regulate the processing and distribution of such articles to prevent the movement or sale in intrastate commerce of rabbit and rabbit products which are adulterated or misbranded.
Added by Laws 1989, c. 170, § 2, operative July 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-280.4. Board - Powers and duties.

In addition to any powers and duties of the Board, the Board shall have the power and duty to:
1. adopt and promulgate regulations necessary to provide for the proper inspection of rabbit and rabbit products, and prescribe conditions under which carcasses, parts of carcasses, rabbit meat and rabbit products capable of use as human food, shall be stored, labeled, marked or otherwise handled by any person engaged in the business of buying, selling, freezing, storing, or transporting, in or for intrastate commerce;
2. cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States in effectuating the purposes of the Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit Products Inspection Act;
3. appoint inspectors to make examination and inspection of rabbits, rabbit carcasses, all rabbit meat and rabbit products, and the sanitary conditions of all plants or establishments in which rabbit meat and rabbit products are prepared;
4. detain and seize rabbits or rabbit carcasses or rabbit products pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit Products Inspection Act;
5. require reports from all persons subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit Products Inspection Act;
6. suspend inspection service pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit Products Inspection Act;
7. establish and enforce administrative penalties pursuant to Section 11-1 of Title 2 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
8. enter upon any public or private property for purposes of inspecting and investigating compliance with the Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit Products Inspection Act;
9. refuse to render inspection services to any establishment whose premises, facilities, or equipment, or the operation thereof, fail to meet the requirements of the Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit Products Inspection Act;
10. institute or cause to be instituted any necessary legal proceedings with the Office of the Attorney General or in any court of competent jurisdiction for an injunction relief to enforce the provisions of the Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit Products Inspection Act; and
11. exercise all incidental powers which are necessary and proper to perform the duties of the Board pursuant to the Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit Products Inspection Act.
Added by Laws 1989, c. 170, § 4, operative July 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-280.6. Processing plants and equipment - Approval - Application - Inspection - Compliance with act.

A. On and after September 1, 1989:
1. Prior to slaughtering any rabbit or processing any rabbit products at any plant, a person owning or operating such plant shall have the plant approved by the Department.
2. To receive plant approval, a person shall make application to the State Board of Agriculture. As part of the application, the person shall agree to comply with the terms and conditions of the Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit Products Inspection Act and any applicable regulations promulgated thereto.
3. Prior to any such approval, the plant and plant equipment shall be inspected by the Department of Agriculture.
4. Upon the approval of the plant and plant equipment by the Department, the plant shall be considered an official plant.
5. No rabbits affected with any disease transmissible to man shall be slaughtered in any official establishment.
B. No establishment or plant processing rabbits or rabbit products solely for intrastate commerce shall process any rabbits or rabbit product capable of use as human food except in compliance with the requirements of the Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit Products Inspection Act.
Added by Laws 1989, c. 170, § 6, operative July 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-280.7. Supervision and rendering of inspection service - Inspection of rabbits processed in official plants.

A. All inspection service shall be subject to supervision at all times by an inspector. Such service shall be rendered where the facilities and conditions are satisfactory for the conduct of the service and the requisite inspectors are available.
B. Rabbits which are processed in official plants in accordance with the Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit Products Inspection Act may be inspected.
C. All rabbits that are slaughtered and processed in an official plant where inspection service is maintained shall be inspected for condition and wholesomeness. No dressed or uninspected rabbit products shall be brought into such official plant.
D. Inspection shall not be provided at any establishment for the slaughter of rabbits, or the preparation of any carcasses or parts or products of such animals which are not intended for human food.
Added by Laws 1989, c. 170, § 7, operative July 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-280.8. Denaturing of rabbits and rabbit products.

A. Any rabbit slaughtered or processed which is not intended for use as human food prior to its offer for sale or transportation in intrastate commerce, unless naturally inedible by humans, shall be denatured or otherwise identified as prescribed by regulations of the Board to deter its use for human food.
B. No person, firm, or corporation shall buy, sell, transport, or offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in intrastate commerce, any carcasses, parts thereof, meat or meat food products of any rabbits which are not intended for use as human food unless they are denatured or otherwise identified as required by the regulations of the Board or are naturally inedible by humans.
Added by Laws 1989, c. 170, § 8, operative July 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-280.9. Records - Inspection - Maintenance.

A. All persons subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit Products Inspection Act shall keep such records as willfully and correctly disclose all transactions involved in their businesses. All persons, subject to such requirements shall, at all reasonable times, upon notice by a duly authorized representative of the Board, afford such representative and any duly authorized representative of the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States accompanied by such representative of the Board access to their places of business and opportunity to examine the facilities, inventory, and records thereof, to copy all such records, and to take reasonable samples of their inventory.
B. Any record required to be maintained by this section shall be maintained for such period of time as the Board may by regulations prescribe.
Added by Laws 1989, c. 170, § 9, operative July 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-280.14. Violations - Penalties.

A. Any person who willfully:
1. makes, or causes to be made, any false entry or statement of fact in any report required to be made pursuant to the Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit Products Inspection Act;
2. makes, or causes to be made, any false entry in any account, record, or memorandum kept by any person subject to the Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit Products Inspection Act;
3. neglects or fails to make, or causes to be made, full, true, and correct entries in such accounts, records, or memoranda, of all facts and transactions appertaining to the business of such person;
4. removes out of the jurisdiction of this state, or willfully mutilates, alters, or by any other means falsifies any documentary evidence of any such person; or
5. refuses to submit to the Board or to any of its authorized agents, for the purpose of inspection and taking copies, any documentary evidence of any such person, firm, or corporation in his possession or within his control,
shall be deemed guilty and shall be subject, upon conviction in any court of competent jurisdiction, to a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00).
B. Any officer or employee of this state who shall make public any information obtained by the Board, without its authority, unless directed by a court, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00).
C. Any person who violates any provision of the Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit Products Inspection Act for which no other criminal penalty is provided by the Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit Products Inspection Act shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).
D. If a violation involved intent to defraud, or any distribution or attempted distribution of an article that is adulterated, such person shall be subject to a fine of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00).
Added by Laws 1989, c. 170, § 14, operative July 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-280.15. Good faith violations - Alternatives to prosecution.

A. No person shall be subject to penalties pursuant to this section for receiving for transportation any article or animal in violation of the Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit Products Inspection Act if such receipt was made in good faith, unless such person refuses to furnish on request of a representative of the Board the name and address of the person from whom he received such article or animal, and copies of all documents, if any there be, pertaining to the delivery of the article or animal to him.
B. Nothing in the Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit Products Inspection Act shall be construed as requiring the Board to report for prosecution, or for the institution of legal action or injunction proceedings, minor violations of the Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit Products Inspection Act whenever it believes that the public interest will be adequately served by a suitable written notice of warning.
Added by Laws 1989, c. 170, § 15, operative July 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-282. Definitions.

As used in Section 6-281 et seq. of this title unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Equine infectious anemia" or "EIA" means the communicable, infectious disease which affects only equidae and is caused by the virus of equine infectious anemia;
2. "Board" means the State Board of Agriculture;
3. "Equidae" means a family of perissodactyl ungulate mammals containing a single genus, Equus, which includes horses, asses, jacks, jennies, hinnies, mules, donkeys, burros, ponies and zebras;
4. "Official test" means a test for equine infectious anemia which has been conducted in a laboratory approved by the Board and the United States Department of Agriculture for the purpose of conducting this test or any other test or examination for the detection of equine infectious anemia approved by the Department; and
5. "Reactor" means any equidae which discloses a positive reaction to an official test for equine infectious anemia.
Added by Laws 1975, c. 347, § 2, emerg. eff. June 12, 1975. Amended by Laws 2019, c. 72, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-283. Testing.

Upon request by the Board, all owners of equidae within the State of Oklahoma shall submit their animals for an official test for the detection of equine infectious anemia, or for application of official identification. Such owners shall provide the necessary facilities for conducting tests, or identifying animals, and shall render such assistance as may be required by the Board.
Laws 1975, c. 347, § 3, emerg. eff. June 12, 1975.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-284. Quarantine.

The Board may quarantine any animal which is determined to be a reactor; such animal shall be quarantined under conditions as specified by the Board. Reactors shall remain under quarantine until their natural death, slaughter or disposition by euthanasia or until released by a written notice from the Board. The Board shall require identification of reactors as deemed necessary.
Laws 1975, c. 347, § 4, emerg. eff. June 12, 1975.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-286. Rules.

The Board may make and adopt reasonable rules and regulations for the administration and enforcement of this act. The Board, or its representatives, in performing the duties vested in it under this act is empowered to enter, during usual working hours, any premises, barns, stables or other places where equidae are kept, for the purpose of administering this act.
Laws 1975, c. 347, § 6, emerg. eff. June 12, 1975.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-290.2. Legislative findings and policy.

A. Exotic livestock and exotic livestock products are becoming an important source of the nation's supply of food. It is essential in the public interest that the health and welfare of consumers be protected by assuring that slaughtered exotic livestock and exotic livestock products distributed to them are wholesome, not adulterated, and properly marked, labeled, and packaged. Unwholesome, adulterated, or misbranded exotic livestock are injurious to the public welfare, destroy markets for wholesome, not adulterated, and properly labeled and packaged exotic livestock and exotic livestock products, and result in sundry losses to exotic livestock producers and processors of exotic livestock and exotic livestock products, as well as injury to consumers. The unwholesome, adulterated, mislabeled, or deceptively packaged articles can be sold at lower prices and compete unfairly with the wholesome, not adulterated, and properly labeled and packaged articles, to the detriment of consumers and the public generally.
B. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Legislature of this state to provide for the inspection of exotic livestock and exotic livestock products and otherwise regulate the processing and distribution of such articles to prevent the movement or sale of exotic livestock and exotic livestock products which are adulterated or misbranded.
Added by Laws 1991, c. 231, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 101, § 1, emerg. eff. April 20, 1992.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-290.4. Board - Powers and duties.

In addition to any powers and duties of the Board provided for by law, the Board shall have the power and duty to:
1. Adopt and promulgate regulations necessary to provide for the proper inspection of exotic livestock and exotic livestock products, and prescribe conditions under which carcasses, parts of carcasses, exotic livestock meat and exotic livestock products capable of use as human food, shall be stored, labeled, marked or otherwise handled by any person engaged in the business of buying, selling, freezing, storing, or transporting, in or for intrastate commerce;
2. Cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States in effectuating the purposes of the Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act;
3. Appoint inspectors to make examination and inspection of exotic livestock, exotic livestock carcasses, all exotic livestock meat and exotic livestock products, and the sanitary conditions of all plants or establishments in which exotic livestock meat and exotic livestock products are prepared;
4. Detain and seize exotic livestock or exotic livestock carcasses or exotic livestock products pursuant to the provisions of the Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act;
5. Require reports from all persons subject to the provisions of the Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act;
6. Suspend inspection service pursuant to the provisions of the Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act;
7. Establish and enforce administrative penalties pursuant to Section 11-1 of Title 2 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
8. Enter upon any public or private property for purposes of inspecting and investigating compliance with the Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act;
9. Refuse to render inspection services to any establishment whose premises, facilities, or equipment, or the operation thereof, fail to meet the requirements of the Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act;
10. Institute or cause to be instituted any necessary legal proceedings with the Office of the Attorney General or in any court of competent jurisdiction for an injunction relief to enforce the provisions of the Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act; and
11. Exercise all incidental powers which are necessary and proper to perform the duties of the Board pursuant to the Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act.
Added by Laws 1991, c. 231, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-290.6. Operation of slaughtering plant - Approval of plant - Compliance with act.

A. On and after September 1, 1991:
1. Prior to slaughtering any exotic livestock or processing any exotic livestock products at any plant, a person owning or operating such plant shall have the plant approved by the Department.
2. To receive plant approval, a person shall make application to the State Board of Agriculture. As part of the application, the person shall agree to comply with the terms and conditions of the Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act and any applicable regulations promulgated thereto.
3. Prior to any such approval, the plant and plant equipment shall be inspected by the Department of Agriculture.
4. Upon the approval of the plant and plant equipment by the Department, the plant shall be considered an official plant.
B. No establishment or plant processing exotic livestock or exotic livestock products shall process any exotic livestock or exotic livestock product capable of use as human food except in compliance with the requirements of the Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act.
Added by Laws 1991, c. 231, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 101, § 4, emerg. eff. April 20, 1992.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-290.7. Inspection service and inspections.

A. All inspection service shall be subject to supervision at all times by an inspector. Such service shall be rendered where the facilities and conditions are satisfactory for the conduct of the service and the requisite inspectors are available.
B. Exotic livestock which is processed in official plants in accordance with the Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act may be inspected.
C. All exotic livestock that is slaughtered and processed in an official plant where inspection service is maintained shall be inspected for condition and wholesomeness. No dressed or uninspected exotic livestock products shall be brought into such official plant.
D. Inspection shall not be provided at any establishment for the slaughter of exotic livestock, or the preparation of any carcasses or parts or products of such animals which are not intended for human food.
Added by Laws 1991, c. 231, § 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-290.8. Records.

A. All persons subject to the provisions of the Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act shall keep such records as willfully and correctly disclose all transactions involved in their businesses. All persons, subject to such requirements shall, at all reasonable times, upon notice by a duly authorized representative of the Board, afford such representative and any duly authorized representative of the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States accompanied by such representative of the Board access to their places of business and opportunity to examine the facilities, inventory, and records thereof, to copy all such records, and to take reasonable samples of their inventory.
B. Any record required to be maintained by this section shall be maintained for such period of time as the Board may by regulations prescribe.
Added by Laws 1991, c. 231, § 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-290.12. Violations - Penalties.

A. Any person who willfully:
1. Makes, or causes to be made, any false entry or statement of fact in any report required to be made pursuant to the Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act;
2. Makes, or causes to be made, any false entry in any account, record, or memorandum kept by any person subject to the Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act;
3. Neglects or fails to make, or causes to be made, full, true, and correct entries in such accounts, records, or memoranda, of all facts and transactions appertaining to the business of such person;
4. Removes out of the jurisdiction of this state, or willfully mutilates, alters, or by any other means falsifies any documentary evidence of any such person; or
5. Refuses to submit to the Board or to any of its authorized agents, for the purpose of inspection and taking copies, any documentary evidence of any such person, firm, or corporation in his possession or within his control;
shall be deemed guilty and shall be subject, upon conviction in any court of competent jurisdiction, to a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00).
B. Any officer or employee of this state who shall make public any information obtained by the Board, without its authority, unless directed by a court, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00).
C. Any person who violates any provision of the Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act for which no other criminal penalty is provided by the Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).
D. If a violation involved intent to defraud, or any distribution or attempted distribution of an article that is adulterated, such person shall be subject to a fine of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00).
Added by Laws 1991, c. 231, § 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-290.13. Penalties - Limitations on application - Minor violations.

A. No person shall be subject to penalties pursuant to this section for receiving for transportation any article or animal in violation of the Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act if such receipt was made in good faith, unless such person refuses to furnish on request of a representative of the Board the name and address of the person from whom he received such article or animal, and copies of all documents, if any there be, pertaining to the delivery of the article or animal to him.
B. Nothing in the Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act shall be construed as requiring the Board to report for prosecution, or for the institution of legal action or injunction proceedings, minor violations of the Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act whenever it believes that the public interest will be adequately served by a suitable written notice of warning.
Added by Laws 1991, c. 231, § 13, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-291. Exotic livestock disease control - Official agency.

A. The State Board of Agriculture shall be the official exotic livestock disease control agency of the State of Oklahoma, and shall have the authority to issue and enforce rules governing the movement and testing of exotic livestock as defined in Section 6-290.3 of this title, in intrastate commerce with regards to disease emergency, disease control, or disease eradication.
B. The Board shall have the authority to issue and enforce rules governing the movement and testing of exotic livestock as defined by Section 6-290.3 of this title, in interstate commerce as required or allowed by federal law.
C. In addition to requirements established by the Board, no person shall release exotic livestock under the jurisdiction of the Board into the wilds of Oklahoma without first obtaining written permission of the Director of the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Added by Laws 1994, c. 5, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1994. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 367, § 65, emerg. eff. June 6, 2000.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-302. Disease eradication and control - Inspecting and examining vehicles – Issuing citations - Agents' satisfactory completion of courses.

A. To enable the State Board of Agriculture to implement its duties and responsibilities regarding disease eradication and control of livestock and theft of livestock, and of farming equipment and farm implements, authorized agents of the Board are authorized to stop a vehicle transporting any livestock or farming equipment or farm implement for the purposes of inspecting and examining:
1. Livestock being transported;
2. The documents relating to the health, ownership, or destination of the livestock; and
3. Ownership documents or serial or identification numbers relating to farming equipment or farm implements.
B. 1. Agents of the Board are authorized to issue citations to those persons committing violations of the laws relating to the control and eradication of disease in livestock in this state.
2. Each violation relating to the transportation of livestock, and any required documentation regarding disease eradication and control of livestock being transported may result in a citation not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per incident. Each citation issued shall indicate the name of the owner of the livestock being transported, as well as the name of the driver of the vehicle.
3. If an owner or driver receives three citations for violations of this subsection within a consecutive three-year period, the owner or driver may be subject to citations not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for any subsequent violations of this subsection.
C. The authorized agents designated to stop vehicles and issue citations shall be required to satisfactorily complete those courses offered by law enforcement agencies as are required by the Board.
Added by Laws 1987, c. 132, § 2, emerg. eff. June 3, 1987. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 367, § 66, emerg. eff. June 6, 2000; Laws 2001, c. 430, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2001.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-303. Livestock trailers to be identified by number or driver license number.

A. It shall be unlawful to operate any trailer, not otherwise required to be licensed by law, which is used for the hauling of livestock upon the roads or highways of the State of Oklahoma unless that trailer bears an identifying number.
B. Trailers owned by individual persons shall be identified with the driver license number of the owner. Trailers owned by corporations, partnerships, and other associations or owned by a person who has no driver license shall be identified with numbers as designated by rules of the State Board of Agriculture with advice from the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety.
C. The identifying number shall be in Arabic numerals in a contrasting color of not less than two (2) inches high painted or otherwise affixed to the rear of the trailer so it is clearly visible from the rear at all times and in a manner as to reasonably assure against alteration or destruction.
D. The State Board of Agriculture may promulgate rules, and with the advice of the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety, direct the affixing of identifying numbers to livestock trailers.
E. It shall be unlawful to alter a livestock trailer identifying number other than to comply with this subarticle or rules issued pursuant to this subarticle.
F. No fee shall be charged for the issuance of any trailer identification number required by this subarticle.
Added by Laws 1974, c. 88, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1975. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 76, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 1601 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 254, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-304. Penalties.

Any person who violates the provisions of Section 6-303 of this title by failing to properly display the proper number shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof subject to a fine not to exceed Ten Dollars ($10.00). Any person who alters a vehicle identifying number in violation of Section 6-303 of this title, or rules issued pursuant to Section 6-303 of this title, upon conviction thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Added by Laws 1974, c. 88, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1975. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 77, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 1602 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 254, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-310. Agriculture law enforcement agents.

A. The Commissioner of the State Board of Agriculture may commission, subject to the approval of the Board, agriculture law enforcement agents.
B. Agriculture law enforcement agents, when commissioned, shall:
1. Have all the powers of peace officers except the serving or execution of civil process other than the execution of civil process related to the Oklahoma Agricultural Code;
2. Have in all parts of the state the same powers with respect to criminal matters and enforcement of the laws relating thereto as sheriffs, highway patrol, and police officers in their respective jurisdictions;
3. Enforce the civil, criminal, and administrative provisions relating to livestock theft, animal health and importation statutes and theft of farming equipment and farm implements, as well as any other law contained in the Oklahoma Agricultural Code;
4. Possess all immunities and matters of defense now available or hereafter made available to sheriffs, highway patrol and police officers in any suit brought against them in consequence of acts done in the course of their employment; and
5. Comply with the provisions of Section 3311 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
C. Agriculture law enforcement agents specifically:
1. Are vested with the power and authority of sheriffs in making arrests for violations of the Oklahoma Agricultural Code and in the enforcement of nonagriculture-related crimes in cooperation with other law enforcement officers and agencies as authorized by the Board and approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma;
2. May take into possession any farming equipment or farm implement and any and all livestock, or any part thereof, killed, taken, shipped or had in possession contrary to the law. Such livestock or parts thereof may be disposed of as determined by the Commissioner or any court of competent jurisdiction;
3. May make a complaint and cause proceedings to be commenced against any person for violation of any of the laws relating to the Oklahoma Agricultural Code or relating to theft of livestock and of farming equipment or farm implements, with the sanction of the prosecuting or district attorney of the county in which the proceedings are brought, and shall not be required to give security for costs;
4. In connection with the enforcement of the civil, criminal, and administrative provisions, shall have the express authority to stop the transportation or movement of any animal or farming equipment or farm implement within this state and shall have the right to enter upon all premises, posted, or otherwise, when necessary for enforcement of the laws of this state;
5. Shall be under the control and direction of the Commissioner. The Commissioner may, at any time, remove any powers or authority of arrest conferred by the Commissioner; and
6. Shall have the right to carry firearms as authorized by the Commissioner.
Added by Laws 2001, c. 430, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2001. Amended by Laws 2007, c. 157, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2007.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-311. License - Construction of act - Restricted aquatic species.

A. No person may engage in the private commercial production of catfish, minnows, fingerlings, fish, frogs, or other aquatic species without having first procured a license from the State Board of Agriculture.
B. The initial fee for a license issued pursuant to the provisions of this section, and the annual fee for the renewal of such license, shall be Ten Dollars ($10.00).
C. All licenses may be renewed so long as the applicant remains in operation, in the production of a particular aquatic species and in compliance with the provisions of this act and rules promulgated thereto.
D. Nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize the importation or exportation of minnows and other fish species that are subject to the provisions of Sections 4-105, 4-115, and 7-602 of Title 29 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
E. No license shall be issued by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry pursuant to the provisions of this section for any restricted aquatic species designated by rules promulgated by the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Added by Laws 2002, c. 295, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2002.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-312. Technical assistance.

A. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry may provide technical assistance to persons legally engaged in the private commercial production of catfish, minnows, fingerlings, fish, frogs and other aquatic species pursuant to the provisions of this act. Such technical assistance shall be limited to recommendations and in no instance shall the Department provide any assistance or any funds to effectuate or implement such recommendations.
B. Reasonable fees, as determined by the State Board of Agriculture, may be charged by the Department for salary, expenses, and supplies of Department employees providing technical assistance.
Added by Laws 2002, c. 295, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2002.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-313. Confinement and separation from wild species.

A. All catfish, minnows, fingerlings, fish, frogs, and other aquatic species which are legally produced, pursuant to the provisions of this act, shall be confined to the lands and waters of the licensee in such a manner so as to prohibit:
1. Contact with wild fish or other aquatic species in public waters; and
2. Such wild fish or other aquatic species in public waters from becoming a part of the commercial production.
B. 1. Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry shall not restrict the manner in which persons, licensed pursuant to this act, gather or impound aquatic species raised within the impoundments in their commercial operations.
2. No person shall sell or attempt to sell game fish and/or paddlefish obtained from public waters that have been commingled with privately produced fish subject to the provisions of this act.
C. No licensee may receive, free of charge, any catfish, minnow, fingerling, fish, frog or other aquatic species from the state or federal government.
Added by Laws 2002, c. 295, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2002.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-314. Inspections - Summary of aquatic species produced and marketed.

A. 1. a.
Any duly authorized representative of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry shall have the power to inspect, at reasonable times, records, facilities and operations of any person engaging in the commercial production of catfish, minnows, fingerlings, fish, frogs and other aquatic species in order to determine whether or not diseased species, that could cause such species to contaminate wild fish, exist in the impoundments.
b.
If diseased conditions exist, the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry may require the removal or the treatment of the diseased species to prevent contamination of wild fish.
2. Any duly authorized representative of the Department of Wildlife Conservation shall have the power to inspect, at reasonable times, records, facilities and operations of any person engaging in the commercial production of catfish, minnows, fingerlings, fish, frogs and other aquatic species in order to determine if the commercial operation is in compliance with the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Code and rules promulgated thereto. Any person found or alleged to be in violation of the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Code or rules promulgated thereto shall be subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Code.
B. A licensee shall be present during any inspection authorized pursuant to the provisions of this section. In addition, the licensee shall cooperate with the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry and the Department of Wildlife Conservation in performing such licensee’s duties pursuant to the provisions of this act.
C. Any licensee subject to the provisions of this act shall submit to the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry an annual summary of the number of catfish, minnows, fingerlings, fish, frogs and other aquatic species produced and marketed by the commercial operation and any other information as requested by the Department. The summary shall be submitted to the Department at such time and in such manner as is required by the Department.
Added by Laws 2002, c. 295, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2002.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-315. Decals.

A. 1. Each vehicle used to transport private commercially produced catfish, minnows, fingerlings, fish, frogs or other aquatic species shall be marked conspicuously by decals bearing the inscription "Aquatic Culture".
2. The decals shall be located on each side of the hauling unit.
B. The decals shall be furnished by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry at a reasonable cost per decal payable by the owner of the vehicle hauling the aquatic species.
Added by Laws 2002, c. 295, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2002.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-316. Application for license - Proofs required - Revocation.

A. 1. All persons applying for a license to commercially produce catfish, minnows, fingerlings, fish, frogs or other aquatic species pursuant to the provisions of this act shall produce positive proof of:
a.
identification including, but not limited to, a valid Oklahoma driver license of the applicant,
b.
age, and
c.
residency.
2. It shall be unlawful for any person to make a false statement or to give any false information in order to acquire a license, pursuant to the provisions of this act.
B. Any license issued by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry pursuant to this act shall contain the data required by subsection A of this section as well as the date and time of issuance of the license.
C. 1. All licenses issued by the Department pursuant to this act shall be nontransferable.
2. No person shall alter, change, lend or transfer any such license. No person shall use, loan or borrow a license which has not been issued to that person by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry.
D. All licenses issued pursuant to this act shall terminate December 31 for the year issued.
E. The Department may issue a duplicate license at a reasonable cost for a commercial operation if such license is lost or destroyed.
F. 1. A license for engaging in a private commercial operation subject to the provisions of this act may be revoked for a period of not less than one (1) year upon the conviction of the licensee for violating any provision of this act or rules promulgated thereto by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry in accordance with rules promulgated by the State Board of Agriculture, or by a court of competent jurisdiction.
2. For purposes of this subsection, a court conviction, a plea of guilty, a plea of nolo contendere, the imposition of a deferred or suspended sentence by a court, or forfeiture of bond shall be deemed a conviction.
3. Any person who has had a license to engage in private commercial operations pursuant to this act shall not be entitled to reapply for such license until the revocation period has expired or the person has obtained approval of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry to reapply for the license.
4. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in a private commercial operation subject to the provisions of this act after revocation of his or her license. Upon conviction of engaging in a commercial operation after revocation of a license, such person shall not be entitled to obtain a license pursuant to this act for a two-year period after conviction.
Added by Laws 2002, c. 295, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2002.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-317. Violations.

A. Any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
B. Any violations of the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Code shall be under the jurisdiction of the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Added by Laws 2002, c. 295, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2002.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-401. Animal disease threatening domestic animal population and/or public welfare – Certification – Declaration of emergency by Governor.

A. 1. If the State Board of Agriculture determines that a confirmed case of an animal disease in this state presents a substantial and imminent threat to the state's domestic animal population and/or to protect the public welfare, the Board shall certify the case to the Governor.
2. After receiving certification from the Board, the Governor may declare an emergency pursuant to this section for purposes of allowing the Board to establish quarantine zones of control to protect the health of domestic animals and the public welfare from disease. The Governor may declare an emergency pursuant to this section without declaring an emergency under the Oklahoma Civil Defense and Emergency Resources Management Act of 1967.
3. A declaration pursuant to this section:
a.
may specify that it applies to all or certain units of the state or local government,
b.
must specify the time period for which it applies, and
c.
must be filed with the Secretary of State.
4. The provisions of this subsection are in addition to and do not limit authority granted to the Governor or local government officials by other provisions of law.
B. 1. The Board may meet by electronic means without violating state open meeting laws for the purpose of declaring that a highly suspicious case of a disease in this state presents a substantial and imminent threat to the state's domestic animal population.
2. If the Board meets by electronic means for this purpose, it shall comply with the emergency meeting notice provisions of Section 311 of Title 25 of the Oklahoma Statutes and, to the fullest extent possible, provide public and media access to the meeting.
Added by Laws 2002, c. 173, § 15, emerg. eff. May 6, 2002.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-402. Quarantine zones of control.

A. Upon an emergency declaration by the Governor pursuant to the Animal Disease Outbreak Temporary Emergency Act, the State Veterinarian may establish quarantine zones of control in any area where a specific animal determined to be infected or is likely to be infected with the disease be examined by a veterinarian authorized by the Board or the State Veterinarian. This determination shall be based on an actual veterinary examination or laboratory testing.
B. Quarantine zones of control shall be the smallest size practicable to prevent the spread of the disease and must exist for the shortest duration consistent with effective disease control. A quarantine zone of control shall not extend beyond a radius of three (3) miles from an animal determined to be infected or is likely to be infected with the disease, unless the Board orders that control of a specific disease requires a larger quarantine zone of control based upon epidemiological evidence.
Added by Laws 2002, c. 173, § 16, emerg. eff. May 6, 2002.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-403. Orders restricting movement of persons, livestock, machinery, and personal property.

A. 1. The State Board of Agriculture may issue orders restricting the movement of persons, livestock, machinery, and personal property out of quarantine zones. The President of the Board, the State Veterinarian, or any licensed veterinarian designated by the Board may issue the orders.
2. Any such order shall be issued upon a determination that reasonable cause exists to believe that the movement of persons or personal property out of a quarantine zone will reasonably transport a dangerous, infectious, or communicable disease outside of the quarantine zone.
B. An order restricting the movement of persons, livestock, machinery, and personal property out of quarantine zones:
1. Shall be served upon any person subject to the order;
2. Shall be limited to the greatest extent possible consistent with the paramount disease control objectives as determined by the Board;
3. May be served on any day at any time; and
4. Must include a notice of the person's rights pursuant to this section, including, but not limited to, the ability of the person to enter into an agreement to abide by disease control measures under subsection C of this section and the right to request a court hearing under subsection D of this section. When an order restricting the movement of persons has been issued, the physical and emergency medical needs of those persons restricted pursuant to the order shall be addressed in a systematic and competent manner.
C. No person may be restricted by an order, issued pursuant to the Animal Disease Outbreak Temporary Emergency Act for longer than seventy-two (72) hours, if the person agrees to abide by the disease control measures established by the Board. Such person shall sign an acknowledgment form prepared by the Board evidencing the person's agreement to abide by the disease control measures established by the Board.
D. Any person whose movements are restricted by an order pursuant to the Animal Disease Outbreak Temporary Emergency Act may seek a district court hearing on the order at any time after it is served on the person. The hearing shall be heard as soon as possible regardless of the time of day and any inconvenience to the court. The hearing may be held by electronic means. The subject of the order may:
1. Contest imposition of the order on grounds that it is an abuse of the Board's discretion pursuant to the Animal Disease Outbreak Temporary Emergency Act; or
2. Seek a variance from the order to allow movement of a person inconsistent with the order, upon a showing that the person would otherwise suffer irreparable harm.
Added by Laws 2002, c. 173, § 17, emerg. eff. May 6, 2002. Amended by Laws 2004, c. 60, § 6, emerg. eff. April 6, 2004.