A. The State Board of Agriculture shall have the power to:
1. Adopt and prescribe the use of a seal, which shall be in the custody of the Secretary of the Board;
2. Promulgate rules necessary, expedient, or appropriate to the performance, enforcement, or carrying out of any of the purposes, objectives, or provisions of the Oklahoma Agricultural Code;
3. Initiate and prosecute administrative, civil, or criminal actions and proceedings necessary under the Oklahoma Agricultural Code;
4. Appoint authorized agents to make inspections or investigations and to perform other services for the Board or any division of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry;
5. Consolidate any of the divisions established by the Oklahoma Agricultural Code, transfer any of the functions or activities to another division, place additional functions or activities in a division, establish new divisions, and create new or additional positions in the Department, when conducive to a more efficient administration and enforcement of laws pertaining to agriculture;
6. Sell, exchange, or dispose of property;
7. Have jurisdiction over all matters affecting animal industry, animal health, and animal quarantine;
8. Issue stop-sale and stop-use orders and quarantines;
9. Employ, appoint, or contract and fix the duties and compensation of the director of each division of the Department and other personnel, either on a full-time, part-time, or contractual basis, as deemed necessary by the Board;
10. Fix the qualifications of the personnel in the Department;
11. Accept and use grants of money and other property from any source;
12. Advise, consult, cooperate, and enter into agreements or contracts with persons as defined in the Oklahoma Agricultural Code;
13. Coordinate with the federal government and other states on matters pertaining to agriculture;
14. Revoke, suspend, or deny for up to one (1) year, any license, permit, or charter issued by the Board if the Board finds any violations of the Oklahoma Agricultural Code or any rule of the Board;
15. Adopt a master plan and promulgate rules for the protection of state-owned and private forestry, grazing, and other lands from damage by fire and for suppressing fires on lands. In carrying out the master plan the Board is authorized to enter into contractual agreements with the federal government, local political subdivisions of the state, individuals, private organizations, companies, and corporations for protection and for the suppression of fires and to expend funds as available for these services. To effectuate the purposes of the Oklahoma Agricultural Code, the Board is authorized to enter into contractual agreements with private landowners for the protection and suppression of fires, provided that the private landowners reimburse the Board for actual expenses incurred in the protection and suppression of fires on privately owned lands;
16. Have jurisdiction over all matters affecting agriculture as contained and set out in the Oklahoma Agricultural Code, which have not been expressly delegated to another state or federal agency and be responsible for fully implementing and enforcing the laws and rules within its jurisdictional areas of environmental responsibility.
17. Have jurisdiction over all matters affecting the importation, health, and quarantining of exotic livestock;
18. Prescribe forms of application, certification, licenses, charters, and other forms and blanks as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of the Oklahoma Agricultural Code;
19. Stagger throughout the year the renewal dates for any licenses or permits issued by the Department pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Agricultural Code by notifying licensees in writing of the expiration and renewal date being assigned to the licensee and permittee and by making an appropriate adjustment in the fee charged for the license or permit;
20. Establish and collect fees for licenses, permits, charters, and services provided. The fees shall be promulgated in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act and shall be fair and equitable to all parties concerned;
21. Establish planting and harvesting seasons for the purpose of meeting the maximum driving and on-duty time exemptions set forth in the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995. The Board shall notify the United States Secretary of Transportation of the seasons;
22. Fix and adopt official standards for grading and classifying any agricultural commodity, meat, or meat product prepared, produced, or distributed in Oklahoma;
23. Promulgate rules, make investigations, and conduct hearings for the purpose of making inspection compulsory on any agricultural commodity and designate the shipping points where compulsory inspection applies;
24. Inspect agricultural commodities, at any time, upon request of any financially interested party or when necessary and to issue certificates showing the quality and condition of the commodities at the time of the inspection;
25. Grade meat or meat products upon the request of any packing plant in Oklahoma. The packing plant shall be required to pay the cost of services, including the compensation and expenses of personnel employed to perform the actual grading;
26. Apply to the district court for a temporary or permanent injunction or any other remedy restraining any person from violating the Oklahoma Agricultural Code;
27. Extend and implement the powers and provisions granted by the Oklahoma Agricultural Code to all programs administered by the Department regardless of whether the statutes creating the program are codified in this title;
28. Increase its efforts to ensure the safety and quality of food and food products for wholesalers and retail sales in this state and shall include, but not be limited to, inspections of retailers and wholesalers to ensure compliance with all federal and state certification standards;
29. Exercise all incidental powers which are necessary and proper to implement and administer the purposes of the Oklahoma Agricultural Code;
30. Accept upon behalf of the Department any gift or donation of property, including but not limited to monetary gifts;
31. Promulgate rules regarding prescribed burning and smoke management;
32. Enter into written leases or lease-purchase agreements to acquire equipment, furnishings, supplies and other items necessary for the operation of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry Agriculture Laboratory;
33. Exercise all incidental powers and promulgate rules, procedures and forms which are necessary and proper to implement, administer and enforce the Oklahoma Scrap Metal Dealers Act;
34. Promulgate rules to ensure state control of any federal program relating to on-farm fruit and vegetable production inspections and regulation;
35. Develop a pollinator protection plan to promote the health of and mitigate the risks to honeybees and other managed pollinators;
36. Issue certificates of free sale for any products or items within the jurisdiction of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry; and
37. Prepare, in consultation with the Governor and the Attorney General, any necessary plans, reports or other documents for submission to the United States Department of Agriculture for approval of the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program.
B. 1. If upon inspection or investigation, or whenever the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry determines that there are reasonable grounds to believe that any person is in violation of any part of the Oklahoma Environmental Quality Code which is the responsibility and jurisdiction of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry, any rule promulgated by the State Board of Agriculture, or of any order, permit, certificate, registration, charter, or license issued by the Board, the Department may give written notice to the alleged violator of the specific violation and of the alleged violator's duty to correct the violation immediately or within a set time period or both and that the failure to do so shall result in administrative fines or penalties.
2. Whenever the Department finds that an emergency exists requiring immediate action to protect the public health, welfare, or the environment, the President of the State Board of Agriculture may without notice or hearing issue an order, effective upon issuance, reciting the existence of an emergency and requiring that action be taken as specified in the order to meet the emergency. Any person to whom an order is directed shall comply immediately but may request an administrative enforcement hearing within fifteen (15) days after the order is served. The hearing shall be held by the Department within ten (10) days after receipt of the request. On the basis of the hearing record, the President of the Board shall sustain or modify the original order.
Added by Laws 1955, p. 2, art. 2, § 4, emerg. eff. June 3, 1955. Amended by Laws 1965, c. 389, § 1; Laws 1967, c. 253, § 1, emerg. eff. May 8, 1967; Laws 1993, c. 145, § 246, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1993, c. 324, § 43, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1994, c. 140, § 25, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Laws 1996, c. 7, § 1, emerg. eff. March 19, 1996; Laws 1999, c. 413, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 1999; Laws 2000, c. 243, § 6, emerg. eff. May 24, 2000; Laws 2001, c. 430, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2001; Laws 2002, c. 173, § 3, emerg. eff. May 6, 2002; Laws 2004, c. 100, § 1, eff. July 1, 2004; Laws 2007, c. 157, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2007; Laws 2008, c. 368, § 3, eff. July 1, 2008; Laws 2013, c. 230, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013; Laws 2014, c. 25, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2014; Laws 2015, c. 20, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2015; Laws 2018, c. 199, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2018; Laws 2019, c. 91, § 1, emerg. eff. April 18, 2019.
Structure Oklahoma Statutes
§2-1-2. State Department of Agriculture - Establishment - Composition.
§2-2-1. Membership - Appointment and qualifications - Vacancies.
§2-2-2. Compensation - Meetings.
§2-2-4b. Reciprocal agreements.
§2-2-4c. Livestock policy implementation – Restriction on local orders, ordinances, and regulations.
§2-2-4e. Confidentiality of electronic mail addresses.
§2-2-6. Advisory or consulting committees - Appointment.
§2-2-7. Records and files as evidence – Enforcement of penalties and fines.
§2-2-8. Certified copies as evidence.
§2-2-9. Cooperative contracts and agreements - Grading, sampling or inspection - Fees.
§2-2-10. Department of Agriculture Revolving Fund - Disbursements - Claims.
§2-2-12. Unpaid checks - Uncollectable debts.
§2-2-14. Authority to enter - Proper actions - Warrants.
§2-2-14.1. Seizure and forfeiture of property.
§2-2-14.2. Abandoned or stolen property--Storage--Disposal.
§2-2-16. Duties of district attorney or Attorney General.
§2-2-16.1. Livestock Offender Registry.
§2-2-18. Notice - Hearings - Penalties.
§2-2-18.1. Pollution of air, land, or waters - Order to cease - Administrative penalty.
§2-2-18.3. Survey of agriculture producers – Water quality issues.
§2-2-26. Agriculture Emergency Insect Control Special Fund.
§2-2-27. Department of Agriculture State Indemnity Special Fund.
§2-2-27.1. Agriculture Evidence and Law Enforcement Fund.
§2-2-31. Independent agricultural tourism organization plan – Required provisions – Report date.
§2-2A-1. Short title - Purpose - Applicability - Water programs.
§2-2A-3. Authority of Board to promulgate rules - Powers of Department.
§2-2A-4. Disclosure of interest in regulated entities.
§2-2A-5. Director of the Agricultural Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.
§2-2A-6. Discharge of pollutant into state waters - Schedule of compliance and conditions - Permits.
§2-2A-8. Rules for storm water discharges.
§2-2A-10. Application for permit - Compliance with local ordinances, rules or requirements.
§2-2A-23. Rules designating application tiers.
§2-2A-24. Powers and duties of Department.
§2-2A-26. Tier II or III applications - Draft denial or permit.
§2-2A-27. Public meeting on draft denial or permit.
§2-3-32.3. Plant pests - Sale - Notice.
§2-3-32.4. Nursery stock shipments - Inspection certificates.
§2-3-32.5. Vegetable plants and transplants - Identification.
§2-3-32.6. Turfgrass sod - Identification.
§2-3-32.7. Licenses - Inspection fees.
§2-3-50.2. Declaration - Purpose.
§2-3-50.4. Review by Commissioner and State Board of Agriculture.
§2-3-50.5. Oklahoma Boll Weevil Eradication Organization - Formation - Status - Membership.
§2-3-50.6. Board of directors - Election procedure.
§2-3-50.8. Certification of acreage in program.
§2-3-50.9a. Collection of assessment.
§2-3-50.10. Boll Weevil Eradication Fund.
§2-3-50.15. Cooperation with other entities - Written agreements.
§2-3-50.16. Right of entry - Inspections and other activities - Warrants.
§2-3-50.18. Destruction of cotton - Volunteer or noncommercial cotton.
§2-3-50.19. Unlawful acts - Moving infested article into state - Penalties.
§2-3-50.20. Violations - Penalties.
§2-3-50.30. Review and evaluation of boll weevil eradication efforts.
§2-3-82.1. Unwanted Pesticide Disposal Fund.
§2-3-83. Keeping of records – Board audits.
§2-3-84. Declaration of pest – Rules - Requirements.
§2-3-101. Enforcement of act - Powers of Board.
§2-3-103. Quarantine – Declaration of bee disease or pest - Order to destroy.
§2-3-106. Sales and transport of apiaries, equipment, bees, or hives.
§2-3-113. Voluntary registration program – Location of new apiaries – Abandoned apiaries.
§2-3-117. Inspection fee - Inspection procedures.
§2-3-117.1. Requirements for transport of bees into state.
§2-3-122. Hearing - Emergency order.
§2-3-123. Retention of Africanized honeybees prohibited - Exception.
§2-3-124. Certified Beekeeper Program - European Honeybee Certification Program.
§2-3-125. Local laws on honeybee hives not authorized – Apiary zoning exception.
§2-3-130. Tick eradication program - Funding.
§2-3-211. Weed Free Hay Certification Act.
§2-3-213. Promulgation of rules.
§2-3-214. Inspector training cooperative agreements – Federal funding.
§2-3-215. Weed-free certification – Inspection.
§2-3-220. Noxious weeds - Eradication.
§2-3-310. Castor bean production - Ricin.
§2-3-311. Castor bean transportation - Ricin.
§2-3-401. Short title - Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program.
§2-3-403. Licensee authorization – Exemption from criminal liability.
§2-3-404. License application – Rules and requirements.
§2-3-406.1. Processing as Cannabidiol .
§2-3-407. Inspection and sampling.
§2-3-408. Causes to deny, revoke or suspend a license.
§2-3-410. Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program Fund.
§2-3-411. Cannabidiol sourcing.
§2-3-601. Short title - Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Remediation Program - Definitions.
§2-4-3. Approval of brands - Certificates - Conflicts - Brand book.
§2-4-4. Custodian of county brand books - Certified copies - Fees.
§2-4-5. Application for registration - Fees - Contents.
§2-4-6. Use of unregistered brands - Duplication.
§2-4-7. Publication of revised book - Reregistration - Fees - Copies to officials.
§2-4-8. Brands in current edition as prima facie evidence of ownership.
§2-4-9. Questionable ownership of animals at markets - Withholding of funds pending determination.
§2-4-10. Brands reserved to state.
§2-4-11. Brands in current edition subject to sale, transfer, etc. - Recording - Fees.
§2-4-12. Sale of branded livestock - Written transfer of ownership.
§2-4-20. Animal Identification Program.
§2-5-2. Program of marketing services.
§2-5-3.1. Short title – Oklahoma Agriculture Enhancement and Diversification Program.
§2-5-3.2. Purpose and categories of Oklahoma Agriculture Enhancement and Diversification Program.
§2-5-3.4. Grants or loan funds – Applications – Evaluation criteria – Proprietary information.
§2-5-3A.1. Short title - Oklahoma Farmers Market and Farmers Hub Act.
§2-5-3A.3. Requirements for registered farmers market.
§2-5-3A.4. Permissible products at registered farmers markets.
§2-5-3A.5. Requirements for registered farmers hub – Farm-direct marketer.
§2-5-3A.6. Promulgation of rules.
§2-5-4.1. Short title - Homemade Food Freedom Act.
§2-5-4.3. Conditions for exemption from licensing and other requirements.
§2-5-4.4. Reported foodborne illness – Investigation by State Department of Health.
§2-5-6. Marketing information and news services.
§2-5-9. "Made in Oklahoma" and "Grown in Oklahoma" program - Specifications.
§2-5-12. Oklahoma Agritourism Program.
§2-5-13. Agritourism Revolving Fund.
§2-5-14. Short title – Oklahoma Agritourism Activities Liability Limitations Act.
§2-5-16. Liability of agritourism professionals and exceptions.
§2-5-17a. Rights to engage in agritourism activities – Requirements and regulations.
§2-5-18. Short title - Farmers Market Liability Limitation Act.
§2-5-20. Limitation of liability – Exceptions.
§2-5-59. Oklahoma Trade Development program – Establishment – Participating entities - Purpose.
§2-5-60.2. Legislative findings.
§2-5-60.3. Oklahoma Farm to School Program – Agency staff to implement.
§2-5-60.4. Duties of director.
§2-5-60.6. Authority to promulgate rules.
§2-5-60.10. Short title - Oklahoma Agricultural Commodity Act.
§2-5-60.13. Petition for certification – Public hearing.
§2-5-60.14. Commodity producers board – Ballot – Notice by publication – Written notice.
§2-5-60.16. Preparation and distribution of ballots - Contents.
§2-5-60.17. Expenses - Reimbursement.
§2-5-60.18. Exemption from assessment.
§2-5-60.19. Contest of election – Voting of ballots - Overstatement of volume of production.
§2-5-60.20. Determination of election results.
§2-5-60.21. Certification of adoption or defeat of referendum proposition.
§2-5-60.23. Establishment of board upon certification of referendum results.
§2-5-60.24. Meeting and organization of board – Terms of office.
§2-5-60.25. Officers of board - Bond.
§2-5-60.26. Powers and duties of board - Rules.
§2-5-60.27. Annual budget – Audits – Annual reports – State budget and expenditure limitations.
§2-5-60.28. Assessments, donations and grants – Purpose of expenditures.
§2-5-60.29. Collection of assessment.
§2-5-60.31. Increase of maximum rate of assessment – Abolition of assessment - Referendum.
§2-5-60.32. Failure to remit assessment – Proceedings to recover.
§2-5-60.33. Violations – Injunction – Costs and attorney fees.
§2-5-60.34. Exemption from requirements of act.
§2-5-60.36. Transfer of funds, equipment, and property to successor organization.
§2-5-63.1. Short title - Commodity Research Enhancement Act.
§2-5-63.3. Petition for state assessment referendum.
§2-5-63.4. State assessment referendum.
§2-5-63.5. Statewide basis - Eligible voters.
§2-5-63.8. Exemptions for producers.
§2-5-63.10. Ballot determinations.
§2-5-63.11. Referendum certification.
§2-5-63.12. Federally approved commodity board - Powers and duties.
§2-5-63.13. Assessment funds - Yearly report.
§2-5-63.14. Receipt of funds - Expenses - Restrictions on use of funds.
§2-5-63.15. State assessment collection.
§2-5-63.16. Application for refund.
§2-5-63.18. Failure to remit state assessment.
§2-5-81. Short title - Purpose of program.
§2-5-84. Dissemination of information about program.
§2-5-85. Administration of program - Annual report.
§2-5-88. Funding of loan - Loan rate - Certification of compliance.
§2-5-89. Liability of state for payment of loan.
§2-5-91. Short title - Implementation.
§2-5-94. Powers and duties of Council.
§2-5-100. Legislative finding and declaration.
§2-5-102. Cause of action for damages.
§2-5-105. Offenses - Applicability of section to actions taken by government agencies.
§2-5-107. Oklahoma Meat Consumer Protection Act – Definitions – Misleading or deceptive practices.
§2-5-111. Legislative finding and declaration.
§2-5-112. Standard of care for producer of livestock - Rebuttable presumption.
§2-5-120. Short title - Urban Gardens Grant Act.
§2-5-122. Urban Gardens Grant Revolving Fund.
§2-5-123. Eligibility for grants.
§2-5-201. Short title — Healthy Food Financing Act.
§2-5-204. Healthy Food Financing Revolving Fund.
§2-5-205. Administration — Duties — Eligible projects – Financing.
§2-5-307. False representation as organic product - Stop-sale orders – Fines and penalties.
§2-5-502. Legislative findings.
§2-5-504. Assistance to individuals affected by disability - Services.
§2-5-506. Oklahoma AgrAbility Project Fund.
§2-6-2. Official livestock and poultry disease control agency - Authority of State Veterinarian.
§2-6-3. Destruction of diseased livestock - Appraisal - Payment.
§2-6-4. Disinfecting of livestock and places - Cost - Liens.
§2-6-5. Reports of contagious or infectious animal diseases – Release of information.
§2-6-6. Importing or possessing exotic swine - Misdemeanor – Exceptions.
§2-6-27. Feeding garbage to swine.
§2-6-91. Formulation of control and eradication program.
§2-6-93. Blood samples for brucellosis testing – Official identification – Reports.
§2-6-95. Brucellosis Milk Surveillance test.
§2-6-96. Officially vaccinated animals - Identification.
§2-6-97. Biological products containing Brucella organisms.
§2-6-99. Quarantine of livestock infected with brucellosis - Disposition.
§2-6-100. Brucellosis eradication - Livestock owner requirements - Indemnity payments.
§2-6-101. Certification of brucellosis-free herds and counties.
§2-6-102. Sale of bovine animals or removal from markets – Compliance records.
§2-6-107. Swine identification verification – Testing requirements.
§2-6-124. Livestock infected or exposed - Order of quarantine – Notice – Waiving of quarantine.
§2-6-125. Moving of livestock in or out of quarantine area - Penalties.
§2-6-133. Eradication and control program.
§2-6-135. Restrictions on biological products.
§2-6-141. Branding and tagging of tubercular cattle.
§2-6-142. Sale or disposition of bovine animals affected with tuberculosis.
§2-6-143. Tuberculin tests - Refusal to comply - Quarantine.
§2-6-147. Classification - Slaughtering.
§2-6-149. Exemptions from indemnity payments.
§2-6-152. Inspection and quarantine – Condemnation – Quarantine release.
§2-6-153. Documentation to accompany shipments – Information for exibition.
§2-6-182.1. Standards for producers that market and sell beef and bison in intrastate commerce.
§2-6-184. Postmortem inspection - Marking or stamping.
§2-6-185. Inspection – Limitation of entry.
§2-6-186. Meat food products - Inspection - Access - Marking or stamping.
§2-6-188. Establishments - Inspections - Sanitary conditions.
§2-6-189. Nighttime inspections.
§2-6-190. Compliance with act - Acts prohibited.
§2-6-191. Forging of official marks or certificates.
§2-6-193. Appointment of inspectors - Rules and regulations.
§2-6-194. Bribery - Penalties.
§2-6-196. Storing and handling - Regulations.
§2-6-197. Articles not intended as human food.
§2-6-199. Registration of certain businesses.
§2-6-200. Dead, dying or disabled animals - Regulations concerning.
§2-6-201. Cooperation with Federal Government.
§2-6-202. Refusal or withdrawal of inspection.
§2-6-203. Detention of animals or products.
§2-6-204. Seizure and condemnation.
§2-6-205. District courts - Jurisdiction.
§2-6-206. Interference with persons engaged in official duties - Penalties.
§2-6-207. Violations and penalties.
§2-6-209. Application of act with respect to Federal Meat Inspection Act.
§2-6-213. Administration of Meat Inspection Act and Poultry Product Inspection Act.
§2-6-214. Oklahoma certified beef defined.
§2-6-215. Certified beef label requirement.
§2-6-255. Cooperative efforts.
§2-6-256. Antemortem and postmortem inspection in official establishments - Condemnation - Appeals.
§2-6-258. Marking and labeling.
§2-6-260. Compliance with act.
§2-6-263. Notice of violations.
§2-6-264. Storage and handling regulations.
§2-6-266. Limitation on entry of products into official establishment.
§2-6-267. Withdrawal or refusal of inspection service.
§2-6-268. Detention of products.
§2-6-269. Seizure and condemnation.
§2-6-270. Jurisdiction of district courts - Subpoenas.
§2-6-271. Powers of Board - Penalties.
§2-6-280.4. Board - Powers and duties.
§2-6-280.8. Denaturing of rabbits and rabbit products.
§2-6-280.9. Records - Inspection - Maintenance.
§2-6-280.10. Prohibitions relating to processing, transportation and sale of rabbits.
§2-6-280.11. Suspension of plant approval - Denial or withdrawal of inspection service.
§2-6-280.12. Detention of certain rabbits and rabbit products.
§2-6-280.13. Violations - Notice - Hearing - Orders - Service of process.
§2-6-280.14. Violations - Penalties.
§2-6-280.15. Good faith violations - Alternatives to prosecution.
§2-6-285. Shipment restrictions.
§2-6-290.2. Legislative findings and policy.
§2-6-290.4. Board - Powers and duties.
§2-6-290.6. Operation of slaughtering plant - Approval of plant - Compliance with act.
§2-6-290.7. Inspection service and inspections.
§2-6-290.12. Violations - Penalties.
§2-6-290.13. Penalties - Limitations on application - Minor violations.
§2-6-291. Exotic livestock disease control - Official agency.
§2-6-303. Livestock trailers to be identified by number or driver license number.
§2-6-310. Agriculture law enforcement agents.
§2-6-311. License - Construction of act - Restricted aquatic species.
§2-6-312. Technical assistance.
§2-6-313. Confinement and separation from wild species.
§2-6-314. Inspections - Summary of aquatic species produced and marketed.
§2-6-316. Application for license - Proofs required - Revocation.
§2-6-402. Quarantine zones of control.
§2-6-403. Orders restricting movement of persons, livestock, machinery, and personal property.
§2-6-504. Farmed cervidae facility license.
§2-6-506. Escaped farmed cervidae.
§2-6-507. Violations of act - Transportation of live cervidae.
§2-6-508. Slaughter of farmed cervidae – Disposition of hides or antlers.
§2-6-510. Emergency orders - Compliance – Hearings – Review of order, priority.
§2-6-511. Wrongfully injure - Farmed carvidae facility - Remove from premises.
§2-6-512. Prelicensing inspection.
§2-6-513. Written complaint procedures.
§2-6-514. Denial, revocation, cancelation, or suspension of license.
§2-6-515. Disposal of cervidae - Cleaning of premises.
§2-6-606. Taking and removal of feral swine.
§2-6-608. Importation - USDA permit - Slaughter following positive test results.
§2-6-610. Violations of act – Penalties.
§2-6-612. Restraint by owner - Damages recoverable.
§2-6-613. Ownership of feral swine.
§2-6-614. Legislative encouragement of Judas pig tagging system.
§2-7-22. Requirement of escrow account - Notice - Deposits - Commingling of monies.
§2-7-23. Conditions of purchase of raw milk.
§2-7-25. Liability of milk processor.
§2-7-26. Failure to establish escrow account - Failure to continue payments - Penalties.
§2-7-402. Purpose - Public policy.
§2-7-405. Commissioner - Power and duty.
§2-7-406. Sale of Grade A milk and milk products.
§2-7-407. Adulterated or misbranded milk or milk product.
§2-7-409. Sampling and testing.
§2-7-410. Suspension of permit.
§2-7-411. Persons affected with communicable disease.
§2-7-412. Herds - Diseased animals.
§2-7-414. Construction of act.
§2-7-416. Milk and Milk Products Inspection Revolving Fund.
§2-7-421. Official state agency.
§2-8-22. Containers to bear label or tag – Label information.
§2-8-24. Records - File samples - Inspection.
§2-8-25. Penalty exemptions – Provision exceptions.
§2-8-26. Powers of Board and agents.
§2-8-26.1. State preemption – Exception for taxation.
§2-8-27. Seizure - Condemnation.
§2-8-29. Minor violations - Deficient inspection fees.
§2-8-32. Persons subject to subarticle - Certification, what constitutes.
§2-8-34. Self-supporting basis.
§2-8-35. Nonliability of state agencies.
§2-8-36.2. Chemically treated seed to be sold separately - Marking.
§2-8-41.2. Administration of act.
§2-8-41.4. Licenses – Application – Fees – Suspension - Violations.
§2-8-41.9. Inspection fee - Responsible parties.
§2-8-41.12. "Stop Sale" orders - "Condemnation and Confiscation".
§2-8-41.13. Minor violations - Judicial review - Penalties.
§2-8-41.15. Publication of commercial feed information.
§2-8-41.16. Environmental jurisdiction.
§2-8-77.1. Short title - Purpose.
§2-8-77.4. Manipulated manures – Exemptions.
§2-8-77.5. Registration - Licensing - Fees - Penalties.
§2-8-77.7. Inspection fee - Tonnage report.
§2-8-77.9. Sampling - Analysis.
§2-8-77.10. Plant nutrient deficiency - Payments.
§2-8-77.14. Publication of information.
§2-8-77.15. Storage, use and application - Environmental jurisdiction.
§2-8-77.16. Seizure – Condemnation - Disposal.
§2-8-80.3. Distribution, labeling and sale of liming materials - Regulations.
§2-8-80.4. Information required by § 8-80.3 of this title to be affixed to containers.
§2-8-80.5. Compliance with act - Toxic materials prohibited - Administrative penalty.
§2-8-80.6. Vendor's license for spreading - Application - Fee.
§2-8-80.7. Inspection fees - Reports.
§2-8-80.8. Analysis and sampling.
§2-8-85.2. Power vested in Board.
§2-8-85.5. Registration - Fee - Penalties.
§2-8-85.7. Stop sale, stop use or removal order.
§2-8-85.10. Promulgation of rules.
§2-8-85.11. Revocation of registration - Hearing.
§2-8-95. Seizure - Condemnation - Disposal.
§2-9-23. Warehouse name - Issuance and validity of charter.
§2-9-26. Insurance – Notice of loss.
§2-9-27. Scale tickets - Delivery upon demand.
§2-9-28. Warehouse receipts - Form - Furnishing by Board - Price.
§2-9-28.1. Electronic receipts and documents - Security interest - Rule making.
§2-9-32. Scales and equipment.
§2-9-33. Inspection, grading and storing of commodities.
§2-9-35. Unlawful acts - Commodity storage and receipts - Penalties.
§2-9-36. Public warehouse designations - Penalty.
§2-9-38. Rulemaking - Conformity with federal act.
§2-9-42. Oklahoma Commodity Storage Indemnity Fund - Creation.
§2-9-44. Assessment upon commodities - Examination of records.
§2-9-47.1. Violations - Penalties.
§2-9-132.1. Bonds - Issuers - Certification as solvent.
§2-9-134.1. Custodial account defaults - Board taking possession of assets - Distribution.
§2-9-135. Inspection of scales - Use of inaccurate scales.
§2-9-136. Buying of livestock prior to consignment – Fraudulent sale of livestock.
§2-9-139. Payment for purchases of livestock for slaughter.
§2-9-143. Records - Access - Inspection of livestock.
§2-9-161. Packer - Definition.
§2-9-162. Packer prohibitions.
§2-9-163. Declaratory judgment - Restraining order - Actions.
§2-9-164. Accounts, records and memoranda.
§2-10-2. Board as official state agency.
§2-10-9.1. Short title - Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding Operations Act – Definitions.
§2-10-9.6. Poultry Waste Education Revolving Fund.
§2-10-9.8a. New or expanded poultry feeding operations – Construction in certain areas prohibited.
§2-10-9.10. Investigation of complaints - Entry upon premises - Standard health precautions.
§2-10-9.11. Violations - Criminal and administrative penalties - Injunctions.
§2-10-9.12. Promulgation of rules.
§2-10-9.13. Short title - Oklahoma Poultry Waste Transfer Act - Purpose.
§2-10-9.14. Poultry Waste Transfer Fund.
§2-10-9.16. Short title - Oklahoma Poultry Waste Applicators Certification Act.
§2-10-9.17. Applicator's certificates - Application - Renewal - Violation - Fees.
§2-10-9.18. Report regarding all poultry waste land-applied.
§2-10-9.19. Land application of poultry waste - Tests – Rate - Rules.
§2-10-9.21. Suspension, cancellation, denial or revocation of certificate.
§2-10-9.23. Report of educational activities - Evaluation of effectiveness of curriculum.
§2-10-9.24. Agriculture Regulation Revolving Fund.
§2-10-10.3. Purpose - Application - Construction.
§2-10-10.4. Administration by Board of Agriculture - Board authorized to accept gifts.
§2-10-10.5. Land application rate - Soil and waste testing.
§2-10-21. State Poultry Show - Expenses - Two divisions.
§2-10-23. County poultry show - Funds.
§2-10-25. Premiums and expenses.
§2-10-26. State-wide broiler show.
§2-10-27. Time and place – Rules - Premiums.
§2-10-30. Premiums to junior exhibitors.
§2-10-72. Pack-date and expiration date.
§2-10-72.1. Shell eggs not processed to destroy salmonellae – Safe handling instruction.
§2-10-74. Application of subarticle.
§2-10-77. Acts constituting violations of subarticle.
§2-10-78. Sale of eggs produced on farm directly to consumer not prohibited.
§2-10-79. Enforcement of subarticle.
§2-10-80. Samples of lots or containers.
§2-10-92. Stating of grade in advertising.
§2-10-93. Maintaining of grade identity until purchase.
§2-11-2. Ungraded agricultural products - Misleading practices - Penalty.
§2-11-6. Licenses, permits or certificates issued under repealed sections.
§2-11-12. February 2021 Winter Storm Grant Revolving Fund.
§2-11-13. Grant program to mitigate costs.
§2-11-38. Inspection of premises - Rules.
§2-11-39. Confidential business information - Trade secrets - Competitive harm.
§2-11-40. Permit - Exemption - Information required - Fee.
§2-11-80. Creation – Director – Appointment - Powers and duties.
§2-11-90. Short title - Oklahoma Scrap Metal Dealers Act.
§2-11-93. Items not to be purchased – Items regulated.
§2-11-95. Revocation or suspension of permits - Injunction against dealers - Appeal bond.
§2-11-96. Sales tax permit required.
§2-11-97. Scrap metal dealer license.
§2-11-98. License application.
§2-11-99. Cancellation, revocation and reissuance of license - Penalties.
§2-12-2. Agents authorized to carry firearms.
§2-13-1. Statutes as part of code.
§2-14-1. Bureau of Standards established.
§2-14-2. Standards and methods.
§2-14-4. General control - Seal.
§2-14-32. Customary use and metric system
§2-14-33. State primary and secondary standards.
§2-14-34. Commercial and regulatory weighing and measuring devices.
§2-14-36. Request for testing.
§2-14-37. Enforcement of regulations.
§2-14-38. Definitions - Unlawful acts.
§2-14-43. Injunction - Presumption.
§2-14-64. Board - Powers and Duties.
§2-14-65. Service technicians and service agencies - Powers, duties and responsibilities.
§2-14-66. Owner serviced and maintained devices.
§2-14-67. Owner serviced and maintained devices.
§2-14-68. Administration and enforcement of act - Rules, regulations, standards and evaluations.
§2-14-81. Analytical laboratory - Purposes.
§2-14-83. Time of operation - Fees - Use of other laboratories.
§2-14-84. Disposition of fees.
§2-15-1. Agricultural fair corporations - Land, buildings and improvements - Purposes.
§2-15-2. Limitation on indebtedness - Purchase of realty - Mortgages - Directors' liability.
§2-15-3. Capital stock and income - Charges and fees - Bylaws - Limitation of charges.
§2-15-4. Organization of agricultural fair corporations - Rights, privileges and liabilities.
§2-15-5. Special premiums - Appropriations.
§2-15-7. Special election - Petition - Question to be submitted.
§2-15-8. Special election - Petition - Management of fair.
§2-15-10. Payment of premiums - Vouchers - Execution and certification.
§2-15-11. Funds for special premiums - County contingent fund - Special tax levy.
§2-15-12. Audit and allowance of bills for premiums - Warrants.
§2-15-13. Investment of monies in Free Fair Building Fund in government bonds or notes.
§2-15-14. Retirement pay for employees of Agricultural Fair Corporations.
§2-15-22. Officers - Selection - Board of directors - Election of president and secretary.
§2-15-23. Executive board - Members - Powers - Limitation on expenditures - Time of holding fair.
§2-15-25. Appropriations for premiums - Special election.
§2-15-26. Special election - Call - Petition - Contents.
§2-15-27. Notice to county excise board of election result and amount of estimate - Tax levy.
§2-15-29. Premium catalogs - Printing - Payment of expense.
§2-15-30. Admission charge - When not permitted.
§2-15-31. Deposit of funds - Accounts - Disbursements - Annual report of receipts and disbursements.
§2-15-32. State not liable for deficiency or expense.
§2-15-51. County free fair associations.
§2-15-52. County fairs – Power to organize and create upon abolition of free state fair.
§2-15-53. Object of free fairs.
§2-15-56. Special meetings - Notices of regular and special meetings.
§2-15-57. Board of directors - Rules - Expenditures.
§2-15-58. Estimate of cost of fairs - Certification to county excise board - Items of expenditure.
§2-15-59. Tax levy - Amount - Purpose.
§2-15-60. Collection, apportionment and disbursement of funds - Eligibility of exhibitors.
§2-15-64. Use of money derived from rights and privileges.
§2-15-65. Election to determine fair site and authorize construction and maintenance of buildings.
§2-15-66. County free fair in each county - State not obliged to pay for fair.
§2-15-67. "Free fair" defined - Power of governing board.
§2-15-68. Board of directors - Elections - Meetings.
§2-15-70. County officers may make annual levy – Purpose of levy.
§2-15-71. Provisions of act cumulative and controlling over conflicting laws.
§2-15-72. Budget and itemized estimate of needs.
§2-15-73. Expenditure of funds.
§2-15-74. Grounds, buildings, concessions, advertising, etc. - Gifts and donations.
§2-15-75. Duties of officers of fair board.
§2-15-77. Levy by excise board on failure of county commissioners to approve and submit estimates.
§2-15-78. Effect on existing laws.
§2-15-81. Election proclamation - Publication - Contents.
§2-15-83. Tax levy for free fair improvement fund - Election - Amount - Purpose.
§2-15-84. County bond issues for purchase and improvement of lands and construction of buildings.
§2-15-85. Bond election - Proclamation - Publication - Time for election.
§2-15-86. Election proclamation - Contents.
§2-15-87. Conduct of election - Canvass of returns.
§2-15-90. Tax levy to pay interest and principal.
§2-15-93. Lands upon which buildings for county free fairs may be constructed.
§2-15-94. Use of monies received from rents on certain buildings.
§2-15-95. Consent to expenditures by county commissioners.
§2-15-96. Contracts for construction of buildings and other structures - Financing.
§2-15-111. Association may be converted into one with specified duties, powers and liabilities.
§2-15-112. Board of directors, how composed.
§2-15-113. Election of board of directors - Appointment of directors.
§2-15-114. Election or appointment of successors - Terms - Organization of board.
§2-15-115. General powers and authority - Report.
§2-15-116. President of board - Secretary - Custodian of funds.
§2-15-117. Members not paid - Salary and bond of secretary.
§2-15-118. Annual exposition, holding of.
§2-15-119. Exhibitions, contests and other events.
§2-15-121. Accounts – Disbursements.
§2-15-122. Expenses of operating fair - Unused funds - Transfer of funds of existing association.
§2-15-123. Appropriations by boards of county commissioners.
§2-15-124. Ownership of property - Use - Lease or rent.
§2-15-126. Use of grounds for charitable, religious, patriotic or eleemosynary purposes.
§2-15-127. Gifts of money or property.
§2-15-141. Establishment of expositions and fairs.
§2-15-142. Method of establishment.
§2-15-143. Lease to Public Trust Authority - Powers and duties of Authority.
§2-15-144. Membership - Qualifications and terms - Vacancies.
§2-15-145. Personal interest in contracts.
§2-15-146. Director - Legal counsel.
§2-15-161. Companies and operators to file bond to secure contract - Term and conditions.
§2-15-162. Contracts secured by bond - Approval of form - Suit on bond.
§2-15-163. Violations - Punishment.
§2-16-3. Forestry program - Responsibilities.
§2-16-5. Forestry Division - Other enforcement agencies.
§2-16-6. Interfering with, molesting or assaulting firefighters - Penalty.
§2-16-7. Director of Forestry - Qualifications - Employment of personnel.
§2-16-9. Payroll deductions for residence maintenance expenses.
§2-16-10. Authorization of forestry cost-share program.
§2-16-11. Forestry Cost-Share Fund.
§2-16-12. Application for and allocation of cost-share funds.
§2-16-21. Organization of protection areas.
§2-16-22. Road crews to extinguish fires.
§2-16-23. Adoption of rules for road crews.
§2-16-24. Refusal of road crews.
§2-16-28.1. Procedures to lawfully burn land - Civil and criminal liability.
§2-16-28.3. Oklahoma Controlled Burn Indemnity Fund.
§2-16-32. Liability for costs of suppressing fires.
§2-16-33. Penalty for mutilating or destroying state forestry or fire controlsigns and posters.
§2-16-34. Illegal possession of incendiary device.
§2-16-35. Compact authorized - Form and provisions.
§2-16-36. When compact operative - Exchange of official documents.
§2-16-37. Governor as Compact Administrator - Delegation of duties.
§2-16-39. Compensation for injury or death.
§2-16-51. Board may acquire land for forestry purposes.
§2-16-53. Use of lands acquired.
§2-16-54. Disposition of lands.
§2-16-55. Urban forestry duties - Shade and environmental improvement.
§2-16-56. Scientific forest management on state lands, wilderness excepted.
§2-16-57. Advice by director of forestry - Forest management for all state agencies.
§2-16-58. State land management guidelines.
§2-16-59. Removal of pine timber or products from state lands.
§2-16-60. Wrongful injuries to timber - Criminal penalties.
§2-16-61. Notice to adjoining property owners of harvesting operations.
§2-16-62. Failure to notify adjoining property owners of harvesting operations - Criminal penalties.
§2-16-63. Fraudulent sales of timber – Failure to pay full price - Criminal penalties.
§2-16-64. Documentation to be maintained by harvesters.
§2-16-65. Evidence of ownership to be required by timber purchasers.
§2-16-66. Use of false identification or declaration of ownership - Criminal penalties.
§2-16-67. Forestry in schools - Rangers and teachers to cooperate.
§2-16-69. State tree - Redbud.
§2-16-70. Management to be for public interest.
§2-16-71.2. Entry upon farm or ranch lands for recreational purposes - Duty of owner.
§2-16-71.4. Applicability of Sections 16-71.2 and 16-71.3 to duties and liability of owner.
§2-16-71.5. Liability not limited by act.
§2-16-71.7. Agricultural land - Trespass - Duty owed.
§2-16-74. Federal excess property - Fire services.
§2-16-81. Volunteer Firefighter Employer Contribution Payment Revolving Fund.
§2-16-82. Transfer of payments to Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System.
§2-16-83. Rural Fire Equipment Grant Revolving Fund.
§2-17-2. Declaration of legislative intent.
§2-17-4. Persons who may organize associations.
§2-17-5. Purposes and objects for which associations may be organized.
§2-17-7. Articles of Incorporation - Contents - Execution, acknowledgment and filing - Evidence.
§2-17-8. Filing of Articles of Incorporation or amendments - Fees.
§2-17-9. Amendment of Articles of Incorporation - Filing.
§2-17-10. Bylaws - Adoption - Amendment of bylaws - Subjects which may be regulated.
§2-17-12. Certificates of membership or stock certificates - Transfer - Preferred stock.
§2-17-14. Regular meetings - Special meetings - Notice.
§2-17-18. Election of existing associations to come under act.
§2-17-19. Inducing or attempting to induce breach of marketing contract - Penalty.
§2-17-20. Liability for inducing breach of marketing contracts - Injunctions.
§2-17-22. Quo warranto proceedings.
§2-17-23. Licensing and taxation.
§2-17-24. Application of general business corporation laws.
§2-18-10. Oklahoma Sheep and Wool Commission - Administrative expense limit.
§2-18-33. Board of the Oklahoma Beef Council.
§2-18-34. Oklahoma Beef Council.
§2-18-35. Duties of members of the Oklahoma Beef Council.
§2-18-36. Assessment of fee – Exemption.
§2-18-37. Enforcement actions – Injunctive relief.
§2-18-38. Refund – Collection action.
§2-18-40. Exemption of Council from certain state laws.
§2-18-41. Act effective upon cessation of federal statute.
§2-18-42. Oklahoma Beef Council Revolving Fund.
§2-18-50. Oklahoma Peanut Act.
§2-18-57. Assessments - Refunds - Liens.
§2-18-58. Receipt for assessments - Peanut Commission Revolving Fund.
§2-18-60. Foreclosure of lien.
§2-18-181. Sheep and Wool Utilization, Research and Market Development Commission.
§2-18-183. Membership of Commission.
§2-18-184. Election of Commission members.
§2-18-185. Removal of members.
§2-18-186. Officers - Meetings.
§2-18-187. Powers of Commission.
§2-18-188. Publication of ballot and other information - Voting.
§2-18-189. Assessments - Remittance.
§2-18-190. Referendum on continuation of assessments.
§2-18-191. Reports and remittance of fees - Penalties.
§2-18-192. Reports by Commission.
§2-18-193. Refunds - Application.
§2-18-195. Cooperation with other organizations.
§2-18-196. Actions by Attorney General - Penalties.
§2-18-240. Short title - Purpose.
§2-18-245. Assessment of fees.
§2-18-246. Report and remittance of fees.
§2-18-251. Referendum on assessments.
§2-18-270. Short title - Purpose.
§2-18-275. Oilseed fee – Collection of assessment.
§2-18-277. Annual report to Secretary of Agriculture.
§2-18-279. Oklahoma Oilseed Resources Fund.
§2-18-281. Referendum to continue assessment.
§2-18-300. Short title - Oklahoma Wheat Resources Act.
§2-18-308. Promotional fee - Assessment and allocation.
§2-18-309. Referendum to determine continuation of fee.
§2-18-310. Pledge or mortgage of wheat - Deduction of fee.
§2-18-311. Report and remittance.
§2-18-401. Short title - Eastern Redcedar Management Act.
§2-18-402. Legislative intent.
§2-18-404. Duties of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry.
§2-18-406. Harvesting of Eastern Redcedar trees.
§2-18-407. Eastern Redcedar Revolving Fund.
§2-18-408. Contributing to Eastern Redcedar Revolving Fund - State income tax return.
§2-19-1. State-federal cooperative agreement - Grading of fruits, nuts, and vegetables.
§2-19-2. Airport - Import and export of livestock.
§2-20-2. Short title and purpose.
§2-20-4. Rulemaking and employing authority.
§2-20-6. Licensure – Modification – Designation of operations.
§2-20-7. Application for license.
§2-20-8. Notice and hearing requirements.
§2-20-9. Pollution Prevention Plan.
§2-20-10. Best Management Practices – Swine Waste Management Plans.
§2-20-11. Odor Abatement Plans.
§2-20-12. Prevention of hydrologic connection between wastewaters and waters of state.
§2-20-14. Investigations and inspections.
§2-20-15. License required for operation - Jurisdiction of Department of Environmental Quality.
§2-20-16. Expiration and renewal of licenses - Fees.
§2-20-17. Evidence of financial ability.
§2-20-18. Duties of owners and operators – Nuisance.
§2-20-19. Setback requirements.
§2-20-20. Exemptions applicable to certain operations.
§2-20-21. Liquid swine waste management systems - Location.
§2-20-23. Exceeding swine animal unit capacity – Criteria - Notice.
§2-20-25. Violation points system - Denial, suspension or revocation of license.
§2-20-40. Short title - Purpose.
§2-20-42. Rulemaking and employing authority.
§2-20-44. Mandatory and voluntary licensure - Designation of operations.
§2-20-45. Application for license.
§2-20-46. Notice and hearing requirements.
§2-20-47. Pollution Prevention Plan.
§2-20-48. Best Management Practices - Animal Waste Management Plans.
§2-20-50. Prevention of hydrologic connection between wastewaters and waters of state.
§2-20-52. Investigations and inspections.
§2-20-53. License required for operation - Jurisdiction of Department of Environmental Quality.
§2-20-54. Expiration and renewal of licenses – Fees.
§2-20-55. Evidence of financial ability.
§2-20-56. Duties of owners and operators – Nuisance.
§2-20-57. Setback requirements.
§2-20-58. Setback requirements - Certain feeding operations exempt.
§2-20-60. Exceeding animal unit capacity – Criteria – Notice.
§2-20-61. Violation points system - Denial, suspension or revocation of license.
§2-20-63. Poultry-laying operations.
§2-21.2. Pack-date and expiration date - Regrading and repacking.
§2-1950.10. Short title - Legislative findings.
§2-2002. Tuition waivers for farmers and ranchers.
§2-2003. Qualifications for retraining.
§2-2005. Administration of program - Rules - Advisory committee.