Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-18-308
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Promotional fee - Assessment and allocation
Official statutory text
A. The Oklahoma Wheat Commission shall assess a fee upon all
wheat marketed by wheat producers in this state and sold through
commercial channels. The fee is assessed and imposed on the
producer at the time of sale or delivery, and shall be collected and
remitted by the first purchaser to the Oklahoma Wheat Commission.
Under the provisions of the Oklahoma Wheat Resources Act, no wheat
shall be subject to a fee more than once.
B. The Commission shall allocate twenty percent (20%) of the
fee levied and collected pursuant to subsection A of this section to
the Oklahoma Wheat Research Foundation for the purpose of conducting
wheat research, including, but not limited to, utilization and
educational projects, less the cost of collecting the fee, such cost
not to exceed fifty percent (50%) of the total of the office rental
and clerical costs, and the costs of supplies and postage and such
cost to be prorated on the basis of eighty percent (80%) to the
Commission and twenty percent (20%) to the Oklahoma Wheat Research
Foundation.
C. In order for the Oklahoma Wheat Research Foundation to
qualify for the allocation of twenty percent (20%) of collected
fees, the Commission shall appoint a member of the Oklahoma Wheat
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Commission to the Oklahoma Wheat Research Foundation board of
directors.
D. Any unexpended balance contained in the revolving fund
designated for the Wheat Utilization, Research and Market
Development Commission as of November 1, 2016, shall be transferred
and deposited to the credit of the General Revenue Fund of the State
Treasury.
wheat marketed by wheat producers in this state and sold through
commercial channels. The fee is assessed and imposed on the
producer at the time of sale or delivery, and shall be collected and
remitted by the first purchaser to the Oklahoma Wheat Commission.
Under the provisions of the Oklahoma Wheat Resources Act, no wheat
shall be subject to a fee more than once.
B. The Commission shall allocate twenty percent (20%) of the
fee levied and collected pursuant to subsection A of this section to
the Oklahoma Wheat Research Foundation for the purpose of conducting
wheat research, including, but not limited to, utilization and
educational projects, less the cost of collecting the fee, such cost
not to exceed fifty percent (50%) of the total of the office rental
and clerical costs, and the costs of supplies and postage and such
cost to be prorated on the basis of eighty percent (80%) to the
Commission and twenty percent (20%) to the Oklahoma Wheat Research
Foundation.
C. In order for the Oklahoma Wheat Research Foundation to
qualify for the allocation of twenty percent (20%) of collected
fees, the Commission shall appoint a member of the Oklahoma Wheat
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 664
Commission to the Oklahoma Wheat Research Foundation board of
directors.
D. Any unexpended balance contained in the revolving fund
designated for the Wheat Utilization, Research and Market
Development Commission as of November 1, 2016, shall be transferred
and deposited to the credit of the General Revenue Fund of the State
Treasury.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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