Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-2-18
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Notice - Hearings - Penalties
Official statutory text
A. After notice and opportunity for a hearing in accordance
with the Administrative Procedures Act, if the State Board of
Agriculture finds any person in violation of the Oklahoma
Agricultural Code or any rule promulgated or order issued pursuant
thereto, the Board shall have the authority to assess an
administrative penalty of not less than One Hundred Dollars
($100.00) and not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for
each violation. Each animal, each action, or each day a violation
continues may constitute a separate and distinct violation.
B. The Board may appoint administrative law judges to conduct
the hearings. Hearings shall be held at a location within the
region in which the alleged violator resides or the violation
occurred, or the central offices of the State Board of Agriculture
in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
C. Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of the
Oklahoma Agricultural Code or rules promulgated by the Board shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor unless a violation of the Oklahoma
Agricultural Code or rules promulgated thereto is specifically
identified with a penalty or as a Class D3 felony offense in the
individual articles of the Oklahoma Agricultural Code. Any person
who violates the provisions of this subsection shall, upon
conviction, be guilty of a Class D3 felony offense and shall be
punished by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F
of Section 20P of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
D. Nothing in the Oklahoma Agricultural Code shall preclude the
Board from seeking penalties in district court in the maximum amount
allowed by law. The assessment of penalties in an administrative
enforcement proceeding shall not prevent the subsequent assessment
by a court of the maximum civil or criminal penalties for violations
of the Oklahoma Agricultural Code and rules promulgated pursuant
thereto.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 60
E. Any person assessed an administrative or civil penalty may
be required to pay, in addition to the penalty amount and interest
thereon, attorney fees and costs associated with the collection of
the penalties.
with the Administrative Procedures Act, if the State Board of
Agriculture finds any person in violation of the Oklahoma
Agricultural Code or any rule promulgated or order issued pursuant
thereto, the Board shall have the authority to assess an
administrative penalty of not less than One Hundred Dollars
($100.00) and not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for
each violation. Each animal, each action, or each day a violation
continues may constitute a separate and distinct violation.
B. The Board may appoint administrative law judges to conduct
the hearings. Hearings shall be held at a location within the
region in which the alleged violator resides or the violation
occurred, or the central offices of the State Board of Agriculture
in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
C. Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of the
Oklahoma Agricultural Code or rules promulgated by the Board shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor unless a violation of the Oklahoma
Agricultural Code or rules promulgated thereto is specifically
identified with a penalty or as a Class D3 felony offense in the
individual articles of the Oklahoma Agricultural Code. Any person
who violates the provisions of this subsection shall, upon
conviction, be guilty of a Class D3 felony offense and shall be
punished by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F
of Section 20P of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
D. Nothing in the Oklahoma Agricultural Code shall preclude the
Board from seeking penalties in district court in the maximum amount
allowed by law. The assessment of penalties in an administrative
enforcement proceeding shall not prevent the subsequent assessment
by a court of the maximum civil or criminal penalties for violations
of the Oklahoma Agricultural Code and rules promulgated pursuant
thereto.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 60
E. Any person assessed an administrative or civil penalty may
be required to pay, in addition to the penalty amount and interest
thereon, attorney fees and costs associated with the collection of
the penalties.
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