Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-2-33
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Official plant pest and disease control agency
Official statutory text
A. The State Board of Agriculture shall be the official plant
pest and disease control agency of the State of Oklahoma. The Board
shall have authority to promulgate and enforce rules governing plant
pests and plant protection, including quarantine.
B. In addition to other statutory authority, the state plant
regulatory official, upon obtaining concurrence of the State Board
of Agriculture, may issue emergency orders governing plants in order
to protect the citizens and plants of the state from diseases and
pests. The emergency order may:
1. Prohibit or impose conditions on importing plants or
implements of husbandry into the state;
2. Require testing of pests or plants;
3. Require any treatment of pests or plants;
4. Prohibit or impose conditions on moving plants or implements
of husbandry within the state;
5. Issue stop movement orders for all plants in the state to
determine the precise location of a plant pest or disease;
6. Govern the disposition of plants; and
7. Impose other measures governing plants to protect the
citizens and plants of the state from diseases and pests.
C. Emergency orders issued pursuant to this section shall
expire on the date set in the order or ninety (90) days after the
date the order was issued; however, the state plant regulatory
official may renew the order for successive ninety–day periods.
pest and disease control agency of the State of Oklahoma. The Board
shall have authority to promulgate and enforce rules governing plant
pests and plant protection, including quarantine.
B. In addition to other statutory authority, the state plant
regulatory official, upon obtaining concurrence of the State Board
of Agriculture, may issue emergency orders governing plants in order
to protect the citizens and plants of the state from diseases and
pests. The emergency order may:
1. Prohibit or impose conditions on importing plants or
implements of husbandry into the state;
2. Require testing of pests or plants;
3. Require any treatment of pests or plants;
4. Prohibit or impose conditions on moving plants or implements
of husbandry within the state;
5. Issue stop movement orders for all plants in the state to
determine the precise location of a plant pest or disease;
6. Govern the disposition of plants; and
7. Impose other measures governing plants to protect the
citizens and plants of the state from diseases and pests.
C. Emergency orders issued pursuant to this section shall
expire on the date set in the order or ninety (90) days after the
date the order was issued; however, the state plant regulatory
official may renew the order for successive ninety–day periods.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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