Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-3-101
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Enforcement of act - Powers of Board
Official statutory text
A. The State Board of Agriculture or its authorized agents
shall have the authority to enter any premises or mode of
transportation during reasonable hours for the purpose of
implementing the Oklahoma Apiary Act or rules promulgated pursuant
thereto.
B. The Board or its authorized agents shall have the authority
to carry out all necessary and proper actions to determine
compliance with the Oklahoma Apiary Act including, but not limited
to, conducting investigations, opening any bundle, package, or
container, examining and making photocopies of records or documents,
examining devices, collecting and submitting samples for analysis,
issuing any order to destroy infected or infested bees or apiary
equipment, and removing or destroying bees, hives or other articles
as deemed necessary by the Board.
C. The Board is authorized to promulgate rules necessary,
expedient, or appropriate for the performance, enforcement, or
carrying out of any of the purposes, objectives, or provisions of
the Oklahoma Apiary Act, including the establishment of fees. All
fees shall be fair and equitable to all parties concerned. Any
rules shall be promulgated pursuant to the Administrative Procedures
Act.
D. The Board shall have the authority to:
1. Issue, renew, deny, modify, suspend, cancel, and revoke any
registration, permit, certificate, license, identification, or order
issued pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Apiary Act;
2. Issue certificates of inspection;
3. Issue entry permits to any person transporting bees or
apiary equipment into this state;
4. Investigate complaints and violations of the Oklahoma Apiary
Act and rules promulgated pursuant thereto;
5. Issue quarantines, initiate control measures, confiscate,
and destroy apiaries, bees, colonies, or hives that present a danger
to the public safety or welfare; and
6. Exercise all incidental powers as necessary and proper to
implement and enforce the provisions of the Oklahoma Apiary Act and
the rules of the Board promulgated pursuant thereto.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 142
shall have the authority to enter any premises or mode of
transportation during reasonable hours for the purpose of
implementing the Oklahoma Apiary Act or rules promulgated pursuant
thereto.
B. The Board or its authorized agents shall have the authority
to carry out all necessary and proper actions to determine
compliance with the Oklahoma Apiary Act including, but not limited
to, conducting investigations, opening any bundle, package, or
container, examining and making photocopies of records or documents,
examining devices, collecting and submitting samples for analysis,
issuing any order to destroy infected or infested bees or apiary
equipment, and removing or destroying bees, hives or other articles
as deemed necessary by the Board.
C. The Board is authorized to promulgate rules necessary,
expedient, or appropriate for the performance, enforcement, or
carrying out of any of the purposes, objectives, or provisions of
the Oklahoma Apiary Act, including the establishment of fees. All
fees shall be fair and equitable to all parties concerned. Any
rules shall be promulgated pursuant to the Administrative Procedures
Act.
D. The Board shall have the authority to:
1. Issue, renew, deny, modify, suspend, cancel, and revoke any
registration, permit, certificate, license, identification, or order
issued pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Apiary Act;
2. Issue certificates of inspection;
3. Issue entry permits to any person transporting bees or
apiary equipment into this state;
4. Investigate complaints and violations of the Oklahoma Apiary
Act and rules promulgated pursuant thereto;
5. Issue quarantines, initiate control measures, confiscate,
and destroy apiaries, bees, colonies, or hives that present a danger
to the public safety or welfare; and
6. Exercise all incidental powers as necessary and proper to
implement and enforce the provisions of the Oklahoma Apiary Act and
the rules of the Board promulgated pursuant thereto.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 142
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