Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-3-50.17
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A. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry
is authorized to promulgate rules, including, but not limited to:
1. Establishing quarantine areas in this state or any portion
thereof at the request of the board of directors;
2. Designating this state or any portion thereof as an
“eradicated area”; and
3. Governing the storage or other handling in the eradicated or
other quarantined areas of regulated articles and the movement of
regulated articles into or from these areas, when the Department
determines that an action is necessary, or reasonably appears
necessary, to prevent, eradicate, control, or retard the spread of
boll weevil.
B. 1. The Department shall promulgate rules establishing a
reasonable schedule of administrative penalties and fines for
violations of the Boll Weevil Eradication Act.
2. The Department shall promulgate rules necessary, expedient,
or appropriate for the performance, enforcement, or carrying out of
any of the purposes, objectives, or provisions of the Boll Weevil
Eradication Act.
3. Any rules promulgated pursuant to the Boll Weevil
Eradication Act, including the establishment of quarantines, shall
be promulgated in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act.
is authorized to promulgate rules, including, but not limited to:
1. Establishing quarantine areas in this state or any portion
thereof at the request of the board of directors;
2. Designating this state or any portion thereof as an
“eradicated area”; and
3. Governing the storage or other handling in the eradicated or
other quarantined areas of regulated articles and the movement of
regulated articles into or from these areas, when the Department
determines that an action is necessary, or reasonably appears
necessary, to prevent, eradicate, control, or retard the spread of
boll weevil.
B. 1. The Department shall promulgate rules establishing a
reasonable schedule of administrative penalties and fines for
violations of the Boll Weevil Eradication Act.
2. The Department shall promulgate rules necessary, expedient,
or appropriate for the performance, enforcement, or carrying out of
any of the purposes, objectives, or provisions of the Boll Weevil
Eradication Act.
3. Any rules promulgated pursuant to the Boll Weevil
Eradication Act, including the establishment of quarantines, shall
be promulgated in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act.
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