Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-503
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Authority to enter premises or mode of transportation –
Official statutory text
Commercial hunting facilities – Rules – Powers of Department.
A. Authorized agents of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture,
Food, and Forestry shall have the authority to enter any premises or
mode of transportation as authorized pursuant to Section 2-14 of
this title for the purpose of implementing or enforcing the Oklahoma
Farmed Cervidae Act, or rules promulgated pursuant thereto.
B. Authorized agents of the Department of Wildlife Conservation
shall have the authority to enter and inspect any premises pursuant
to Section 3-201 of Title 29 of the Oklahoma Statutes for the
purpose of implementing and enforcing the Oklahoma Wildlife
Conservation Code or rules promulgated pursuant thereto.
C. The Oklahoma Farmed Cervidae Act shall not apply to the
regulation of facilities owned and operated for the purpose of
commercial hunting of farmed or captive-bred cervidae. Commercial
hunting facilities shall remain under the jurisdiction of the
Department of Wildlife Conservation.
D. The State Board of Agriculture 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 Farmed Cervidae Act, including the
establishment of fees. All fees shall be fair and equitable to all
parties concerned. Rules shall be promulgated pursuant to the
Administrative Procedures Act.
E. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry
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 Farmed Cervidae
Act;
2. Issue entry or import permits to any person transporting
farmed cervidae into this state;
3. Investigate complaints and violations of the Oklahoma Farmed
Cervidae Act;
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 354
4. Issue quarantines, initiate control measures, confiscate,
and destroy farmed cervidae that present a danger to native
cervidae, other animals, or to the public safety or welfare;
5. Negotiate reciprocal agreements with the federal government
or any state, or any department or agency of either; and
6. Exercise all incidental powers as necessary and proper to
implement and enforce the provisions of the Oklahoma Farmed Cervidae
Act.
A. Authorized agents of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture,
Food, and Forestry shall have the authority to enter any premises or
mode of transportation as authorized pursuant to Section 2-14 of
this title for the purpose of implementing or enforcing the Oklahoma
Farmed Cervidae Act, or rules promulgated pursuant thereto.
B. Authorized agents of the Department of Wildlife Conservation
shall have the authority to enter and inspect any premises pursuant
to Section 3-201 of Title 29 of the Oklahoma Statutes for the
purpose of implementing and enforcing the Oklahoma Wildlife
Conservation Code or rules promulgated pursuant thereto.
C. The Oklahoma Farmed Cervidae Act shall not apply to the
regulation of facilities owned and operated for the purpose of
commercial hunting of farmed or captive-bred cervidae. Commercial
hunting facilities shall remain under the jurisdiction of the
Department of Wildlife Conservation.
D. The State Board of Agriculture 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 Farmed Cervidae Act, including the
establishment of fees. All fees shall be fair and equitable to all
parties concerned. Rules shall be promulgated pursuant to the
Administrative Procedures Act.
E. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry
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 Farmed Cervidae
Act;
2. Issue entry or import permits to any person transporting
farmed cervidae into this state;
3. Investigate complaints and violations of the Oklahoma Farmed
Cervidae Act;
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 354
4. Issue quarantines, initiate control measures, confiscate,
and destroy farmed cervidae that present a danger to native
cervidae, other animals, or to the public safety or welfare;
5. Negotiate reciprocal agreements with the federal government
or any state, or any department or agency of either; and
6. Exercise all incidental powers as necessary and proper to
implement and enforce the provisions of the Oklahoma Farmed Cervidae
Act.
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