Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-8-26

The State Board of Agriculture shall have authority:

1. To sample, test, make analysis of, and inspect any

agricultural seed or vegetable seed transported, sold, offered or

exposed for sale within this state for planting purposes, at any

time and place and to any extent necessary to determine whether the

agricultural seed or vegetable seed are in compliance with the

provisions of this subarticle and rules promulgated thereto;

2. To issue and enforce a written or printed "stop-sale" order

to the person or vendor of any agricultural seed or vegetable seed

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which is in violation of any of the provisions of this subarticle or

rules promulgated thereto; provided, that no "stop-sale" order shall

be issued or attached to any seed without first giving the vendor an

opportunity to comply with the provisions of this subarticle or to

withdraw the seed from sale;

3. To furnish adequate facilities for seed testing and to

employ qualified persons for making the tests;

4. To publish or cause to be published the results of the

examination, analysis, and test of any agricultural or vegetable

seed sampled in accordance with the provisions of this subarticle,

together with any other information that the Board may deem

advisable;

5. To cooperate with the United States Department of

Agriculture in the enforcement of the Federal Seed Act where mutual

understanding is reached by written cooperative agreement;

6. To issue a license to any person upon payment of Twenty-five

Dollars ($25.00) for each license of a retail seed dealer or One

Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each license of a retail-wholesale

seed dealer to be applied for by each seed dealer upon forms

furnished for that purpose. Out-of-state wholesale and retail seed

dealers who sell or ship agricultural or vegetable seed into this

state shall obtain a license in the same manner. A separate license

shall be required for each place of business. Each license shall

expire on a date to be determined by the Board. Any license issued

under the provisions of this subarticle may be revoked by the Board

upon satisfactory proof that the licensee has violated any of the

provisions of this subarticle or any of the rules;

7. To provide that any person in this state shall have the

privilege of submitting seed samples for test, subject to the

charges made for samples submitted as prescribed in rules

promulgated by the Board;

8. To provide that any agricultural or vegetable seeds sold,

distributed, offered for sale, or exposed for sale in this state,

the person or vendor responsible for labeling and distributing the

seed shall pay an inspection fee of not to exceed eight cents

($0.08) per hundred-pound weight. Every person responsible for

labeling and distributing seed to a retail seed licensee in

Oklahoma, or each retail seed licensee who processes and sells seed

to the consumer on which the inspection fee has not been paid, shall

file not later than the last day of January and July a semiannual

affidavit, setting forth the number of pounds of seed sold for the

preceding six (6) calendar months; and upon filing this statement

shall pay the inspection fee required. Each person labeling and

distributing seed shall keep records required by the Board to

indicate accurately the number of pounds of seed sold;

9. To examine records and to verify the statement of the number

of pounds of seed sold and the inspection fee reported. The form of

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the statement for reporting and paying the seed inspection fees on a

semiannual basis shall be prescribed in rules of the Board. Failure

to make an accurate statement of the number of pounds of seed sold

and payment of the inspection fee shall be a misdemeanor, and

constitute sufficient cause for the revocation of the person's

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the statement for reporting and paying the seed inspection fees on a

semiannual basis shall be prescribed in rules of the Board. Failure

to make an accurate statement of the number of pounds of seed sold

and payment of the inspection fee shall be a misdemeanor, and

constitute sufficient cause for the revocation of the person's

Oklahoma Seed License and to take any other appropriate action

provided under the law. An inspection fee penalty of ten percent

(10%) of the amount due or Ten Dollars ($10.00), whichever is

greater, shall be assessed if the semiannual statement is not

submitted when due; and

10. To collect all fees and other money as provided in this

subarticle and deposit the monies in the State Department of

Agriculture Revolving Fund.