Okla. Stat. tit. 2 § 3-101

Current through Laws 2024, c. 453.

Section 3-101 - Enforcement of act - Powers of Board

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.

Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 3-101

Amended by Laws 2013 , c. 118, s. 1, eff. 11/1/2013.

Amended by Laws 1988, HB 1830, c. 259, § 3, emerg. eff. 7/1/1988; Amended by Laws 2000 , SB 1424, c. 367, § 18, emerg. eff. 6/6/2000; Amended by Laws 2005 , HB 1809, c. 135, § 2, eff. 11/1/2005.