Title 2, Title 2 — Agriculture

Time for calling election - Submission at regular election - Determination of site. A. The board of county commissioners of a county, when requested so to do, by a proper resolution passed and presented by the executive board of the free fair association of the county, shall subm…

A. The election, as provided in Section 15-80 of this title, shall be called and held pursuant to the provisions of this section. B. The board of county commissioners shall cause to be published in a county newspaper of general circulation in the county, for four consecutive issu…

advertisement and holding of election. When any county has determined a free fair site pursuant to the provisions of Section 15-81 of this title, the question shall not again be submitted to a vote of the county within five (5) years from said date, and then only upon petition si…

Amount - Purpose. A. At any election held under the provisions of Section 15-80 of this title, there may be also submitted to a vote of the legal voters of the county, under the same conditions as provided in Section 15-80 of this title, the question of authorizing and directing …

and construction of buildings. All counties in the State of Oklahoma are hereby authorized to issue bonds for the purpose of purchasing lands, improving such lands, and constructing buildings thereon for free fair purposes. Added by Laws 1929, c. 26, p. 22, § 1. Amended by Laws 2…

election. A. The board of county commissioners in each county of this state is hereby authorized and empowered to call an election for the purpose of issuing bonds to purchase lands, improve the same, and to construct buildings thereon for free fair purposes. The lands and improv…

The proclamation calling an election shall: 1. Name the amount of bonds to be issued; 2. The time said bonds shall run; 3. The maximum rate of interest said bonds shall bear; and 4. The time for holding the election. Added by Laws 1929, c. 26, p. 23, § 3. Amended by Laws 2001, c.…

The election shall be conducted by the duly qualified election officials of the county. The returns of the election shall be canvassed by the county election board. Added by Laws 1929, c. 26, p. 23, § 4. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 208, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered …

price - Deposit and disbursement of proceeds. A. If the three-fifths of the voters voting at the election vote in favor of the issuance of the bonds, the board of county commissioners shall proceed at once to issue the bonds and sell the bonds in the manner now provided by law fo…

Attestation - Registration - Sale - Issuance and delivery - Deposit by purchaser - Tender of bonds - Rejection of bids - Resale. A. The bonds issued shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate provided by Section 498.1 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes, per an…

to fair as condition - Premium list. When directed by a vote of the resident taxpayers, as provided in Section 15-7 of this title, the county commissioners shall at their first meeting thereafter, notify the officers of the stock show or fair association named in the petition tha…

It shall be the duty of the officers charged by law with levying taxes for county purposes to: 1. Levy annually an amount sufficient to pay the interest due each year on the bonds issued; and 2. Levy an amount sufficient to pay the principal as the same falls due. Added by Laws 1…

Construction of buildings - Improvement and beautification. Out of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds, the board of county commissioners shall purchase lands and construct buildings thereon for the county free fair. In purchasing the lands and constructing the buildings thereo…

include in estimate - Amount and purpose. A. The board of county commissioners of any county which has acquired free fair lands and buildings pursuant to Section 15-91 of this title or pursuant to any other act of the Legislature is authorized to levy and include in the estimate …

constructed. A. Buildings for the purposes of any county free fair, which fair exists under any law of this state, may be constructed either upon land owned by the county or upon land which has been leased to the county for a period of not less than fifty (50) years from the time…

A. Monies received as a result of renting or leasing any building or structure or any portion thereof, located on any county fairground which the county received as a gift from an individual citizen who was a resident of the county may be used by the county fair board for mainten…

A. Prior to the expenditure or the contracting for the expenditure of a sum in excess of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), the county fair board shall present a notice of intent to the board of county commissioners setting forth: 1. The expected sum to be expended; 2. The reason fo…

structures - Financing. A. The board of directors of any county fair association is authorized to enter into agreements with other persons, firms or corporations, the terms of which provide for the construction of buildings or other structures upon the property used by the associ…

A. Article 16 of Title 2 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be known and cited as the Oklahoma Forestry Code. B. All statutes enacted and codified in Article 16 of Title 2 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be considered part of the Oklahoma Forestry Code. Added by Laws 1971, c. 349, § 1…

The State Board of Agriculture is authorized to establish and administer a forestry cost-share program. The forestry cost-share program shall provide monies to private landowners for the purpose of implementing forest conservation or management practices on the land as described …

A. There is created within the State Treasury a cost-share fund for the State Board of Agriculture to be designated the "Forestry Cost-Share Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies received by the Board t…

A. The State Department of Agriculture may require eligible applicants to submit information, forms, and reports necessary to properly and efficiently administer the forestry cost-share program. B. Persons may apply to the Commissioner of the State Department of Agriculture for c…

As used in the Oklahoma Forestry Code: 1. "Control line" means a constructed or natural barrier and treated fire edge used to control a fire; 2. "Director" means the Director of Forestry of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry; 3. "Division" means the Forest…

The Division shall organize forest protection areas to prevent, detect, and suppress wildfires most effectively, and may employ forest rangers to have charge of its activities in each area; may subdivide each area into patrol areas; may construct lookout towers, roads, bridges, c…

Every member of a road construction or maintenance crew, whether employed by the State Highway Department or county commissioners of any county, and every road contractor or subcontractor of the Highway Department or county commissioners and their employees shall keep all fires u…

The State Department of Highways and the county commissioners of the several counties of this state shall require their construction and maintenance crews, contractors, subcontractors, and employees to comply with the provisions of the Oklahoma Forestry Code, and the highway depa…

Any road foreman or member of a road construction or maintenance crew, or any foreman, superintendent, or employee of any road contractor or subcontractor, who shall, without sufficient cause, willfully refuse or neglect to prevent and suppress fires as provided in the Oklahoma F…

A. It shall be lawful for an owner of croplands, rangelands, grasslands, forestlands, or other wild lands to set the croplands, rangelands, grasslands, forestlands, or other wild lands on fire for the purposes of: 1. Managing and manipulating plant species present whether grass, …

A. It is unlawful for any person to carelessly or willfully burn or cause to be burned or to set fire to or cause any fire to be set to any forest, grass, crops, rangeland, or other wild lands not owned by, duly authorized by the owner or manager, or in the lawful possession of, …

Burning prohibitions – Penalties - Fireworks. A. 1. It is unlawful for any person to set fire to any forest, grass, range, crop, or other wildlands, or to build a campfire or bonfire, or to burn trash or other material that may cause a forest, grass, range, crop or other wildland…

It is unlawful for any person to willfully, negligently, or carelessly build a warming or camp fire and leave the fire unextinguished or allow the fire to spread. Any person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Do…

liability. A. It is unlawful for any person either willfully or carelessly to burn, cause to be burned, to set fire to, or cause fire to be set to any forest, grass, croplands, rangeland, or other wild lands, by an owner of such property, except under the following circumstances:…

A. 1. The provisions of this section apply to a prescribed burn. 2. Any owner wishing to set fire to land in order to conduct a prescribed burn shall comply with the provisions of this section. B. 1. Within sixty (60) days prior to conducting a prescribed burn, the owner of the l…

A. There is hereby created within the Oklahoma Conservation Commission, the “Oklahoma Controlled Burn Indemnity Fund”. B. The Oklahoma Conservation Commission shall administer the Oklahoma Controlled Burn Indemnity Fund. The Indemnity Fund shall be established for the benefit of …

The State Board of Agriculture shall institute a broad program of education and action in the protection, reforestation, harvesting, and wise use of forests and their products throughout Oklahoma under the provisions the Board shall adopt. These provisions shall include the need …

Any person violating any of the provisions of the Oklahoma Forestry Code shall be liable for all damages caused by any violation, damages shall be recoverable in any court of competent jurisdiction. Added by Laws 1971, c. 349, § 209, emerg. eff. June 24, 1971. Amended by Laws 200…

The Forestry Division of the State Department of Agriculture may offer and pay rewards for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person violating any of the provisions of the Oklahoma Forestry Code. Added by Laws 1971, c. 349, § 210, emerg. eff. June 24, 1971. A…

Whoever willfully or carelessly shall cause an unlawful forest, grass, crops, or woods fire shall, in addition to all other penalties provided by law, be liable for payment of all reasonable costs and expenses incurred in suppressing the fire. The costs and expenses shall be paya…

fire controlsigns and posters. Whoever intentionally breaks down, mutilates, removes, or destroys any fire control or forestry sign or poster of the Division of Forestry erected in the administration of its lawful duties and authorities shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall …

A. Any person possessing any incendiary device as defined by subsection B of this section with the intent to use the device for the purpose of burning or setting fire to any forest, grass, crops, or woodlands that the person possessing that device is not the owner of nor in posse…

The Governor, on behalf of this state, is authorized to execute a compact, in substantially the following form, with any one or more of the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, and the Legislature signifies in advance its approval and ratification of the compact…

When the Governor executes the compact on behalf of this state and causes a verified copy of the compact to be filed with the Secretary of State, and when the compact has been ratified by one or more of the states named in Section 16-35 of this title, then the compact shall becom…

The Governor is designated as the official Compact Administrator of the State of Oklahoma under the South Central Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact and shall exercise and perform for the State of Oklahoma all the powers and duties imposed by the compact upon the Compact A…

The Oklahoma members of the Advisory Committee referred to in Article III of the South Central Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact shall be selected as follows: One member shall be named from the membership of the Senate of the State of Oklahoma by the President Pro Tempore…

Any employee of the State of Oklahoma who is injured or killed while rendering aid outside the State of Oklahoma pursuant to the provisions of the South Central Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact shall be entitled to compensation and death benefits, if any, in the same man…

It shall be the duty of the State Board of Agriculture under terms the Board determines shall best serve the public interest to assist and cooperate with federal and state departments, educational institutions, counties, towns, corporations, or individuals; to gather and dissemin…

realty unnecessary – Railroads’ liability for damages by fire. In any action instituted in any court to recover damages under the provisions of the Oklahoma Forestry Code, it shall not be necessary for any person, injured by any fire to allege in pleadings or prove on trial title…

The laws of this state relating to forestry activities shall be implemented, enforced, and carried out by the State Board of Agriculture through a division of the State Department of Agriculture to be known as the Forestry Division. Other law enforcement agencies of the state sha…

The State Board of Agriculture for its Forestry Division on behalf of the state may acquire land suitable for nurseries, seed orchards, state forests, school forests, tower, recreation and other sites by gift, donation, or purchase and may enter into agreements with the federal g…

Commissioners of Land Office - Terms and conditions. A. The State Board of Agriculture shall enter into no agreement for the acquisition, lease, or purchase of any land or for any other purpose whatsoever which shall pledge the credit of, or obligate in any manner whatsoever, the…