Title 2, Agriculture

All lands acquired by the State Board of Agriculture on behalf of the state shall be in the custody of and subject to the jurisdiction, management, and control of the Board and, for the purposes and the utilization and development of the land, the Board may use the proceeds of th…

The State Board of Agriculture may sell, exchange, lease, or dispose of any lands under its jurisdiction by the provisions of the Oklahoma Forestry Code when in its judgment it is advantageous to the state. All sales, exchanges, leases, or dispositions of lands shall be at least …

The State Board of Agriculture is empowered to cooperate with the United States Secretary of Agriculture and with communities, towns, cities, and individuals in the planning, care, and management of trees and forests for shade, ornamental, and recreational purposes, and to improv…

The purpose of the provisions of the Oklahoma Forestry Code relating to forest management is to encourage the practice of scientific forest management on all lands owned by the State of Oklahoma according to standards that shall manage, protect, utilize, and perpetuate suitable t…

The Director shall have authority to advise the several agencies, departments, institutions, bureaus, offices, and all other administrative units of the State of Oklahoma, having state-owned lands under their control, concerning forestry management practices and programs that sha…

To effectuate the purposes of the Oklahoma Forestry Code, the Director of Forestry, or persons designated by the Director, shall have authority, and it shall be the Director’s duty, to prescribe rules necessary to insure the conservation and protection of suitable trees on lands …

No timber or other timber products shall be removed from any lands owned by the State of Oklahoma, except for public utilities and improvements, and no officer, employee, or any other person employed by the State of Oklahoma shall authorize the removal, except upon written approv…

Any person or persons acting in concert who knowingly and willfully interfere with, molest, or assault forest rangers or firefighters in the performance of their duties, or who knowingly and willfully obstruct, interfere with, or impede the progress of forest rangers or firefight…

A. 1. Any person who intentionally, willfully, maliciously, or unlawfully enters upon the lands of another to cut down, injure, remove, or destroy any timber valued at more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), without the permission of the owner or the owner’s representative shall…

A. 1. Any timber owner involved in a logging or timber harvesting operation shall clearly mark any established property lines which are within one hundred (100) feet of the area to be cut. 2. If there is no established property line, the timber owner authorizing the logging or ti…

A. Except as provided by this section, a timber owner who fails to ensure that the requirements of subsection A of Section 16-61 of this title have been fulfilled and who negligently authorizes or directs a logging or timber harvesting operation upon the lands of another, and cut…

A. It shall be unlawful for any person willingly, knowingly, or fraudulently to represent, make, issue, deliver, use or submit, or to participate in representing, making, issuing, delivering, using, or submitting any fictitious, false or fraudulent offer, agreement, contract, or …

A. Except as provided by subsection B of this section, any owner or operator of a logging or timber harvesting operation shall maintain at all times during the operation, for inspection purposes by law enforcement personnel, a written bill of sale, timber deed or timber contract,…

A. 1. Except as provided by this section, it shall be the duty of any sawmill owner or operator or other person purchasing timber for resale, from a timber owner or owner or operator of a logging or timber harvesting operation to obtain from the timber owner or owner or operator …

Any person selling timber who uses false or altered identification or a false declaration of ownership, pursuant to the provisions of Section 16-65 of this title, upon conviction, shall be guilty of: 1. A Class D3 felony offense if the timber to be sold by use of a false or alter…

A. It shall be the duty of all forest rangers to distribute in all of the public schools and high schools of the county in which they are serving all the books, periodicals, and other literature that may, from time to time, be sent out to the rangers by the state and federal fore…

The last full week in March of each year shall be known throughout Oklahoma as Arbor Week. Added by Laws 1971, c. 349, § 312, emerg. eff. June 24, 1971. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 40, § 1, emerg. eff. March 26, 1982. Renumbered from § 1301-312 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 113, § …

The redbud tree shall be adopted and the same be made the official tree of this state. Added by Laws 1971, c. 349, § 313, emerg. eff. June 24, 1971. Renumbered from § 1301-313 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 113, § 56, emerg. eff. April 18, 2001.

The administrative head of the Forestry Division shall be the Director of Forestry, who shall be a professional forester and be qualified as required by the State Board of Agriculture. Other professional, technical, and practical personnel necessary to discharge the responsibilit…

All state forests, all programs in management, nursery production, reforestation, urban forestry, educational activities, and other forestry endeavors of the Forestry Division shall be managed and administered by the State Board of Agriculture in the interest of the public. If th…

A. Sections 16-71.1 through 16-71.7 of this title shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Limitation of Liability for Farming and Ranching Land Act". B. The purpose of the Oklahoma Limitation of Liability for Farming and Ranching Land Act is to encourage owners of farmin…

Except as specifically recognized by or provided in Section 16- 71.5 of this title, an owner who provides the public with land for recreational purposes which is used primarily for farming or ranching activities owes no duty of care to keep the land safe for entry or use by other…

A. Except as specifically recognized by or provided in Section 16-71.5 of this title, an owner of land which is used primarily for farming or ranching activities, who either directly or indirectly invites or permits, under the circumstance described in subsection B of Section 16-…

Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the provisions of Sections 16-71.2 and 16-71.3 of this title shall be deemed applicable to the duties and liability of an owner of land which is used primarily for farming or ranching activities, is on or adjoins land entered upon the National …

Nothing in the Oklahoma Limitation of Liability for Farming and Ranching Land Act limits in any way any liability which otherwise exists for want of ordinary care or for deliberate, willful, or malicious injury or failure to guard or warn against a dangerous or hazardous conditio…

A. Nothing in the Oklahoma Limitation of Liability for Farming and Ranching Land Act shall be construed to: 1. Create a duty of care or ground of liability for injury to persons or property; or 2. Relieve any person entering or using the land of another for recreational purposes …

A. An owner, lessee, or other occupant of agricultural land: 1. Does not owe a duty of care to a trespasser on the land; and 2. Is not liable for any injury to a trespasser, except for willful or wanton acts of negligence or gross negligence by the owner, lessee, or other occupan…

The Department of Agriculture is directed to expand the present statewide fire protection program and is authorized to acquire federal excess property for the support and operation of fire departments and fire districts. Added by Laws 1982, c. 347, § 8, emerg. eff. June 2, 1982. …

The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture is the designated agency for the receipt and distribution of federal excess property for volunteer, paid, or combined departments that provide fire services. Added by Laws 2001, c. 113, § 54, emerg. eff. April 18, 2001.

A. The Forestry Division of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry, in connection with the enforcement of the Oklahoma Forestry Code, shall have the following powers, authority, and duties: 1. To enforce the provisions of this code and other forest and forest …

There is created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture to be designated the "Volunteer Firefighter Employer Contribution Payment Revolving Fund". The revolving fund shall be subject to legislative appropriation and shall consist of all …

A. The Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System shall determine the number of persons who are eligible members of the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System pursuant to the provisions of subsection D of Section 351 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes. B. …

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry to be designated the "Rural Fire Equipment Grant Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall c…

The State Board of Agriculture is authorized to make payroll deductions for maintenance from Forestry Division employees living in residences located on land owned or leased by the Board. Within the next month following payroll deductions, the Board shall deposit these funds in t…

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Cooperative Marketing Association Act”. Added by Laws 1937, p. 260, § 1. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 38, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2001. Renumbered from § 361 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 38, § 26, eff. Nov. 1, 2001.

A. Each association incorporated pursuant to the Cooperative Marketing Association Act shall adopt bylaws consistent with the Cooperative Marketing Association Act within thirty (30) days after its incorporation. A majority of the members voting on the bylaws is necessary to adop…

A. Under the terms and conditions prescribed in the bylaws adopted by it, an association may admit as members, or issue common stock to only cooperative associations and/or persons engaged in the production of agricultural products to be handled by or through the association, inc…

A. When a member of an association has paid the membership fee or stock subscription in full, the association shall issue a certificate of membership or a stock certificate to the member. The association may establish a policy of maintaining physical possession of the original ce…

A. At the time of each dividend apportionment of earnings and at least once in every year, the directors shall cause to be prepared a financial statement showing: 1. The financial condition of the corporation at the end of the period to which such dividend or apportionment relate…

A. 1. One or more regular meetings shall be held annually in such places as the bylaws may stipulate. 2. The board of directors may call a special meeting at any time. 3. If ten percent (10%) of the members file a petition stating the specific business to be brought before the as…

A. The association shall be managed by a board of not less than five or more than twenty-one directors elected by the members of the association. The directors shall be qualified as may be provided for in the Articles of Incorporation or bylaws. B. All of the directors shall be m…

A. The officers of each association established pursuant to the Cooperative Marketing Association Act shall be a president, one or more vice-presidents, a secretary and a treasurer and other officers as may be authorized in the bylaws. B. The president and at least one of the vic…

A. 1. Members may be required to execute contracts as a condition of admission to the association, whereby the members agree to: a. patronize the facilities created by the association, b. sell all or a specified part of their products to or through, or c. buy all or a specified p…

A. By complying with the provisions of this section, any association, organized pursuant to any previously existing statutes, may elect, by vote of its members as provided in its Articles of Incorporation and bylaws for the amendment of its Articles of Incorporation and bylaws, t…

A. Except as otherwise provided by this section, any person or corporation: 1. Whose officers or employees knowingly induce, or attempt to induce any member or stockholder of an association organized pursuant to the Cooperative Marketing Association Act or organized pursuant to s…

The purpose of the Cooperative Marketing Association Act is to promote, foster, and encourage the intelligent handling, processing, and orderly marketing of agricultural products and the organization and incorporation of cooperative marketing associations of agricultural producer…

A. Any person who knowingly solicits or persuades any member of any association organized or operating in this state under due authority to breach the marketing contract of such member with the association by accepting or receiving the member's products for sale or for auction or…

A. Any association organized pursuant to the Cooperative Marketing Association Act and complying with the terms thereof shall be deemed not to: 1. Be a conspiracy nor a combination in restraint of trade nor an illegal monopoly; 2. Be an attempt to lessen competition or to fix pri…

The right of an association claiming to be organized and incorporated and carrying on its business pursuant to the Cooperative Marketing Association Act to do and to continue its business, may be inquired into by quo warranto. Added by Laws 1937, p. 268, § 22. Amended by Laws 200…

Each association formed pursuant to the provisions of the Cooperative Marketing Association Act shall be subject to and comply with the laws relating to the licensing and tax of other like corporations or associations. Added by Laws 1937, p. 268, § 23. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 38…