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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
HOUSE BILL 2979 By: West (Rick) of the House
and
Burns of the Senate
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to agriculture; enacting the Oklahoma
Right to Garden Act of 2022 ; defining terms;
providing that county, municipal and other political
subdivisions of the state may not regulate vegetable
gardens on residential properties ; providing that
ordinance or regulation that regulates vegetable
gardens is void and unenforceable ; providing
exceptions; providing for codification ; and providing
an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF TH E STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3031 of Title 2, unless there is
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
This act shall be known and may b e cited as the "Oklahoma Right
to Garden Act of 2022 ".
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SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new s ection of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3032 of Title 2, unless there is
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
As used in this act:
1. "Vegetable garden" means a piece of property wholly located
within a person's residential property that is used to grow produce,
flowers, herbs, fungi , or grains for one's own consumption and
enjoyment and not for resale or distr ibution; and
2. "Residential property " means real property on which there is
a dwelling unit with accommo dations for four or fewer separate
households and is further limited to the primary residence of a
person.
SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3033 of Title 2, unless there is
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
Except as otherwise provided by law, a county, municipality, or
other political subdivision of thi s state may not regulate vegetable
gardens on residential properties. Any such local ordinance or
regulation regulating vegetable gardens on residential properties is
void and unenforceable.
This section does not preclude the adoption of a local ordinance
or regulation of a general nature that does not specifically
regulate vegetable gardens, including, but not limited to,
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regulations and ordinances relating to water use during drought
conditions, fertilizer use, or control of invasive species .
SECTION 4. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON AGR ICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT,
dated 02/17/2022 - DO PASS, As Coauthored.