Oklahoma 2022 2022 Regular Session

Oklahoma Senate Bill SB1110 Comm Sub / Bill

Filed 04/13/2022

                     
 
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STATE OF OKLAHOMA 
 
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022) 
 
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE 
FOR ENGROSSED 
SENATE BILL NO. 1110 	By: Bullard, Pederson, 
Bergstrom, and Stephens of 
the Senate 
 
  and 
 
  Humphrey of the House 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE 
 
An Act relating to meat inspections; authorizing the 
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and 
Forestry to fund universities' and colleges' research 
methods of remote viewing or other digital 
inspection; requiring the Department to apply f or use 
of inspection technology from the applicable federal 
agency; providing for promulgation of rules for 
universities and colleges to implement a pilot 
program; limiting remote inspections to intrastate 
commerce unless otherwise app roved; requiring the 
Department, universities, and colleges to keep videos 
confidential; providing for codification; and 
providing an effective date. 
 
 
 
 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: 
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified 
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6 -181.1 of Title 2, unless the re 
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:   
 
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A. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry 
is hereby authorized to fund universities and colleges within The 
Oklahoma State System of Higher Education to research methods of 
remote viewing and other digital inspection technology for meat and 
poultry product inspec tions, provided that there is available 
funding. 
B.  If the Department determines that there is a suitable method 
of remote viewing or other digital inspection technolo gy upon 
completion of the review of the research by the universities and 
colleges, then the Department shall make application to th e federal 
agency governing meat and poultry inspection s to request use of the 
technology. 
C.  Upon approval by the federal ag ency governing meat and 
poultry inspections, the Department shall promulgate rules to 
implement the use of remote viewing or other di gital inspection 
technology for a pilot program to be co nducted by universities and 
colleges researching the feasibility of such program and technology. 
D.  The use of remote viewing or other digital inspection 
technology shall be restricted to inspections of meat and po ultry 
products sold only in intrastate co mmerce, unless the federal agency 
governing meat and poultry inspec tions approves it for interstate 
commerce.   
 
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E.  The videos from remote viewing or digital inspection 
obtained pursuant to this section shall be kept c onfidential by the 
Department and any un iversity or college conducting research . 
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022. 
 
58-2-11351 JL 04/12/22