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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
HOUSE BILL 1456 By: Patzkowsky of the House
and
Green of the Senate
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to agriculture; providing that the
State Board of Agric ulture shall be the official
plant pest and disease control agency; providing
Board has authority to promulgate and enforce rules;
providing for issuance of emergency orders; providing
for expiration of emergency orders; providing for
codification; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEO PLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section o f law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 2-33 of Title 2, unless there is
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. The State Board of A griculture shall be the official plant
pest and disease control agency of the State of O klahoma. The Board
shall have authority to promulgate and enforce rules governin g plant
pests and plant protection, including quarantine.
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B. In addition to other stat utory authority, the state plant
regulatory official, upon obtaining concurrence of the State Board
of Agriculture, may issue emergency orders governing plants in order
to protect the citizens and plants of the state from diseas es and
pests. The emergency order may:
1. Prohibit or impose conditions o n importing plants or
implements of husbandry into the state;
2. Require testing of pests or plants;
3. Require any treatment of pests or plants;
4. Prohibit or impose c onditions on moving plants or impleme nts
of husbandry within the state;
5. Issue stop movement orders for all plants in the state to
determine the precise location of a plant pest or disease;
6. Govern the disposition of plants; and
7. Impose other measures governing plants to protect the
citizens and plants of the state from disea ses and pests.
C. Emergency orders issued pursuant to this section shall
expire on the date set in the order or ninety (90) days after the
date the order was issued ; however, the state plant r egulatory
official may renew the order for successive ninety –day periods.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON AG RICULTURE, dated 02/21/2023 - DO
PASS, As Coauthored.