2014 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 2. Agriculture
§2-6-503. Authority to enter premises or mode of transportation – Commercial hunting facilities – Rules – Powers of Department.

A. Authorized agents of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry shall have the authority to enter any premises or mode of transportation as authorized pursuant to Section 2-14 of this title for the purpose of implementing or enforcing the Oklahoma Farmed Cervidae Act, or rules promulgated pursuant thereto.

B. Authorized agents of the Department of Wildlife Conservation shall have the authority to enter and inspect any premises pursuant to Section 3-201 of Title 29 of the Oklahoma Statutes for the purpose of implementing and enforcing the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Code or rules promulgated pursuant thereto.

C. The Oklahoma Farmed Cervidae Act shall not apply to the regulation of facilities owned and operated for the purpose of commercial hunting of farmed or captive-bred cervidae. Commercial hunting facilities shall remain under the jurisdiction of the Department of Wildlife Conservation.

D. The State Board of Agriculture is authorized to promulgate rules necessary, expedient, or appropriate for the performance, enforcement, or carrying out of any of the purposes, objectives, or provisions of the Oklahoma Farmed Cervidae Act, including the establishment of fees. All fees shall be fair and equitable to all parties concerned. Rules shall be promulgated pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act.

E. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry shall have the authority to:

1. Issue, renew, deny, modify, suspend, cancel, and revoke any registration, permit, certificate, license, identification, or order issued pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Farmed Cervidae Act;

2. Issue entry or import permits to any person transporting farmed cervidae into this state;

3. Investigate complaints and violations of the Oklahoma Farmed Cervidae Act;

4. Issue quarantines, initiate control measures, confiscate, and destroy farmed cervidae that present a danger to native cervidae, other animals, or to the public safety or welfare;

5. Negotiate reciprocal agreements with the federal government or any state, or any department or agency of either; and

6. Exercise all incidental powers as necessary and proper to implement and enforce the provisions of the Oklahoma Farmed Cervidae Act.

Added by Laws 2006, c. 138, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2006. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 191, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2012.