2015 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 2. Agriculture
§2-18-275. Oilseed fee – Collection of assessment.

A. Beginning ninety (90) days after the election of the initial Oklahoma Oilseed Commission, there is hereby assessed a fee to be determined by each oilseed subcommittee for oilseed marketed by oilseed producers in this state and sold or handled through commercial channels. The fee shall be assessed and imposed upon the oilseed producer at the time of sale or delivery and shall be collected and remitted by the first purchaser to the Commission. Pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Oilseed Resources Act, no oilseed shall be subject to assessment of a fee more than once including a national checkoff. If the assessment of a national checkoff fee ceases to exist, an Oklahoma assessment shall then be implemented.

B. 1. The first purchaser shall collect the assessment by deducting the appropriate amount from the purchase price of the oilseed or from any funds advanced for that purpose.

2. The Commission, by registered or certified mail, shall notify each first purchaser of the duty to collect the assessment, the manner in which the assessment is to be collected, and the date on or after which the first purchaser is to begin collecting the assessment.

3. The amount of the assessment collected shall be clearly shown on the sales invoice or other document evidencing the transaction. The first purchaser shall furnish a copy of the document to the oilseed producer.

4. The Commission shall establish, by rule, the procedures for the collection and remittance of the assessment.

Added by Laws 2008, c. 154, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.