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2021 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 2. Agriculture
§2-3-50.2. Declaration - Purpose.

Universal Citation:
2 OK Stat § 2-3-50.2 (2021)
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A. The Anthonomus grandis Boheman, known as the boll weevil, is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, a pest, and a menace to the cotton industry. Due to the interstate nature of boll weevil infestation, it is necessary to secure the cooperation of cotton growers, other state governments, and agencies of the federal government in order to carry out a program of boll weevil eradication and posteradication maintenance and control.

B. The purpose of the Boll Weevil Eradication Act is to secure and ensure on a continuing basis the eradication of the boll weevil.

Added by Laws 1993, c. 198, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 2006, c. 211, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.

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