STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 52nd Legislature (2008)

SENATE BILL 296	By:	Schulz

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to agriculture; amending 2 O.S. 2001, Section 3-84, as amended by Section 2, Chapter 109, O.S.L. 2004 (2 O.S. Supp. 2008, Section 3-84), which relates to the State Board of Agriculture authority regarding pests and pesticides; requiring adoption of certain rules regarding phenoxy or hormone herbicides; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     2 O.S. 2001, Section 3-84, as amended by Section 2, Chapter 109, O.S.L. 2004 (2 O.S. Supp. 2008, Section 3-84), is amended to read as follows:
Section 3-84.  A.  The State Board of Agriculture shall have the authority to declare any form of plant or animal life or virus which is injurious to plants, humans, domestic animals, articles, or substances as a pest.  The Board shall have the authority to classify pesticide uses as being general, restricted, or both, to determine standards of coloring or discoloring for pesticides, and to subject pesticides to the requirements of this subarticle.
B.  The Board shall promulgate appropriate rules for carrying out the provisions of this subarticle, including, but not limited to, rules providing for the collection and examination of any samples necessary to evaluate the quality, quantity, or effectiveness of pesticides or devices.
C.  The Board shall adopt rules requiring the restricted use of phenoxy or hormone herbicides.
D.  There shall be uniformity between the requirements of Oklahoma, the several states, and the Federal Government relating to the coloring or discoloring of pesticides.  The Board may promulgate rules applicable to and in conformity with the primary standards established by this subarticle, as have been or may be prescribed by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, as amended.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2009.

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