A.  The State Department of Agriculture shall have the authority to inspect any premise within this state during regular business hours when the Department has reasonable grounds to believe that activity governed by the Oklahoma Agriculture Biotechnology Act is or may be occurring. This inspection shall be to determine if the provisions of the Oklahoma Agriculture Biotechnology Act are being carried out and the environment is being protected from the possibility of being contaminated by a regulated article.

B. The Board is authorized to promulgate rules needed for the control of regulated articles as authorized by the Oklahoma Agriculture Biotechnology Act. All rules shall be promulgated pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act.

Historical Data

Added by Laws 1990, c. 226, § 4, emerg. eff. May 17, 1990; Amended by Laws 2001, HB 1378, c. 146, § 119, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001 ( superseded document available ); Renumbered from 2 O.S. § 2014 by Laws 2001, HB 1378, c. 146, § 261, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.