A. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry is authorized to promulgate rules, including, but not limited to:

1. Establishing quarantine areas in this state or any portion thereof at the request of the board of directors;

2. Designating this state or any portion thereof as an "eradicated area"; and

3. Governing the storage or other handling in the eradicated or other quarantined areas of regulated articles and the movement of regulated articles into or from these areas, when the Department determines that an action is necessary, or reasonably appears necessary, to prevent, eradicate, control, or retard the spread of boll weevil.

B. 1. The Department shall promulgate rules establishing a reasonable schedule of administrative penalties and fines for violations of the Boll Weevil Eradication Act.

2. The Department shall promulgate rules necessary, expedient, or appropriate for the performance, enforcement, or carrying out of any of the purposes, objectives, or provisions of the Boll Weevil Eradication Act.

3. Any rules promulgated pursuant to the Boll Weevil Eradication Act, including the establishment of quarantines, shall be promulgated in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act.