Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-5-60.11: Purpose of act

A. The purpose of the Oklahoma Agricultural Commodity Act is:

1. To authorize and prescribe the necessary procedures by which

the producers of agricultural commodities grown in this state may

establish agricultural commodity producers boards to finance

programs devised to alleviate any circumstance or condition that

serves to impede the production, marketing, research or use of

agricultural commodities; and

2. To establish a procedure for an existing statutory commodity

board to privatize and convert to a successor organization.

B. Agriculture commodity producers boards established pursuant

to the Oklahoma Agricultural Commodity Act shall be state agencies

for purposes of The Governmental Tort Claims Act and are exempt from

taxation in the same manner and to the same extent as other state

agencies. The board shall not be considered a state agency for any

other purpose.