Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-5-60.27: Annual budget – Audits – Annual reports – State budget

and expenditure limitations.

A. The commodity producers board shall provide the annual

budget to the Commissioner of the Oklahoma Department of

Agriculture, Food, and Forestry.

B. Accounts of the board are subject to audit on a consistent

schedule as established in the organization's bylaws.

C. Within ninety (90) days following the end of each fiscal

year of the board, the board shall submit an annual report itemizing

all income and expenditures and describing all activities of the

board during the previous fiscal year to the Commissioner.

D. Funds collected by the commodity producers board pursuant to

the Oklahoma Agricultural Commodity Act or other statute authorizing

an assessment shall not be subject to state budget and expenditure

limitations. Such funds shall at no time become monies of the state

or become part of the general budget of the state. Debts or

obligations of the board shall not be construed to be debts or

obligations of this state.