{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-2-2-20-63","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-20-63","heading":"Poultry-laying operations","body":"A. Due to the inherently unique nature of poultry-laying\n\noperations, and the increased propensity for vector propagation at\n\nsuch facilities, poultry-laying operations licensed pursuant to the\n\nOklahoma Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Act, shall be\n\nconducted only in a manner as prescribed by the State Department of\n\nAgriculture by rule promulgated pursuant to this section and the\n\nOklahoma Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Act.\n\nB. If three valid complaints are received by the Department\n\nagainst a poultry-laying operation, licensed pursuant to the\n\nOklahoma Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Act, within a period\n\nof sixty (60) days, the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food,\n\nand Forestry, upon inspection and verification of the complaint,\n\nshall declare that an emergency exists.\n\nC. Whenever the Department finds that an emergency exists\n\nrequiring immediate action to protect the public health or welfare\n\nor the environment pursuant to this subsection, the Department may\n\nwithout notice or hearing issue an order, effective upon issuance,\n\nreciting the existence of such an emergency and requiring that such\n\naction be taken as deemed necessary to meet the emergency. Any\n\nperson to whom such an order is directed shall comply therewith\n\nimmediately but may request an administrative enforcement hearing\n\nthereon within fifteen (15) days after the order is served. The\n\nhearing shall be held by the Department within ten (10) days after\n\nreceipt of the request. On the basis of the hearing record, the\n\nDepartment shall sustain or modify such order.\n\nD. If, at the hearing, it is determined that the operator is in\n\nviolation of the provisions of this section and rules promulgated\n\npursuant thereto, in addition to other administrative penalties\n\nauthorized by law, the Department may order that the operator be\n\nprohibited from land applying waste for one hundred sixty (160) days\n\nafter determination that the facility is in violation.\n\nE. Any party aggrieved by a final order may petition the\n\nDepartment for rehearing, reopening or reconsideration within ten\n\n(10) days from the date of the entry of the final order. Any party\n\naggrieved by a final order, including the Attorney General on behalf\n\nof the state, may, pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act,\n\npetition for a judicial review thereof.\n\nF. The provisions of this section may be enforced pursuant to\n\nthe provisions of Section 49 of this act.","path":["OK Code","Title 2"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os2.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"0206b9ded76a85a853764bfcc4ce236229edadbd1e466ce8bfbbede9049d69eb","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-2-2-20-62","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-2-2-20-64"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}