SECTION 35:3-1-19. Violations of the Oklahoma Horticulture Law  


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  • (a)   Licensing violations.
    (1)   Failure to obtain a license pursuant to 2 O.S. §3-32.8(8).
    (A)   First Violation - $100 to $500
    (B)   Second Violation - $250 to $750
    (C)   Subsequent Violations - $500 to $1000
    (2)   Misrepresenting or falsifying information on a license application pursuant to 2 O.S. §3-32.8(7).
    (A)   First Violation - $100 to $500
    (B)   Second Violation - $250 to $750
    (C)   Subsequent Violations - $500 to $1000
    (3)   Allowing a license to be used by any person other than the person to whom the license was issued pursuant to 2 O.S. §3-32.8(9).
    (A)   First Violation - $100 to $500
    (B)   Second Violation - $250 to $750
    (C)   Subsequent Violations - $500 to $1000
    (4)   Failure to provide the legal description of all growing locations of nursery stock or sod pursuant to 2 O.S. §3-32.8(10).
    (A)   First Violation - $100 to $500
    (B)   Second Violation - $250 to $750
    (C)   Subsequent Violations - $500 to $1000
    (5)   Making a false declaration of acreage pursuant to 2 O.S. §3-32.8(1)(b).
    (A)   First Violation - $100 to $500
    (B)   Second Violation - $250 to $750
    (C)   Subsequent Violations - $500 to $1000
    (b)   Plant health and quality violations.
    (1)   Offering for sale nursery stock which is seriously or substantially devitalized pursuant to 2 O.S. §3-32.8(1)(d).
    (A)   First Violation - $100 to $500
    (B)   Second Violation - $250 to $750
    (C)   Subsequent Violations - $500 to $1000
    (2)   Selling, offering for sale, or distributing any nursery stock infected or infested with a plant pest pursuant to 2 O.S. §3-32.8(4).
    (A)   First Violation - $100 to $500
    (B)   Second Violation - $250 to $750
    (C)   Subsequent Violations - $500 to $1000
    (3)   Selling, offering for sale, or distributing nursery stock that is not healthy, sound, and capable of growth pursuant to 2 O.S. §3-32.8(5).
    (A)   First Violation - $100 to $500
    (B)   Second Violation - $250 to $750
    (C)   Subsequent Violations - $500 to $1000
    (4)   Misrepresenting the grade, character, variety, or quality of any nursery stock pursuant to 2 O.S. §3-32.8(1)(a).
    (A)   First Violation - $100 to $500
    (B)   Second Violation - $250 to $750
    (C)   Subsequent Violations - $500 to $1000
    (5)   Mislabeling nursery stock by using the wrong common name or botanical name pursuant to 2 O.S. §3-32.8(14).
    (A)   First Violation - $100 to $500
    (B)   Second Violation - $250 to $750
    (C)   Subsequent Violations - $500 to $1000
    (6)   Failure to carry out treatment or destruction of nursery stock as ordered by the Board pursuant to 2 O.S. §3-32.8(6).
    (A)   First Violation - $100 to $500
    (B)   Second Violation - $250 to $750
    (C)   Subsequent Violations - $500 to $1000
    (7)   Selling, moving, or distributing nursery stock or other material under quarantine pursuant to 2 O.S. §3-32.8(13).
    (A)   First Violation - $100 to $2500
    (B)   Second Violation - $2500 to $7500
    (C)   Subsequent Violations - $7500 to $10,000
    (8)   Selling nursery stock restricted by a stop sale order pursuant to 2 O.S. §3-32.8(12).
    (A)   First Violation - $250 to $1000
    (B)   Second Violation - $1000 to $5000
    (C)   Subsequent Violations - $5000 to $10,000
    (9)   Transporting any regulated article into the state from a quarantined area of any other state or country when the article has not been treated or handled as provided by the requirements of the quarantine pursuant to 2 O.S. §3-32.8(15).
    (A)   First Violation - $100 to $2500
    (B)   Second Violation - $2500 to $7500
    (C)   Subsequent Violations - $7500 to $10,000
    (10)   Any other violation of the Oklahoma Horticulture Law not otherwise addressed
    (A)   First Violation - $100 to $500
    (B)   Second Violation - $250 to $750
    (C)   Subsequent Violations - $500 to $1000
[Source: Added at 21 Ok Reg 730, eff 4-26-04]