Okla. Stat. tit. 2 § 20-23

Current through Laws 2024, c. 453.

Section 20-23 - Exceeding swine animal unit capacity - Criteria - Notice

A. A concentrated swine feeding operation may exceed its swine animal unit capacity if:

1. A diseased or potentially diseased swine exists at the operation; or

2. A diseased or potentially diseased swine is in the next destination for the production line for the operation; and

3. The owner of the concentrated swine feeding operation has reasonable cause to believe a swine has or may have any disease causing:

a. a public health emergency,

b. a substantial and imminent economic hardship to the owner, or

c. a substantial and imminent threat to the swine population of the state; or

4. The State Board of Agriculture issues an order establishing temporary restrictions, a quarantine, or a quarantine zone restricting the movement of persons, livestock, machinery, and personal property out of a concentrated swine feeding operation.

B. In no case shall a swine animal unit capacity be exceeded for more than five (5) days following a confirmatory test indicating that either the swine is diseased or is not diseased. A confirmatory test shall be performed within twenty (20) days of discovery that a diseased or potentially diseased swine exists at the operation.

C. The owner of a concentrated swine feeding operation shall provide written notification to the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry upon discovery of a diseased or potentially diseased swine pursuant to subsection A of this section that may result in the swine animal unit capacity being exceeded.

D. The notice shall:

1. Identify the concentrated swine feeding operation that may exceed its swine animal unit capacity; and

2. Include an estimate of the number of swine exceeding the swine animal unit capacity at the concentrated swine feeding operation.

Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 20-23

Added by Laws 2004 , HB 2217, c. 31, § 2, emerg. eff. 3/30/2004; Renumbered from 2 O.S. § 20-49 by Laws 2005 , HB 1467, c. 292, § 25, emerg. eff. 7/1/2005; Amended by Laws 2007 , HB 1796, c. 292, §23, eff. 11/1/2007.