1. A. Licenses issued pursuant to the Oklahoma Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Act shall expire on June 30 of each year and may be renewed upon payment of the annual license fee and continued compliance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Act and the rules of the Board.

2. B. The fees for an animal feeding operations license and annual renewal thereof shall be:

   Animal feeding operations capacity	Amount of Fee
   Under two hundred fifty animal units	$15.00
   Two hundred fifty to five hundred animal units	$37.50
   Five hundred to three thousand animal units	$75.00
   Three thousand to ten thousand animal units	$150.00
   Over ten thousand animal units	$225.00

3. C. For the license year ending June 30, 1999, all licensed managed feeding operations shall pay an additional license fee for original or renewal licenses in an amount equal to eighty cents ($0.80) per licensed animal unit capacity.

   For original applications pending with the State Department of Agriculture on July 1, 1998, one-half of such amount shall be due and payable no later than September 1, 1998. For all other original applications for the license year ending June 30, 1999, one-half of such amount shall be due and payable with the application.

   The other half of such amount shall be due thirty (30) days from the date such application is approved. In the event the application is not approved, any amount of such fee which is in excess of the costs incurred by the Department in processing the application pursuant to the requirements of the Oklahoma Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Act shall be refunded to the applicant.

   The fee imposed by this subsection for renewal applications shall be due by September 1, 1998.

4. D. For the license year ending June 30, 2000, and every year thereafter, all licensed managed feeding operations shall pay an additional license fee for original licenses in an amount equal to eighty cents ($0.80) per licensed animal unit capacity. One-half of such amount shall be due and payable with the application.

   The other half of such amount shall be due thirty (30) days from the date such application is approved. In the event the application is not approved, any amount of such fee which is in excess of the costs incurred by the Department in processing the application pursuant to the requirements of the Oklahoma Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Act shall be refunded to the applicant.

   For the license year ending June 30, 2000, and every year thereafter all licensed managed feeding operations shall pay an additional license fee for renewal licenses in an amount established by the Department pursuant to rules promulgated under the Administrative Procedures Act and in accordance with subsection E of this section.

5. E. The Department is directed to review its costs related to the administration, regulation and enforcement of licensed managed feeding operations required by the Oklahoma Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Act. Based on its review the Department shall promulgate emergency rules pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act which will establish a renewal fee for licensed managed feeding operations. The Department is directed to promulgate such emergency rules on or before March 1, 1999. The fee shall be based on the costs incurred by the Department in salaries, travel claims and other necessary expenses incurred fulfilling its regulatory and administrative obligations with regard to licensed managed feeding operations. Under no circumstances shall the fee exceed eighty cents ($0.80 ) per animal unit.
6. F. All fees received by the Board for licensure of animal feeding operations shall be deposited in the Department of Agriculture Revolving Fund.

Added by Laws 1969, HB 1341, c. 116, § 9; Amended by Laws 1973, HB 1323, c. 70, § 3, emerg. eff. April 27, 1973; Amended by Laws 1997, HB 1522, c. 331, § 14, eff. September 1, 1997 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 1998, SB 1175, c. 404, § 13, emerg. eff. June 10, 1998 (superseded document available); Renumbered from 2 O.S. § 9-209 by Laws 2005, HB 1467, c. 292, § 25, emerg. eff. July 1, 2005.