1. A. Upon receipt of a petition bearing the signatures of not less than twenty-five (25) actual occupants of the agricultural lands of a county, the State Board of Agriculture or an authorized agent thereof shall hold a public hearing in the county to determine whether dates should be established after which no hormone-type spray may be applied by commercial applicators or whether established dates restricting applications of hormone-type herbicide by commercial applicators should be removed. Notice of the hearing shall be published in one issue of a daily, weekly, or biweekly newspaper having general circulation in the county. After the hearing, the Board shall have the authority to establish dates after which no hormone-type pesticide may be sprayed in the county, or any designated part , for a period specified by the Board or to remove the restrictions previously established. The Board shall not be required to hold more than one hearing each calendar year concerning any county or part .
2. B. The Board shall have the authority to declare any form of plant or animal life or virus which is injurious to plants, humans, domestic animals, articles, or substances as a pest. The Board shall have the authority to classify pesticide uses as being general, restricted, or both, to determine standards of coloring or discoloring for pesticides, and to subject pesticides to the requirements of this subarticle.
3. C. The Board shall promulgate appropriate rules for carrying out the provisions of this subarticle, including, but not limited to, rules providing for the collection and examination of any samples necessary to evaluate the quality, quantity, or effectiveness of pesticides or devices.
4. D. There shall be uniformity between the requirements of Oklahoma, the several states, and the Federal Government relating to the coloring or discoloring of pesticides. The Board may promulgate rules applicable to and in conformity with the primary standards established by this subarticle, as have been or may be prescribed by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, as amended.

Laws 1961, SB 7, p. 3, § 4; Amended by Laws 1965, HB 536, c. 324, § 1, emerg. eff. June 28, 1965; Amended by Laws 1977, SB 190, c. 98, § 7; Amended by Laws 2000, SB 1424, c. 367, § 13, emerg. eff. June 6, 2000 (superseded document available).