A. 1. The State of Oklahoma shall contain a boll weevil eradication district to be known as the Oklahoma Boll Weevil Eradication Organization for the purposes of eradicating boll weevils and performing posteradication maintenance and control functions as an agency of the State of Oklahoma. The Organization and the board of directors may enter into agreements with other state agencies, other states, the United States of America and any other entity or party as necessary to carry out the purposes of the Boll Weevil Eradication Act.
2. The Organization shall be, and is hereby declared to be, a governmental agency of the State of Oklahoma, body politic and corporate, with powers of government and with the authority to exercise the rights, privileges, and functions specified by the Boll Weevil Eradication Act.
B. Every person who is a cotton grower in this state is subject to the provisions of the Boll Weevil Eradication Act; however, only eligible cotton growers may vote in the elections provided for by the Boll Weevil Eradication Act.
Added by Laws 1993, c. 198, § 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 381, § 1, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 1998, c. 253, § 1, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 2000, c. 231, § 1, emerg. eff. May 24, 2000; Laws 2006, c. 211, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.