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Oklahoma Ag Groups Watching Tresspass Bill and More at the State Capitol
Mon, 28 Mar 2011 7:07:15 CDT
We talked at the end of this past week with Scott Dewald of the Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association about the measures in the Oklahoma legislature that are being closely watched by his and other ag organizations. Dewald writes in his weekly electronic newsletter late Friday that this "week will be another important week of committee work. The Senate Agriculture Committee is scheduled to meet on Monday at 3:30 and they discuss the Executive Nomination of Jim Reese as Secretary of Agriculture, they will also consider HB 1249 which is a measure supported by OCA, OFB and every other agricultural we have visited with The bill closes a loophole in existing law which allows people to trespass on property to "retrieve livestock and other animals." We have visited with the committee members and voiced our support of the bill. Simply put our policy supports closing the loophole by requiring people to obtain permission from landowners prior to going on private property. If someone wants to access someone else's property the ethical thing to do is to ask the landowners permission. Unfortunately the loop hole has been abused and it provides an excuse and has resulted in obvious theft or attempted theft cases from being prosecuted."
In addition to this measure, we talked about tax measures and how much impact they could have on Oklahoma agriculture- and the fact that those decisions will be pushed to as late in the session as possible.
Click on the LISTEN BAR below to hear our full conversation with Scott Dewald of the OCA with a State Legislative update.
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