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OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINION
2018-1
Douglas E. Burns, Chairman March 15, 2018
Board of Regents for the Oklahoma State University
and Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges
2800 North Lincoln Blvd.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105
Dear Chairman Bums:
This office has received your request for an Official Attorney General Opinion in which you ask,
in effect, the following question:
Does the requirement in 70 0.S.2011, § 3418 that a Board of County Commissioners
dedicate county ad valorem tax revenues to fund the county's cooperative extension
office violate OKLA. CONST. art. XXI, § 1 or OKLA. CONST. art. X, § 9?
I.
BACKGROUND
Established by the Smith-Lever Act of 1914 (the Act), the Cooperative Extension Program (the
Extension Program) is designed as a partnership between the United States Department of
Agriculture and the states' land-grant universities to promote and disseminate useful and practical
information on subjects relating to agriculture, uses of solar energy with respect to agriculture,
home economics, and rural energy[.] 7 U.S.C. § 341. Cooperative agricultural extension work
shall consist of the development of practical applications of research knowledge and giving of
instruction and practical demonstrations of existing or improved practices or technologies
regarding the subjects listed above, to be carried on in such manner as may be mutually agreed
upon by the Secretary of Agriculture and the State agricultural college[.] Id. § 342. Congress is
authorized to appropriate funds to states that participate in the Extension Program, subject to the
requirement that the states match the amount of federal funds appropriated. Id. § 343(a), (e).
Oklahoma participates in the Extension Program through the Board of Regents for the Oklahoma
Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges (the Board) and Oklahoma State University (OSU). 70
0.S.2011, § 3418. Section 3418 provides, in relevant part, as follows:
313 N.E. 21st SnRET * OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 7310 *:40) 521-3921 * FAx: (405) 521-6246
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