Marijuana grow operations discussed by legislators

The issue of marijuana grow operations springing up throughout Okmulgee County and the state was discussed by Representatives Scott Fetgatter and Logan Phillips.
At a noon meeting with the chamber of commerce, Fetgatter said legislation that could have kept the increasing numbers of large operations in the state at a reduced level was vetoed by Gov. Kevin Stitt last year. 
He said when the state question passed authorizing grow operations, no one in the legislature had aan appetite to work in the industryand how the industry operated. "I've spent two and a half years working on this issue trying to understand it." He said if the Senate had overridden the Stitt veto there would not be the problems. He said he has had, "zero help" from the senate and the governor's office in trying to eliminate the problem.
Fetgatter said he has been looking at possible illegal grow operations and turned that to the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. 
He claims the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority (OMMA), "has singlehandliy killed my credibility in the senate because they argue against minor things they don't like about the language in my bills."
He said he wants to have a robust program that is operating legally. "You have some people in the state who have 100 grow licenses and the OMMA can't tell where they are."
Fetgatter said Chinese cartel grow operations are operating throughout the state.
A lot of that land has been purchased for inflated prices and there are no county zoning codes that can prevent or govern the operations.
He said he is working on legislation that would place laws on the number of people being hired, wwhat they are going to be paid and what their responsibilities would be. He doesn't want to punish "people who have taken their 401k and are doing it right."