(1) No person shall operate a livestock auction market without a valid license to operate such market issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (2) No person shall interfere with the performance by any veterinarian of duties and responsibilities imposed by the provisions of this chapter. (3) No licensee, or the managing agent of […]
(1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, every person operating a livestock auction market in this state shall be required to pay on or before June 30, annually, a fee of $100 to the State Department of Agriculture for a license to operate such market for the year beginning July 1 […]
(1) Each person licensed to operate a livestock auction market shall maintain a bond approved by the State Department of Agriculture to secure the performance of statutory duties and private obligations incurred as the operator of such market. The bond shall be filed with the department and shall be renewed whenever the license is renewed. […]
(1) Upon default of a licensee as to any condition of the bond required by ORS 599.245, the State Department of Agriculture shall: (a) Give reasonable notice to persons to file claims with the department. (b) Fix a reasonable time within which such filing shall be done. (c) Investigate each claim so filed and reasonably […]
The State Department of Agriculture may revoke or suspend, or refuse to issue or renew the license of any person who does not or has not complied with the provisions of this chapter or the regulations promulgated thereunder. [1953 c.677 §18; 1961 c.425 §8; 1971 c.578 §13]
(1) All property owned or controlled by a person licensed to operate a livestock auction market which is contiguous to, and used in conjunction with the operation of, the market shall be the market zone of such market. (2) All livestock entering the market zone must be handled and sold through the facilities of the […]
Before any livestock auction market can sell cattle as designated by the State Department of Agriculture, at an auction open to public bidding, or on consignment or commission basis, a brand inspector shall be present to carry out the brand inspection provisions of ORS chapter 604 and this chapter. It is necessary therefor that the […]
After livestock enter the premises of a livestock auction market, if a question of the right of ownership or possession arises, the livestock shall be subject to the provisions of ORS 604.056. [1967 c.368 §3; 1981 c.248 §17]
All dairy cattle over six months of age, except steers, spayed females and dairy cattle which by reason of age, disease or other conditions will be purchased for slaughter purposes, and all hogs entering the market zone of a livestock auction market shall be placed and retained, before and after sale, in clean, disinfected and […]
All pens used in livestock auction markets for holding dairy cattle and hogs and all alleyways between such pens shall be floored with concrete or some other impervious material. All such pens and alleys shall be sloped or otherwise constructed to permit adequate drainage. Such pens and alleyways and also fences, food racks and watering […]
(1) The licensee shall provide separate pens of suitable size which shall be designated as quarantine pens which shall be floored with concrete or some other impervious material and constructed so as to allow for efficient drainage and cleaning. These pens shall be used for all animals coming into the market zone which are found […]
Each licensee shall provide pens with suitable catching chutes and other facilities for testing, treating, examining, or handling livestock in accordance with the regulations of the State Department of Agriculture. [1953 c.677 §11; 1967 c.368 §2]
The State Department of Agriculture may require such testing, treating and examining of livestock sold, traded, exchanged or handled at or through livestock auction markets as in its judgment may be necessary to prevent the spread of brucellosis, tuberculosis or paratuberculosis, hog cholera and other infectious, contagious or communicable diseases among the livestock of this […]
(1) The licensee shall employ a veterinarian to perform all tests and make all examinations of animals required to be performed, carried out or made by the provisions of this chapter or the regulations promulgated thereunder. (2) Every assistant state veterinarian shall have authority and responsibility for the direction and control of the sanitary practices […]
(1) Each licensee maintaining and operating any weighing facilities for the weighing of livestock at the livestock auction market operated by the licensee shall provide for the weighing to be done by a weighmaster. (2) Scale tickets shall be executed in triplicate for all livestock weighed at the auction market and a copy of such […]
The licensee shall keep on file an accurate record of: (1) The date on which each consignment of animals was received and sold. (2) The name and address of the buyer and seller of such animals. (3) The number and species of the animals received and sold. (4) The marks and brands on each such […]
[1953 c.677 §2; 1957 c.390 §15; renumbered 599.455]
[1953 c.677 §3; 1957 c.390 §17; renumbered 599.460]
If the operator of a livestock auction market violates any of the provisions of this chapter, or regulations promulgated by the State Department of Agriculture under this chapter, the department may: (1) Summarily quarantine the livestock or the premises, or both, as provided in ORS 596.361 to 596.402. (2) Apply to the circuit court of […]
(1) In the discretion of the State Department of Agriculture, a federal department or agency may be authorized by the State Department of Agriculture to act as its agent in carrying out all or part of the provisions of this chapter and regulations promulgated under this chapter without further requirement if it appears to the […]
