Section 603.095 – Disposition of funds received by department.
Except as provided in ORS 603.075, all moneys received by the State Department of Agriculture pursuant to ORS 599.269 and this chapter shall be paid into the Department of Agriculture Service Fund. Such moneys are continuously appropriated to the department for the purpose of administering ORS 599.269, ORS chapters 604, 616 and 619 and this […]
Section 603.200 – Payment by processors to producers; payment by sellers to processors; interest; definitions.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (1) In the absence of a contract or other agreement providing otherwise, any processor who purchases meat animals from the producers thereof shall make full payment therefor not later than the second business day after the day the processor takes delivery of any such meat animal. (2) In the […]
Section 603.990
[Subsection (3) enacted as 1959 c.565 §19; repealed by 1973 c.175 §15]
Section 603.010 – Definitions.
As used in this chapter: (1) “Custom processing establishment” means a stationary establishment wherein slaughtered meat animals or meat, caused to be delivered by the owners thereof, are prepared for compensation, payment or remuneration of any kind, and are thereafter returned to the owner thereof or to the order of the owner. (2) “Custom slaughtering […]
Section 603.992 – Penalties.
(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, violation of this chapter, or rules promulgated thereunder, is a misdemeanor. (2) Violation of ORS 603.065 is a Class B misdemeanor. (3) Violation of ORS 603.059 is a Class D violation. If the nuisance is not removed within five days after the first […]
Section 603.015 – Policy.
The purpose and intent of ORS 599.205 and this chapter is to protect the livestock industry of this state against theft of meat animals and, giving cognition to the Federal Meat Inspection Act as defined in ORS chapter 619, to provide the State Department of Agriculture with the means to complement the enforcement of that […]
Section 603.995 – Civil penalties; rules; disposition of penalty moneys.
(1) In addition to any penalty available under ORS 561.190 or 603.992, the State Department of Agriculture may impose a civil penalty for a violation of this chapter or of rules adopted under this chapter. For the purposes of this section, each day a violation continues after the period of time established for compliance shall […]
Section 603.025 – Licenses required; application; term; renewal; surety bond; fee; rules.
(1) A person may not sell, offer to sell or expose for sale meat products or engage in any other activity described or identified in subsection (4) of this section without first obtaining and maintaining a license for that activity from the State Department of Agriculture. All such licenses shall expire on June 30 next […]
Section 603.027 – Refund of license fee in specific instances; application; rules.
(1) Notwithstanding ORS 603.025 (2), whenever any business licensed pursuant to the requirements of ORS 603.025 (4)(a) is transferred by sale or otherwise, the person to whom the license was issued may apply to the State Department of Agriculture for a refund of that portion of the license fee applicable to the then unexpired portion […]
Section 603.031 – Additional users of establishment; fees; rules.
(1) The State Department of Agriculture may issue licenses under this chapter to one or more additional users of a custom processing establishment, custom slaughtering establishment, meat seller establishment, nonslaughtering processing establishment or slaughterhouse that is licensed primarily for operation by another person. A license issued to an additional user of an establishment described in […]