Section 622.330 – Private oyster beds acquired under prior law not affected.
Except as required in ORS 622.270 for production reporting, nothing in ORS 509.505, 511.625, 622.210 to 622.300 and 622.320 interferes with any rights in, or ownership of, any private plantations of oysters or oyster beds acquired or held under law existing on February 17, 1921. [Formerly 509.470; 2015 c.814 §4]
Section 622.340 – Transfer by reference to filed plat; fee.
(1) Sales, leases, assignments, conveyances, relinquishments and other transfers of oyster plantations and claims, or parts thereof, or of plats for the cultivation of oysters, clams or mussels may be made by reference to the plat filed as provided in ORS 622.210 to 622.300 and 622.320. The heirs, successors, assignees and lessees of those plats […]
Section 622.350 – Prior claims, plats, transfers or debts unaffected.
Nothing in ORS 622.340 invalidates any claim or plat filed prior to June 14, 1939, or invalidates in any manner any transfers, debts or conveyances made prior to June 14, 1939, of oyster claims or lands made by reference to any filed claims or plats. [Formerly 509.500]
Section 622.360 – Cultivation does not affect ocean shore activities.
Nothing in ORS 622.210, 622.220, 622.240, 622.250, 622.270, 622.280, 622.290, 622.320 or 622.340 is intended to affect activities on the ocean shore, as defined in ORS 390.605. [1997 c.375 §11]
Section 622.250 – Application for new plats; fee; notice.
(1) Applicants for new oyster plats, in addition to submitting an application in compliance with ORS 622.230 (1) and (2) and the submission of a fee of $250 per plat, shall cause notice of the application to be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in each county […]
Section 622.260 – Copies of laws to be available.
The State Department of Agriculture shall cause copies of the provisions of ORS 622.230 and 622.250 to be made available at the courthouse of each county in which an applicant’s approved plat, or part thereof, is located. [Formerly 509.433]
Section 622.270 – Reports of cultivators.
(1) Any person cultivating oysters, clams or mussels on public or private land in this state shall file an annual report with the State Department of Agriculture before March 1 of each year showing the number of gallons, bushels or dozens of each species of oysters, or the number of pounds of each species of […]
Section 622.280 – Withdrawal of unproductive lands.
(1) If, for a period of three years after the filing of a plat under chapter 675, Oregon Laws 1969, more than one-half the lands claimed are unproductive, the State Department of Agriculture may withdraw from a claimant and consider abandoned any portion of the unproductive lands claimed by such claimant. However, the reason for […]
Section 622.290 – Annual fees and taxes; rules.
(1) Persons using state lands for cultivating oysters, clams or mussels shall pay annual cultivation fees and use taxes quarterly to the State Department of Agriculture. Fees and taxes become delinquent 30 days after the end of the quarter. (2) Use taxes shall be in the amount of 10 cents per gallon of oysters if […]
Section 622.300 – Use of fees and taxes.
All moneys received by the State Department of Agriculture under ORS 622.290 shall be paid over to the State Treasurer and deposited in the Department of Agriculture Service Fund and be subject to ORS 561.144. All such moneys are appropriated continuously to the department to carry out the provisions of this chapter. [Formerly 509.451; 2011 […]