Oregon Administrative Code

607-030-0010 Number of Commissioners, Terms The Oregon Tall Fescue Commission will consist of nine (9) members appointed by the Director of the Oregon Department of Agriculture for a term of three (3) years or, if for a term following a prior term for that person, ending three (3…

607-030-0020 Qualifications of Commissioners (1) For purposes of this rule: (a) A "producer" is a person growing or producing within this state or procuring within the state, its rivers or the offshore waters, but not the Columbia River, for commercial handling within the state, …

607-030-0030 Removal of Commissioners (1) The Director of the Department of Agriculture may remove a commissioner from office, and declare the position vacant for cause, including the following reasons: (a) Two unexcused absences, or other neglect of duty in office; (b) Use of th…

607-030-0040 Chair and Other Officers Annually, at the first regular meeting of the Commission at the beginning of the new fiscal year the Commission will elect from its members a Chair, a Vice Chair and a Treasurer who will serve until their successors are elected and qualified.…

607-040-0010 Purpose of Public Records Request Processing Rules (1) To implement the provisions of ORS 192.324(7) that require each public body to publish its methods for the public to obtain information and in order to implement the provisions of ORS 192.318 to provide reasonabl…

607-040-0020 Request to Inspect or Make Copies of Public Records (1) A request to inspect or receive a copy a public record must be made in writing and must identify as specifically as possible the type of record(s), subject matter, approximate date(s), names of person(s), busine…

607-040-0030 Commission Procedure for Responses to Public Records Requests (1) The commission may request additional information or clarification from a requester of public records for the purpose of expediting the commission’s response to the request. (2) Within five business da…

607-040-0040 Exceptions to Established Time Periods (1) The commission is not required to comply with the time periods set forth in this division if the commission finds that compliance would be impracticable because: (a) The staff or volunteers necessary to complete a response t…

607-040-0050 Fee for Cost of Making Public Records Available (1) The following fees are reasonably calculated to reimburse the commission for the commission’s actual cost of making public records available, including costs for summarizing, compiling or tailoring the public record…

607-040-0060 Fee Waiver or Reduction (1) Any person requesting a fee waiver or reduction from the commission must submit a completed Fee Waiver or Reduction Request Form available from the Oregon Tall Fescue Commission to the commission at the address provided in 607-040-0020. (2…

609-010-0100 Definitions As used in this division of administrative rules, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Agreement” means a document describing an understanding between the Council and a recipient of Funds, including but not limited to a grant, loan, or memorandum o…

609-010-0110 Purpose The purpose of this division of rules is to provide criteria and procedures for administration of the Oregon Invasive Species Control Account. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 570.800 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 570.800 & 570.810 History: OISC 1-2010, f. & …

609-010-0120 Eligible Applicants (1) A person, state or local government, unit of state or local government, an Indian tribe, or a unit of the federal government, may request that the Council declare an Invasive Species Emergency and release Funds. (2) The request must be sent to…

609-010-0130 Standards to Determine Eligibility for Release of Funds (1) The Council may release Funds only after declaring an Invasive Species Emergency and determining that the action items that are described in the response plan: (a) Are economically, scientifically, and envir…

609-010-0140 Process for Declaration and Release of Funds (1) Council members will review the request to declare an Invasive Species Emergency. (2) During the review process, the Council may consider technical and other information obtained from sources other than the applicant, …

611-001-0000 Procedure for Notice of Intended Rulemaking Before adopting, amending, or repealing any permanent rule, the Oregon Raspberry and Blackberry Commission will give notice of the intended action: (1) In the Secretary of State's Bulletin, referred to in ORS 183.360, at le…

611-010-0005 Definitions (1) "Person" means any individual, corporation, association, partnership or joint stock company. (2) "Commission" means the Oregon Raspberry and Blackberry Commission. (3) "Casual Sale" means any sale or sales of caneberries made by the producer direct to…

611-010-0010 Assessments (1) Any first purchaser shall deduct and withhold an assessment of 1 percent of the gross value of the raw product of the berries delivered to a processor before any deductions from the price paid to the producer thereof, after July 6, 1987, for all caneb…

611-010-0015 Reports and Payments of Assessment Moneys (1) First purchasers and handlers must submit completed and signed assessment reports on commission approved forms. Assessment reports for purchases by or deliveries to a first purchaser of caneberries during the period of No…

611-010-0020 Penalties Penalty for delaying transmittal of assessment moneys (ORS 576.355): "In addition to the penalties prescribed in ORS 576.991, any first purchaser or other person who delays transmittal of funds beyond the time set by the Commission shall pay ten percent of …

611-010-0025 Effective Dates of Assessment The assessment to be withheld and paid by a first purchaser or handler, as required by ORS Chapter 576 and OAR 611-010-0010(1), or the reports required under 611-010-0015, applies to and covers any purchase by him or delivery on or after…

611-020-0010 Purpose of Public Records Request Processing Rules (1) To implement the provisions of ORS 192.324(7) that require each public body to publish its methods for the public to obtain information and in order to implement the provisions of ORS 192.318 to provide reasonabl…

611-020-0020 Request to Inspect or Make Copies of Public Records (1) A request to inspect or receive a copy a public record must be made in writing and must identify as specifically as possible the type of record(s), subject matter, approximate date(s), names of person(s), busine…

611-020-0030 Commission Procedure for Responses to Public Records Requests (1) The commission may request additional information or clarification from a requester of public records for the purpose of expediting the commission’s response to the request. (2) Within five business da…

611-020-0040 Exceptions to Established Time Periods (1) The commission is not required to comply with the time periods set forth in this division if the commission finds that compliance would be impracticable because: (a) The staff or volunteers necessary to complete a response t…

611-020-0050 Fee for Cost of Making Public Records Available (1) The following fees are reasonably calculated to reimburse the commission for the commission’s actual cost of making public records available, including costs for summarizing, compiling or tailoring the public record…

611-020-0060 Fee Waiver or Reduction (1) Any person requesting a fee waiver or reduction from the commission must submit a completed Fee Waiver or Reduction Request Form available from the commission to the commission at the address provided in 611-020-0020. (2) The commission ma…

611-030-0010 Number of Commissioners and Terms The Oregon Raspberry and Blackberry Commission will consist of nine commissioners appointed by the Director of the Oregon Department of Agriculture for a term of three years or, if a commissioner is reappointed for a term following a…

611-030-0020 Qualifications of Commissioners (1) For purposes of this rule: (a) A "producer" is a person growing or producing within this state or procuring within the state, its rivers or the offshore waters, but not the Columbia River, for commercial handling within the state, …

611-030-0030 Removal of Commissioners The Commission may recommend that the Director of the Department of Agriculture remove a commissioner from office, and declare the position vacant for cause, including the following reasons: (1) Two consecutive unexcused absences, or other ne…

611-030-0040 Chair and Other Officers (1) Annually, at the last regular meeting of the Commission at the end of the fiscal year, the Oregon Raspberry and Blackberry Commission will elect from its members a Chair, Vice Chair, and a Secretary-Treasurer who will serve until their su…

611-040-0010 Per Diem Compensation (1) Subject to the availability of funds in the budget, the Commission must pay any member of the Commission, other than a member who is employed in full-time public service, compensation for each day or portion thereof during which the member i…

611-040-0020 Reimbursement of Travel and Other Expenses (1) Subject to subsections (2) through (6) of this rule, a member of the Commission, including a member employed in full-time public service, may receive actual and necessary travel and other expenses actually incurred in th…

611-040-0030 Reimbursement for Hiring a Substitute (1) As used in OAR 611-040-0020, "other expenses" includes expenses incurred by a member of the Commission in employing a substitute to perform duties, including personal duties, normally performed by the member, which the member…

611-040-0100 Commissioner Per Diem and Reimbursements (1) “Actual and necessary” means that a travel or other expense: (a) Is an actual expense incurred by a member in carrying out official duties; and (b) The expense is necessary to enable the member to carry out official duties…

611-040-0110 Qualified Members (1) In accordance with the procedures set forth in OAR 611-040-0130 and OAR 611-040-0140, the Oregon Raspberry & Blackberry Commission shall provide to a qualified member of the Oregon Raspberry & Blackberry Commission: (a) Per diem compensation equ…

611-040-0120 Non-Qualified Members (1) In accordance with the procedures set forth in OAR 611-040-0130, and only if there are funds available in the budget for such compensation, Oregon Raspberry & Blackberry Commission shall provide to a non-qualified member of the Oregon Raspbe…

611-040-0130 Procedures for Payment of Per Diem Compensation A member must submit a written claim for compensation to the Oregon Raspberry & Blackberry Commission no later than the 15th day of the calendar month following the month for which the member seeks compensation. For exa…

611-040-0140 Procedures for Expense Reimbursement (1) A member must submit a written, itemized claim for reimbursement of actual and necessary travel or other expenses to the Oregon Raspberry & Blackberry Commission no later than the 15th day of the calendar month following the m…

617-001-0000 Procedure for Notice of Intended Rulemaking Before adopting, amending or repealing any permanent rule, the Oregon Dairy Products Commission will give notice of the intended action: (1) In the Secretary of State's Bulletin, referred to in ORS 183.360, at least 21 days…

617-010-0025 Definitions As used in this order and OAR 617-010-0025 to 617-010-0066: (1) "Commission" means the Oregon Dairy Products Commission. (2) "Federal Order" as used in these regulations means all the terms and conditions of the Federal Milk Marketing Agreement as publish…

617-010-0035 Reports to Be Filed and Assessments to Be Paid to the Commission by “First Purchasers” of Milk and Cream (1) First purchasers and handlers must submit completed and signed assessment reports on commission-approved forms. Assessment reports shall include all purchases…

617-010-0045 Assessment Rate Established Any person who is a First Purchaser or Producer-Distributor as defined in ORS 576 and this rule shall deduct and withhold an assessment at the rate of 10¢ per hundred weight (cwt) for all milk production in Oregon, as of January 1, 2019. S…

617-010-0056 Exemptions from Reporting and Assessment (1) "Casual Sales" or on-farm sales of milk by a producer as provided for in Title 49 section 621.012 shall be exempt from Commission reporting and assessment requirements. (2) "Casual Sales" or on-farm sales of milk by produc…

617-010-0066 Reports to be Filed and Assessments to be Paid to the Commission by "Producer-Distributor" of Milk (1) Producer-distributors must submit completed and signed assessment reports on commission-approved forms. Assessment reports shall include all milk production. Quarte…

617-010-0085 Reports to be Filed and Assessments to be Paid to the Commission by First Processors of Milk (1) For the purposes of this rule: (a) "Dairy Products" shall have the meaning set forth in ORS 621.152(3); (b) "First Processor" means a person who, in the first instance, e…

617-010-0090 Penalties (1) In addition to the penalties prescribed in ORS 576.991, any person who delays transmittal of funds beyond the time set by a commission will pay a penalty of ten (10) percent of the amount due and will also pay one and one-half (1 1/2) percent interest p…

617-020-0010 Fiscal Year Defined For the purpose of this rule, the Oregon Dairy Products Commission fiscal year means the 12-month period commencing on January 1 and ending on December 31. The Commission will file required annual reports based on the fiscal year needs as defined …

617-030-0010 Number of Commissioners, Terms The Oregon Dairy Products Commission will consist of eight (8) commissioners appointed by the Director of the Oregon Department of Agriculture for a term of three (3) years. No commissioner will serve for more than four (4) full consecu…

617-030-0020 Qualifications of Commissioners (1) For purposes of this rule: (a) A "producer" is a person growing or producing within this state or procuring within the state, its rivers or the offshore waters, but not the Columbia River, for commercial handling within the state, …