Oregon Administrative Code

645-040-0120 Non-Qualified Members (1) In accordance with the procedures set forth in OAR 645-040-0130, and only if there are funds available in the budget for such compensation, the Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission shall provide to a non-qualified member of the Oregon Dungeness …

645-040-0130 Procedures for Payment of Per Diem Compensation A member must submit a written claim for compensation to the Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission no later than the 15th day of the calendar month following the month for which the member seeks compensation. For example, a …

645-040-0140 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 Dungeness Crab Commission no later than the 15th day of the calendar month following the month in …

646-001-0000 Procedure for Notice of Intended Rulemaking Before adopting, amending, or repealing any permanent rule, the Oregon Salmon 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 prior …

646-010-0005 Definitions (1) "Person" means any individual, corporation, association, partnership, or joint stock company. (2) "Commission" means the Oregon Salmon Commission. (3) "First Purchaser" means any person who buys ocean troll salmon landed in Oregon from the fisherman i…

646-010-0010 Assessments Any person who is a first purchaser as defined in ORS Chapter 576, shall deduct and withhold an assessment at the rate of one and one/half percent of the ex-vessel value of the raw product of salmon. This assessment deduction shall be made upon the incomi…

646-010-0015 Report and Payment of Assessment Moneys (1) First purchasers and handlers must submit completed and signed assessment reports on commission approved forms. Assessment reports shall include all purchases by or deliveries to a first purchaser of troll caught ocean salm…

646-010-0020 Penalties Penalty for delaying transmittal of assessment moneys is provided in ORS 576.355, which states, “In addition to the penalties prescribed in 576.991, and any first purchaser or other person who delays transmittal of funds beyond the time set by the Commissio…

646-010-0025 Effective Dates of Assessment The assessment to be withheld and paid by a first purchaser or handler, as required by ORS 576.155 and OAR 646-010-0010(1), or the reports required under OAR 646-010-0015, applies to and covers any purchases by him or delivery on or afte…

646-010-0030 Exclusions from Assessments EXEMPTION BASED ON DONATION TO NON-PROFIT. Any first purchaser will deduct and withhold an assessment of the following amount for all of the salmon produced or procured in Oregon, except that no assessment will be deducted for salmon donat…

646-020-0010 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…

646-020-0020 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…

646-020-0030 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…

646-020-0040 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…

646-020-0050 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…

646-020-0060 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 646-020-0020. (2) The commission ma…

646-030-0010 Number of Commissioners, Terms The Oregon Salmon Commission will consist of nine commissioners appointed by the Director of the Oregon Department of Agriculture for a term or four years or, if for a term following a prior term for that person, ending four years from …

646-030-0020 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, …

646-030-0030 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 reason: Two unexcused absences, or other neglect of duty in office; (2) The Commission…

646-030-0040 Chair and Other Officers Annually, at the last regular meeting of the Commission before the end of the fiscal year, the Commission will elect from its members a Chair, a Vice Chair, and a Secretary/Treasurer who will serve until their successors are elected and quali…

646-040-0100 Definitions (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. (2) “Member” means any indi…

646-040-0110 Qualified Members (1) In accordance with the procedures set forth in OAR 646-040-0130 and OAR 646-040-0140, the Oregon Salmon Commission shall provide to a qualified member of the Oregon Salmon Commission: (a) Per diem compensation equal to the per diem paid to membe…

646-040-0120 Non-Qualified Members (1) In accordance with the procedures set forth in OAR 646-040-0130, and only if there are funds available in the budget for such compensation, the Oregon Salmon Commission shall provide to a non-qualified member of the Oregon Salmon Commission …

646-040-0130 Procedures for Payment of Per Diem Compensation A member must submit a written claim for compensation to the Oregon Salmon Commission no later than the 15th day of the calendar month following the end of the quarter for which the member seeks compensation. For exampl…

646-040-0140 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 Salmon Commission by the 15th day of the calendar month following the end of the quarter for which…

647-001-0000 Notice Rule for Rulemaking Prior to adoption, amendment or repeal of any rule the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission shall give notice of the intended action: (1) In the Secretary of State’s Bulletin referred to in ORS 183.360 at least 21 days before the effective…

647-010-0005 Definitions (1) “Person” means any individual, corporation, association, partnership or joint stock company. (2) “Commission” means the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission. (3) “First Purchaser” means any person who buys any of the named vegetable crops from the pr…

647-010-0010 Assessments (1) Any first purchaser for all purchases made on or after May 1, 2025, shall deduct and withhold an assessment of 0.5 percent of the net or gross value of the raw product of the following crops; (a) Beans – price per ton based on the net weight of the be…

647-010-0015 Reports and Payment of Assessment Moneys Except as otherwise exempt or provided by regulation, a first purchaser or handler shall forward to the Commission so that the forms are postmarked on or before December 31st of each year on all delivered product of all commod…

647-010-0020 Penalties Penalty for delaying transmittal of assessment moneys (ORS 576.355) "In addition to the penalties prescribed in ORS 576.991, any person who delays transmittal of funds beyond the time set by a Commission shall pay a penalty of 10 percent of the amount due a…

647-010-0025 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 647-010-0010(1) — Assessments, or the reports required under OAR 647-010-0015 — Reports and Payment of Assessment Moneys, appl…

647-015-0010 Number of Commissioners, Terms The Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission will consist of seven commissioners appointed by the Director of the Oregon Department of Agriculture for a term of three years or, if for a term following a prior term for that person, ending t…

647-015-0020 Qualifications of Commissioners (1) For purposes of this rule: (a) "Producer" means 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,…

647-015-0030 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, but not limited to, the following reasons: (1) Two unexcused absences, or …

647-020-0010 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…

647-020-0020 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…

647-020-0030 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…

647-020-0040 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…

647-020-0050 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…

647-020-0060 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 647-020-020. (2) The commission may…

647-040-0100 Definitions (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. (2) “Member” means any indi…

647-040-0110 Qualified Members (1) In accordance with the procedures set forth in OAR 647-040-0130 and OAR 647-040-0140, the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission shall provide to a qualified member of the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission: (a) Per diem compensation equal to …

647-040-0120 Non-Qualified Members (1) In accordance with the procedures set forth in OAR 647-040-0130, and only if there are funds available in the budget for such compensation, the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission shall provide to a non-qualified member of the Oregon Proce…

647-040-0130 Procedures for Payment of Per Diem Compensation A member must submit a written claim for compensation to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission no later than the 15th day of the calendar month following the month for which the member seeks compensation. For exampl…

647-040-0140 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 Processed Vegetable Commission no later than the 15th day of the calendar month following the mont…

648-001-0010 PROCEDURES FOR NOTICES OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING Before adopting, amending or repealing any permanent rule, the Oregon Hemp Commission will give notice of the intended action: (1) By causing the notice to be published in the Secretary of State’s Bulletin, referred to in…

648-010-0010 Definitions The following definitions apply to the rules in this Division 10, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Arm’s-length Transaction” is one in which each party is acting independently in such party’s own economic self-interest. The purest example of an…

648-010-0020 Assessments All Producers and Vertically Integrated Producers shall pay to the Commission the Assessment at the following rates: (1) Hemp biomass used for cannabinoid extraction: 1% of the Dollar Value; (2) Hemp biomass used as fiber for textiles, rope, paper, plasti…

648-010-0030 Effective Dates of Assessments The Assessment required by OAR 648-010-0020, and the Assessment Report required by OAR 648-010-0040 applies to all Hemp produced in Oregon and Sold Commercially or Transferred Internally, except for Hemp that Is subject to a Casual Sale…

648-010-0040 Reports and Payments of Assessment Moneys (1) All Producers and Vertically Integrated Producers shall make an accurate Assessment Report to the Commission on forms approved by and provided by the Commission. (2) For all Hemp Sold Commercially or Transferred Internall…