Treble damages and costs in actions arising out of interference with agricultural research. In any civil action arising out of conduct that would constitute interference with agricultural research under ORS 164.889, the court shall award

(1) Treble the amount of damages claimed to real and personal property; and

(2) The costs of repeating experiments including, but not limited to, the costs of replacing records, data, equipment, specimens, labor and materials, if the conduct causes the failure of an experiment in progress or irreparable damage to completed research or experimentation. [2001 c.147 §4]