105 sections in this chapter.
ORS 565.010 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise
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(1) “Board” means county fair board. (2) “County court” includes board of county commissioners. (3) “County fair” means an exhibition held for the purposes of disseminating knowledge concerning, and encouraging the growth and prosperity of, all agricultural, stock raising, hortic…
ORS 565.015 [1977 c.55 §13; repealed by 2005 c.777 §48]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 565.020 [Amended by 1967 c.135 §2; 1969 c.314 §65; 1971 c.542 §3; 1973 c.792 §25; 1977 c.55 §14; 1981 c.545 §13; 2001 c.24 §1; repealed by 2005 c.777 §48]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 565.021 [2005 c.777 §12; 2013 c.722 §9; repealed by 2013 c.492 §34]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 565.030 [Amended by 1977 c.55 §16; 1979 c.357 §1; 1999 c.342 §1; 2005 c.777 §22; repealed by 2013 c.492 §34]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 565.040 [Amended by 2005 c.777 §23; repealed by 2013 c.492 §34]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 565.050 [Amended by 1955 c.146 §1; 1973 c.537 §1; 1977 c.55 §17; 1985 c.675 §5; 2005 c.777 §24; repealed by 2013 c.492 §34]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 565.060 [Amended by 1977 c.55 §18; 2005 c.777 §25; repealed by 2013 c.492 §34]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 565.070 [Amended by 1977 c.55 §19; 1991 c.331 §83; 1997 c.631 §496; repealed by 2005 c.777 §48]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 565.071 [2005 c.730 §8; repealed by 2009 c.542 §2]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 565.080 [Amended by 1973 c.537 §2; 1977 c.55 §20; 1999 c.89 §1; 2003 c.794 §299; 2005 c.777 §§26,27; repealed by 2013 c.492 §34]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 565.090 [Amended by 1973 c.537 §3; 1977 c.55 §21; 2005 c.777 §28; repealed by 2013 c.492 §34]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 565.095 [1985 c.675 §2; 1991 c.703 §49; 2005 c.777 §29; 2007 c.783 §221; repealed by 2013 c.492 §34]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 565.100 [Amended by 1977 c.55 §22; 1979 c.602 §4; 1983 c.72 §4; repealed by 1985 c.675 §4]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 565.102 [1983 c.72 §3; repealed by 1985 c.675 §4]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 565.103 [1999 c.702 §5; 2001 c.942 §12; 2005 c.777 §30; repealed by 2013 c.492 §34]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 565.105 [1975 c.550 §9b; repealed by 1977 c.281 §2 and 1977 c.855 §20]
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ORS 565.106 [1977 c.55 §24; 1981 c.106 §5; repealed by 1985 c.675 §4]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 565.107 [1985 c.675 §3; 1987 c.659 §1; 1989 c.966 §62; 1999 c.343 §3; 2005 c.777 §31; 2007 c.315 §1; repealed by 2013 c.492 §34]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 565.109 [1999 c.343 §1; 2005 c.777 §32; repealed by 2013 c.492 §34]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 565.110 [Amended by 1965 c.342 §1; 1973 c.74 §1; 1977 c.55 §25; repealed by 1985 c.675 §4]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 565.112 [1987 c.659 §3; repealed by 2005 c.777 §48]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 565.114 [2003 c.750 §1; 2005 c.777 §33; repealed by 2013 c.492 §34]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 565.116 [2003 c.750 §2; 2005 c.777 §34; repealed by 2013 c.492 §34]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 565.120 [Amended by 1973 c.537 §4; 1977 c.55 §26; 1985 c.675 §6; 2003 c.794 §300; 2005 c.777 §§35,36; repealed by 2013 c.492 §34]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 565.130 [Amended by 1973 c.537 §5; 1977 c.55 §27; 2005 c.777 §37; 2013 c.492 §14; renumbered 565.515 in 2013]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 565.140 [1957 c.442 §1; 1959 c.52 §1; 1985 c.565 §84; 2005 c.777 §38; repealed by 2013 c.492 §34]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 565.142 [1957 c.442 §2; repealed by 1977 c.855 §20]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 565.150 [1959 c.615 §§1,2; 2005 c.777 §39; 2013 c.492 §15; renumbered 565.580 in 2013]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 565.160 [1961 c.634 §§1,6,7; 1973 c.537 §6; 1985 c.731 §29; 2005 c.777 §40; repealed by 2013 c.492 §34]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 565.170 [1963 c.613 §1; 2005 c.777 §41; repealed by 2013 c.492 §34]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 565.180 [1963 c.613 §§2,3; 1965 c.56 §3; repealed by 1975 c.75 §5]
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COUNTY FAIRS, BOARDS AND FAIR FINANCES
ORS 565.190 Financing county exhibits at state fair. A county court is authorized to appropriate out of the general fund of the county not otherwise appropriated money for the purpose of sponsoring a county exhibit at the annual state fair. This section shall not be deemed to limit the authority of a county which has adopted a charter under section 10, Article VI, Oregon Constitution. [1973 c.537 §7]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 565.210 County fairs; county fair board; members; appointment; term; bond or letter of credit. (1) Any county may hold county and industrial fairs, but only one county fair shall be held in each county
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(2) Except as provided in ORS 565.265, in counties holding county fairs, the county court of such county shall appoint a board consisting of not less than three nor more than seven members, to be known as the county fair board. Members of the county fair board must be residents o…
ORS 565.220 County fair board; organization; quorum; president and secretary. (1) The members of a county fair board shall, as soon as their bonds have been filed and approved, meet and organize by electing a president and selecting a secretary
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(2) A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business at meetings. In the absence of the president another member of the board shall perform the duties of the president. (3) The secretary provided for in subsection (1) of this se…
ORS 565.225 Removal of county fair board member. A member of a county fair board appointed under ORS 565.210 may be removed by the county court for inefficiency, neglect of duty, misconduct in office, incompetence, incompatibility, dereliction of duty or other good cause, as those terms may be defined by county ordinance. A member of the fair board shall not be removed by the county court until after the member receives a copy of a statement containing the cause for removal and a hearing on the removal is held. The statement shall be given to the member at least 10 days prior to the hearing, at which the member must have an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel. When the county court removes a member of the fair board, a record of the proceedings, together with the cause for removal and findings thereon, shall be filed in the office of the county clerk. [1999 c.681 §2]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 565.230 Management of county fairs; licenses; disposition of proceeds; donations of real property; agreements for limitation of liability. (1) The county fair board has the exclusive management of the ground and all other property owned, leased, used or controlled by the county and devoted to the use of the county fair, and is entrusted and charged with the entire business management and financial and other affairs of such fair
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(2) In order that the fairgrounds and buildings may be utilized to the fullest extent for pleasure, recreation and public benefit, the board shall at all times have the authority to provide park facilities for the public or to issue licenses and grant permits for the holding of a…
ORS 565.240 Rules and regulations; peace officers; appointment and powers. The board may make and enforce all rules and regulations necessary for the proper conduct and management of their respective fairs. It may appoint such marshals or police as may be necessary to keep order and preserve the peace during the time and at the place of holding the fairs and at all other times when the board deems such appointments necessary for the preservation of the peace and the protection of public and private property upon the fairgrounds. The officers so appointed have the same authority for the preservation of order and making arrests upon the grounds as would a deputy sheriff
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 565.250 [Repealed by 1981 c.134 §4]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 565.260 Fair board or agricultural society existing prior to June 4, 1913. If there existed on June 4, 1913, a county fair board, or an agricultural society in any county holding a county fair within the county, the board shall be considered the county fair board of the county by the provisions of ORS 565.210 to 565.310, and shall be governed under the rules and bylaws already in force of the association, provided there is only one county fair held in each county. [Amended by 2005 c.22 §384]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 565.265 Abolishment of county fair board. (1) As provided in this section and ORS 565.268 and 565.271, a county court may abolish the county fair board appointed under ORS 565.210
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(2) A county court may initiate proceedings to abolish the county fair board by issuing an order creating a county fair advisory committee with six members who shall all be residents of the county. Upon issuance of the order under this subsection, the county court shall appoint t…
ORS 565.268 Agreements for fair association to exercise powers of county fair board. (1) As used in this section, a “fair association” means a corporation incorporated under ORS chapter 65 that has a board of directors with at least three members and that is authorized by its articles of incorporation to exercise the powers and perform the functions exercised and performed by a county fair board under ORS 565.210 to 565.310
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(2) If the order issued by a county court under ORS 565.265 authorizes an agreement with a fair association, the county court, before the abolition of the county fair board, shall enter into an agreement with a fair association for the management and operation of the county fair.…
ORS 565.270 [Repealed by 1959 c.579 §1]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 565.271 Initiation of proceedings for replacement of county fair board by fair district. If the order issued by a county court under ORS 565.265 authorizes the formation of a fair district to replace the county fair board, the county court, before the abolition of the county fair board, shall initiate the formation of the fair district by order as provided in ORS 198.835. After initiation of formation proceedings as provided in this section, a fair district may be created as provided in ORS 198.705 to 198.955 and 565.275. [1999 c.681 §5]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 565.275 Fair district; powers; district board. (1) A fair district may
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(a) Have and use a common seal. (b) Sue and be sued in its name. (c) Make and accept any and all contracts, deeds, leases, releases and documents of any kind that, in the judgment of the district board, are necessary or proper to the exercise of any power of the district, and to …
ORS 565.280 [Amended by 1959 c.579 §2; 1963 c.495 §5; 1969 c.298 §15; 1981 c.134 §2; 1991 c.459 §434; repealed by 1993 c.682 §13]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 565.290 [Amended by 1959 c.579 §3; 1963 c.495 §6; repealed by 1993 c.682 §13]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 565.300 [Repealed by 1963 c.495 §9]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 565.310 County fair not held; disposition of funds. Should a board decide not to hold a county fair, the county court may in its discretion expend such funds, or any portion thereof, for paying premiums upon exhibits of livestock, agricultural and horticultural products at any fair, land products show or livestock exposition held in this state. Any or all of such funds not so used shall be held by the county treasurer in a reserve fund to be available for use by the county fair board in subsequent years
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 565.315 Handling and disbursing of moneys in connection with county fairs; financial statement. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law relating to the disbursement of county fair moneys from the county treasury, in order to pay promptly prize moneys, premiums, wages, necessary costs of repairs and other claims requiring prompt payment in connection with any county fair, the county fair board, at any time, may draw warrants for such amounts as it deems necessary to make such payments, payable to the county fair board, upon funds in the county treasury available for the purpose of making such payments. Such warrants shall be drawn by the board and signed by the president and secretary thereof
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(2) The board shall place any moneys drawn from the county treasury under subsection (1) of this section in an insured institution as defined in ORS 706.008, and may withdraw such moneys for the purpose of making the payments referred to in subsection (1) of this section by check…