105 sections in this chapter.
ORS 565.320 [Repealed by 1955 c.209 §1]
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ORS 565.325 County fair fund; purpose; source of moneys. (1) Each county that holds a county fair shall establish and maintain a fair fund. The fair fund may be expended only for the promotion and operation of the county fair and to provide, maintain and improve county fairgrounds, buildings, facilities and improvements on the county fairgrounds for the county fair and other events authorized by the county fair board
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(2) All moneys received from activities conducted at the county fair or at the county fairgrounds or facilities, and all moneys received by a county fair as the licensee for pari-mutuel wagering on races conducted at or on behalf of the fair shall be deposited in the county fair …
ORS 565.330 [Amended by 1955 c.209 §2; 1963 c.9 §33; 1983 c.646 §1; 1991 c.459 §435; repealed by 2013 c.33 §1]
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ORS 565.340 [Repealed by 1953 c.675 §12]
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ORS 565.350 [Repealed by 1953 c.675 §12]
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ORS 565.360 [Repealed by 1953 c.675 §12]
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ORS 565.370 [Repealed by 1953 c.675 §12]
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ORS 565.380 [Repealed by 1953 c.675 §12]
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ORS 565.390 [Repealed by 1953 c.675 §12]
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ORS 565.400 [Repealed by 1953 c.675 §12]
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ORS 565.405 [1969 c.298 §2; repealed by 2013 c.722 §8]
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ORS 565.410 [1969 c.298 §3; repealed by 2013 c.722 §8]
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ORS 565.415 [1969 c.298 §5; 1979 c. 844 §1; repealed by 2013 c.722 §8]
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ORS 565.420 [1969 c.298 §6; repealed by 2013 c.722 §8]
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ORS 565.423 [2001 c.916 §10; 2003 c.14 §351; repealed by 2005 c.777 §48]
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ORS 565.425 [1969 c.298 §7; repealed by 2001 c.916 §6]
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ORS 565.430 [1969 c.298 §8; 1993 c.18 §129; repealed by 2001 c.916 §6]
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ORS 565.435 [1969 c.298 §9; repealed by 2013 c.722 §8]
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ORS 565.440 [1969 c.298 §10; repealed by 2013 c.722 §8]
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ORS 565.442 [2001 c.916 §3; 2003 c.517 §4; 2003 c.794 §301; repealed by 2013 c.722 §8]
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ORS 565.443 [2001 c.916 §2; repealed by 2013 c.722 §8]
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ORS 565.445 County Fair Account. (1) The County Fair Account is established separate and distinct from the General Fund. All moneys in the account are continuously appropriated to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services
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(2) The account shall consist of moneys allocated under ORS 565.447. (3) On the first business day of each calendar year the Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall disburse the moneys in the County Fair Account to the county fair boards in equal shares. [1969 c.298 §1…
ORS 565.446 Legislative findings. The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that financial support of county fairs will result in economic development for areas where fairgrounds are located by promoting, expanding or preventing the decline of businesses and that the use of the net proceeds from the operation of the Oregon State Lottery to fund county fairs is an appropriate use of state lottery funds under section 4, Article XV of the Oregon Constitution, and ORS 461.540. [2001 c.811 §1]
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Note: 565.446 and 565.447 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 565 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
ORS 565.447 Lottery proceeds allocation to County Fair Account. (1) Subject only to the availability of unobligated net lottery proceeds, there is allocated from the Administrative Services Economic Development Fund to the County Fair Account created under ORS 565.445 an amount equal to one percent of the net proceeds from the Oregon State Lottery, but not to exceed $1.53 million annually, adjusted biennially pursuant to an inflation factor determined by dividing the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, West Region (All Items), as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor, for January 1 immediately preceding commencement of the biennium, by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers of the Portland, Oregon, Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area, as compiled by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, for January 1, 2001
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(2) The allocation of moneys from the Administrative Services Economic Development Fund under this section is subject to the requirements in section 4, Article XV of the Oregon Constitution, for deposit of specified amounts of the net proceeds from the Oregon State Lottery into t…
ORS 565.449 [2001 c.811 §3; 2001 c.916 §8; repealed by 2013 c.722 §8]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 565.450 [1971 c.595 §3; 2003 c.604 §104; repealed by 2013 c.722 §8]
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STATE FAIR COUNCIL; FAIRGROUND OPERATIONS, PROPERTIES AND FACILITIES
ORS 565.451 Definitions for ORS 565.451 to 565.575. As used in ORS 565.451 to 565.575
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(1) “Fairground properties and facilities” means grounds, equipment, permanent and temporary structures and other improvements that are owned, rented, leased or otherwise controlled for Oregon State Fair or exposition center purposes. (2) “Oregon State Fair” means the exhibition …
ORS 565.455 [1995 c.796 §1; repealed by 2003 c.517 §1]
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ORS 565.456 State Fair Council; mission and purposes of council. (1) The State Fair Council is established as a public corporation and shall exercise and carry out all powers, rights and privileges that are expressly conferred upon the council, are implied by law or are incident to such powers, rights and privileges. The council is an independent public corporation with a statewide mission and purposes and without territorial boundaries. The council is a governmental entity performing governmental functions and exercising governmental powers but, except as otherwise provided by law, is not a unit of local or municipal government or a state agency for purposes of state statutes or constitutional provisions
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(2) Unless otherwise provided by law, the council is not subject to ORS chapter 182, 183, 240, 270, 273, 276, 279A, 279B, 279C, 283, 291, 292 or 293 or ORS 35.550 to 35.575, 183.710 to 183.730, 183.745, 183.750, 190.430, 190.490, 200.035, 236.605 to 236.640, 243.303, 243.305, 243…
ORS 565.460 Council members. (1) The State Fair Council shall consist of no fewer than nine and no more than 13 members appointed by the Governor
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(2) The term of office for a member is four years, but a member holds office at the pleasure of the Governor. The term of office for a member described in subsection (3)(b) or (c) of this section ceases immediately if the person ceases to hold a qualifying office. Council members…
ORS 565.470 State fair director; status of council, director and employees; services used by council. (1) The State Fair Council may employ a state fair director to oversee the day-to-day carrying out of fairground business operations and the operation of fairground properties and facilities, including but not limited to the annual conducting of the Oregon State Fair, the use of fairground properties and facilities for an exposition center, the issuance of payments for construction, repair, remodeling, maintenance, insurance and other needs of fairground properties and facilities as directed by the council, the solicitation for financial support for the Oregon State Fair and fairground properties and facilities and the promotion of the Oregon State Fair and related Oregon tourism and other industries
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(2) The state fair director may employ such subordinate council employees as the director deems reasonable for the carrying out of fairground business operations and the operation of fairground properties and facilities, including but not limited to the conducting of the Oregon S…
ORS 565.480 Director powers and duties. (1) The state fair director employed by the State Fair Council under ORS 565.470 shall be entrusted with the day-to-day carrying out of fairground business operations and the operation of fairground properties and facilities
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(2) The state fair director may contract for law enforcement or security services for fairground properties and facilities, including but not limited to law enforcement and security services during the Oregon State Fair. (3) In addition to any other duties, functions or powers, t…
ORS 565.495 Ownership and control of properties and facilities; obligations; sales; appropriations. (1) Except as the State Fair Council and the Oregon Department of Administrative Services otherwise agree in writing, the council owns any fairground properties and facilities that are not real property. The department owns fairground properties and facilities that are real property and owns other fairground properties and facilities as agreed to with the council in writing. However, if the council expends moneys for the construction, repair, remodeling or maintenance of, or other long-term benefit to, fairground properties and facilities that are real property, the council may capitalize those expenditures for purposes of determining net profit or loss from conducting the Oregon State Fair, carrying out fairground business operations and operating fairground properties and facilities
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(2) The department and the council shall enter into an agreement for the council to exercise exclusive care, custody and control over fairground properties and facilities owned by the department. The agreement shall provide for the council to make periodic payments to the State o…
ORS 565.510 [Amended by 1953 c.675 §12; 1969 c.239 §2; repealed by 1983 c.327 §16]
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ORS 565.515 Businesses that may be licensed; when other license may be required. The state fair director may authorize the conducting of any lawful business at fairground properties and facilities. A business operating on fairground properties or facilities under authorization from the state fair director is not required to obtain a local business license for the operation. However, nothing in this section shall interfere with the laws of this state requiring a license for the operation of a restaurant or requiring a license to be obtained from the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission for the sale or distribution of alcoholic liquors. [Formerly 565.130; 2021 c.351 §285]
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Note: 565.515 was made a part of ORS chapter 565 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
ORS 565.520 [Amended by 1969 c.239 §3; repealed by 1983 c.327 §16]
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ORS 565.521 Conducting of Oregon State Fair; fairground business operations, buildings and facilities. (1) The State Fair Council shall govern the conducting of the Oregon State Fair, the carrying out of fairground business operations and the operation of fairground properties and facilities. The council shall conduct the Oregon State Fair for a period of not less than three days and not more than 17 days annually on dates established by the council
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(2) The council may engage in all necessary or expedient actions or activities to carry out the mission and purposes of the council described in ORS 565.456. (3) The council may enter into contracts and agreements involving property, goods or services as the council deems reasona…
ORS 565.530 [Amended by 1953 c.675 §12; repealed by 1969 c.239 §9]
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ORS 565.539 Council finances. (1) Moneys received by the State Fair Council must be promptly deposited in accordance with ORS 295.001 to 295.108 into an account established by the council
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(2) The council may invest any moneys the council receives. Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, investments that the council makes are: (a) Limited to investments described in ORS 294.035; (b) Subject to the investment maturity date limitations described in ORS …
ORS 565.540 [Repealed by 1983 c.327 §16]
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ORS 565.545 Profit and loss reports; triggering of appraisal. (1) If the conducting of the Oregon State Fair, the carrying out of fairground business operations and the operation, maintenance or repair of fairground properties and facilities by the State Fair Council results in a net profit for the fiscal year, the council shall use any moneys in excess of scheduled expenditures and reasonable reserves only for deposit into depository or investment accounts designated for fairground business operations or for other purposes authorized under ORS 565.451 to 565.575
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(2) The council shall include information regarding the fiscal year net profit or loss from the conducting of the Oregon State Fair, the carrying out of fairground business operations and the operation of fairground properties and facilities in the annual report made under ORS 56…
ORS 565.550 [Amended by 1953 c.675 §12; repealed by 1969 c.239 §9]
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ORS 565.555 Budget; audits; activities reporting. (1) The State Fair Council shall adopt a budget on a biennial basis using classifications of expenditures and revenues required by generally accepted accounting principles applicable to governmental entities. The budget is not subject to review and approval by the Legislative Assembly or to modification by the Legislative Assembly or the Emergency Board. The budget is not subject to any expenditure limit or to an allotment process. All moneys received or collected by the council are available for use as provided under this chapter at the discretion of the council
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(2) Prior to adopting or modifying a biennial budget, the council shall make the proposed budget, the adopted budget for the biennium then in progress and a financial report for the completed months of the biennium then in progress available for public review on a website maintai…
ORS 565.560 [Repealed by 1983 c.327 §16]
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ORS 565.565 Unauthorized entry to fairgrounds; penalty. A person who gains or attempts to gain unauthorized entry to the Oregon State Fair or to an event held at fairground properties or facilities without paying a required admission fee commits a Class D violation. In addition to any enforcement officers specifically identified in ORS 153.005, the state fair director and other employees of the State Fair Council may issue citations for violations of this section. [2013 c.492 §12]
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ORS 565.570 [Repealed by 1983 c.327 §16]
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ORS 565.575 Oregon State Fair location; use of fairground buildings and facilities. (1) The Oregon State Fair shall be conducted on the state property, located in the City of Salem, historically devoted to Oregon State Fair purposes. The fairground properties and facilities described in this section must be dedicated for the conducting of the Oregon State Fair and for the operation of the properties and facilities by the State Fair Council as an exposition center
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(2) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services may obtain or receive, by donation, exchange or purchase, properties and improvements adjacent to the fairground properties and facilities that the department, after consultation with the council, considers beneficial for the c…
ORS 565.580 Armory on state fairgrounds. (1) Notwithstanding ORS 565.495, the State Fair Council and the General Staff of the Oregon National Guard may enter into a mutual agreement for the use, by the council and the General Staff, of an armory building and appurtenant grounds at a location on fairground property and for the General Staff to exercise control over the armory and grounds for the period that such armory and grounds are used for military purposes. When such armory and grounds are no longer used for military purposes, the control over them shall revert to the council
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(2) For purposes of this section, “control” does not include the power to sell, lease, mortgage or in any other way encumber an armory or grounds described under subsection (1) of this section. [Formerly 565.150] REGULATIONS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AT COUNTY FAIRS AND OTHER EVENTS
ORS 565.610 Conducting business on or near grounds of fair or society. (1) A person may not set up any shop, booth, wagon or other vehicle for the sale of spirituous or other liquors, cigars, provisions or other articles of traffic, or sell or otherwise dispose of any liquors, cigars, goods, wares, merchandise, meals, lunch or any article of traffic whatever on any grounds owned or occupied by a county fair board or any county or district society formed for the promotion and encouragement of agriculture, stock growing or horticulture, or within one-half mile of such grounds, without having paid the county fair board or such society the license for the privilege, or obtained the written consent of the county fair board or of the president and secretary of such society
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(2) Nothing in this section shall restrain any person except during fairs or exhibitions or other public events or meetings on the grounds of any county fair board or of such societies, and for two days prior and two days subsequent thereto. This section does not extend to any pe…
ORS 565.620 Admission to grounds of fair or society except through special gates prohibited. A person may not gain admission, or attempt to gain admission, to the grounds owned or occupied by a county fair board or any society mentioned in ORS 565.610 during their annual fairs, exhibitions, public events or meetings except through the special gates kept by the county fair board or society for that purpose. [Amended by 1953 c.675 §12; 1969 c.239 §6; 1973 c.537 §9; 2005 c.777 §43; 2013 c.492 §17]
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