90 sections in this chapter.
ORS 599.010 [Amended by 1953 c.678 §3; repealed by 1955 c.542 §1]
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ORS 599.020 [Repealed by 1955 c.542 §1]
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ORS 599.030 [Amended by 1953 c.678 §3; repealed by 1955 c.542 §1]
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ORS 599.040 [Repealed by 1955 c.542 §1]
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ORS 599.050 [Repealed by 1955 c.542 §1]
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ORS 599.060 [Repealed by 1955 c.542 §1]
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ORS 599.070 [Repealed by 1955 c.542 §1]
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ORS 599.080 [Repealed by 1955 c.542 §1]
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ORS 599.090 [Repealed by 1955 c.542 §1]
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ORS 599.100 [Repealed by 1955 c.542 §1]
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ORS 599.110 [Repealed by 1955 c.542 §1]
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ORS 599.120 [Repealed by 1955 c.542 §1]
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ORS 599.130 [Repealed by 1955 c.542 §1]
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
ORS 599.205 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires
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(1) “Dairy cattle” includes the recognized breeds of bovine animals used primarily for the production of milk, such as, but not limited to, Jersey, Guernsey, Brown Swiss, Ayrshire, Milking Shorthorn, Holstein and Red Polled, whether or not such animals are purebred or grade, and …
ORS 599.210 [Repealed by 1953 c.677 §22]
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LIVESTOCK AUCTION MARKETS
ORS 599.215 Prohibitions. (1) No person shall operate a livestock auction market without a valid license to operate such market issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter
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(2) No person shall interfere with the performance by any veterinarian of duties and responsibilities imposed by the provisions of this chapter. (3) No licensee, or the managing agent of the licensee, shall operate a livestock auction market at which the sanitary practices or con…
ORS 599.220 [Repealed by 1953 c.677 §22]
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ORS 599.225 [1953 c.677 §4; 1967 c.368 §6; repealed by 1971 c.578 §20]
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ORS 599.230 [Repealed by 1953 c.677 §22]
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ORS 599.235 License fee; appropriation of moneys; separate licenses for each facility; posting license and names of owners. (1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, every person operating a livestock auction market in this state shall be required to pay on or before June 30, annually, a fee of $100 to the State Department of Agriculture for a license to operate such market for the year beginning July 1 next following. If a person operates a livestock auction market facility in more than one location, a separate license must be obtained for each such facility. Except for fees paid under ORS 599.269, all fees provided for under the provisions of this chapter shall be paid into the Department of Agriculture Service Fund and hereby are continuously appropriated for use in the administration of this chapter
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(2) In the case of an application for a license made after September 30 of a license year, and only in such cases, the license fee submitted with the application shall be prorated on the basis of the number of quarters of three months each or portions of a quarter remaining in th…
ORS 599.240 [Repealed by 1953 c.677 §22]
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ORS 599.245 Licensee’s bond. (1) Each person licensed to operate a livestock auction market shall maintain a bond approved by the State Department of Agriculture to secure the performance of statutory duties and private obligations incurred as the operator of such market. The bond shall be filed with the department and shall be renewed whenever the license is renewed. The bond shall be conditioned that the licensee shall pay all legal claims which may accrue against the licensee in favor of any seller or buyer of livestock, arising from the conduct of the licensee’s market
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(2) The surety on each bond shall be a corporate surety licensed to do business as a surety within the State of Oregon. (3) The surety shall not cancel the bond until 60 days after its written notice of such cancellation is received by the department, which notice shall be sent t…
ORS 599.250 [Repealed by 1953 c.677 §22]
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ORS 599.251 Procedure on licensee’s default as to condition of bond. (1) Upon default of a licensee as to any condition of the bond required by ORS 599.245, the State Department of Agriculture shall
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(a) Give reasonable notice to persons to file claims with the department. (b) Fix a reasonable time within which such filing shall be done. (c) Investigate each claim so filed and reasonably verify the circumstances under which the claims accrued and the good faith of the claiman…
ORS 599.255 Suspension or revocation or refusal to issue or renew licenses. The State Department of Agriculture may revoke or suspend, or refuse to issue or renew the license of any person who does not or has not complied with the provisions of this chapter or the regulations promulgated thereunder. [1953 c.677 §18; 1961 c.425 §8; 1971 c.578 §13]
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ORS 599.260 [Repealed by 1953 c.677 §22]
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ORS 599.265 Market zone; livestock entering market zone to be sold through auction facilities. (1) All property owned or controlled by a person licensed to operate a livestock auction market which is contiguous to, and used in conjunction with the operation of, the market shall be the market zone of such market
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(2) All livestock entering the market zone must be handled and sold through the facilities of the market and must comply with the provisions of this chapter and the regulations promulgated thereunder. [1953 c.677 §7; 1971 c.578 §14]
ORS 599.269 Brand inspection required prior to public auction of cattle; minimum fee; application of section; exemptions. Before any livestock auction market can sell cattle as designated by the State Department of Agriculture, at an auction open to public bidding, or on consignment or commission basis, a brand inspector shall be present to carry out the brand inspection provisions of ORS chapter 604 and this chapter. It is necessary therefor that the department recover at least in part its actual costs of maintaining such inspection and related services. During any 24-hour period if the brand inspection fees that the department is authorized to collect through and in a livestock auction market under ORS chapter 604 do not total $50, the livestock auction market licensee shall include and at the same time pay to the department the difference between the actual brand inspection total fees collected and $50. This section also applies to sales by breed or livestock associations, fairs or other groups, but does not apply to sales by Future Farmer or 4-H groups. [1967 c.368 §5; 1973 c.151 §1; 1981 c.248 §16; 2007 c.229 §6]
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ORS 599.270 [Repealed by 1953 c.677 §22]
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ORS 599.273 Questions of livestock ownership and possession. After livestock enter the premises of a livestock auction market, if a question of the right of ownership or possession arises, the livestock shall be subject to the provisions of ORS 604.056. [1967 c.368 §3; 1981 c.248 §17]
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ORS 599.275 Cattle and hogs in market zone to be kept in clean, disinfected and segregated pens. All dairy cattle over six months of age, except steers, spayed females and dairy cattle which by reason of age, disease or other conditions will be purchased for slaughter purposes, and all hogs entering the market zone of a livestock auction market shall be placed and retained, before and after sale, in clean, disinfected and segregated pens kept solely for that purpose. [1953 c.677 §8; 1957 c.390 §14; 1969 c.33 §1]
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ORS 599.280 [Repealed by 1953 c.677 §22]
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ORS 599.285 Floors in pens; drainage; cleaning pens, alleyways and equipment. All pens used in livestock auction markets for holding dairy cattle and hogs and all alleyways between such pens shall be floored with concrete or some other impervious material. All such pens and alleys shall be sloped or otherwise constructed to permit adequate drainage. Such pens and alleyways and also fences, food racks and watering troughs shall be constructed so as to allow proper cleaning and sanitation. All such pens, alleyways, fences, food racks and watering troughs or other equipment shall be cleaned and disinfected after each sale or, in the case of a continuous sale, as often as may be prescribed by the State Department of Agriculture. [1953 c.677 §9]
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ORS 599.290 [Repealed by 1953 c.677 §22]
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ORS 599.295 Pens for diseased animals. (1) The licensee shall provide separate pens of suitable size which shall be designated as quarantine pens which shall be floored with concrete or some other impervious material and constructed so as to allow for efficient drainage and cleaning. These pens shall be used for all animals coming into the market zone which are found to be infected with brucellosis or other contagious, infectious or communicable diseases. These pens shall be used only for the detention of diseased animals and shall be constructed and maintained in accordance with the regulations of the State Department of Agriculture
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(2) The fact that an animal is placed in a quarantine pen under subsection (1) of this section does not entitle the owner to be paid indemnity for the animal; but this subsection is not intended to affect the payment of indemnity where the owner is entitled to indemnity payments …
ORS 599.300 [Repealed by 1953 c.677 §22]
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ORS 599.305 Pens and facilities for handling, testing, treating or examining livestock. Each licensee shall provide pens with suitable catching chutes and other facilities for testing, treating, examining, or handling livestock in accordance with the regulations of the State Department of Agriculture. [1953 c.677 §11; 1967 c.368 §2]
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ORS 599.310 [Repealed by 1953 c.677 §22]
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ORS 599.315 Regulation by department of testing, treating and examining of livestock. The State Department of Agriculture may require such testing, treating and examining of livestock sold, traded, exchanged or handled at or through livestock auction markets as in its judgment may be necessary to prevent the spread of brucellosis, tuberculosis or paratuberculosis, hog cholera and other infectious, contagious or communicable diseases among the livestock of this state. [1953 c.677 §12; 1957 c.390 §4; 1959 c.63 §6]
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ORS 599.320 [Repealed by 1953 c.677 §22]
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ORS 599.325 [1953 c.677 §14; repealed by 1957 c.390 §23]
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ORS 599.330 [Repealed by 1953 c.677 §22]
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ORS 599.335 Employment of veterinarian by licensee; authority; revocation of market operator’s license for failing to correct insanitary conditions. (1) The licensee shall employ a veterinarian to perform all tests and make all examinations of animals required to be performed, carried out or made by the provisions of this chapter or the regulations promulgated thereunder
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(2) Every assistant state veterinarian shall have authority and responsibility for the direction and control of the sanitary practices at such livestock auction market. The veterinarian shall notify in writing the licensee or managing agent of the licensee of insanitary condition…
ORS 599.340 [Repealed by 1953 c.677 §22]
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ORS 599.345 Weighing by weighmasters; scale tickets in triplicate. (1) Each licensee maintaining and operating any weighing facilities for the weighing of livestock at the livestock auction market operated by the licensee shall provide for the weighing to be done by a weighmaster
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(2) Scale tickets shall be executed in triplicate for all livestock weighed at the auction market and a copy of such ticket shall be issued to the buyer and seller of the livestock weighed. [1953 c.677 §15; 1983 c.740 §229]
ORS 599.350 [Repealed by 1953 c.677 §22]
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ORS 599.355 Records to be kept by licensee. The licensee shall keep on file an accurate record of
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(1) The date on which each consignment of animals was received and sold. (2) The name and address of the buyer and seller of such animals. (3) The number and species of the animals received and sold. (4) The marks and brands on each such animals as furnished by an Oregon brand in…
ORS 599.360 [Repealed by 1953 c.677 §22]
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ORS 599.365 [1953 c.677 §2; 1957 c.390 §15; renumbered 599.455]
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ORS 599.370 [Repealed by 1953 c.677 §22]
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