Title 46, Agriculture

(1) A fair district may: (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…

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 …

(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 f…

(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 f…

(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. (2) The account shall consist of moneys allocated under ORS 565.447. (3) On the fir…

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 o…

(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 Lo…

As used in ORS 565.451 to 565.575: (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) “Orego…

(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 independ…

(1) The State Fair Council shall consist of no fewer than nine and no more than 13 members appointed by the Governor. (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 subsect…

(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 …

(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. (2) The state fair director may contract for law enfor…

(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 prope…

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…

(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 …

(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. (2) The council may invest any moneys the council receives. Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, investm…

(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 mon…

(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 Ass…

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 OR…

(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 a…

(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 f…

(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…

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 fai…

Any county fair board and every society mentioned in ORS 565.610 may regulate its prices of admission, licenses and all matters pertaining to the conduct of its annual fairs, exhibitions or other public events or meetings. The penalty for violation of its rules and regulations is…

The peace officers of a county fair board or of a society mentioned in ORS 565.610, during the continuance of each annual fair or other public event or meeting, and for three days prior and two days subsequent thereto, on the grounds owned or occupied by the county fair board or …

Justices of the peace shall have jurisdiction of all offenses against the provisions of ORS 565.610 to 565.640. MISCELLANEOUS

(1) A person may conduct or participate in rodeos in this state. State law may not be applied in a manner that affords the conducting of or participation in rodeos less favorable treatment than for other organized exhibitions or events. A local ordinance or state agency rule may …

Violation of ORS 565.610 or 565.620 is a Class D violation. [Amended by 1999 c.1051 §201; 2011 c.597 §91] _______________

(1) Oregon State University may hold institutes for the instruction of citizens of this state in the various branches of agriculture at such times and at such places as the governing board of the university may direct. The governing board shall adopt standards as it deems proper …

Oregon State University may engage in, conduct and encourage educational extension, demonstration and field work in all or any of the several counties of the state, the same to include agriculture, horticulture, dairying, domestic science and other industries. It shall be conduct…

The Oregon State University Extension Service shall enhance its education program for urban and suburban landowners through the Master Gardening Program. The purpose of the program is to teach urban and suburban landowners proper conservation measures as those measures relate to …

As used in ORS 566.310 to 566.360, “secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States. [Formerly 414.040 and then 414.810; 1995 c.152 §1; 2003 c.253 §25]

The Department of State Lands hereby is designated as the state agency of the State of Oregon to make application to and receive from the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, or any other proper federal official, pursuant and subject to the provisions of Public Law 499,…

The Department of State Lands is authorized to enter into agreements with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States pursuant to section 2(f), Public Law 499, 81st Congress, upon such terms and conditions and for such periods of time as may be mutually agreeable, authorizi…

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the funds and proceeds of the trust assets that are not authorized to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States under the provisions of ORS 566.330 shall be received by the Department of State Lands and by it…

(1) The Housing and Community Services Department may: (a) Collect, compromise, adjust or cancel claims and obligations arising out of or administered under ORS 566.310 to 566.360 or under any mortgage, lease, contract or agreement entered into or administered pursuant to ORS 566…

The United States and the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States shall be held free from liability by virtue of the transfer of the assets to the Department of State Lands pursuant to ORS 566.310 to 566.360. [Formerly 414.090 and then 414.860; 1995 c.152 §5] ______________…

Oregon State University is authorized to construct such greenhouse facilities as may be necessary for testing seed potatoes for diseases, experimentation on insect control methods and materials, research on potato disease problems and for the development and testing of special va…

A separate account in the General Fund is established for the purposes described in ORS 567.005. Moneys in the account are continuously appropriated to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for distribution to Oregon State University for the purposes described in ORS 567.0…

The cost of operation of the greenhouse facilities described in ORS 567.005 for testing seed potatoes of individual growers shall be paid by the growers in such proportionate amounts as shall be agreed upon as being equitable and just considering the service rendered. The amount …

During any portion of any year when the facilities or any part thereof are not being used for the purposes specified in ORS 567.005, they may be used by Oregon State University under the control and management of the experiment station for such purposes as may be deemed most adva…

(1) In order to investigate and demonstrate the conditions under which useful plants may be grown on dry, arid or nonirrigated lands of this state and to determine the kinds of plants best adapted for growth on these lands, there is established in the manner provided for in ORS 5…

The station shall be under the management and control of Oregon State University as a branch station the university. [Amended by 2015 c.767 §186]

Those having the experimental farm in charge shall: (1) Secure seeds, from this and other countries of the world, of plants that are thought suitable for growth on dry lands, and observe and record the growth, yield and composition of the plants grown from seeds so secured. (2) I…

Oregon State University shall cause to be prepared and published full and complete annual reports of the work undertaken and accomplished by the station, and an edition of such number of copies as the university shall determine shall be published annually and distributed free of …

The county court of the county in which the experimental station may be located may acquire by purchase or lease sufficient suitable land to be selected by Oregon State University, acting in cooperation with a representative of the United States Department of Agriculture. In case…

The county court of the county in which the station is located is authorized and directed to place upon the land acquired as provided in ORS 567.230 such buildings and other improvements, including a well, as may be required by Oregon State University. The expenses incurred there…

In the event the station is discontinued, the property acquired under ORS 567.230 and 567.235, including land and improvements thereon as well as the improvements placed upon leased land, may be sold by the county court in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as the cou…

Oregon State University may cooperate in work in any special field of the experiment station with the federal government or any department, bureau, or office thereof, and may enter into any necessary agreement therefor with said government, department, bureau or office. [Amended …

Oregon State University shall cause to be prepared and published at least once every two years full and complete reports of the work undertaken and accomplished by the station. The reports shall be distributed free of charge. The cost of such publication and distribution shall be…