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OR Rev Stat § 577.260 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 577 - Oregon Beef Council|Section 577.260 - Expenses of members.

Members, officers and employees of the Oregon Beef Council may receive their actual and necessary travel and other expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. The council shall adopt uniform and reasonable regulations governing the incurring and paying of such expenses. [1959 c.685 §8]
OR Rev Stat § 577.270 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 577 - Oregon Beef Council|Section 577.270 - Meeting place.

(1) The Oregon Beef Council shall establish a meeting place anywhere within this state, but the selection of the location shall be guided by consideration for the convenience of the majority of those most likely to have business with the council or be affected by the acts of the council. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the council may participate in meetings outside the state for the purpose of advancing the work of the council. [1959 c.685 §9; 2003 c.604 §63]
OR Rev Stat § 577.280 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 577 - Oregon Beef Council|Section 577.280 - Meetings.

The Oregon Beef Council shall meet as soon as practicable for the purpose of organizing. It shall elect a chairperson and a secretary-treasurer from among its members. It shall adopt a general statement of policy for guidance, and shall transact such other business as is necessary to start the work of the council. Thereafter, the council shall meet regularly once each six months, and at such other times as called by the chairperson. The chairperson may call special meetings at any time, and shall call a special meeting when requested by two or more members of the council. [1959 c.685 §10]
OR Rev Stat § 577.290 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 577 - Oregon Beef Council|Section 577.290 - Duties and powers of council.

(1) The Oregon Beef Council may: (a) Conduct scientific research to discover and develop the commercial value of beef and products thereof. (b) Disseminate reliable information founded upon the research undertaken under this chapter, showing the value of beef and its products for any purpose for which they may be found useful and profitable. (c) Study legislation, state and federal, with respect to tariffs, duties, reciprocal trade agreements, import quotas and other matters concerning the effect on the beef industry, and represent and protect the interests of the beef industry with respect to any legislation or proposed legislation or executive action which may affect that industry. (d) Act jointly and in cooperation with the federal government or any agency thereof in the administration of any program of the government or a governmental agency deemed by the council to be beneficial to the beef industry of this state, and expend funds in connection therewith, provided that such program is compatible with the powers conferred by this chapter. (e) Enter into contracts for advertising beef and to develop new markets through such advertising. (f) Develop plans or projects of promotion and advertising, research, consumer information and industry information, and develop programs that will lead to the development of new markets, marketing strategies, increased efficiency and activities to enhance the image of the cattle industry. (2) In addition to exercising the powers listed in subsection (1) of this section, the council may exercise the same powers that a commodity commission may exercise under ORS 576.304. [1959 c.685 §11; 1997 c.156 §1; 2003 c.604 §64]
OR Rev Stat § 577.295 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 577 - Oregon Beef Council|Section 577.295 - Budget process; annual financial statements; deposits, withdrawals and investment of moneys.

The Oregon Beef Council shall: (1) Adopt a budget, obtain budget approval and submit financial statements in the same manner as a commodity commission acting under ORS 576.416. (2) Receive, deposit, invest, expend and budget moneys in the same manner as a commodity commission acting under ORS 576.375, 576.420, 576.440 and 576.445. [2003 c.604 §54]
OR Rev Stat § 577.300 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 577 - Oregon Beef Council|Section 577.300 - Acceptance of grants and gifts.

The Oregon Beef Council may accept grants, donations, contributions or gifts, from any source, for expenditures for any purpose consistent with the powers conferred on the council. [1959 c.685 §12]
OR Rev Stat § 577.310 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 577 - Oregon Beef Council|Section 577.310 - Payments to national organizations.

From the contributions it receives, the Oregon Beef Council may pay 20 percent of such moneys to the National Livestock and Meat Board and 20 percent of such moneys to the National Beef Council to carry out certain work and programs for and as approved by the council on a national basis. [1959 c.685 §14; 2003 c.604 §65]
OR Rev Stat § 577.320 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 577 - Oregon Beef Council|Section 577.320 - Receipt of services.

(1) Upon request by the Oregon Beef Council, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services may provide the same services that the department may provide to a commodity commission under ORS 576.307. (2) The council shall pay to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services such amount for services performed by the department under subsection (1) of this section as the department determines is adequate to reimburse the department for the costs necessary to perform such services. (3) Upon request by the council, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services may design and supervise the installation of an accounting system for the council. The council shall pay to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services such amount for services performed by that department under this subsection as such department determines is adequate to reimburse it for the costs necessary to perform such services. [1959 c.685 §25; 1967 c.419 §36; 1993 c.500 §49; 1995 c.79 §313; 2003 c.604 §66]
OR Rev Stat § 577.330 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 577 - Oregon Beef Council|Section 577.330 - Council furnishing services, facilities and materials to other state agencies.

The Oregon Beef Council may elect to furnish services, facilities and materials to commodity commissions created under ORS 576.051 to 576.455, the Oregon Wheat Commission or other state agencies and officers under ORS 283.110. [1959 c.685 §26; 2003 c.604 §67]
OR Rev Stat § 577.340 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 577 - Oregon Beef Council|Section 577.340 - Council exempt from certain financial administration laws.

ORS 291.026, 291.201 to 291.222, 291.232 to 291.260, 291.322 to 291.334, 292.210 to 292.250, 293.260 to 293.280, 293.295 to 293.346 and 293.590 to 293.640 do not apply to the Oregon Beef Council or to the administration and enforcement of this chapter. [1959 c.685 §29]
OR Rev Stat § 577.345 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 577 - Oregon Beef Council|Section 577.345 - Council employees not subject to state personnel compensation plans; council not subject to office space regulation; fees for administrative services; rules.

(1) Wages or salaries of employees of the Oregon Beef Council are not subject to personnel compensation plans for state employees established by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services under ORS 240.235 to 240.250. (2) The council is not required to utilize office space furnished or obtained by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services as provided in ORS chapter 276. (3) The State Department of Agriculture may charge and collect from the council an assessment or fee to reimburse the department for supervisory or administrative functions the department is required by law to perform with regard to the council. The State Department of Agriculture shall establish the amount of the assessment or fee by rule. [2003 c.604 §57]
OR Rev Stat § 577.355 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 577 - Oregon Beef Council|Section 577.355 - Intellectual property; rules.

(1) As used in this section, "intellectual property" means patents, copyrights, trademarks, inventions, discoveries, processes, ideas and other similar property, whether or not they are patentable or copyrightable. (2) The Oregon Beef Council may, consistent with the purposes of the council, develop intellectual property that relates to beef or assists in the implementation, maintenance or development of council programs. The council may take all necessary and proper actions relating to the development of an intellectual property, including but not limited to entering into contracts and other agreements and owning, managing, disposing of or using the intellectual property. The council may adopt rules to govern the ownership, management, disposal and use of intellectual property and other activities of the council relating to intellectual property. (3) Moneys received by the council as a result of the ownership, management, disposal or use of intellectual property, or other activities of the council relating to intellectual property, must be deposited to an account established and maintained by the council. [2003 c.604 §56]
OR Rev Stat § 577.520 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 577 - Oregon Beef Council|Section 577.520 - Assessment collection procedure.

(1) The operators of all stockyards, slaughterhouses, packing plants and livestock auction markets shall deduct from the proceeds of sale owing by them to the respective owners of animals the assessments authorized by ORS 577.512. (2) When an operator sends or gives any written statement to an owner or agent relating to the proceeds owing the owner, the operator shall include a statement of the amount deducted from the proceeds for Oregon Beef Council purposes, the amount deducted from the proceeds for federal assessments, and the amount deducted from the proceeds for brand inspection services. (3) In accordance with the provisions of law, operators shall promptly pay directly to the State Department of Agriculture all contributions collected by them. [1959 c.685 §27; 1961 c.384 §2; 1963 c.590 §2a; 1981 c.248 §23; 1987 c.163 §2; 2003 c.604 §68]
OR Rev Stat § 577.525 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 577 - Oregon Beef Council|Section 577.525 - Cancellation of uncollectible assessment; subsequent collection.

The Oregon Beef Council may cancel an uncollectible assessment consistent with ORS 293.240. Subsequent collection of debt written off under ORS 293.240 is governed by ORS 293.245. [2003 c.604 §53]
OR Rev Stat § 577.532 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 577 - Oregon Beef Council|Section 577.532 - Mandatory expenditures from assessment moneys.

Expenditures by the Oregon Beef Council of moneys received from the assessment levied under ORS 577.512 (2) shall include, at a minimum, the following: (1) An amount equal to 10 cents for each head of cattle assessed to be expended for funding selected research projects related to rangeland. The council shall make the research moneys available to Oregon State University, except that if the council determines that the university is unable to conduct the research, the council may select an alternative creditable institution. The council shall select the research projects after consultation with representatives of beef and dairy associations. (2) An amount equal to 10 cents for each head of cattle assessed to be expended for funding selected research projects related to cattle production. The council shall make the research moneys available to Oregon State University, except that if the council determines that the university is unable to conduct the research, the council may select an alternative creditable institution. The council shall select the research projects after consultation with representatives of beef and dairy associations. (3) An amount equal to 10 cents for each head of cattle assessed to be expended for funding projects to promote and project a positive image of beef and dairy producers and operations to the public. The projects may include, but need not be limited to, videos for television, brochures and printed reports. The council shall select the projects after consultation with representatives of beef and dairy associations. The council shall present the completed projects to the representatives for review prior to disseminating the projects to the public. (4) An amount equal to 10 cents for each head of cattle assessed to be expended for carrying out council activities described in ORS 577.290 (1)(c). (5) An amount equal to 10 cents for each head of cattle assessed, or the assessment amount remaining after deduction of the amounts described in subsections (1) to (4) of this section, whichever is less, to be expended by the council for administrative costs to carry out programs involving the projects or activities described in subsections (1) to (4) of this section. [2005 c.623 §1] Note: 577.532 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 577 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 577.550 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 577 - Oregon Beef Council|Section 577.550 - Bond required of person authorized to receive or disburse council moneys.

Any person authorized by the Oregon Beef Council to receive or disburse moneys as provided in this chapter shall file with the council a fidelity bond executed by a surety company authorized to do business in this state. The bond must be in an amount equal to the maximum amount of moneys the council determines the person will have subject to control at any one time and upon such conditions as the council shall prescribe. The council shall pay the cost of the bond. [1959 c.685 §17; 2005 c.22 §410]
OR Rev Stat § 577.806 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 577 - Oregon Beef Council|Section 577.806

[1963 c.590 §6 (enacted in lieu of 577.805); 1977 c.198 §24; renumbered 577.560]
OR Rev Stat § 577.810 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 577 - Oregon Beef Council|Section 577.810

[1961 c.384 §6; 1963 c.590 §7; renumbered 577.565]
OR Rev Stat § 577.815 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 577 - Oregon Beef Council|Section 577.815

[1961 c.384 §13; renumbered 577.570]
OR Rev Stat § 577.820 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 577 - Oregon Beef Council|Section 577.820

[1961 c.384 §7; renumbered 577.575]
OR Rev Stat § 577.826 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 577 - Oregon Beef Council|Section 577.826

[1963 c.590 §9 (enacted in lieu of 577.825); 1973 c.794 §31; renumbered 577.580]
OR Rev Stat § 577.830 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 577 - Oregon Beef Council|Section 577.830

[1961 c.384 §8; renumbered 577.585]
OR Rev Stat § 577.835 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 577 - Oregon Beef Council|Section 577.835

[1961 c.384 §10; 1963 c.590 §2b; renumbered 577.590]
OR Rev Stat § 577.840 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 577 - Oregon Beef Council|Section 577.840

[1961 c.384 §11; renumbered 577.600]
OR Rev Stat § 577.845 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 577 - Oregon Beef Council|Section 577.845

[1961 c.384 §12; renumbered 577.605]
OR Rev Stat § 577.990 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 577 - Oregon Beef Council|Section 577.990 - Criminal penalties.

Violation of ORS 577.520 is a Class C misdemeanor. [2003 c.604 §58; 2011 c.597 §238]
OR Rev Stat § 578.010 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 578 - Oregon Wheat Commission|Section 578.010 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Commercial channels" means the sale of grain for use as food, feed or seed, or any industrial or chemurgic use, when sold to any commercial buyer, dealer, processor or cooperative, or to any person, public or private, who resells any grain or product produced from grain. (2) "Commission" means the Oregon Wheat Commission. (3) "Director" means the Director of Agriculture. (4) "First purchaser" means any person, corporation, association or partnership that buys grain from the producer in the first instance, or any lienholder, public or private, who may possess grain from the producer under any lien. (5) "Grain" means barley, canola, corn, flaxseed, mustard, oats, rye, soybeans, grain sorghum, triticale, wheat and any other cereal grain for which standards are established or followed by the State Department of Agriculture. (6) "Producer" means: (a) Any landowner personally engaged in growing grain; (b) A tenant of the landowner personally engaged in growing grain; (c) Both the owner and the tenant jointly; and (d) Any other person, partnership, association, corporation, cooperative, trust, sharecropper or other business units, devices or arrangements engaged in growing grain. (7) "Sale" includes any pledge or mortgage of grain, after harvest, to any person, public or private. [Amended by 1977 c.198 §25; 2011 c.181 §6; 2013 c.93 §6]
OR Rev Stat § 578.020 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 578 - Oregon Wheat Commission|Section 578.020 - Legislative findings; purpose of chapter.

(1) The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that: (a) It is in the interest of all the people that the abundant natural resources of Oregon be protected, fully developed and uniformly distributed. (b) The growing of grain is an agricultural industry that contributes to the economic welfare of Oregon. (c) Because a surplus of grain is grown in this state and, during recurrent years, that surplus has been in excess of all available markets, it is necessary that additional markets for grain be found in order to provide profitable enterprises for producers and to provide employment for labor and industry dependent upon grain. (2) The purpose of this chapter is to promote the public health and welfare by providing means for the protection and stabilization of industry for grain produced in this state. [Amended by 2003 c.604 §87; 2011 c.181 §7; 2013 c.93 §7]
OR Rev Stat § 578.025 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 578 - Oregon Wheat Commission|Section 578.025 - Department oversight of commission; rules.

(1) The State Department of Agriculture shall: (a) Monitor the practices or methods used or proposed for use by the Oregon Wheat Commission in carrying out the goals and needs disclosed by the budget of the commission; (b) Promote cooperation among the commission, commodity commissions and the Oregon Beef Council and assist in the interchange of information and experience among those entities; (c) Carry out the assigned organizational procedures under this chapter, including providing input to the Director of Agriculture for carrying out the duties of the director regarding the appointment and removal of members of the commission; (d) Review budgets submitted to the director by the commission; and (e) Adopt rules to carry out the provisions of this chapter. (2) Except as provided in ORS 578.216, the department shall review plans and projects recommended by the commission for the promotion of grain, and for advertising and research and the dissemination of consumer and industry information for grain. The department shall conduct the review to ensure that the plan or project information is: (a) Factual; (b) Not disparaging to commodities; and (c) Consistent with the purposes of this chapter. [2003 c.604 §§82,83; 2009 c.193 §§3,4; 2011 c.181 §8; 2013 c.93 §8]
OR Rev Stat § 578.030 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 578 - Oregon Wheat Commission|Section 578.030 - Oregon Wheat Commission; members; appointment process; rules.

(1) There hereby is created the Oregon Wheat Commission. The Director of Agriculture shall appoint not fewer than six and not more than eight voting commission members for terms of four years. Except as provided in ORS 578.216, one member appointed by the director must be a member of the public. (2) The commission, by a rule approved by a majority of the nonpublic members appointed under subsection (1) of this section, may create not more than two additional voting member positions on the commission. A person appointed to a commission position created under this subsection must be a representative of the wheat industry. The director shall appoint members to any positions created under this subsection for a term of two years. A person may not serve a total of more than four terms as a member appointed under this subsection. Notwithstanding any term of appointment, a member position created under this section may be eliminated by a rule approved by a majority of the nonpublic board members appointed under subsection (1) of this section. (3) In making appointments of voting members to the commission the director: (a) Shall make all applications by qualified persons available to wheat grower organizations for review and ranking; and (b) Prior to making appointments, shall take into consideration rankings and any recommendations made by wheat grower organizations. (4) The director, or a duly authorized representative of the director, and the Dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences of Oregon State University, or a duly authorized representative of the dean, shall be nonvoting members of the commission. [Amended by 1959 c.596 §35; 1977 c.198 §26; 1995 c.79 §315; 2003 c.604 §§88,89; 2009 c.193 §§5,6]