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OR Rev Stat § 600.990 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 600 - Swine|Section 600.990 - Penalties.

Subject to ORS 153.022, notwithstanding ORS 596.990, violation of ORS 600.095, a quarantine imposed under ORS 600.105 or a rule or regulation of the State Department of Agriculture relating to the feeding of swine is a Class A misdemeanor. [Amended by 1999 c.1051 §319; 2001 c.21 §5; 2011 c.597 §244]
OR Rev Stat § 601.010 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 601 - Dead Animals|Section 601.010 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, the term "department" means the State Department of Agriculture.
OR Rev Stat § 601.020 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 601 - Dead Animals|Section 601.020 - Applicability of dead animal provisions.

(1) Any person engaged in the business of obtaining, by purchase or otherwise, the body, carcass or parts of animals, for the purpose of obtaining the hide, skin or grease from such body, carcass or parts of animals or for the purpose of disposing of such body, carcass or parts in any way whatsoever, is deemed to be engaged in the business of disposing of the bodies, carcasses or parts of animals, and is subject to all the provisions and penalties of this chapter. (2) However, ORS 601.010 to 601.130 do not apply to: (a) The slaughtering and handling of animals for human consumption or to the dissection of animals for scientific research. (b) Persons in cities and towns who gather up and dispose of the bodies of dead fowl, cats, dogs and other small animals, if they gather up and dispose of such bodies of small animals in the regular course of their garbage business.
OR Rev Stat § 601.030 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 601 - Dead Animals|Section 601.030 - License required to engage in animal disposal business.

Before any person shall engage in the business of disposing of the bodies, carcasses or parts of animals by rendering, burning, burying or any other means, the person shall procure from the State Department of Agriculture a license. All such licenses shall expire on June 30 next succeeding their date of issuance or on such date as may be specified by department rule. [Amended by 2007 c.768 §17]
OR Rev Stat § 601.040 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 601 - Dead Animals|Section 601.040 - Application for license and payment of fee; rules; disposition of funds collected.

(1) Any person desiring to obtain a license to dispose of the bodies, carcasses or parts of animals shall file with the State Department of Agriculture an application for such license. The application shall be upon a form furnished by the department and shall contain such information as the department may, by rule and regulation, prescribe. (2) At the time of filing, the applicant shall pay to the department a license fee of $50. All such fees shall be remitted by the department to the State Treasurer, who shall place all money so received in the Department of Agriculture Service Fund for the purpose of carrying into full force and effect ORS 601.010 to 601.130. [Amended by 1979 c.499 §15]
OR Rev Stat § 601.050 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 601 - Dead Animals|Section 601.050 - Investigation of place of business and applicant; issuance of license.

(1) Upon receiving an application for a license, the State Department of Agriculture shall immediately cause one of its officers, employees or deputies to inspect the place where the applicant desires to conduct the business, and ascertain: (a) Whether the applicant is a responsible and suitable person to be entrusted with a license to conduct such business. (b) Whether the place where the business is to be conducted is a suitable and sanitary place in which to dispose of the bodies, carcasses and parts of animals. (c) Whether it conforms to the rules and regulations prescribed by the department. (2) If the applicant meets the requirements set forth in this section, the department shall issue the applicant a license to conduct business. [Amended by 2003 c.14 §359]
OR Rev Stat § 601.060 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 601 - Dead Animals|Section 601.060 - License limitations.

Any licenses issued under ORS 601.050 or 601.080 shall be nontransferable by the licensee and shall apply to only one place of business or conveyance, as specified in the license. Any licensee, operating more than one place of business or conveyance shall obtain a separate license for each such place or conveyance.
OR Rev Stat § 601.070 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 601 - Dead Animals|Section 601.070 - Revocation or refusal to issue license.

Upon determining that any person licensed under ORS 601.050 or 601.080, or who has applied for a license under ORS 601.040 or 601.080, has violated, or failed to comply with any of the provisions of ORS 601.010 to 601.130 or any of the rules and regulations of the State Department of Agriculture made under such sections, or that such person has failed to place and keep the premises, where the person conducts the licensed business or the conveyance, in the manner required by such sections, the department may revoke the license of the person, or refuse to issue a license to such person. [Amended by 1961 c.425 §10]
OR Rev Stat § 601.080 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 601 - Dead Animals|Section 601.080 - License for conveyance transporting dead animals; fee.

(1) Before any person, not holding a license for the disposal of bodies, carcasses or parts of animals, transports for hire the bodies, carcasses or parts of animals upon the highways of the state, the person shall obtain a license for such truck or conveyance used, from the State Department of Agriculture. (2) The license fee for each conveyance shall be $10 per year. The license shall expire on June 30 next succeeding the date of its issuance or on such date as may be specified by department rule. Application for the license shall be made on forms furnished by the department with such information as the department may require. [Amended by 2007 c.768 §18]
OR Rev Stat § 601.090 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 601 - Dead Animals|Section 601.090 - Requirements as to conduct of business and construction of premises.

Every person engaged in the business of disposing of the bodies, carcasses or parts of animals shall conduct such business and shall construct, arrange and keep the premises on which such business is conducted in accordance with the following requirements: (1) All buildings on such premises shall be constructed as to allow them to be kept in a sanitary condition and shall be provided with properly drained concrete or cement floors. Such buildings shall be fly-tight and so constructed as to exclude rats, other rodents and vermin. (2) Such place shall be so situated, arranged and constructed as not to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life and property by any of the residents of this state. (3) In case such dead bodies, carcasses or parts of animals are to be disposed of by rendering, the cooking vats or tanks shall be airtight except for proper escapes or vents for steam used in rendering or cooking. Such escaping steam shall be released through traps, or other means, in such manner as not to cause unnecessary annoyance or create a nuisance in its disposal. (4) All storing, skinning and dismembering of dead bodies, carcasses or parts of animals shall be done within a building on the premises in such a manner that no public annoyance or nuisance shall be caused by the unsightly appearance or stench of such bodies, carcasses or parts of animals. (5) In no case shall the process of skinning, butchering or dismembering of animals or parts of animals be commenced except at the place where the process of rendering, burning or burying is to be completed. (6) In case dead bodies, carcasses or parts of animals are disposed of by burning, the place where such burning is done shall be so located, constructed and arranged as not to essentially interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life and property by residents of this state. All parts of such bodies, carcasses or parts of animals not entirely consumed by such burning shall be disposed of by burying, as provided by this section, or in any such manner as may be directed by the State Department of Agriculture. (7) In case dead bodies, carcasses or parts of animals are disposed of by burying, they shall be buried to such a depth that no part of any such body, carcass or part of an animal shall be nearer than four feet to the natural surface of the ground and every part of such body, carcass or part of an animal shall be covered with quicklime and by at least four feet of earth.
OR Rev Stat § 601.100 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 601 - Dead Animals|Section 601.100 - Transportation and handling of dead animals; assembly plant license fee.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, all persons licensed under ORS 601.050 or 601.080 shall transport bodies, carcasses or parts of animals to their establishments in a covered wagon, truck bed or tank which is watertight and so constructed that no drippings or seepings can escape therefrom. Such wagon, truck bed or tank shall be so constructed as to conform to the rules and regulations that may be established by the State Department of Agriculture. The bodies, carcasses or parts of animals shall not be removed from such wagon, truck bed or tank except at the place of final disposition. (2) However, any person licensed under ORS 601.050 or 601.080 may, for the purpose of securing economy of handling and transportation, establish a refrigerated assembly plant where whole bodies of dead animals or their carcasses or parts may be placed in storage pending the assembly of an economical quantity for transportation to the central plant. Such assembly plant shall conform to such regulations by the department as shall keep it in sanitary condition. Each such assembly plant shall be subject to an annual license fee of $10. (3) Whole bodies of dead animals, the condition of which has not become obnoxious to human senses, and which cannot be placed in an ordinary wagon, truck bed or tank as described in subsection (1) of this section, may be transported in an open wagon or truck. In such case the body shall be suitably covered and concealed. (4) In the case of transporting offal or parts of bodies from slaughterhouses or other places, the containers in which they are transported must have tight covers and be kept in a sanitary condition.
OR Rev Stat § 601.110 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 601 - Dead Animals|Section 601.110 - Inspection of place of business or conveyance.

The State Department of Agriculture shall cause one or more of its officers, employees or deputies to inspect, as often as it may deem advisable, each place or conveyance licensed under ORS 601.050 or 601.080. However, each such place for disposal shall be inspected at least once during each license year. For the purpose of making such inspection, every authorized officer, employee and deputy of the department shall have free access to all premises licensed under such sections.
OR Rev Stat § 601.120 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 601 - Dead Animals|Section 601.120 - Department to administer and enforce disposal provisions; rules and regulations.

The State Department of Agriculture shall administer and enforce ORS 601.010 to 601.130 and may make and enforce all rules and regulations which the department deems necessary to carry out the purposes of such sections. Such rules and regulations shall be published in pamphlet form as provided by ORS 561.190.
OR Rev Stat § 601.130 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 601 - Dead Animals|Section 601.130 - Jurisdiction of courts; restraining violation.

(1) Justice courts and municipal courts acting as justice courts have concurrent jurisdiction with circuit courts of all prosecutions arising under ORS 601.010 to 601.130. (2) In addition to any penalty provided by ORS 601.990 (1), the circuit court is vested with jurisdiction to restrain any violation, or threatened violation, of ORS 601.010 to 601.130 upon suit by the State Department of Agriculture. In any such suit, the district attorney of the county where such suit is instituted shall represent the department, or the Attorney General may represent the department in such suit.
OR Rev Stat § 601.140 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 601 - Dead Animals|Section 601.140 - Carcass of domestic animal to be buried or destroyed.

No person shall knowingly leave the carcass of any domestic animal, which the person has owned or had in charge, within one-half mile of any dwelling or within one-fourth mile of any running stream of water for longer than 15 hours without burying or burning it.
OR Rev Stat § 601.990 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 601 - Dead Animals|Section 601.990 - Penalties.

(1) Subject to ORS 153.022, violation of any provision of ORS 601.010 to 601.130 or any rule or regulation of the State Department of Agriculture made under ORS 601.010 to 601.130, is a Class B violation. (2) Violation of ORS 601.140 is a Class D violation. [Amended by 1999 c.1051 §206]
OR Rev Stat § 602.010 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 602 - Bees|Section 602.010 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Apiary" and "apiary property" includes bees, honey, beeswax, bee comb, hives, frames and other equipment, appliances and material used in connection with an apiary. (2) "Appliances" means any implement or device used in the manipulating of bees or their brood or hives, which may be used in any apiary. (3) "Bees" means honey-producing insects of the genus Apis and includes the adults, eggs, larvae, pupae or other immature stages thereof, together with such materials as are deposited into hives by their adults, except honey and beeswax in rendered form. (4) "Colony" or "colonies of bees" refers to any hive occupied by bees. (5) "Department" means the State Department of Agriculture. (6) "Disease" means pests, disease or any condition affecting bees or their brood. (7) "Hive" means any receptacle or container made or prepared for use of bees, or box or similar container taken possession of by bees. (8) "Location" means the premises upon which an apiary is located. (9) "Nucleus colony" means a colony that is used primarily to produce new queens or workers for the purpose of starting a new colony or adding to an existing colony. (10) "Person" includes any individual, partnership, association or corporation, but does not include any common carrier when engaged in the business of transporting bees, hives, appliances, bee cages or other commodities which are the subject of this chapter, in the regular course of business. [Amended by 1961 c.177 §1; 1963 c.65 §1; 1989 c.738 §5; 1993 c.350 §1; 2017 c.52 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 602.020 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 602 - Bees|Section 602.020 - Chief Apiary Inspector.

The State Department of Agriculture is authorized to appoint a Chief Apiary Inspector and such deputy apiary inspectors as may be necessary to conduct service work requested by the apiary industry. The administration of the program shall be under the direction and control of the Director of Agriculture. The apiary industry shall pay service fees in amounts established by the department by rule to cover all expenses incurred in the conduct of the program. [Amended by 1961 c.177 §2; 1993 c.350 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 602.035 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 602 - Bees|Section 602.035 - Beekeeping within residential areas.

(1) The Oregon State University Extension Service, in consultation with the State Department of Agriculture and beekeeping organizations, shall establish by written policy best practices for beekeeping within residential areas. (2) The policy set forth under subsection (1) of this section shall include recommendations to address: (a) The application of local nuisance ordinances to manage conflicts that arise from beekeeping within residential areas; (b) Methods for mitigating conflicts that arise from beekeeping within residential areas; and (c) Local government oversight of beekeeping activities within residential areas. (3) The Oregon State University Extension Service shall collaborate with the League of Oregon Cities and the Association of Oregon Counties to: (a) Disseminate the best practices described in subsection (1) of this section to local governments; and (b) Make information about the activity of beekeeping in residential areas available to the governing bodies of local governments and the general public. [2015 c.823 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 602.045 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 602 - Bees|Section 602.045 - Local ordinances; fees.

A local government may: (1) Adopt ordinances consistent with the best practices described in ORS 602.035; and (2) Charge a reasonable fee for registering hives in residential areas. The fee that a local government charges for registering hives in residential areas may not exceed the amount charged under State Department of Agriculture rules for the registration of colonies that are subject to fees under ORS 602.090 (3). [2015 c.823 §3; 2017 c.52 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 602.090 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 602 - Bees|Section 602.090 - Registration of bee colonies; fees; rules.

(1) Every person who owns or is in charge of five or more colonies of bees located within this state, shall cause the colonies to be registered with the State Department of Agriculture. (2) Application for registration shall be made on a form furnished by the department. The registration shall cover each colony of bees owned by the applicant, and shall give the address and telephone number of the owner and the name, address and telephone number of the person in charge if the person in charge is not the owner. The registration shall be made before June 1 of each year for all colonies. Each registrant shall furnish an address to which any notice required by this chapter to be given may be sent, and shall agree that any notice sent by the department to such address shall be deemed to be notice in fact. (3) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, the application for registration shall be accompanied by a fee not to exceed $10 per application and $0.50 per colony. For each registration after July 1, the fee shall not exceed $20 per application and $0.50 per colony. The department shall establish the fees by rule, not to exceed the maximum limits prescribed in this subsection. (4) There is no per application fee or per colony fee to register a nucleus colony. However, this subsection does not cancel or reduce any fee under subsection (3) of this section payable by a person for the registration of other colonies. (5) When the ownership of colonies that are subject to a fee under subsection (3) of this section is changed, the department shall transfer the registration to the new owner without charges. However, if the colony has not been previously registered, the new owner shall pay any registration fee due under subsection (3) of this section without penalty. (6) The department shall maintain records of registered beekeepers and the number of colonies registered. [Amended by 1953 c.400 §7; 1961 c.177 §6; 1963 c.65 §2; 1989 c.354 §1; 1991 c.633 §1; 1993 c.350 §3; 2015 c.744 §2; 2017 c.52 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 602.180 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 602 - Bees|Section 602.180 - Disposition of fees.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the State Department of Agriculture shall deposit all fees paid to it under this chapter into the Department of Agriculture Service Fund. Such fees are continuously appropriated to the department for the purpose of administering and enforcing this chapter, including release and publication of information and material to better acquaint the bee industry with the law and regulations promulgated thereunder. (2) All moneys collected pursuant to ORS 602.090 shall be spent on pollinator research that is predominantly focused on honeybees. [Amended by 1961 c.177 §7; 1979 c.499 §16; 2015 c.744 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 602.190 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 602 - Bees|Section 602.190 - Designation of diseases; eradication and control programs; regulation of commercial use of diseased wax; rules.

In order to prevent and control apiary diseases, the State Department of Agriculture: (1) May designate diseases and conditions which threaten the honey bee population in this state. (2) May establish by rule treatment programs designed to eradicate or control the disease or condition. (3) May establish rules regulating commercial facilities which render diseased wax. [1989 c.738 §2; 1993 c.350 §4; 1993 c.742 §63]
OR Rev Stat § 602.990 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 602 - Bees|Section 602.990 - Penalties.

Subject to ORS 153.022, violation of any of the provisions of ORS 602.090 or 602.190, or any rule adopted pursuant thereto, is a Class B misdemeanor. [Amended by 1993 c.350 §5; 1999 c.1051 §320; 2011 c.597 §245]
OR Rev Stat § 603.015 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 603 - Meat Sellers and Slaughterers|Section 603.015 - Policy.

The purpose and intent of ORS 599.205 and this chapter is to protect the livestock industry of this state against theft of meat animals and, giving cognition to the Federal Meat Inspection Act as defined in ORS chapter 619, to provide the State Department of Agriculture with the means to complement the enforcement of that Act by authorizing the department to take necessary and proper measures for the protection of the health and welfare of Oregon consumers. Such measures should include the prevention of sale and distribution of unwholesome meat and meat products, the exercising of quality controls and supervision, the establishment of general sanitary and safeguard provisions and the identification of meat animals and meat products. [1973 c.175 §2; 1981 c.248 §26]
OR Rev Stat § 603.027 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 603 - Meat Sellers and Slaughterers|Section 603.027 - Refund of license fee in specific instances; application; rules.

(1) Notwithstanding ORS 603.025 (2), whenever any business licensed pursuant to the requirements of ORS 603.025 (4)(a) is transferred by sale or otherwise, the person to whom the license was issued may apply to the State Department of Agriculture for a refund of that portion of the license fee applicable to the then unexpired portion of the license period. The person to whom the business is transferred shall not be required to pay a license fee that exceeds the amount of any refund to which the transferor is entitled pursuant to this subsection. (2) Application for the refund referred to in subsection (1) of this section shall be made at such time and in such manner as the department by rule may prescribe. [1975 c.188 §2]