2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 471 - Alcoholic Liquors Generally › Section 471.753 - Agent compensation.

(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Nonurban county" has the meaning given that term in ORS 653.026.
(b) "Portland metropolitan area county" means a county within the urban growth boundary of a metropolitan service district organized under ORS chapter 268.
(c) "Standard county" means a county that is not a Portland metropolitan area county or a nonurban county.
(2) The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission shall compensate an agent appointed under ORS 471.750 in an amount equal to the sum of the following according to the store class, as determined under subsection (3) of this section, operated by the agent:
(a) The monthly base compensation established in subsection (4) of this section;
(b) The wage escalator amount described in subsection (5) of this section;
(c) The retail escalator amount described in subsection (6) of this section; and
(d) The sales commission according to the rates provided in subsection (7) of this section.
(3) A store shall be classed based on the store’s amount of annual sales of alcoholic beverages rounded to the nearest whole dollar, adjusted annually by a percentage equal to any percentage increase in 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, as follows:
(a) Class 1: up to $120,000;
(b) Class 2: at least $120,001 and not more than $450,000;
(c) Class 3: at least $450,001 and not more than $750,000;
(d) Class 4: at least $750,001 and not more than $1,650,000;
(e) Class 5: at least $1,650,001 and not more than $2,500,000;
(f) Class 6: at least $2,500,001 and not more than $3,700,000;
(g) Class 7: at least $3,700,001 and not more than $5,500,000;
(h) Class 8: at least $5,500,001 and not more than $8,300,000;
(i) Class 9: at least $8,300,001 and not more than $12,500,000; and
(j) Class 10: at least $12,500,001 and not more than $18,750,000.
(4) The monthly base compensation for an agent, adjusted annually by a percentage equal to any percentage increase in 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, is determined as follows according to the class of store operated by the agent:
(a) Class 1 store: 14.5 percent of the first $10,000 in monthly sales of alcoholic beverages;
(b) Class 2 store: $1,660;
(c) Class 3 store: $1,920;
(d) Class 4 store: $2,440;
(e) Class 5 store: $2,700;
(f) Class 6 store: $3,100;
(g) Class 7 store: $3,600;
(h) Class 8 store: $4,150;
(i) Class 9 store: $4,800; and
(j) Class 10 store: $5,500.
(5) The wage escalator amount is as follows:
(a) For an agent in a standard county, eight percent of the monthly base compensation; or
(b) For an agent in a Portland metropolitan area county, 18 percent of the monthly base compensation.
(6) The monthly retail escalator amount is as follows:
(a) For a store located in a standard county, 50 percent of the monthly base compensation; or
(b) For a store located in a Portland metropolitan area county, 75 percent of the monthly base compensation.
(7) The sales commission rates are as follows:
(a) For sales of alcoholic beverages to licensees, 6.54 percent of the amount of sales.
(b) For sales of alcoholic beverages to persons other than licensees, 8.38 percent of the amount of sales. [2021 c.620 §2]