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2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 596 - Disease Control Generally › Section 596.995 - Civil penalties.

(1) Any manufacturer of an animal remedy, veterinary biologic or pharmaceutical who violates any provision of ORS 596.100 or 596.105 applicable to manufacturers or any rule adopted pursuant thereto or the terms or conditions of any license, registration or order issued by the State Department of Agriculture under ORS 596.100 or 596.105 shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $2,500 per violation. Civil penalties under this section are in addition to any other penalty provided by law.
(2) Each violation may be a separate and distinct offense, and, in the case of a continuing violation, each day’s continuance thereof may be deemed a separate and distinct offense.
(3) The department shall adopt a schedule or schedules establishing the amount of civil penalty that may be imposed for a particular violation.
(4) Civil penalties under this section shall be imposed in the manner provided in ORS 183.745. [1991 c.584 §5; 1993 c.541 §2; 2001 c.104 §235]
Note:
596.995 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 596 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 598 - (Former Provisions)

Note:
598.010, 598.020, 598.030, 598.040, 598.050, 598.060, 598.070, 598.080, 598.090, 598.100, 598.110, 598.120, 598.130, 598.140, 598.210, 598.220, 598.230, 598.240, 598.250, 598.310, 598.320, 598.330, 598.340, 598.350, 598.360, 598.370, 598.410, 598.420, 598.430, 598.440, 598.450, 598.460, 598.470 and 598.990 repealed by 1955 c.557 §36.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 599 - Livestock Auction Markets; Stockyards; Auction Sales › Section 599.205 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(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 crosses of such breeds, including crosses of such breeds with beef type animals.
(2) "Department" means the State Department of Agriculture of the State of Oregon.
(3) "Director" means the director of the department.
(4) "Licensee" means any person who operates a livestock auction market, either as owner or lessee, and who holds a license to conduct such market issued by the department pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
(5) "Livestock" includes horses, mules, asses, cattle, sheep, swine, goats and poultry, including turkeys, of any age or sex.
(6) "Livestock auction market" means a place of business to which the public may consign livestock for sale by auction open to public bidding or sold on a commission basis, but, specifically, it does not include breed or livestock associations operating subject to and in compliance with the provisions of the Oregon Nonprofit Corporation Act, ORS chapter 65, Future Farmer and 4-H groups, auction sales conducted in conjunction with county, state or private fairs or auction sales conducted by or for a person at which livestock of such person’s ownership are sold on premises of the person.
(7) "Meat dealer" means a person licensed to slaughter meat food animals pursuant to the applicable provisions of this section and ORS chapter 603. [1953 c.677 §1; 1955 c.724 §15; 1957 c.390 §1; 1967 c.368 §1; 1971 c.578 §9; 1973 c.175 §13; 1981 c.248 §25; 1983 c.417 §1; 1989 c.1010 §178]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 599 - Livestock Auction Markets; Stockyards; Auction Sales › Section 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.
(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 conditions prescribed by the provisions of this chapter or regulations promulgated thereunder have not been complied with.
(4) No licensee shall sell or offer for sale any livestock which has not been examined, tested or treated as required by the provisions of this chapter or regulations promulgated thereunder.
(5) No person other than a meat dealer shall remove from the market zone an animal which has been sold or purchased for immediate slaughter pursuant to the provisions of this chapter; provided, however, that a person may remove from the market zone any such animal if it is to be transported directly out of this state.
(6) No meat dealer who removes from the market zone an animal sold or purchased for immediate slaughter pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall fail, refuse or neglect to slaughter such animal within eight days from the date the animal is so removed. [1953 c.677 §17; 1971 c.578 §10]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 599 - Livestock Auction Markets; Stockyards; Auction Sales › Section 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.
(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 the license year. The fee accompanying such applications shall be $25 for each such quarter or portion thereof. For the purposes of this section, the license year shall be the period July 1 to June 30 next following. Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize a refund of license fees in any case.
(3) The licensee shall at all times have posted in a conspicuous place in the main business office of such market the full names and addresses of the legal owners of the market. The livestock auction market operator’s license shall also be posted conspicuously in the main business office of the market. [1953 c.677 §5; 1971 c.578 §11; 1979 c.499 §13]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 599 - Livestock Auction Markets; Stockyards; Auction Sales › Section 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:
(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 claimants.
(2) With the approval of the claimants who filed claims, the department may settle such claims with the surety, without filing legal action. Such settlement unless appealed to the circuit court within 30 days as provided by law, is final between the surety and all claimants covered by the bond.
(3) If any claimant, or the surety, does not agree with the findings of the department, the department shall file a declaratory judgment action without right to jury trial in the circuit court in the name of the State of Oregon for the benefit of the claimants as authorized by ORS chapter 28. Unless appealed as prescribed by law, the order of the court shall be final between the surety and all claimants covered by the bond. [1961 c.283 §3; 1979 c.284 §178]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 599 - Livestock Auction Markets; Stockyards; Auction Sales › Section 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]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 599 - Livestock Auction Markets; Stockyards; Auction Sales › Section 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.
(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]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 599 - Livestock Auction Markets; Stockyards; Auction Sales › Section 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]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 599 - Livestock Auction Markets; Stockyards; Auction Sales › Section 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]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 599 - Livestock Auction Markets; Stockyards; Auction Sales › Section 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]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 599 - Livestock Auction Markets; Stockyards; Auction Sales › Section 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]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 599 - Livestock Auction Markets; Stockyards; Auction Sales › Section 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.
(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 as otherwise provided by law. [1953 c.677 §10; 1957 c.390 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 599 - Livestock Auction Markets; Stockyards; Auction Sales › Section 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]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 599 - Livestock Auction Markets; Stockyards; Auction Sales › Section 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]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 599 - Livestock Auction Markets; Stockyards; Auction Sales › Section 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.
(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 conditions or practices. If the improper conditions or practices are not corrected in the time specified, the State Department of Agriculture shall take appropriate steps to revoke the market operator’s license.
(3) If in the event of an emergency situation any licensee is unable to procure the services of a veterinarian under subsection (1) of this section, the licensee may apply to the department, and the department may furnish a person the department deems qualified to make the examinations required at a livestock auction market. In the event the services of such qualified person are utilized, and the person determines any animal shows any abnormality or sign of ill health, such person at once shall contact an assistant state veterinarian or deputy state veterinarian for further examinations. The licensee shall reimburse the department for the actual expenses incurred by the qualified person and the assistant state veterinarian or deputy state veterinarian for the further examinations. All animals determined by the qualified person to require further examinations by a veterinarian shall be detained in the pens described in ORS 599.295 until released by the assistant state veterinarian or deputy state veterinarian.
(4) If upon investigation the department finds that any veterinarian employed by the licensee is not discharging duties and responsibilities in compliance with the provisions of this chapter and the regulations promulgated thereunder, the department may, after notice and opportunity for hearing, disqualify such veterinarian from performing any further official functions in connection with such market. [1953 c.677 §13; 1971 c.578 §15; 1975 c.573 §1; 1979 c.807 §1; 1983 c.101 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 599 - Livestock Auction Markets; Stockyards; Auction Sales › Section 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.
(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]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 599 - Livestock Auction Markets; Stockyards; Auction Sales › Section 599.355 - Records to be kept by licensee.

The licensee shall keep on file an accurate record of:
(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 inspector.
(5) Such records containing any and all statements of warranty or representations of title material to, or upon which, any such sale is consummated, together with the gross selling price, commission and other proper care, handling and sales charges on each consignment of livestock shall be available for inspection by the State Department of Agriculture or other persons having a legitimate interest therein. A copy thereof and the net proceeds shall be delivered to the buyer and the seller of such livestock or the duly authorized agent of the buyer or seller. All records of sales during the preceding 12 months shall be kept accessible during business hours for examination by the department or other persons having a legitimate interest in them. [1953 c.677 §16]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 599 - Livestock Auction Markets; Stockyards; Auction Sales › Section 599.385 - Enforcement procedures.

If the operator of a livestock auction market violates any of the provisions of this chapter, or regulations promulgated by the State Department of Agriculture under this chapter, the department may:
(1) Summarily quarantine the livestock or the premises, or both, as provided in ORS 596.361 to 596.402.
(2) Apply to the circuit court of the county in which the livestock auction market is located for a court order as provided in ORS 596.416. [1957 c.390 §13]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 599 - Livestock Auction Markets; Stockyards; Auction Sales › Section 599.395 - Joint federal-state administration of chapter.

(1) In the discretion of the State Department of Agriculture, a federal department or agency may be authorized by the State Department of Agriculture to act as its agent in carrying out all or part of the provisions of this chapter and regulations promulgated under this chapter without further requirement if it appears to the State Department of Agriculture that this chapter may be more effectively administered by joint federal and state action.
(2) When a federal department or agency is engaged in carrying out all or part of the provisions of this chapter and the regulations promulgated under this chapter pursuant to subsection (1) of this section:
(a) The authorized veterinary officers of the federal department or agency have the same power and authority as a deputy state veterinarian.
(b) The agents and other employees of the federal department or agency have the same power and authority as employees of the State Department of Agriculture engaged in a similar capacity or type of work. [1957 c.390 §22]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 599 - Livestock Auction Markets; Stockyards; Auction Sales › Section 599.401 - Livestock auction market license required; moving location of market; rules.

(1) No person shall operate a livestock auction market within this state without first having been licensed by the State Department of Agriculture as provided in this chapter. Any license to operate a livestock auction market is personal to the holder thereof and is not transferable.
(2)(a) Upon prior written application approved by the department, the licensee may move the location of the auction market facility within the boundaries of the trade area served. Such application shall contain the information required by ORS 599.406 (1)(a), (b), (d), (f) and (g).
(b) The department shall notify the applicant by certified mail within 30 days of receipt of an application submitted under paragraph (a) of this subsection whether the application has been approved or denied. If the department shall fail to act on the application within the 30-day period, it shall be deemed approved. If the application is denied, the applicant may at any time thereafter during the current licensing year or by indorsement on a renewal application request a hearing, in which case a hearing on the application for permission to move shall be held within 30 days thereafter pursuant to the provisions of ORS 599.416, limited to the question of the suitability and adequacy of the proposed new location and facilities. If a hearing is held pursuant to this paragraph, ORS 599.421 and 599.426 shall also be applicable.
(c) If the department finds that moving the location of the auction market facility would result in a substantial extension of the trading area served, it shall consider the application to be an application for a new license pursuant to ORS 599.406 and shall not consider it unless all requirements for such an application are met. The department may by rule establish criteria for determining whether an extension of trading area is substantial. [1971 c.578 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 599 - Livestock Auction Markets; Stockyards; Auction Sales › Section 599.416 - Hearing on license application; notice; record of proceedings.

(1) Upon receipt of an application for license as provided in ORS 599.406 (1) and the fees prescribed in ORS 599.406 (3), the State Department of Agriculture shall establish a time, date and place for a public hearing on the application. The hearing shall be held not later than 30 days after receipt by the department of the application for license, but may be delayed upon request by the applicant, and shall be held in a city within the trade area proposed to be served by the applicant or, if requested by the applicant, at the department’s location in Salem, Oregon.
(2) The hearing provided for in subsection (1) of this section shall be held in accordance with the provisions of ORS chapter 183 and in addition the department shall:
(a) Publish notice of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the trade area proposed to be served by the applicant at least 10 days prior to such hearing.
(b) Forward notice of the hearing to all known interested persons and to all known incorporated livestock associations and livestock auction market associations in Oregon.
(3) The record of hearing shall contain proof of publication and notice required by subsection (2) of this section. [1971 c.578 §5; 1977 c.214 §8]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 599 - Livestock Auction Markets; Stockyards; Auction Sales › Section 599.421 - Matters to be considered in granting licenses; change of market ownership; fee exception.

(1) In its consideration of the application for license, the State Department of Agriculture shall consider:
(a) The ability of the applicant to qualify with the provisions of the federal Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921, 7 U.S.C. 181 to 228, as amended, and effective June 29, 1971.
(b) The testimony and evidence adduced at the hearing provided for in ORS 599.416 and the data and information contained in the application required by ORS 599.406.
(c) The nature and extent of livestock auction market services already available in the trade area proposed to be served by the applicant, and whether the granting of a license to the applicant would be beneficial or detrimental to the livestock industry and economy in the trade area, or would impair the ability of any other livestock auction market license holders to continue unimpaired service to the trade area.
(d) Any record or information relating to the applicant’s prior experience in the operation of a livestock auction market and apparent ability to permanently and continuously serve the trade area in such capacity.
(2) An application for license at an existing licensed livestock auction market location that is occasioned solely by a change in the form of ownership or by a transfer of ownership, shall be made upon forms furnished by the department which need only contain the information required in ORS 599.406 (1)(a), (b), (c) and (g), but if applicant’s transferor has altered or remodeled the facilities or if applicant proposes to do so, the application shall also contain the information required in ORS 599.406 (1)(d). The application processing fee required by ORS 599.406 (3) shall not be applicable to an application filed pursuant to this subsection.
(3) The application processing fee required by ORS 599.406 (3) shall not be applicable to an application for the reissuance of a license to operate at a livestock auction market location if the application is made within one year after the expiration of the applicant’s license to operate at that location and the expired license was otherwise valid at the time of expiration. [1971 c.578 §6; 1999 c.473 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 599 - Livestock Auction Markets; Stockyards; Auction Sales › Section 599.426 - Issuance or denial of license; procedure.

(1) If the State Department of Agriculture determines the application for license should be granted it shall issue a license. Any order of the department denying the application for license shall be in writing and forwarded to the applicant by certified mail and shall set forth the basis for such denial.
(2) Within 30 days of the date of any order of denial of an application the applicant may file a request for reconsideration with the department, supported by any additional facts, information or material which the applicant believes may justify reconsideration of the denial.
(3) If a request for reconsideration is filed with the department as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the department shall reconsider the denial and may grant the application, modify or affirm the order of denial, or may order a rehearing. Notice of such departmental action shall be rendered to the applicant within 30 days of receipt of such additional facts, information or data. [1971 c.578 §7]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 599 - Livestock Auction Markets; Stockyards; Auction Sales › Section 599.431 - Renewal of license; when hearing is required.

An application for renewal of a license may be granted by the State Department of Agriculture without a hearing. If in the judgment of the department it would be in the public interest to hold a hearing to determine whether a renewal license should be granted, or upon written request by a member of the board, or if in the judgment of the department the renewal license should not be granted, a hearing shall be held pursuant to ORS 599.416, and in that case the provisions of ORS 599.421 and 599.426 shall also be applicable. [1971 c.578 §8]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 599 - Livestock Auction Markets; Stockyards; Auction Sales › Section 599.485 - Definition for ORS 599.490 and 599.495.

As used in ORS 599.490 and 599.495, "stockyards" means any place, establishment or facility commonly known as stockyards, conducted or operated for compensation or profit as a public market, consisting of pens, or other enclosures, and their appurtenances, in which live livestock are received, held or kept for sale or shipment. [1957 c.390 §19]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 599 - Livestock Auction Markets; Stockyards; Auction Sales › Section 599.490 - Department may impose stockyard requirements to prevent spread of disease.

In order to carry out the provisions of ORS 596.020, the State Department of Agriculture may require such testing, treating and examining of livestock sold, traded, exchanged or handled at or through any stockyard 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. [1957 c.390 §20; 1959 c.63 §7]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 599 - Livestock Auction Markets; Stockyards; Auction Sales › Section 599.495 - Cooperative agreements with federal government under which state department carries out federal programs in livestock auction markets and stockyards.

(1) The State Department of Agriculture may enter into cooperative agreements or contracts with any agency or department of the federal government whereby the State Department of Agriculture may:
(a) Assume authority and administrative responsibility over the operations of livestock auction markets or stockyards, including but not limited to federal posted yards which are under the authority and responsibility of the federal government.
(b) Assume and carry out the program, procedures, services and work being done or to be done by the federal agency or federal department in Oregon to eradicate and to prevent the spread of brucellosis, tuberculosis, paratuberculosis or other infectious, contagious, communicable or dangerous diseases in livestock auction markets or stockyards or the animals handled by such markets or yards.
(2) The State Department of Agriculture may contract with or enter into agreements with the agencies or departments of the federal government referred to in subsection (1) of this section to receive funds which shall be deposited with the State Treasurer to be paid out and used by the State Department of Agriculture in carrying out the provisions of any Oregon law and of the Act of Congress under which the money is paid in accordance with the terms of the contract or agreement. Such funds are continuously appropriated for the purpose of carrying out this chapter in accordance with the terms of the contract or agreement. [1957 c.390 §21; 1967 c.637 §19]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 599 - Livestock Auction Markets; Stockyards; Auction Sales › Section 599.510 - Prevention of competitive bidding prohibited.

No person shall enter or offer or attempt to enter into any agreement or arrangement with another person for the purpose of preventing competitive bidding upon any horses, mules, cattle, sheep, swine or other livestock shipped to a wholesale or central stockyards market for sale.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 599 - Livestock Auction Markets; Stockyards; Auction Sales › Section 599.520 - By-bids and fraudulent bids made to deceive bidders; minimum or reserve bids.

(1) No person shall make any by-bids or other false or fraudulent bids designed to stimulate bona fide bidding at any auction sale of livestock.
(2) No person shall conspire with any other person for the purpose of making such a bid or make any false statement relative to any such livestock being sold, with intent to deceive any bidder or with intent to influence any bid therefor. Any false statement relative to such livestock, made by the owner thereof or the agent of the owner, shall prima facie be presumed to have been made with intent to deceive any such bidder.
(3) However, this section does not prohibit the owner or consignor of livestock offered at public auction from announcing a minimum or reserve bid, which shall either be noted in the catalog of such auction or announced by the auctioneer.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 599 - Livestock Auction Markets; Stockyards; Auction Sales › Section 599.530 - Prohibited practices in sales of purebreds.

No person shall include in any public auction or sale of purebred livestock any animal which is not offered for bona fide sale, or which is placed in the sale for the purpose, or with the intent, of creating, or attempting to create, any fictitious value for any other animal offered at such sale by by-bidding, offering fictitious bids, making fictitious sales or otherwise.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 599 - Livestock Auction Markets; Stockyards; Auction Sales › Section 599.540 - Withdrawal of purebred livestock from sale.

(1) In cases where there is an animal listed in the printed catalog or other advertisements of any auction sale of purebred livestock and is withdrawn prior to the sale, the reason for such withdrawal shall be publicly stated by the owner or consignor or the agents of the owner or consignor, or by the auctioneer, prior to the commencement of such sale.
(2) As used in ORS 599.530 and this section, the term "purebred livestock" includes all animals registered or eligible to registration in the various breed associations organized and maintained for the registration of cattle, horses, swine, sheep or goats, and having jurisdiction over the registration of such animals in the United States.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 599 - Livestock Auction Markets; Stockyards; Auction Sales › Section 599.550 - Milking dairy cows prior to sale.

No person shall sell or offer for sale for dairy purposes at public auction, any cows giving milk and intended to be used for dairy purposes, that have not been milked out entirely dry within not more than 12 hours preceding the opening of the sale at which such cows are offered for sale or sold.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 599 - Livestock Auction Markets; Stockyards; Auction Sales › Section 599.560 - Affidavits as to time of milking.

Any person selling or offering for sale any cows in milk at public auction, intended to be used for dairy purposes, shall file with the auctioneer of the sale the affidavits of two freeholders to the effect that they have knowledge that such cows have been milked entirely dry within the time specified by ORS 599.550.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 599 - Livestock Auction Markets; Stockyards; Auction Sales › Section 599.610 - License requirements; fee; exemptions.

(1) Notwithstanding other laws to the contrary, any person desiring to conduct a temporary horse sale to which the public may consign horses for sale by auction open to public bidding and where such sale shall not exceed one calendar day may make application to the State Department of Agriculture for a temporary horse sale license.
(2) A temporary horse sale license shall be issued when the department finds:
(a) That an application as approved by the department has been received.
(b) That the applicant has filed with the department a bond as required by ORS 599.245, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by an insured institution as defined in ORS 706.008 or a cash deposit with the department in lieu thereof, except that such bond, letter of credit or deposit may be limited to the period of operation of the temporary horse sale as approved by the department, and except that the bond, letter of credit or deposit shall be at least $25,000.
(c) That a license fee of $25 has been paid.
(d) That the requirements of ORS 599.610 to 599.640 and the rules promulgated thereunder are complied with.
(3) A separate application, license fee and adequate bond, letter of credit or deposit as required by subsection (2) of this section, is necessary for each day upon which horses are sold.
(4) A license shall not be required for the sale of horses by nonprofit breed or livestock associations or clubs, Future Farmer and 4-H groups, auction sales conducted in conjunction with county, state or private fairs or auction sales conducted by or for a person at which horses of such person’s ownership are sold on premises of the person or by a person licensed pursuant to the provisions of ORS 599.235 and 599.401. [1959 c.63 §2; 1971 c.578 §17; 1981 c.248 §18; 1991 c.331 §91; 1997 c.631 §504]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 599 - Livestock Auction Markets; Stockyards; Auction Sales › Section 599.620 - Enforcement and regulations.

Except as provided by ORS 599.245, the provisions of this chapter shall not apply to a person licensed pursuant to ORS 599.610. In lieu thereof, the State Department of Agriculture shall promulgate regulations relating to the time, place, manner and method of the temporary sale of horses as authorized by ORS 599.610. In the enforcement of such provisions or the promulgation of regulations thereunder, the department shall take into consideration the following factors:
(1) The measures necessary to establish and maintain the same standards and purposes as are contained in the laws and regulations relating to livestock auction markets and stockyards licensed under and subject to the provisions of this chapter and ORS chapter 596 and yet at the same time to provide a practical and reasonable procedure to permit the holding of such temporary sale of horses.
(2) Those measures necessary to control or eradicate contagious or infectious diseases of horses.
(3) The employment of a veterinarian by the licensee as provided by ORS 599.335.
(4) The economic consequences to the citizens of this state which may result from the spread of all diseases of horses.
(5) The extent to which certain diseases of horses are endemic or epidemic through neighboring states, the United States or this state.
(6) The extent to which livestock other than horses which are infected with or are carriers of the diseases may be adversely affected by reason thereof.
(7) The laws and regulations of the United States and other states.
(8) The laws relating to brands, as provided by this chapter. [1959 c.63 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 599 - Livestock Auction Markets; Stockyards; Auction Sales › Section 599.630 - Revocation, suspension or refusal to issue license.

The State Department of Agriculture may revoke or suspend or refuse to issue the temporary horse sale license of any person who does not or has not complied with the provisions of ORS 599.610, 599.620 and 599.640 or regulations promulgated thereunder. [1959 c.63 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 599 - Livestock Auction Markets; Stockyards; Auction Sales › Section 599.640 - Compliance with ORS 599.610 and 599.620 required.

No person shall violate the provisions of ORS 599.610 and 599.620 or the regulations promulgated thereunder. No person other than a licensee of a livestock auction market or stockyard as provided by ORS 599.235 and 599.401 shall operate an establishment, place of business, or conduct a sale to which the public may consign or permit horses to be sold by auction open to public bidding, without first obtaining a temporary horse sale license as authorized by ORS 599.610. [1959 c.63 §5; 1971 c.578 §18]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 600 - Swine › Section 600.010 - Definitions.

As used in ORS 600.095 and 600.105:
(1) "Garbage" means waste accumulations of vegetable matter.
(2) "Offal" means animal tissue of any kind and from any source. [Amended by 1953 c.384 §7; 1971 c.78 §1; 2001 c.21 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 600 - Swine › Section 600.095 - Garbage used in feeding swine.

A person may feed garbage to swine only if the garbage is:
(1) Accumulated from the domestic household of the person;
(2) Solely from a fruit or vegetable cannery, processing plant or sorting establishment;
(3) Solely from a bakery; or
(4) A combination of garbage types allowed under this section. [2001 c.21 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 600 - Swine › Section 600.105 - Summary quarantine of swine being fed impermissible garbage or offal.

The State Department of Agriculture may summarily quarantine any swine that are being fed garbage not described under ORS 600.095 or offal. The powers conferred upon the department by ORS 596.388 to 596.416 may be exercised by the department in aid of the quarantine. [1955 c.187 §2; 2001 c.21 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 600 - Swine › Section 600.120 - 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 600.095 or a quarantine imposed under ORS 600.105.
(2) In addition to any penalty provided by ORS 600.990, the circuit court is vested with jurisdiction to restrain any violation, or threatened violation, of ORS 600.095 or a quarantine imposed under ORS 600.105 upon suit by the State Department of Agriculture. In any such suit the district attorney of the county where the suit is instituted shall represent the department, or the Attorney General may represent the department in the suit. [Amended by 2001 c.21 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 600 - Swine › Section 600.150 - Prohibition against restrictive confinement.

(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Pig" means a porcine animal of a type maintained as livestock.
(b) "Turning around freely" means having the ability to turn in a complete circle in an enclosure without an impediment, including a tether, and without touching any side of the enclosure.
(2) A person commits the offense of restrictive confinement of a pregnant pig if the person confines a pregnant pig for more than 12 hours during any 24-hour period in a manner that prevents the pregnant pig from:
(a) Lying down and fully extending its limbs; or
(b) Turning around freely.
(3) Subsection (2) of this section does not apply to a pregnant pig:
(a) That is being transported;
(b) In a rodeo exhibition, a state or county fair exhibition or a similar exhibition;
(c) During the slaughtering process;
(d) During lawful scientific or agricultural research;
(e) During an examination, operation or test by a veterinarian or during temporary treatment for veterinary purposes; or
(f) In the seven-day period before the pig farrows.
(4) The offense of restrictive confinement of a pregnant pig is a Class A violation. [2007 c.722 §1]
2023 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]
2023 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.
2023 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]
2023 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]