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Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 656 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON TRAWL COMMISSION › Division 30 - COMMISSION MAKE-UP, TERMS, QUALIFICATIONS, TERM LIMITS, REMOVAL FROM OFFICE › Section 656-030-0040 - Chair and Other Officers

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
Annually, at the first regular meeting of the Commission at the
				beginning of the new fiscal year, the Commission will elect from its members a
				Chair, a Vice Chair, and a Secretary-Treasurer who will serve until their
				successors are elected and qualified. The Chair, Vice Chair or
				Secretary-Treasurer may resign as such or may be removed from that position by
				vote of five Commissioners. If the Chair, Vice Chair or Secretary-Treasurer
				ceases to be a Commissioner, the office will be vacant and a successor will be
				selected at the next regular meeting of the Commission. The Chair will preside
				over all meetings of the Commission. The Vice Chair or Secretary-Treasurer will
				act in lieu of the Chair when the Chair is unable to perform the duties of the
				office of Chair or while the office is vacant.
Stat. Auth.: 2003 OL Ch. 604 & ORS 576
Stats. Implemented: 2003 OL Ch. 604 & ORS
				  576
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 656 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON TRAWL COMMISSION › Division 40 - COMMISSIONER PER DIEM AND REIMBURSEMENTS › Section 656-040-0100 - Definitions

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(1) "Actual and necessary" means that a
			 travel or other expense:
(a) Is an actual
			 expense incurred by a member in carrying out official duties; and
(b) The expense is necessary to enable the
			 member to carry out official duties.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 656 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON TRAWL COMMISSION › Division 40 - COMMISSIONER PER DIEM AND REIMBURSEMENTS › Section 656-040-0110 - Qualified Members

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) In
			 accordance with the procedures set forth in OAR 656-040-0130  and OAR
			 656-040-0140, the Oregon Trawl Commission shall provide to a qualified member
			 of the Oregon Trawl Commission:
(a) Per diem
			 compensation equal to the per diem paid to members of the Legislative Assembly
			 under ORS 171.072, for each day or portion thereof during which the qualified
			 member is actually engaged in the performance of official duties; and
(b) Reimbursement of actual and necessary
			 travel or other expenses actually incurred in the performance of a member's
			 official duties within the limits provided in Oregon Accounting Manual Policy
			 40.10.00.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 656 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON TRAWL COMMISSION › Division 40 - COMMISSIONER PER DIEM AND REIMBURSEMENTS › Section 656-040-0120 - Non-qualified Members

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(1) In
			 accordance with the procedures set forth in OAR 656-040-0130, and only if there
			 are funds available in the budget for such compensation, the Oregon Trawl
			 Commission shall provide to a non-qualified member of the Oregon Trawl
			 Commission who is not employed in full-time public service per diem
			 compensation equal to the per diem paid to members of the Legislative Assembly
			 under ORS 171.072, for each day or portion thereof during which the
			 non-qualified member is actually engaged in the performance of official
			 duties.
(2) In accordance with the
			 procedures set forth in OAR 656-040-0140, the Oregon Trawl Commission shall
			 provide to a non-qualified member of the Oregon Trawl Commission reimbursement
			 of actual and necessary travel or other expenses actually incurred in the
			 performance of a non-qualified member's official duties within the limits
			 provided in Oregon Accounting Manual Policy 40.10.00.
(3) A non-qualified member of the Oregon
			 Trawl Commission may decline to accept compensation or reimbursement of
			 expenses related to the non-qualified member's service on the Oregon Trawl
			 Commission.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 576.265 & ORS
				  576.304
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 292.495 & ORS
				  576.265
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 656 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON TRAWL COMMISSION › Division 40 - COMMISSIONER PER DIEM AND REIMBURSEMENTS › Section 656-040-0130 - Procedures for Payment of Per Diem Compensation

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A member must submit a written claim for compensation to the
				Oregon Trawl Commission no later than the 15th day of the calendar month
				following the quarter for which the member seeks compensation. For example,
				claims for compensation for July 1- September 30 must be submitted by October
				15. The member must specify the amount of time the member spent performing
				official duties, as well as the nature of the official duties performed, for
				any day or portion thereof for which the member claims compensation.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 576.265 & ORS
				  576.304
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 292.495 & ORS
				  576.265
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 656 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON TRAWL COMMISSION › Division 40 - COMMISSIONER PER DIEM AND REIMBURSEMENTS › Section 656-040-0140 - Procedures for Expense Reimbursement

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(1)
			 A member must submit a written, itemized claim for reimbursement of actual and
			 necessary travel or other expenses to the Oregon Trawl Commission no later than
			 the 15th day of the calendar month following the quarter in which the member
			 incurred the expense. For example, a claim for compensation for July 1 -
			 September 30 must be submitted by October 15. The claim for reimbursement must
			 include the following information for each expense:
(a) Date on which the member incurred the
			 expense;
(b) Nature of the expense;
			 and
(c) Amount of the
			 expense.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 657 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON RYEGRASS GROWERS SEED COMMISSION › Division 1 - PROCEDURAL RULES › Section 657-001-0000 - Procedure for Notice of Intended Rulemaking

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
Before adopting, amending or repealing any permanent rule, the
				Oregon Ryegrass Growers Seed Commission will give notice of the intended
				action:
(1) In the Secretary of
			 State's Bulletin referred to in ORS
			 183.360 at least 21 days before
			 the effective date of the rule;
(2)
			 By mailing a copy of the notice to persons on the Oregon Ryegrass Growers Seed
			 Commission's mailing list established pursuant to ORS
			 183.335(7) at
			 least 28 days before the effective date of the rule;
(3) By mailing a copy of the notice to the
			 legislators specified in ORS
			 183.335(14) at
			 least 49 days before the effective date of the rule; and
(4) By mailing or furnishing a copy of the
			 notice to:
(a) The Associated Press;
(b) Associations with an interest in a
			 commission's rulemaking and publications whose readers have an interest in
			 commission's activities, and
(c)
			 Newspapers in primary production regions of the commodities represented by the
			 commission.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 657 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON RYEGRASS GROWERS SEED COMMISSION › Division 10 - REPORTING AND PAYMENT OF ASSESSMENT › Section 657-010-0010 - Definitions

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(1) "Person" means
			 any individual, corporation, association, partnership, or joint stock
			 company.
(2) "Commission" means the
			 Oregon Ryegrass Growers Seed Commission.
(3) "Casual Sale" means any sale or sales of
			 ryegrass seed made by the producer direct to the consumer where the total
			 accumulated sales during a calendar year is not more than 100 pounds.
(4) "First Purchaser" means any person who
			 buys ryegrass seed from the producer in the first instance, or handler who
			 received the ryegrass seed in the first instance from the producer for resale
			 or processing.
(5) "Producer" means
			 a person or other legal entity producing ryegrass seed in Oregon for market,
			 whether as landowner, landlord, tenant, sharecropper, or otherwise.
(6) "Handler" means any producer, processor,
			 or distributor or other person engaged in handling or marketing of or dealing
			 in ryegrass seed, whether as owner, agent, employee, broker, or
			 otherwise.
(7) Ryegrass Seed
			 includes seed of all common or named varieties of annual and perennial ryegrass
			 seed (bot.-Lolium multiflorum L., Lolium prenne L., plus all interspecific
			 hybrids).
Stat. Auth.: ORS
				  576.325 - ORS
				  576.365
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  576.325 - ORS
				  576.365
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 657 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON RYEGRASS GROWERS SEED COMMISSION › Division 10 - REPORTING AND PAYMENT OF ASSESSMENT › Section 657-010-0015 - Assessments

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Any first purchaser shall deduct and
			 withhold an assessment of 15 cents ($.15) per cwt, clean seed basis, from the
			 price paid to the producer thereof, for ryegrass seed grown in
			 Oregon.
(2) All casual sales of
			 ryegrass seed shall be exempt from the assessment.
(3) The assessment shall be levied only
			 against any commodity or mixture which contains more than 50 percent ryegrass
			 seed.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 576.325 - 576.365
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 576.325 -
				  576.365
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 657 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON RYEGRASS GROWERS SEED COMMISSION › Division 10 - REPORTING AND PAYMENT OF ASSESSMENT › Section 657-010-0020 - Reports and Payment of Assessment Moneys

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First purchasers and handlers must submit completed and signed
				assessment reports on commission approved forms or formats. Assessment reports
				shall include all purchases by or deliveries to a first purchaser or handler of
				Ryegrass seed. Quarterly assessment reports and assessments are due to the
				commission office and must be postmarked by the last day for the reporting
				month specified below. Quarterly assessments shall be reported as
				follows:
(1) January, February, March
			 assessments postmarked by April 30th;
(2) April, May, June assessments postmarked
			 by July 31st;
(3) July, August,
			 September assessments postmarked by October 31st;
(4) October, November, December assessments
			 postmarked by January 31st.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 576
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  576
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 657 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON RYEGRASS GROWERS SEED COMMISSION › Division 10 - REPORTING AND PAYMENT OF ASSESSMENT › Section 657-010-0025 - First Effective Date of Assessment

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(1) The assessment to be withheld and paid by
			 a first purchaser, as required by ORS Chapter 576 and OAR
			 657-010-0015(1),
			 applies to and covers any sale made on and after July 15, 1965, by a producer
			 to such first purchaser of ryegrass seed grown in Oregon, regardless of the
			 time it was or is grown.
(2) "Sale"
			 for the purpose of such law or regulation means the date that title to the
			 ryegrass seed passes from the seller to the purchaser.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 576
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  576
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 657 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON RYEGRASS GROWERS SEED COMMISSION › Division 20 - RATES FOR COMMISSIONER PER DIEM AND REIMBURSEMENT › Section 657-020-0010

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Stat. Auth.: ORS
				  576.304
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  292.495,
				  576.206,
				  576.416
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 657 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON RYEGRASS GROWERS SEED COMMISSION › Division 20 - RATES FOR COMMISSIONER PER DIEM AND REIMBURSEMENT › Section 657-020-0020

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Stat. Auth.: ORS
				  576.304
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  292.495,
				  576.206,
				  576.265,
				  576.311, ORS
				  576.416,
				  576.440
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 657 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON RYEGRASS GROWERS SEED COMMISSION › Division 20 - RATES FOR COMMISSIONER PER DIEM AND REIMBURSEMENT › Section 657-020-0030

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Stat. Auth.: ORS
				  576.304
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  292.495
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 657 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON RYEGRASS GROWERS SEED COMMISSION › Division 20 - RATES FOR COMMISSIONER PER DIEM AND REIMBURSEMENT › Section 657-020-0100 - Definitions

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(1) "Actual and
			 necessary" means that a travel or other expense:
(a) Is an actual expense incurred by a member
			 in carrying out official duties; and
(b) The expense is necessary to enable the
			 member to carry out official duties.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 657 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON RYEGRASS GROWERS SEED COMMISSION › Division 20 - RATES FOR COMMISSIONER PER DIEM AND REIMBURSEMENT › Section 657-020-0110 - Qualified Members

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) In accordance
			 with the procedures set forth in OAR 657-020-0130  and OAR 657-020-0140, the
			 Oregon Ryegrass Growers Seed Commission shall provide to a qualified member of
			 the Oregon Ryegrass Growers Seed Commission:
(a) Per diem compensation equal to the per
			 diem paid to members of the Legislative Assembly under ORS
			 171.072,
			 for each day or portion thereof during which the qualified member is actually
			 engaged in the performance of official duties; and
(b) Reimbursement of actual and necessary
			 travel or other expenses actually incurred in the performance of a member's
			 official duties within the limits provided in Oregon Accounting Manual Policy
			 40.10.00.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 657 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON RYEGRASS GROWERS SEED COMMISSION › Division 20 - RATES FOR COMMISSIONER PER DIEM AND REIMBURSEMENT › Section 657-020-0120 - Non-Qualified Members

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) In accordance
			 with the procedures set forth in OAR 657-020-0130, and only if there are funds
			 available in the budget for such compensation, the Oregon Ryegrass Growers Seed
			 Commission may provide to a non-qualified member of the Oregon Ryegrass Growers
			 Seed Commission who is not employed in full-time public service per diem
			 compensation equal to the per diem paid to members of the Legislative Assembly
			 under ORS
			 171.072,
			 for each day or portion thereof during which the non-qualified member is
			 actually engaged in the performance of official duties.
(2) In accordance with the procedures set
			 forth in OAR 657-020-0140, the Oregon Ryegrass Growers Seed Commission shall
			 provide to a non-qualified member of the Oregon Ryegrass Growers Seed
			 Commission reimbursement of actual and necessary travel or other expenses
			 actually incurred in the performance of a non-qualified member's official
			 duties within the limits provided in Oregon Accounting Manual Policy
			 40.10.00.
(3) A non-qualified
			 member of the Oregon Ryegrass Growers Seed Commission may decline to accept
			 compensation or reimbursement of expenses related to the non-qualified member's
			 service on the Oregon Ryegrass Growers Seed Commission.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  576.265  & ORS
				  576.304
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  292.495  & ORS
				  576.265
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 657 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON RYEGRASS GROWERS SEED COMMISSION › Division 20 - RATES FOR COMMISSIONER PER DIEM AND REIMBURSEMENT › Section 657-020-0130 - Procedures for Payment of Per Diem Compensation

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
A member must submit a written claim for compensation to the
				Oregon Ryegrass Growers Seed Commission no later than the 15th day of the
				calendar month following the month for which the member seeks compensation. For
				example, a claim for compensation for May 1 and May 10 must be submitted by
				June 15. The member must specify the amount of time the member spent performing
				official duties, as well as the nature of the official duties performed, for
				any day or portion thereof for which the member claims compensation.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  576.265  & ORS
				  576.304
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  292.495  & ORS
				  576.265
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 657 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON RYEGRASS GROWERS SEED COMMISSION › Division 20 - RATES FOR COMMISSIONER PER DIEM AND REIMBURSEMENT › Section 657-020-0140 - Procedures for Expense Reimbursement

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(1) A
			 member must submit a written, itemized claim for reimbursement of actual and
			 necessary travel or other expenses to the Oregon Ryegrass Growers Seed
			 Commission no later than the last day of the fiscal year in which the member
			 incurred the expense. For example, a claim for compensation any time from July
			 1 through June 30 must be submitted by June 30 of that fiscal year. The claim
			 for reimbursement must include the following information for each expense:
(a) Date on which the member incurred the
			 expense;
(b) Nature of the expense;
			 and
(c) Amount of the
			 expense.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 657 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON RYEGRASS GROWERS SEED COMMISSION › Division 30 - COMMISSION MAKE-UP, TERMS, QUALIFICATIONS, TERM LIMITS, REMOVAL FROM OFFICE › Section 657-030-0010 - Number of Commissioners, Terms

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
The Oregon Ryegrass Growers Seed Commission will consist of
				nine (9) commissioners appointed by the Director of the Oregon Department of
				Agriculture for a term of three years or, if for a term following a prior term
				for that person, ending three years from the date of expiration of any prior
				term. No commissioner will serve for more than two full consecutive terms of
				office.
Stat. Auth.: 2003 Or. Laws Ch. 604, ORS 576.
Stats. Implemented: 2003 Or. Laws Ch. 604, ORS
				  576.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 657 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON RYEGRASS GROWERS SEED COMMISSION › Division 30 - COMMISSION MAKE-UP, TERMS, QUALIFICATIONS, TERM LIMITS, REMOVAL FROM OFFICE › Section 657-030-0020 - Qualifications of Commissioners

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(1)
			 Members of the Ryegrass Growers Seed Commission will have the following
			 qualifications, which will continue during the term of office of the member:
(a) One (1) member of the commission will be
			 a member of the public with an active interest in the positive economic
			 development, production and/or marketing of the commodity, but who is not
			 associated with the production or handling of ryegrass seed;
(b) Seven (7) of the members will be ryegrass
			 seed producers;
(c) One (1) of the
			 members will be a ryegrass seed handler.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 657 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON RYEGRASS GROWERS SEED COMMISSION › Division 30 - COMMISSION MAKE-UP, TERMS, QUALIFICATIONS, TERM LIMITS, REMOVAL FROM OFFICE › Section 657-030-0030 - Removal of Commissioners

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 The Director of the Department of Agriculture may remove a commissioner from
			 office, and declare the position vacant for cause.
(2) The Commission may make a recommendation
			 to the Director of the Department of Agriculture, or the Director may request a
			 recommendation from the Commission on the removal of any
			 commissioner.
Stat. Auth.: 2003 Or. Laws Ch. 604, ORS 576.
Stats. Implemented: 2003 Or. Laws Ch. 604, ORS
				  576.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 657 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON RYEGRASS GROWERS SEED COMMISSION › Division 40 - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS › Section 657-040-0010 - Purpose of Public Records Request Processing Rules

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(1) To implement the provisions of ORS
			 192.324(7)
			 that require each public body to publish its methods for the public to obtain
			 information and in order to implement the provisions of ORS
			 192.318 to provide reasonable rules necessary for the protection of Oregon Trawl
			 Commission records and to prevent interference with the regular discharge of
			 the commission duties, the commission adopts the procedures set forth in this
			 division. Procedures for review of any denial of public records requests, or
			 fee waiver or reduction, shall be in accordance with the provisions of ORS
			 192.311 to
			 192.478.
(2) Capitalized terms in this division not
			 specifically defined are as defined in ORS
			 192.311.
(3) Commodity Commission is as defined in ORS
			 576, ORS 577 and ORS 578.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  192.318(2),
				  ORS
				  576.304(14),
				  ORS 183
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  192.324,
				  ORS
				  192.329
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 657 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON RYEGRASS GROWERS SEED COMMISSION › Division 40 - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS › Section 657-040-0020 - Request to Inspect or Make Copies of Public Records

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(1) A request to inspect or receive a copy a
			 public record must be made in writing and must identify as specifically as
			 possible the type of record(s), subject matter, approximate date(s), names of
			 person(s), business or organization involved, and the number of copies
			 requested; and the name, address, email, and phone number of the person
			 requesting the public record(s).
(2) Requests must be sent to the
			 "Administrator/Public Records Information Officer" at the office of the
			 commission at P.O. Box 3366, Salem, OR 97302 or hand delivered to 4093 12th
			 Street Cut Off SE, Salem, OR 97302.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  192.318(2),
				  ORS
				  576.304(14),
				  ORS 183
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  192.324,
				  ORS
				  192.329
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 657 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON RYEGRASS GROWERS SEED COMMISSION › Division 40 - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS › Section 657-040-0030 - Commission Procedure for Responses to Public Records Requests

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(1) The commission
			 may request additional information or clarification from a requester of public
			 records for the purpose of expediting the commission's response to the
			 request.
(2) Within five business
			 days after receiving the request, the commission shall acknowledge receipt of
			 the request or complete the response to the request. An acknowledgment under
			 this subsection must:
(a) Confirm that the
			 commission is the custodian of the requested record; or
(b) Inform the requester that the commission
			 is not the custodian of the requested record; or
(c) Notify the requester that the commission
			 is uncertain whether the commission is the custodian of the requested
			 record.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 657 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON RYEGRASS GROWERS SEED COMMISSION › Division 40 - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS › Section 657-040-0040 - Exceptions to Established Time Periods

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(1) The commission is not required to comply
			 with the time periods set forth in this division if the commission finds that
			 compliance would be impracticable because:
(a)
			 The staff or volunteers necessary to complete a response to the public records
			 request are unavailable, on leave, or are not scheduled to work; or
(b) Compliance would demonstrably impede the
			 commission's ability to perform other necessary services; or
(c) Of the volume of public records requests
			 being simultaneously processed by the commission.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 657 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON RYEGRASS GROWERS SEED COMMISSION › Division 40 - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS › Section 657-040-0050 - Fee for Cost of Making Public Records Available

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(1) The following fees are reasonably
			 calculated to reimburse the commission for the commission's actual cost of
			 making public records available, including costs for summarizing, compiling or
			 tailoring the public records, either in organization or media, to meet the
			 request.
(a) Records search by clerical staff
			 @ $25.00 per hour;
(b) Records
			 search by managerial staff @ $40.00 per hour;
(c) Records search by professional or legal
			 staff @ $75.00 per hour;
(d) Copies
			 @ current state printing & distribution price list;
(e) Media @ statewide price
			 agreement;
(f) Postage @ current
			 postal rates;
(g) If the request
			 appears to require commission services for which no fee has been established
			 (computer time, travel, shipping cost, communication costs, etc.) the actual
			 cost shall be determined or estimated by the commission.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 657 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON RYEGRASS GROWERS SEED COMMISSION › Division 40 - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS › Section 657-040-0060 - Fee Waiver or Reduction

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(1) Any
			 person requesting a fee waiver or reduction from the commission must submit a
			 completed Fee Waiver or Reduction Request Form available from the Oregon
			 Ryegrass Growers Seed Commission to the commission at the address provided in
			 657-040-0020.
(2) The commission
			 may furnish copies without charge or at a substantially reduced fee if the
			 commission determines that a fee waiver or reduction of fees is in the public
			 interest because making the record available primarily benefits the general
			 public.
(3) To determine whether to
			 waive or reduce fees, the commission shall utilize the Public Interest
			 Evaluation Form as provided in DAS policy 107-001-030.
(4) The reduced fee schedule is that listed
			 in Department of Administrative Services policy 107-001-030:
(a) Clerical: $20 per hour;
(b) Managerial: $32 per hour;
(c) Professional: $60 per hour;
(d) Department of Justice, special attorney
			 or other applicable legal fees;
(e)
			 Copies, media, and postage fees will be based on current rates.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 658 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON POTATO COMMISSION › Division 1 - PROCEDURAL RULES › Section 658-001-0000 - Procedure for Notice of Intended Rulemaking

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Before adopting, amending or repealing any permanent rule, the
				Oregon Potato Commission will give notice of the intended action:
(1) In the Secretary of State's Bulletin, referred
			 to in ORS 183.360, at least 21 days prior to
			 the effective date of the rule;
(2) By
			 mailing a copy of the notice to persons on a list maintained by the Commission,
			 established pursuant to ORS
			 183.335(7) at least
			 28 days before the effective date of the rule;
(3) By mailing a copy of the notice to the
			 newspapers in primary production regions of the commodity represented by the
			 Commission, the Associated Press, associations with an interest in the Commission's
			 rulemaking, and publications whose readers have an interest in the Commission's
			 activities; and
(4) By mailing a copy of
			 the notice to legislators specified in ORS
			 183.335(14) at least
			 49 days before the effective date of the rule.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 183 & ORS 576
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  183.341(4)
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 658 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON POTATO COMMISSION › Division 10 - ASSESSMENTS › Section 658-010-0015 - Definitions

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(1) "Person" means any
			 individual, corporation, association, partnership or joint stock company.
(2) "Commission" means the Oregon Potato
			 Commission.
(3) "First Purchaser" means
			 any person who buys potatoes from the producer in the first instance, or handler who
			 receives the potatoes in the first instance from the producer for resale or
			 processing.
(4) "Producer" means a
			 person or other legal entity engaged in the business of growing or producing
			 potatoes in Oregon, for market, whether as a landowner, landlord, tenant,
			 sharecropper or otherwise.
(5) "Handler"
			 means any producer, processor, distributor or other person engaged in handling or
			 marketing of or dealing in potatoes, whether as owner, agent, employee, broker or
			 otherwise.
(6) "Potatoes" means potatoes
			 that belong to the genus Solanum Tuberosum L. grown commercially in the State of
			 Oregon. All potato cultivars sold commercially for whatever purpose are subject to
			 these rules.
(7) "Reporting Year" means
			 a calendar year beginning July 1 and ending June 30.
(8) "Assessment Period" means the current
			 reporting year, plus the previous two reporting years.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 576
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  576.304 &
				  576.325
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 658 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON POTATO COMMISSION › Division 10 - ASSESSMENTS › Section 658-010-0020 - Assessments

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Any first purchaser
			 or handler will deduct and withhold an assessment of $.05 per hundredweight from the
			 price paid to the producer at the time of sale for potatoes grown in Oregon and sold
			 through commercial channels, whether the potatoes are stored in this state or in
			 another state or country:
(a) In all cases where a
			 first purchaser lives or has the office of the first purchaser in another state, it
			 is the duty of the producer to report all sales made to such first purchaser on
			 forms approved by, and pay the assessment moneys directly to the Oregon Potato
			 Commission, unless such first purchaser voluntarily makes the proper deduction and
			 remits the proceeds to the commission;
(b) Where the first purchaser is a federal or
			 governmental agency, the producer shall likewise report to, and pay the assessment
			 moneys directly to the commission.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 658 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON POTATO COMMISSION › Division 10 - ASSESSMENTS › Section 658-010-0030 - Reports and Payments of Assessment Moneys

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 The first purchaser or handler shall make reports to the Oregon Potato Commission on
			 forms approved by the commission. No purchaser shall fail to make any such report,
			 or shall falsely make any such report.
(2) The first purchaser will complete and forward
			 reports on forms approved by the Oregon Potato Commission to such commission and
			 will forward such assessments to the Oregon Potato Commission, on or before the 20th
			 of each month covering all potatoes purchased or sold during the prior month. The
			 Oregon Potato Commission shall issue receipts and make suitable records
			 thereof.
Forms referenced are available from the
				  agency.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 576
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  576.325-576.351
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 658 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON POTATO COMMISSION › Division 10 - ASSESSMENTS › Section 658-010-0040 - Penalties

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) In addition to the
			 penalties prescribed in ORS
			 576.991, any person who delays
			 transmittal of funds beyond the time set by a commodity commission shall pay a
			 penalty of 10 percent of the amount due and shall also pay one and one-half percent
			 interest per month on the unpaid balance of the assessment. A commission may waive
			 the penalty and interest upon showing of good cause.
(2) If any person responsible for the transmittal
			 of assessment moneys to a commodity commission fails to relinquish assessment moneys
			 collected, the person shall pay a penalty equal to twice the amount of the
			 unrelinquished assessment moneys.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 576
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  576.355 and ORS576.365
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 658 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON POTATO COMMISSION › Division 10 - ASSESSMENTS › Section 658-010-0050 - Records of person required to pay assessment

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Pursuant to ORS
			 576.351, the first purchaser or
			 handler shall keep accurate records sufficient to enable the Oregon Potato
			 Commission to determine by inspection and audit the accuracy of assessments paid or
			 due to the commission and of reports made or due to the commission.
(2) The commission or a person authorized by the
			 commission may inspect and audit the records referred to in subsection (1) of this
			 section for the purpose of determining the accuracy of assessments paid or due to
			 the commission.
(3) Notwithstanding
			 subsection (1) of this section, the commission or a person authorized by the
			 commission may also inspect and audit the records of a producer who sells potatoes
			 to a first purchaser if such inspection and audit are necessary for the purpose
			 referred to in subsection (1) of this section. No person shall refuse to permit an
			 inspection and audit under subsection (2) of this section during business
			 hours.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 576
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  576.351
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 658 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON POTATO COMMISSION › Division 20 - SCREENING AND SELECTION PROCEDURES FOR PERSONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO BY THE OREGON POTATO COMMISSION › Section 658-020-0005 - Purpose

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
The Oregon Potato Commission (OPC) occasionally requires the
				services of an outside party to accomplish all or part of a project. The purpose of
				these rules is to specify the screening and selection procedures which will be used
				for personal service contracts.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 183
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  579.100
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 658 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON POTATO COMMISSION › Division 20 - SCREENING AND SELECTION PROCEDURES FOR PERSONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO BY THE OREGON POTATO COMMISSION › Section 658-020-0010 - Basic Policy

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) The OPC will
			 contract for services when the specialized skills, knowledge, or resources are not
			 available within the Commission; when the work cannot be done in a reasonable time
			 with the Commission's own work force; when it will be less expensive to contract for
			 the work; when an independent and impartial evaluation of a situation by recognized
			 professionals is required; or when the Commission is directed by statute to contract
			 for services. Contracts will be let only after approval of the Commission.
(2) Agreements for the services of a contractor
			 who is a member of the Public Employes' Retirement System and who is employed in
			 another public agency usually will be by interagency agreement.
(3) In selecting between two or more equally
			 qualified bidders when awarding contracts, preference may be given to individuals
			 and businesses which have prior successful experience with commodity
			 commissions.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 183
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  579.100
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 658 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON POTATO COMMISSION › Division 20 - SCREENING AND SELECTION PROCEDURES FOR PERSONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO BY THE OREGON POTATO COMMISSION › Section 658-020-0015 - Definitions

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(1) "Competitive
			 Negotiation" (formal bidding) is a procurement method whereby proposals are
			 requested from a number of sources and the Request for Proposal is
			 publicized.
(2) "Non-Competitive
			 Negotiation" (sole source) is procurement through solicitation of a proposal from
			 only one source.
(3) "Small Purchase
			 Procedures" (informal bidding) are those relatively simple and informal procurement
			 methods whereby price or rate quotations are obtained from a number of sources and
			 selection is made on the basis of cost and other applicable criteria.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 183
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  579.100
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 658 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON POTATO COMMISSION › Division 20 - SCREENING AND SELECTION PROCEDURES FOR PERSONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO BY THE OREGON POTATO COMMISSION › Section 658-020-0020 - Procurement Method

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Small purchase
			 procedures may be used for the procurement of services costing not more than
			 $10,000. Price or rate quotations shall be obtained from at least three qualified
			 sources.
(2) Competitive negotiation
			 shall be used for personal service contracts in excess of $10,000 per agreement per
			 fiscal year and may be used for contracts of less than $10,000. Exceptions may be
			 granted to accommodate one or more of the conditions described in section (3) of
			 this rule with the approval of the Commission.
(3) Non-competitive negotiation may be used for
			 contracts if:
(a) The item or service is available
			 only from a single source, or the sole source has special skills that are only
			 available based upon his/her expertise or situation;
(b) Public need or emergency advises against a
			 delay incident to competitive solicitation;
(c) After solicitation of a number of sources,
			 competition is determined inadequate;
(d) The contract is a renewal of an existing
			 contract, subject to approval by all required parties.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 658 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON POTATO COMMISSION › Division 20 - SCREENING AND SELECTION PROCEDURES FOR PERSONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO BY THE OREGON POTATO COMMISSION › Section 658-020-0025 - Maintenance of RFP Mailing List

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
The Commission Office shall maintain a Request for Proposals (RFP)
				Mailing List consisting of persons, businesses, organizations and other entities
				which have indicated the desire to be notified of contracting opportunities that are
				available. An OPC business form will be used to place persons on the
				list.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 183
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  579.100
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 658 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON POTATO COMMISSION › Division 20 - SCREENING AND SELECTION PROCEDURES FOR PERSONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO BY THE OREGON POTATO COMMISSION › Section 658-020-0030 - Competitive Negotiation Procedures

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) A
			 Request for Proposals (RFP) shall be prepared for contracts for which competitive
			 negotiation procedures will be used. The RFP shall include, at a minimum, the
			 following information:
(a) Date and hour by which
			 proposals must be received;
(b)
			 Description of work;
(c) Evaluation
			 specific to contract criteria.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 658 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON POTATO COMMISSION › Division 30 - COMMISSION MAKE-UP, TERMS, QUALIFICATIONS,TERM LIMITS, REMOVAL FROM OFFICE › Section 658-030-0010 - Number of Commissioners, Terms

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
The Oregon Potato Commission will consist of ten (10) commissioners
				appointed by the Director of the Oregon Department of Agriculture for a term of four
				years or, if for a term following a prior term for that person, ending four years
				from the date of expiration of any prior term.
Stat. Auth.: 2003 OL Ch. 604, ORS 576.
Stats. Implemented: 2003 OL Ch. 604, ORS
				  576
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 658 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON POTATO COMMISSION › Division 30 - COMMISSION MAKE-UP, TERMS, QUALIFICATIONS,TERM LIMITS, REMOVAL FROM OFFICE › Section 658-030-0020 - Qualifications of Commissioners

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) For
			 purposes of this rule:
(a) A "producer" is a
			 person growing or producing within this state or procuring within the state, its
			 rivers or the offshore waters, but not the Columbia River, for commercial handling
			 within the state, a commodity for market, or receiving a share thereof as landowner,
			 landlord, tenant, sharecropper, boat skipper or otherwise. A producer must have paid
			 the commission assessment on the commodity in each of the preceding three calendar
			 years.
(b) A "handler" is any producer,
			 processor, distributor or other person engaged in handling or marketing of or
			 dealing in the commodity, whether as owner, agent, employee, broker or otherwise. A
			 handler must have collected the commission assessment, if any, each of the preceding
			 three calendar years.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 658 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON POTATO COMMISSION › Division 30 - COMMISSION MAKE-UP, TERMS, QUALIFICATIONS,TERM LIMITS, REMOVAL FROM OFFICE › Section 658-030-0030 - Removal of Commissioners

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) The
			 Director of the Department of Agriculture may remove a commissioner from office, and
			 declare the position vacant for cause.
(2) The Commission may make a recommendation to
			 the Director of the Department of Agriculture, or the Director may request a
			 recommendation from the Commission on the removal of any commissioner.
Stat. Auth.: 2003 OL Ch. 604, ORS 576.
Stats. Implemented: 2003 OL Ch. 604, ORS
				  576
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 658 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON POTATO COMMISSION › Division 40 - PER DIEM COMPENSATION, REIMBURSEMENT OF TRAVEL AND OTHER EXPENSES AND REIMBURSEMENT FOR HIRING A SUBSTITUTE › Section 658-040-0005

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
Stat. Auth.: ORS
				  576.304
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  576.206 &
				  576.416
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 658 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON POTATO COMMISSION › Division 40 - PER DIEM COMPENSATION, REIMBURSEMENT OF TRAVEL AND OTHER EXPENSES AND REIMBURSEMENT FOR HIRING A SUBSTITUTE › Section 658-040-0010

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
Stat. Auth.: ORS
				  292.495,
				  576.206 &
				  576.416.
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  292.495,
				  576.206(7),
				  576.265
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 658 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON POTATO COMMISSION › Division 40 - PER DIEM COMPENSATION, REIMBURSEMENT OF TRAVEL AND OTHER EXPENSES AND REIMBURSEMENT FOR HIRING A SUBSTITUTE › Section 658-040-0020

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
Stat. Auth.: ORS
				  292.495,
				  576.206 &
				  576.416.
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  292.495,
				  576.206(7),
				  576.265
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 658 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON POTATO COMMISSION › Division 40 - PER DIEM COMPENSATION, REIMBURSEMENT OF TRAVEL AND OTHER EXPENSES AND REIMBURSEMENT FOR HIRING A SUBSTITUTE › Section 658-040-0100 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) "Actual and necessary" means that a
			 travel or other expense:
(a) Is an actual
			 expense incurred by a member in carrying out official duties; and
(b) The expense is necessary to enable the
			 member to carry out official duties.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 658 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON POTATO COMMISSION › Division 40 - PER DIEM COMPENSATION, REIMBURSEMENT OF TRAVEL AND OTHER EXPENSES AND REIMBURSEMENT FOR HIRING A SUBSTITUTE › Section 658-040-0110 - Qualified Members

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) In
			 accordance with the procedures set forth in OAR 658-040-0130  and OAR
			 658-040-0140, the Oregon Potato Commission shall provide to a qualified member
			 of the Oregon Potato Commission:
(a) Per diem
			 compensation equal to the per diem paid to members of the Legislative Assembly
			 under ORS 171.072, for each day or portion thereof during which the qualified
			 member is actually engaged in the performance of official duties; and
(b) Reimbursement of actual and necessary
			 travel or other expenses actually incurred in the performance of a member's
			 official duties within the limits provided in Oregon Accounting Manual Policy
			 40.10.00.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 658 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON POTATO COMMISSION › Division 40 - PER DIEM COMPENSATION, REIMBURSEMENT OF TRAVEL AND OTHER EXPENSES AND REIMBURSEMENT FOR HIRING A SUBSTITUTE › Section 658-040-0120 - Non-Qualified Members

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) In
			 accordance with the procedures set forth in OAR 658-040-0130, and only if there
			 are funds available in the budget for such compensation, the Oregon Potato
			 Commission shall provide to a non-qualified member of the Oregon Potato
			 Commission who is not employed in full-time public service per diem
			 compensation equal to the per diem paid to members of the Legislative Assembly
			 under ORS 171.072, for each day or portion thereof during which the
			 non-qualified member is actually engaged in the performance of official
			 duties.
(2) In accordance with the
			 procedures set forth in OAR 658-040-0140, the Oregon Potato Commission shall
			 provide to a non-qualified member of the Oregon Potato Commission reimbursement
			 of actual and necessary travel or other expenses actually incurred in the
			 performance of a non-qualified member's official duties within the limits
			 provided in Oregon Accounting Manual Policy 40.10.00.
(3) A non-qualified member of the Oregon
			 Potato Commission may decline to accept compensation or reimbursement of
			 expenses related to the non-qualified member's service on the Oregon Potato
			 Commission.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 576.265 & ORS
				  576.304
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 292.495 & ORS
				  576.265
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 658 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON POTATO COMMISSION › Division 40 - PER DIEM COMPENSATION, REIMBURSEMENT OF TRAVEL AND OTHER EXPENSES AND REIMBURSEMENT FOR HIRING A SUBSTITUTE › Section 658-040-0130 - Procedures for Payment of Per Diem Compensation

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
A member must submit a written claim for compensation to the
				Oregon Potato Commission no later than the 15th day of the calendar month
				following the month for which the member seeks compensation. For example, a
				claim for compensation for July 1 - September 30 must be submitted by October
				15. The member must specify the amount of time the member spent performing
				official duties, as well as the nature of the official duties performed, for
				any day or portion thereof for which the member claims compensation.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 576.265 & ORS
				  576.304
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 292.495 & ORS
				  576.265
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 658 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON POTATO COMMISSION › Division 40 - PER DIEM COMPENSATION, REIMBURSEMENT OF TRAVEL AND OTHER EXPENSES AND REIMBURSEMENT FOR HIRING A SUBSTITUTE › Section 658-040-0140 - Procedures for Expense Reimbursement

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 A member must submit a written, itemized claim for reimbursement of actual and
			 necessary travel or other expenses to the Oregon Potato Commission no later
			 than the 15th day of the calendar month following the month in which the member
			 incurred the expense. For example, a claim for compensation for July -
			 September 30 must be submitted by October 15. The claim for reimbursement must
			 include the following information for each expense:
(a) Date on which the member incurred the
			 expense;
(b) Nature of the expense;
			 and
(c) Amount of the
			 expense.