2007 Oregon Code - Chapter 603 :: Chapter 603 - Meat Dealers and Slaughterers
Chapter 603 —
Meat Dealers and Slaughterers
2007 EDITION
MEAT DEALERS AND SLAUGHTERERS
ANIMALS
603.010Â Â Â Â Definitions
603.015Â Â Â Â Policy
603.025Â Â Â Â Licenses
required; application; term; renewal; fee
603.027Â Â Â Â Refund
of license fee in specific instances; application; rules
603.031Â Â Â Â Additional
users of establishment; fees; rules
603.034Â Â Â Â Denial,
suspension or revocation of license; multiple activities; license exemption
603.045Â Â Â Â Custom
slaughter and processing regulations
603.055Â Â Â Â Equipment
and facilities requirements
603.059Â Â Â Â Unclean
slaughterhouses prohibited
603.065Â Â Â Â Slaughter
methods
603.075Â Â Â Â Brand
inspection service fee
603.085Â Â Â Â Rulemaking
authority
603.095Â Â Â Â Disposition
of funds received by department
603.200Â Â Â Â Payment
by processors to producers; payment by sellers to processors; interest;
definitions
603.992Â Â Â Â Penalties
     603.010
Definitions. As used in this
chapter:
     (1) “Custom processing establishment”
means a stationary establishment wherein slaughtered meat animals or meat,
caused to be delivered by the owners thereof, are prepared for compensation,
payment or remuneration of any kind, and are thereafter returned to the owner
thereof or to the order of the owner.
     (2) “Custom slaughtering establishment”
means a mobile or stationary establishment wherein meat animals, caused to be
delivered by the owners thereof, are slaughtered for compensation, payment or
remuneration of any kind, and are thereafter returned to the owner thereof or
to the order of the owner.
     (3) “Department” means the State
Department of Agriculture.
     (4) “Equipment” means all machinery,
fixtures, containers, vessels, tools, implements and apparatus used in and
about an establishment.
     (5) “Establishment” means:
     (a) Any building, vehicle or structure in
which meat animals are slaughtered for consumption or meat products are
prepared, sold, offered or held for sale.
     (b) The ground upon which such place or
business is operated or used and so much ground adjacent thereto as is also
used in carrying on the business of the establishment. The department may
prescribe such additional area or places which, although they may not be
contiguous or adjacent to the above area or establishment, may be included
therein.
     (6) “Meat animal” means any vertebrate
animal, except fish and aquatic mammals, not otherwise prohibited by law for
sale for human consumption.
     (7) “Meat or meat product” means any
edible muscle, except any muscle found in the lips, snout or ears, of meat
animals, which is skeletal or found in the tongue, diaphragm, heart or
esophagus, with or without any accompanying and overlying fat, and any portion
of bone, skin, sinew, nerve or blood vessels normally accompanying the muscle
tissue and not separated from it in the process of dressing or as otherwise
prescribed by the department.
     (8) “Meat seller establishment” means an
establishment wherein meat products are sold, offered or held for sale, but
which are not prepared other than to be ground, seasoned, salted, frozen,
boned, cut up, wrapped or packed.
     (9) “Nonslaughtering processing establishment”
means any building, structure or vehicle wherein the activities of a
slaughterhouse, custom slaughtering establishment or custom processing
establishment or of an animal food slaughtering establishment or animal food
processing establishment under ORS chapter 619 are not performed, but wherein
meat products are prepared.
     (10) “Poultry” means chickens, ducks,
geese, turkeys and all other domesticated fowls or birds.
     (11) “Prepared” means ground, seasoned,
canned, cooked, salted, frozen, smoked, cured, pickled, packed, boned, dried,
cut up, wrapped or otherwise manufactured or processed.
     (12) “Slaughterhouse” means an
establishment wherein meat animals are slaughtered.
     (13) “Unwholesome” means all meats or meat
products that are diseased, contaminated, including drug or chemical residue,
putrid, unsound, unhealthful or unfit for food. [Amended by 1953 c.692 §6; 1955
c.724 §1; 1959 c.239 §1; 1961 c.164 §1; 1969 c.565 §1; 1973 c.175 §3; 1975
c.304 §1; 1993 c.162 §1; 1995 c.79 §320; 2003 c.14 §360]
     603.015
Policy. The purpose and
intent of ORS 599.205 and this chapter is to protect the livestock industry of
this state against theft of meat animals and, giving cognition to the Federal
Meat Inspection Act as defined in ORS chapter 619, to provide the State
Department of Agriculture with the means to complement the enforcement of that
Act by authorizing the department to take necessary and proper measures for the
protection of the health and welfare of Oregon consumers. Such measures should
include the prevention of sale and distribution of unwholesome meat and meat
products, the exercising of quality controls and supervision, the establishment
of general sanitary and safeguard provisions and the identification of meat
animals and meat products. [1973 c.175 §2; 1981 c.248 §26]
     603.020 [Amended by 1955 c.724 §2; 1969 c.565 §2;
repealed by 1973 c.175 §15]
     603.025
Licenses required; application; term; renewal; fee. (1) A person may not sell, offer to sell or
expose for sale meat products or engage in any other activity described or
identified in subsection (4) of this section without first obtaining and
maintaining a license therefor from the State Department of Agriculture. All
such licenses shall expire on June 30 next following the date of issuance or on
such date as may be specified by department rule. Renewal applications must be
postmarked before the expiration date to be timely.
     (2) Application for a license required by
this section shall be made to the department on forms prescribed by the department,
which shall contain any information the department deems necessary. The license
is personal and nontransferable, with a separate license required for each
establishment location. A new license is required each time there is a change
in ownership, legal entity or establishment location.
     (3) In addition to other license
requirements of this section, if an applicant for a license under subsection
(4)(c) of this section has an average weekly dollar value of meat animal
purchases that exceeds $10,000, the applicant shall submit with the application
a surety bond with one or more corporate sureties authorized to do business in
this state, or an irrevocable letter of credit issued by an insured
institution, as defined in ORS 706.008. The bond or letter of credit shall be
in an amount equal to twice the average daily value of meat animal purchases
during the preceding calendar year, or the amount of $20,000, whichever amount
is greater. The department shall prescribe the form for and approve the bond or
letter of credit, which shall be conditioned upon faithful performance by the
licensee of all obligations to the producers of meat animals arising from the
sale of meat animals by producers to the licensee.
     (4) Each of the following activities shall
be licensed, and the fee established by the department paid with the
application therefor:
     (a) Operation of a meat seller
establishment. A license under this section allows only the meat products
preparation described in ORS 603.010 (8).
     (b) Operation of a nonslaughtering
processing establishment. A license under this section allows selling meat
products at the same location without obtaining the license described in
paragraph (a) of this subsection.
     (c) Operation of a slaughterhouse. A
license under this section allows selling meat products at the same location
without obtaining the license described in paragraph (a) of this subsection.
     (d) Operation of a custom slaughtering
establishment or custom processing establishment. A license under this section
does not allow selling meat products without first obtaining and maintaining
the license described in paragraph (a) of this subsection.
     (e) Operation of a slaughterhouse, custom
slaughtering establishment or custom processing establishment wherein only
poultry or rabbits are slaughtered or prepared. A license under this section
allows selling only poultry or rabbit products at the same location without
obtaining the license described in paragraph (a) of this subsection.
     (5) The license required by this section
shall be displayed at all times in a conspicuous manner at the address shown on
the license.
     (6) Except as provided in subsections (7)
and (8) of this section, the license fees for establishments under this section
are:
     (a) $200 if the establishment’s annual gross
dollar volume of sales and services is not more than $50,000;
     (b) $250 if the establishment’s annual
gross dollar volume of sales and services is more than $50,000 and not more
than $500,000;
     (c) $300 if the establishment’s annual
gross dollar volume of sales and services is more than $500,000 and not more
than $1 million;
     (d) $450 if the establishment’s annual
gross dollar volume of sales and services is more than $1 million and not more
than $5 million;
     (e) $500 if the establishment’s annual gross
dollar volume of sales and services is more than $5 million and not more than
$10 million; or
     (f) $650 if the establishment’s annual
gross dollar volume of sales and services is more than $10 million.
     (7) If the establishment sells only
prepackaged meats packaged at a facility inspected by the United States
Department of Agriculture, except as provided in subsection (8) of this
section, the following license fee amounts shall apply instead of the fee
established in subsection (6)(a) of this section:
     (a) $100 if the establishment’s annual
gross dollar volume of sales and services is not more than $5,000; or
     (b) $150 if the establishment’s annual
gross dollar volume of sales and services is more than $5,000 and not more than
$50,000.
     (8) The State Department of Agriculture
shall increase the license fee amounts described in subsections (6) and (7) of
this section by two percent annually, rounded to the nearest whole dollar
amount for assessment and collection purposes. The department shall determine each
annual increase using the unrounded figure from the preceding year. The first
increase in the fees shall occur on July 1, 2006.
     (9) In establishing the amount of the
license fee for an establishment, the State Department of Agriculture shall use
the annual gross dollar volume of sales and services by that establishment
within
     Note: The amendments to 603.025 by section 2,
chapter 735,
     603.025. (1) A person may not sell, offer to sell or
expose for sale meat products or engage in any other activity described or
identified in subsection (4) of this section without first obtaining and
maintaining a license therefor from the State Department of Agriculture. All
such licenses shall expire on June 30 next following the date of issuance or on
such date as may be specified by department rule. Renewal applications must be
postmarked before the expiration date to be timely.
     (2) Application for a license required by
this section shall be made to the department on forms prescribed by the
department, which shall contain any information the department deems necessary.
The license is personal and nontransferable, with a separate license required
for each establishment location. A new license is required each time there is a
change in ownership, legal entity or establishment location.
     (3) In addition to other license
requirements of this section, if an applicant for a license under subsection
(4)(c) of this section has an average weekly dollar value of meat animal
purchases that exceeds $10,000, the applicant shall submit with the application
a surety bond with one or more corporate sureties authorized to do business in
this state, or an irrevocable letter of credit issued by an insured institution,
as defined in ORS 706.008. The bond or letter of credit shall be in an amount
equal to twice the average daily value of meat animal purchases during the
preceding calendar year, or the amount of $20,000, whichever amount is greater.
The department shall prescribe the form for and approve the bond or letter of
credit, which shall be conditioned upon faithful performance by the licensee of
all obligations to the producers of meat animals arising from the sale of meat
animals by producers to the licensee.
     (4) Each of the following activities shall
be licensed, and the fee established by the department paid with the
application therefor:
     (a) Operation of a meat seller
establishment. A license under this section allows only the meat products
preparation described in ORS 603.010 (8).
     (b) Operation of a nonslaughtering
processing establishment. A license under this section allows selling meat
products at the same location without obtaining the license described in
paragraph (a) of this subsection.
     (c) Operation of a slaughterhouse. A
license under this section allows selling meat products at the same location
without obtaining the license described in paragraph (a) of this subsection.
     (d) Operation of a custom slaughtering
establishment or custom processing establishment. A license under this section
does not allow selling meat products without first obtaining and maintaining
the license described in paragraph (a) of this subsection.
     (e) Operation of a slaughterhouse, custom
slaughtering establishment or custom processing establishment wherein only
poultry or rabbits are slaughtered or prepared. A license under this section
allows selling only poultry or rabbit products at the same location without
obtaining the license described in paragraph (a) of this subsection.
     (5) The license required by this section
shall be displayed at all times in a conspicuous manner at the address shown on
the license.
     (6) Except as provided in subsection (7)
of this section, the license fees for establishments under this section are:
     (a) $216 if the establishment’s annual
gross dollar volume of sales and services is not more than $50,000;
     (b) $271 if the establishment’s annual
gross dollar volume of sales and services is more than $50,000 and not more
than $500,000;
     (c) $325 if the establishment’s annual
gross dollar volume of sales and services is more than $500,000 and not more
than $1 million;
     (d) $487 if the establishment’s annual
gross dollar volume of sales and services is more than $1 million and not more
than $5 million;
     (e) $541 if the establishment’s annual
gross dollar volume of sales and services is more than $5 million and not more
than $10 million; or
     (f) $704 if the establishment’s annual
gross dollar volume of sales and services is more than $10 million.
     (7) If the establishment sells only
prepackaged meats packaged at a facility inspected by the United States
Department of Agriculture, the following license fee amounts shall apply
instead of the fee established in subsection (6)(a) of this section:
     (a) $108 if the establishment’s annual
gross dollar volume of sales and services is not more than $5,000; or
     (b) $162 if the establishment’s annual
gross dollar volume of sales and services is more than $5,000 and not more than
$50,000.
     (8) In establishing the amount of the
license fee for an establishment, the State Department of Agriculture shall use
the annual gross dollar volume of sales and services by that establishment
within
     603.027
Refund of license fee in specific instances; application; rules. (1) Notwithstanding ORS 603.025 (2),
whenever any business licensed pursuant to the requirements of ORS 603.025
(4)(a) is transferred by sale or otherwise, the person to whom the license was
issued may apply to the State Department of Agriculture for a refund of that
portion of the license fee applicable to the then unexpired portion of the
license period. The person to whom the business is transferred shall not be
required to pay a license fee that exceeds the amount of any refund to which
the transferor is entitled pursuant to this subsection.
     (2) Application for the refund referred to
in subsection (1) of this section shall be made at such time and in such manner
as the department by rule may prescribe. [1975 c.188 §2]
     603.030 [Amended by 1953 c.692 §6; 1955 c.712 §20;
1955 c.724 §3; 1957 c.65 §1; 1961 c.425 §11; 1969 c.565 §3; repealed by 1973
c.175 §15]
     603.031
Additional users of establishment; fees; rules. (1) The State Department of Agriculture
may issue licenses under this chapter to one or more additional users of a
custom processing establishment, custom slaughtering establishment, meat seller
establishment, nonslaughtering processing establishment or slaughterhouse that
is licensed primarily for operation by another person. A license issued to an
additional user of an establishment described in this subsection shall cover
all operations at that establishment by the person licensed. Regardless of the
number of persons licensed to use an establishment described in this
subsection, the department may not recognize more than one person as the
primary operator of the establishment.
     (2) The department may assess a license
fee to an additional user of an establishment described in this section,
calculated as provided in ORS 603.025. In calculating license fees under ORS
603.025, the establishmentÂ’s annual gross dollar volume of sales and services
for an additional user of the establishment is independent of the establishmentÂ’s
annual gross dollar volume of sales for any other user or the primary operator
of the establishment.
     (3) Notwithstanding ORS 603.025, the
department may adopt rules to establish the license expiration, renewal and
application dates for additional users of an establishment.
     (4) The department may adopt rules to
determine the responsibilities of an establishmentÂ’s primary operator and additional
users of the establishment under ORS 603.034, 603.045 (6), 603.055 and 603.059
and rules adopted under ORS 603.055 and 603.085.
     (5) A recognized primary operator of an
establishment shall notify the department upon the expiration or termination of
the rental or lease of the establishment by an additional user of the
establishment. The renting or leasing of an establishment to a person licensed
by the department as an additional user of the establishment or the expiration
or termination of use by a person licensed as an additional user of the
establishment does not, by itself, constitute the transfer of a business for
purposes of ORS 603.027. [2007 c.645 §2]
     603.033 [1955 c.724 §5; 1965 c.483 §7; 1967 c.392 §1;
1969 c.565 §4; repealed by 1973 c.175 §15]
     603.034
Denial, suspension or revocation of license; multiple activities; license
exemption. (1) In accordance
with the provisions of ORS chapter 183, the State Department of Agriculture may
suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue a license to any applicant or licensee
whose establishment construction, equipment or sanitation does not meet the
requirements of the State Meat Inspection Act as defined in ORS chapter 619, or
of ORS 599.205 and this chapter, or of the rules promulgated thereunder.
     (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of ORS
chapter 183, upon conviction of a licensee of any violation of the State Meat
Inspection Act, as defined in ORS chapter 619, or of any provisions of ORS
599.205 and this chapter, or of the rules promulgated thereunder, or upon
determination by the department that a licensee has failed to maintain the
surety bond or letter of credit required by ORS 603.025 (3), the department is
authorized to forthwith suspend or revoke such license. The department shall,
by certified mail addressed to such licensee at the address shown on the
license, render notice that such license has been revoked or suspended.
     (3) Subject to ORS 603.025, authority to
carry on more than one type of activity at the same establishment shall be
approved by the department only if there is compliance with the laws and rules
applicable to each separate activity.
     (4) ORS 599.205 and this chapter shall not
require a person to obtain a license to slaughter on the personÂ’s own premises
a meat animal, owned by the person, for the personÂ’s consumption or for
consumption by members of the personÂ’s household, nonpaying guests or
employees. [1973 c.175 §5; 1975 c.703 §2; 1981 c.248 §27; 1991 c.331 §93; 2007
c.645 §3]
     603.035 [1953 c.692 §5; repealed by 1955 c.724 §17]
     603.040 [Amended by 1953 c.692 §6; 1955 c.724 §6;
repealed by 1973 c.175 §15]
     603.045
Custom slaughter and processing regulations. A custom slaughtering establishment or a custom processing
establishment shall:
     (1) Not buy or sell carcasses of meat
animals, meat or meat products capable of use as human food unless such are
marked, tagged or otherwise identified as inspected meat or meat products as
required by ORS chapter 619.
     (2) Mark, tag or otherwise identify all
individually wrapped packages or containers of meat or meat products
slaughtered or prepared for the owner of a meat animal, at the time and in the
manner prescribed by the State Department of Agriculture, so as to protect the
people of this state from the purchase, use or consumption of uninspected or
unwholesome meat or meat products. In addition to such marking, tagging and
identifying as the department may prescribe, each such package or container
shall be marked with the words “Not Inspected” and “Not For Sale” in letters at
least three-eighths inch in size.
     (3) Provide the owner of the meat animal
with a certificate, prescribed by the department, giving the accurate weight of
the carcass resulting from the slaughter of such animal and the weight of the
resulting product delivered to the owner.
     (4) Provide the owner of the meat animal
with certificate and tags, prescribed by the department, establishing ownership
of said carcass.
     (5) Record, and deliver to the department
as it directs:
     (a) An accurate description of the breed
characteristics and the brand or marks of each animal slaughtered.
     (b) The name and address of the person
from whom each such animal was received and the date thereof.
     (c) The name and address of the person to
whom the meat products of each such animal were delivered upon completion of
the slaughter or preparation and the date thereof.
     (6) Maintain and only utilize an
establishment and equipment in accordance with rules promulgated by the
department.
     (7) Prepare and maintain records of all
meat animals received by the establishment for slaughter. Such records shall
include:
     (a) The number and kind of poultry or
rabbits or, in the case of other meat animals, an accurate description of the
breed characteristics and the brand or marks of such other meat animal,
slaughtered.
     (b) The name and address of the person
from whom each such animal was received and the date thereof.
     (c) The name and address of the person to
whom the meat products of each such animal were delivered upon completion of
the slaughter and the date thereof. [1973 c.175 §6; 1977 c.758 §1]
     603.050 [Amended by 1955 c.724 §7; repealed by 1973
c.175 §15]
     603.055
Equipment and facilities requirements. Each establishment, other than those subject to ORS 603.045, shall
maintain and only utilize an establishment and equipment in accordance with
rules promulgated by the State Department of Agriculture. [1973 c.175 §7]
     603.059
Unclean slaughterhouses prohibited. No owner or occupier of premises where animals are slaughtered shall
permit the same to remain unclean, to the extent that it constitutes a health
hazard. [Formerly 433.710]
     603.060 [Amended by 1955 c.724 §8; 1959 c.239 §2;
1967 c.396 §2; repealed by 1969 c.565 §48]
     603.065
Slaughter methods. (1)
Cattle, equines, sheep or swine shall be slaughtered by a licensee and handled
in connection with slaughter, by any method which:
     (a) Renders each such animal insensible to
pain by a single blow or gunshot or by an electrical, chemical or other means
that is rapid and effective, before the animal is shackled, hoisted, thrown,
cast or cut; or
     (b) Is in accordance with the ritual
requirements of any religious faith that prescribes a method of slaughter
whereby the animal suffers loss of consciousness by anemia of the brain caused
by the simultaneous and instantaneous severance of the carotid arteries with a
sharp instrument.
     (2) No licensee engaged in the slaughter
of animals described in subsection (1) of this section shall slaughter by any
method other than therein described, nor shall shackle, hoist, or otherwise
bring such animals not previously rendered insensible to pain in accordance
with subsection (1) of this section into position for slaughter by any method
which shall cause injury or pain. [1973 c.175 §11]
     603.070 [Amended by 1955 c.724 §9; repealed by 1969
c.565 §48]
     603.075
Brand inspection service fee.
The State Department of Agriculture may impose on any establishment required by
the laws of this state to have brand inspection the service fee established
under ORS 604.046 (2). Such fee is appropriated as set forth in ORS chapter
604. Notwithstanding ORS 604.046 (2), the department may waive the service fee
under circumstances the department deems appropriate. [1973 c.175 §8; 1975
c.574 §1; 1981 c.248 §19; 2007 c.229 §7]
     603.080 [Amended by 1955 c.724 §10; repealed by 1969
c.565 §48]
     603.085
Rulemaking authority. In
accordance with the provisions of ORS chapter 183 the State Department of
Agriculture may promulgate rules necessary to carry out and enforce ORS 599.205
and this chapter, including but not limited to:
     (1) The methods of marking or tagging
packages required by ORS 603.045 (2).
     (2) The establishment of minimum standards
of construction of establishments and equipment and of maintenance and
sanitation of such establishments and equipment.
     (3) The establishment of the major phases
of processing and forms of the certificates and tags required by ORS 603.045
(3) and (4). [1973 c.175 §9; 1981 c.248 §28]
     603.090 [Repealed by 1955 c.724 §17]
     603.091 [1959 c.565 §16; 1969 c.565 §5; repealed by
1973 c.175 §15]
     603.095
Disposition of funds received by department. Except as provided in ORS 603.075, all moneys received by the State
Department of Agriculture pursuant to ORS 599.269 and this chapter shall be
paid into the Department of Agriculture Service Fund. Such moneys are
continuously appropriated to the department for the purpose of administering
ORS 599.269, ORS chapters 604, 616 and 619 and this chapter and for the purpose
of administering such provisions of ORS chapters 162, 164 and 607 as apply to
theft of livestock. [1973 c.175 §10; 1975 c.574 §1a; 1979 c.499 §17; 1981 c.248
§32; 1982 s.s.1 c.4 §2]
     603.100 [Repealed by 1955 c.724 §17]
     603.101 [1959 c.565 §17; 1969 c.565 §6; repealed by
1973 c.175 §15]
     603.110 [Repealed by 1955 c.724 §17]
     603.120 [Amended by 1955 c.724 §11; repealed by 1973
c.175 §15]
     603.130 [Repealed by 1955 c.724 §17]
     603.140 [Amended by 1955 c.724 §12; repealed by 1973
c.175 §15]
     603.150 [Amended by 1955 c.724 §13; repealed by 1973
c.175 §15]
     603.160 [Repealed by 1973 c.175 §15]
     603.170 [Repealed by 1955 c.724 §17]
     603.172 [1965 c.483 §6; repealed by 1969 c.565 §48]
     603.180 [Repealed by 1973 c.175 §15]
     603.190 [Amended by 1955 c.724 §14; repealed by 1973
c.175 §15]
     603.200
Payment by processors to producers; payment by sellers to processors; interest;
definitions. Notwithstanding
any other provision of law:
     (1) In the absence of a contract or other
agreement providing otherwise, any processor who purchases meat animals from the
producers thereof shall make full payment therefor not later than the second
business day after the day the processor takes delivery of any such meat
animal.
     (2) In the absence of a contract or other
agreement providing otherwise, any meat seller who purchases meat or meat
products from the processor thereof shall make full payment therefor not later
than the seventh business day after the day the meat seller takes delivery of
any such meat or meat product.
     (3) Any person who fails to make payment
as required by subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall pay, in addition
to the amount due, interest thereon at the rate of one percent per month.
     (4) As used in this section:
     (a) “Meat animal” has the meaning for that
term provided in ORS 603.010.
     (b) “Meat or meat product” has the meaning
for that term provided in ORS 603.010.
     (c) “Meat seller” means a person required
to obtain a license the fee for which is prescribed in ORS 603.025 (4)(a).
     (d) “Processor” means a person required to
obtain a license the fee for which is prescribed in ORS 603.025 (4)(b) to (e). [1975
c.703 §10]
     Note: 603.200 was enacted into law by the
Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 603 or
any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised
Statutes for further explanation.
     603.310 [1961 c.407 §§1,2; repealed by 1973 c.175 §15]
     603.320 [1961 c.407 §3; repealed by 1973 c.175 §15]
     603.990 [Subsection (3) enacted as 1959 c.565 §19;
repealed by 1973 c.175 §15]
     603.992
Penalties. (1) Except as
provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, violation of this chapter,
or rules promulgated thereunder, is a misdemeanor.
     (2) Violation of ORS 603.065 is a Class B
misdemeanor.
     (3) Violation of ORS 603.059 is a Class D
violation. If the nuisance is not removed within five days after the first
offense, it is considered a second offense, and every like neglect of each
succeeding five days thereafter is considered an additional offense. [1973
c.175 §12; 1981 c.248
§29; 1982 s.s.1
c.4 §3; 2001 c.104 §237]
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