Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 644 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON SHEEP COMMISSION
Division 10 - REPORTING AND PAYMENT OF ASSESSMENTS
Section 644-010-0005 - Definitions
Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
The following definitions will apply to division 10 and division 30 Administrative Rules of the Oregon Sheep Commission.
(1) "Person" means any individual, group of individuals, corporation, association, partnership, joint stock company, or any other legal entity.
(2) "Commission" means the Oregon Sheep Commission.
(3) "Handler" means any processor, distributor, auction market, or other person engaged in handling or marketing sheep, whether as owner, agent, employee, broker, or otherwise, who buys sheep from a producer and receives sheep in the first instance from a producer for resale or processing.
(4) "Producer" means any person, as defined in OAR 644-010-0005(1), who raises, breeds, and produces sheep for sale, including anyone who markets sheep or sheep products of that person's own production directly to consumers.
(5) "Sheep" means an animal of the ovine species, regardless of age, including rams and ewes.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 576
Stats. Implemented: ORS 576
