OAR 607-010-0020: Assessments

(1) Any first purchaser shall deduct and withhold an assessment of three and one-half tenths of one percent (0.35%) of the purchase price per pound, clean seed basis, from the price paid to the producer thereof, on and after July 1, 2010, for Tall Fescue Seed grown in Oregon. As per OAR 607-010- 0015(7), the varieties Alta and Goar are to be excluded from these assessment collections. (2) Any first purchaser shall deduct and withhold an assessment of $0.50 per 100 pounds, clean seed basis ($0.0050 per pound), from the price paid to the producer thereof, on and after July 1, 2019, for all varieties of Orchardgrass Seed grown in Oregon. (3) All casual sales of Tall Fescue Seed and Orchardgrass Seed shall be exempt from the assessment. (4) The assessment shall be levied only against any commodity or mixture which contains more than 50 percent Tall Fescue Seed or Orchardgrass Seed.