OAR 617-010-0085: Reports to be Filed and Assessments to be Paid to the Commission by First Processors of Milk

(1) For the purposes of this rule: (a) "Dairy Products" shall have the meaning set forth in ORS 621.152(3); (b) "First Processor" means a person who, in the first instance, engages in the processing or manufacturing of dairy products in this state; (c) "Processing" or "Manufacturing" means the heating, drying, mixing, churning, separating, extracting, freezing, combining or otherwise creating dairy products. (2) First processors must submit completed and signed assessment reports on commission-approved forms. Assessment reports shall include all dairy products processed or manufactured in Oregon in the previous month. Assessment reports are due in the commission office by 5:00 pm on the last day of each month. (3) At the time that reports are due the Commission from the first processor as required in section (1) of this rule, the first processor shall attach and forward payment to the Commission for the assessment due as set forth in each report. The forms shall be signed by the first processor and filled in with the required data as shown on such forms, including, but not limited to, the month in which the milk was processed, the gross hundredweight, and the total assessment deducted and withheld. (4) The assessment to be withheld and paid by first processors is one-fourth of a cent per pound of butterfat.