OAR 644-010-0010: Reporting and Payment of Assessments

(1) Each handler making payment to a producer shall deduct an assessment of $0.50 per head from the sale of each live sheep sold by the producer and remit the assessment of $0.50 per head to the Oregon Sheep Commission at quarterly intervals as defined by OAR 644-010-0015(1). (2) Each person processing or causing to be processed sheep of that person’s own production shall pay an assessment at the rate of $0.50 per head to the Oregon Sheep Commission for each live sheep sold for slaughter or custom processing. The assessment shall be remitted to the Commission at quarterly intervals as defined by OAR 644-010-0015(1). (3) A producer who markets sheep to an out-of-state handler is responsible to remit the assessment of $0.50 per head to the Commission as required by ORS 576.345, unless the subsequent purchaser voluntarily agrees to deduct the assessment of $0.50 per head from the proceeds owed to the producer and to remit to the Oregon Sheep Commission as specified under OAR 644-010-0015. (4) The assessment will be collected on any sheep that has been fed or grazed in Oregon for at least 30 consecutive days during the preceding 12 months prior to the date of sale.