OAR 644-010-0015: Reports and Payment of Assessment Moneys

(1) Handlers shall remit collected assessments on a quarterly basis, with a completed and signed assessment report on commission approved forms. The information specified in OAR 644-010-0015(3) may be provided in a separate printed report, if accompanied by a signed commission approved assessment form. Assessment reports shall include all purchases by or deliveries to a handler of sheep. Quarterly assessment reports are due in the commission office postmarked on or before the 10th day of the month following the end of the quarter. Quarterly assessments shall be reported as follows. (a) January, February, March assessments report must be postmarked on or before April 10th; (b) April, May, June assessments report must be postmarked on or before July 10th; (c) July, August, September assessments report must be postmarked on or before October 10th; (d) October, November, December assessments report must be postmarked on or before January 10th. (2) If the producer sells, ships, or otherwise disposes of sheep to any person outside Oregon, the producer shall deduct the assessment of $0.50 per head from the proceeds owed to the producer and remit to the Commission at quarterly intervals as specified in OAR 644-010-0015(1). (3) Each person collecting the assessment must provide to the person from whom the assessment was deducted a receipt including: (a) Name and address of the person collecting the assessment, (b) Date of sale, (c) Name and address of the person who paid the assessment, (d) Number of head of sheep sold, and (e) Total assessment paid by the producer.