OAR 658-010-0020: Assessments

(1) Any first purchaser or handler will deduct and withhold an assessment of $.05 per hundredweight from the price paid to the producer at the time of sale for potatoes grown in Oregon and sold through commercial channels, whether the potatoes are stored in this state or in another state or country: (a) In all cases where a first purchaser lives or has the office of the first purchaser in another state, it is the duty of the producer to report all sales made to such first purchaser on forms approved by, and pay the assessment moneys directly to the Oregon Potato Commission, unless such first purchaser voluntarily makes the proper deduction and remits the proceeds to the commission; (b) Where the first purchaser is a federal or governmental agency, the producer shall likewise report to, and pay the assessment moneys directly to the commission. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), potatoes utilized entirely for chipping or processing will be assessed at 90% of the net payable weight. (3) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this rule, no assessment will be due, deducted or withheld for any producer growing less than 1,000 hundredweight of potatoes in Oregon during the proceeding 12 month period. (4) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this rule, no assessment will be deducted for any sale or sales of potatoes made by the producer direct to the consumer.