OAR 972-010-0010: Assessment Rate Established

(1) Pursuant to the Commission’s authority to establish an alternate assessment method, the following assessment method is established. (2) Any person who is a first purchaser as defined in ORS Chapter 576 and OAR 972-010-0000, shall deduct and withhold from the harvester an assessment of .005 of the cash value of the raw product of albacore. This assessment deduction shall be made upon the incoming revenue thereof, for albacore landed in Oregon. (3) Any person who is a first purchaser as defined in ORS Chapter 576 and OAR 972-010-0000, shall remit an assessment of .005 of the cash value of the raw product of albacore. This assessment shall be made upon the incoming revenue thereof, for albacore landed in Oregon. (4) The assessment to be withheld and paid by the first purchaser and the reports, as required by ORS 576 and OAR 972-010-0010 and 972-010-0020, applies to and covers any purchases or deliveries made on or after June 1, 2000, of albacore landed in Oregon.