(a) The production, processing, manufacture and distribution of hemp and hemp products constitute a paramount industry of this state that not only provides substantial and required revenues for the state and its political subdivisions, and employment and a means of livelihood for many thousands of its population, but also provides essential foods, supplements and other agricultural, commercial and industrial products that are vital to the public health and welfare.
(b) The stabilization, maintenance and expansion of the hemp industry of Oregon, and of the state, national and international markets for hemp products, are necessary to assure the consuming public an adequate supply of foods and supplements that are indispensable in a proper human diet, as well as other agricultural, commercial and industrial products to protect, for the state and its political subdivisions, a necessary source of tax revenue, to provide and maintain an adequate standard of living for a great segment of the population of this state, to maintain proper wage scales for those engaged in the hemp industry and to maintain existing employment.
(c) The essential nature of hemp and hemp products is such as to require that the public be made aware of the essential nature of hemp and hemp products, and be protected against misrepresentation and deception, by the dissemination of accurate and scientific information about various hemp and hemp products, their various classifications, the food values and industrial and therapeutic uses of hemp and hemp products, the methods, care and precautions necessary to their proper production, processing, manufacture and distribution, the necessary costs and expenses of the production, processing, manufacture and distribution of hemp and hemp products and the necessity and desirability on the part of the public of using and consuming hemp and hemp products of the highest standards of quality.
(2) The purposes of ORS 571.400 to 571.501 are:
(a) To enable the hemp industry, with the aid of the state, to develop, maintain and expand the state, national and international markets for hemp and hemp products produced, processed or manufactured in this state, and the use and consumption of hemp and hemp products in the state, national and international markets.
(b) In aid, but not in limitation, of the purposes described in paragraph (a) of this subsection, to authorize and enable the Oregon Hemp Commission to formulate and effectuate, directly or in cooperation with other agencies and instrumentalities specified in ORS 571.400 to 571.501, sales stimulation and consumer or other educational programs designed to increase the use and consumption of hemp and hemp products and to conduct research, education and information programs related to the hemp industry. [2021 c.216 §2]
Note: See note under 571.400.
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food
Chapter 571 - Nursery Stock; Licensed Agricultural Crops
Section 571.005 - Definitions for ORS 571.005 to 571.230.
Section 571.015 - Policy; department to maintain nursery service; duties.
Section 571.025 - State Nursery Research and Regulatory Committee.
Section 571.038 - Plant Pest and Disease Emergency Response Fund.
Section 571.045 - Exemption from licensing requirements.
Section 571.057 - License application; contents; fee; assessments.
Section 571.059 - License fee surcharge.
Section 571.063 - Temporary nursery sale license; application; fee; rules; conditions.
Section 571.075 - Renewal of license; rules; forfeiture.
Section 571.095 - Form of license; display required.
Section 571.105 - Agent’s license.
Section 571.115 - License not transferable; moving place of business.
Section 571.125 - Suspension, revocation or refusal of license.
Section 571.170 - Substitution or transportation of uninspected nursery stock prohibited.
Section 571.210 - Hold order on defective nursery stock; condemnation.
Section 571.230 - Disposition and use of moneys received.
Section 571.260 - Short title.
Section 571.263 - Oregon Hemp State Program; rules.
Section 571.266 - Exclusion from ORS 571.260 to 571.348.
Section 571.269 - Definitions for ORS 571.260 to 571.348; rules.
Section 571.272 - Regulation by department; commodities.
Section 571.275 - Commission powers regarding industrial hemp; notice.
Section 571.278 - Industrial Hemp Fund.
Section 571.281 - Grower and handler license; records; inspection; nonconforming crop; fees; rules.
Section 571.285 - Revocation or refusal of licensure; rules.
Section 571.287 - Requirement to conduct criminal records check on applicant for grower license.
Section 571.290 - Industrial hemp propagation.
Section 571.291 - Crop location.
Section 571.294 - Charges for sampling or testing; fee.
Section 571.309 - Industrial hemp product concentration, serving standards; rules.
Section 571.316 - Required reporting to department; rules.
Section 571.319 - Destruction, remediation of specified industrial hemp crop; rules.
Section 571.325 - Agricultural hemp seed labeling and certification; rules.
Section 571.327 - Hemp seed sales; packaging; rules.
Section 571.330 - Laboratory testing; limitation on sales, transfers; rules.
Section 571.333 - Industrial hemp crop concentration standards; test results.
Section 571.345 - Remediation for unintentional violation; rules.
Section 571.348 - Civil penalty; appropriation.
Section 571.400 - Definitions for ORS 571.400 to 571.501.
Section 571.402 - Declarations; purposes of ORS 571.400 to 571.501.
Section 571.404 - Duties of State Department of Agriculture; rules.
Section 571.406 - Temporary members of Oregon Hemp Commission; terms; rules.
Section 571.408 - Ex officio members of Oregon Hemp Commission.
Section 571.410 - Required declaration of vacancy of producer, processor office.
Section 571.412 - Required declaration of vacancy of public member office.
Section 571.414 - Authority to remove member of Oregon Hemp Commission.
Section 571.417 - Payment for member of Oregon Hemp Commission; expenses; rules.
Section 571.423 - Powers of Oregon Hemp Commission; rules.
Section 571.429 - Oregon Hemp Commission authority, duties relating to moneys.
Section 571.438 - Exemption from certain financial administration laws.
Section 571.444 - Intellectual property; rules.
Section 571.450 - Exemptions from assessments; rules.
Section 571.453 - Assessment collection requirements.
Section 571.462 - Penalty for delayed payment of assessment.
Section 571.465 - Penalty for failure to pay assessment; civil action.
Section 571.468 - Dispute regarding amount of assessment; rules.
Section 571.471 - Financial activity of Oregon Hemp Commission.
Section 571.474 - Fidelity bond; conditions on bond; payment of cost of bond.
Section 571.477 - Cancellation of uncollectible assessment.
Section 571.480 - Maintenance of books, records and accounts.
Section 571.483 - Oregon Hemp Commission budget; meeting requirement; annual financial statement.
Section 571.486 - Requirement to comply with ORS 571.483 in order to make, incur expenditure.
Section 571.489 - Limitation on amount, purpose of expenditure.
Section 571.492 - Unforeseen expenditure; fund transfer.
Section 571.495 - Distribution of moneys upon abolishment of Oregon Hemp Commission.
Section 571.498 - Sale of hemp considered sale in commercial channels.
Section 571.501 - Penalty for violation of ORS 571.400 to 571.501.
Section 571.505 - Definitions for ORS 571.510 to 571.580.
Section 571.510 - Policy; department to maintain Christmas tree service; duties.
Section 571.515 - State Christmas Tree Advisory Committee.
Section 571.520 - Exemptions from licensing requirements.
Section 571.530 - License application; contents; license fee.
Section 571.535 - Renewal of license; rules.
Section 571.540 - Form of license; display required.
Section 571.550 - Suspension, revocation or refusal of license.
Section 571.555 - Issuance of shipping permit numbers.
Section 571.570 - Substitution or transportation of uninspected Christmas tree stock.
Section 571.575 - Knowingly offering to sell infected or infested Christmas tree stock.
Section 571.600 - Definitions for ORS 571.605 to 571.620.
Section 571.605 - Economic development assistance.
Section 571.610 - Technical business assistance.
Section 571.615 - Workforce training assistance.
Section 571.620 - Identification and mapping of marketable stands.
Section 571.625 - Western Juniper Industry Fund.
Section 571.650 - Definitions for ORS 571.650 to 571.660.
Section 571.655 - License required; prohibitions.
Section 571.660 - Rules; fees.
Section 571.670 - Disposition of fee moneys.
Section 571.993 - Penalty for violation of ORS 571.655.
Section 571.997 - Civil penalties for ORS 571.055 and 571.525.