(1) An applicant for a refrigerated locker plant license shall pay a license fee to the State Department of Agriculture. The department may adopt rules establishing a license fee for a refrigerated locker plant. Except as provided in this subsection, the department may not adopt a rule under this section to establish a license fee that is more than three percent higher than the fee charged during the preceding year. When adopting a rule establishing a license fee, notwithstanding the three percent limit, the department may round the fee amount to the next higher whole dollar amount. The department may not change the amount of the refrigerated locker plant license fee more frequently than once each year.

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(2) If the license is issued after January 1 but before June 30 of the same year, the license fee shall be one-half of the fee established by the department by rule under subsection (1) of this section.

(3) All fees received by the department under ORS § 628.210 to 628.370 shall be deposited in the Department of Agriculture Service Fund and are continuously appropriated to the department for the purpose of administering and enforcing those sections. [Amended by 1955 c.174 § 1; 1979 c.183 § 3; 1979 c.499 § 26a; 1991 c.632 § 7; 2012 c.64 § 13]

The amendments to 628.240 by section 42, chapter 64, Oregon Laws 2012, become operative July 1, 2026. See section 45, chapter 64, Oregon Laws 2012, as amended by section 10, chapter 386, Oregon Laws 2019. The text that is operative on and after July 1, 2026, including amendments by section 7, chapter 386, Oregon Laws 2019, is set forth for the user’s convenience.

(1) An applicant for a refrigerated locker plant license shall pay a license fee to the State Department of Agriculture. The department may adopt rules establishing a license fee for a refrigerated locker plant. The department may not adopt or enforce a rule under this section establishing a license fee for a refrigerated locker plant that is higher than the license fee charged for the license year that began July 1, 2025, for a refrigerated locker plant. The department may not change the amount of the refrigerated locker plant license fee more frequently than once each year.

(2) If the license is issued after January 1 but before June 30 of the same year, the license fee shall be one-half of the fee established by the department by rule under subsection (1) of this section.

(3) All fees received by the department under ORS § 628.210 to 628.370 shall be deposited in the Department of Agriculture Service Fund and are continuously appropriated to the department for the purpose of administering and enforcing those sections.