Oregon Statutes 570.710 – Fee for timber products health program
(1) Each person who takes first delivery in this state of imported, untreated timber products on or after July 1, 1995, within one month after taking delivery of such products, shall pay to the State Department of Agriculture a timber products health program fee.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 570.710
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- State Treasury: includes those financial assets the lawful custody of which are vested in the State Treasurer and the office of the State Treasurer relating to the custody of those financial assets. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
(2) The department, by rule, shall establish a fee schedule as follows:
(a) For wood chips, a fee of not more than 50 cents per bone dry ton.
(b) For timber products in any form other than wood chips, not more than $5 per one thousand board feet.
(3) All moneys received by the State Department of Agriculture from the timber products health program fee shall be paid into the State Treasury and credited to the Department of Agriculture Service Fund. All such moneys are appropriated continuously to the State Department of Agriculture to carry out the program required by ORS § 570.705. [1995 c.450 § 4]
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