ORS 576.327 Exemptions from assessment; rules

A commodity commission may, by rule, establish exemptions from assessment based on:

Commodity quantities;

Types of commodity sale; and

Types of commodity producer.

When adopting a rule for exemptions under subsection (1) of this section, a commission must consider:

Laws and rules of the United States and other states relating to commodity commissions, boards and marketing orders;

The practices, procedures and customs unique to the production, handling, processing and trading of a particular commodity and to the producers and growers of that commodity; and

The cost of collecting the particular assessment and practical problems relating to collection.

A producer or handler that is exempted from assessment, but required to submit reports to a commission, is subject to ORS 576.351.