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Introduced
02/11/2025
02/11/2025
In Committee
06/03/2025
06/03/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
Introduced Session
2025 Legislative Measures
Bill Summary
The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act increases the maximum fees related to brands on livestock. The Act says that an agency may contract with others to perform brand inspections, and allows the agency to create a program for livestock owners to self-inspect their branded livestock. The Act directs LPRO to conduct a study about brands. The Act takes effect when it is signed. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). Increases the maximum fee for activating a brand. Increases the maximum brand inspection fee on cattle for which a brand inspection certificate is valid for eight days. Authorizes the State Department of Agriculture to contract with qualified persons to perform brand inspection services. Authorizes the department to establish a self-inspection program that permits livestock owners to conduct brand inspections of their livestock. Directs the Legislative Policy and Research Director to evaluate the state brand inspection program and compare Oregon’s program with the brand inspection programs of other states. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
AI Summary
This bill updates Oregon's livestock brand inspection regulations by increasing maximum fees for brand recording and renewal from $100 to $200, modifying brand inspection fees for cattle, and introducing two significant new program features. The bill authorizes the State Department of Agriculture to contract with qualified persons to perform brand inspections and establish a self-inspection program that allows livestock owners to conduct their own brand inspections under specific conditions, such as owning 25 or fewer head of livestock per event. The legislation also directs the Legislative Policy and Research Director to conduct a comprehensive study of the state's brand inspection program, comparing its structure and effectiveness with other states' programs. Additionally, the bill changes terminology from "brand recording fee" to "brand conflict research fee" and increases the per-head brand inspection fee for cattle with an eight-day certificate from a range of $1-$1.35 to a flat $1.75. The changes are set to become operative on August 1, 2025, for fee modifications and January 1, 2026, for the new inspection programs, with an emergency clause making the act effective immediately upon passage to preserve public peace, health, and safety.
Committee Categories
Agriculture and Natural Resources, Budget and Finance
Sponsors (1)
Last Action
Carried over to 06-09 by unanimous consent. (on 06/05/2025)
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