Notwithstanding any other provision of law:

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 603.200

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Meat animal: means any vertebrate animal, except fish and aquatic mammals, not otherwise prohibited by law for sale for human consumption. See Oregon Statutes 603.010
  • Meat or meat product: means any edible muscle, except any muscle found in the lips, snout or ears, of meat animals, which is skeletal or found in the tongue, diaphragm, heart or esophagus, with or without any accompanying and overlying fat, and any portion of bone, skin, sinew, nerve or blood vessels normally accompanying the muscle tissue and not separated from it in the process of dressing or as otherwise prescribed by the department. See Oregon Statutes 603.010
  • Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100

(1) In the absence of a contract or other agreement providing otherwise, any processor who purchases meat animals from the producers thereof shall make full payment therefor not later than the second business day after the day the processor takes delivery of any such meat animal.

(2) In the absence of a contract or other agreement providing otherwise, any meat seller who purchases meat or meat products from the processor thereof shall make full payment therefor not later than the seventh business day after the day the meat seller takes delivery of any such meat or meat product.

(3) Any person who fails to make payment as required by subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall pay, in addition to the amount due, interest thereon at the rate of one percent per month.

(4) As used in this section:

(a) ‘Meat animal’ has the meaning for that term provided in ORS § 603.010.

(b) ‘Meat or meat product’ has the meaning for that term provided in ORS § 603.010.

(c) ‘Meat seller’ means a person required to obtain a license described in ORS § 603.025 (4)(a).

(d) ‘Processor’ means a person required to obtain a license described in ORS § 603.025 (4)(b) to (e). [1975 c.703 § 10; 2012 c.64 § 35]

 

603.200 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS Chapter 603 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

 

[1961 c.407 1,2; repealed by 1973 c.175 § 15]

 

[1961 c.407 § 3; repealed by 1973 c.175 § 15]

 

[Subsection (3) enacted as 1959 c.565 § 19; repealed by 1973 c.175 § 15]

 

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