As used in ORS § 628.210 to 628.370, unless the context requires otherwise:

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 628.210

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100

(1) ‘Clean,’ ‘healthful’ and ‘sanitary’ mean free of flies and other insects, rodents, dusts, dirt, decomposed material, mold, odors or any condition which would in any way contaminate the food products stored.

(2) ‘Department’ means the State Department of Agriculture.

(3) ‘Person’ includes any individual, partnership, corporation, association, cooperative association, county, municipality or other entity engaging in the business of operating or owning a refrigerated locker plant or offering the services thereof, as described in subsections (4) and (5) of this section.

(4) ‘Refrigerated locker’ or ‘locker’ means a separate, individual compartment in a refrigerated locker plant, wherein food may be placed and kept in frozen food storage.

(5) ‘Refrigerated locker plant’ or ‘locker plant’ means any place, premises or establishment in which separate and individual compartments for the frozen food storage and preservation of food for human consumption are offered to the public upon a rental or other basis providing compensation to the person offering such services.