Chapter 251 Oregon Laws 2005

AN ACT

SB 131

Relating to farmworker camp operator requirements; amending ORS 658.715.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

SECTION 1. ORS 658.715 is amended to read:

658.715. (1) [No] A person [shall] may not operate a farmworker camp unless the person:

(a) [The person] Is a farm labor contractor licensed under ORS 658.405 to 658.503, and the contractor first obtains an indorsement to do so as provided in ORS 658.730; [or]

[(b) The person:]

[(A)] (b) Has a substantial ownership interest in the real property, subject to farm use special assessment under ORS 308A.050 to 308A.128, on which the camp is located or has any form of ownership interest in a business organization that operates the farmworker camp and files [a schedule F as part of] an income tax return reporting farm activity in the preceding tax year; or

[(B)] (c) Is related by blood or marriage to any person who has a substantial ownership interest in the real property, subject to farm use special assessment under ORS 308A.050 to 308A.128, on which the camp is located or has any form of ownership interest in the business organization that operates the farmworker camp and files [a schedule F as part of] an income tax return reporting farm activity in the preceding tax year.

(2) Nothing in ORS 658.705 to 658.850 requires a permanent employee of a farmworker camp operator, who has no financial interest in the camp other than the wages paid to the employee, to obtain a camp indorsement.

Approved by the Governor June 20, 2005

Filed in the office of Secretary of State June 21, 2005

Effective date January 1, 2006

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