Chapter 566 — Extension and Field Work; Rural Rehabilitation

2011 EDITION

EXTENSION AND FIELD WORK; RURAL REHABILITATION

AGRICULTURE

EXTENSION AND FIELD WORK

566.210 Agricultural institutes; rules

566.220 Extension and field work by Oregon State University

566.235 Master Gardening Program

RURAL REHABILITATION

566.310 Definition for ORS 566.310 to 566.360

566.320 Application to federal government for return of trust assets of dissolved Oregon Rural Rehabilitation Corporation

566.330 Authority to enter into agreements with Secretary of Agriculture to administer trust assets

566.340 Administration of trust assets

566.350 General authority of Housing and Community Services Department in administering law; delegation of authority to Secretary of Agriculture

566.360 Nonliability of United States and Secretary of Agriculture

566.010 [Repealed by 1953 c.334 §2]

566.020 [Repealed by 1953 c.334 §2]

566.030 [Repealed by 1953 c.334 §2]

566.040 [Repealed by 1953 c.334 §2]

566.050 [Repealed by 1953 c.334 §2]

566.060 [Repealed by 1953 c.334 §2]

566.070 [Repealed by 1953 c.334 §2]

566.080 [Repealed by 1953 c.334 §2]

566.090 [Repealed by 1953 c.334 §2]

566.100 [Repealed by 1953 c.334 §2]

566.110 [Repealed by 1953 c.334 §2]

566.120 [Repealed by 1953 c.334 §2]

EXTENSION AND FIELD WORK

566.210 Agricultural institutes; rules. (1) The State Board of Higher Education may hold institutes for the instruction of citizens of this state in the various branches of agriculture at such times and at such places as the board may direct. The board shall make such rules and regulations as it deems proper for organizing and conducting the institutes, and shall employ an agent or agents to perform such work in connection therewith as it deems best.

(2) The course of instruction at the institutes shall be so arranged as to present to those in attendance results of the most recent investigations in theoretical and practical agriculture.

566.220 Extension and field work by Oregon State University. Oregon State University may engage in, conduct and encourage educational extension, demonstration and field work in all or any of the several counties of the state, the same to include agriculture, horticulture, dairying, domestic science and other industries. It shall be conducted by means of instruction in the established schools of the state and by itinerant schools, farmers’ institutes, local clubs, demonstration trains, exhibits at state, county and other fairs and expositions, and otherwise in such manner as may from time to time be deemed expedient by the university.

566.230 [Repealed by 1955 c.771 §1]

566.235 Master Gardening Program. The Oregon State University Extension Service shall enhance its education program for urban and suburban landowners through the Master Gardening Program. The purpose of the program is to teach urban and suburban landowners proper conservation measures as those measures relate to homes, gardens and general urban and suburban nonpoint pollution problems. [1997 c.471 §1]

566.240 [Amended by 1977 c.559 §5; repealed by 1983 c.327 §16]

566.250 [Repealed by 1983 c.327 §16]

566.260 [Repealed by 1983 c.327 §16]

RURAL REHABILITATION

566.310 Definition for ORS 566.310 to 566.360. As used in ORS 566.310 to 566.360, “secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States. [Formerly 414.040 and then 414.810; 1995 c.152 §1; 2003 c.253 §25]

566.320 Application to federal government for return of trust assets of dissolved Oregon Rural Rehabilitation Corporation. The Department of State Lands hereby is designated as the state agency of the State of Oregon to make application to and receive from the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, or any other proper federal official, pursuant and subject to the provisions of Public Law 499, 81st Congress, approved May 3, 1950, the trust assets, either funds or property, held by the United States as trustee in behalf of the Oregon Rural Rehabilitation Corporation. [Formerly 414.050 and then 414.820]

566.330 Authority to enter into agreements with Secretary of Agriculture to administer trust assets. The Department of State Lands is authorized to enter into agreements with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States pursuant to section 2(f), Public Law 499, 81st Congress, upon such terms and conditions and for such periods of time as may be mutually agreeable, authorizing the secretary to accept, administer, expend and use in the State of Oregon all or any part of such trust assets for carrying out the purposes of Titles I and II of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, in accordance with the applicable provisions of Title IV thereof, as now or hereafter amended, and to do all things necessary to effectuate and carry out the purposes of such agreements. [Formerly 414.060 and then 414.830; 1995 c.152 §2]

566.340 Administration of trust assets. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the funds and proceeds of the trust assets that are not authorized to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States under the provisions of ORS 566.330 shall be received by the Department of State Lands and by it deposited in the State Treasury in an account, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the account shall be credited to the account. Moneys in the account are continuously appropriated to the Housing and Community Services Department and may be expended or obligated by the Housing and Community Services Department for the purposes of ORS 566.330 or for farmworker housing permissible under the charter of the now dissolved Oregon Rural Rehabilitation Corporation. [Formerly 414.070 and then 414.840; 1989 c.966 §63; 1995 c.152 §3; 2003 c.253 §26; 2005 c.755 §47]

566.350 General authority of Housing and Community Services Department in administering law; delegation of authority to Secretary of Agriculture. (1) The Housing and Community Services Department may:

(a) Collect, compromise, adjust or cancel claims and obligations arising out of or administered under ORS 566.310 to 566.360 or under any mortgage, lease, contract or agreement entered into or administered pursuant to ORS 566.310 to 566.360, and, to the extent the department considers necessary and advisable, pursue the same to final collection in any court having jurisdiction.

(b) At any execution, foreclosure or other sale, bid for the purchase of, or otherwise acquire, property upon which the department has a lien by reason of a judgment or execution or property that is pledged, mortgaged or conveyed or that otherwise secures any loan or other indebtedness owing to or acquired by the department under ORS 566.310 to 566.360.

(A) Operate or lease such property for the period the department deems necessary to protect the investment in the property; and

(B) Sell or otherwise dispose of such property in a manner consistent with the provisions of ORS 566.310 to 566.360.

(2) The authority granted in this section may be delegated to the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States with respect to funds or assets authorized to be administered and used by the secretary under agreements entered into pursuant to ORS 566.330. [Formerly 414.080 and then 414.850; 1995 c.152 §4; 2003 c.14 §352]

566.360 Nonliability of United States and Secretary of Agriculture. The United States and the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States shall be held free from liability by virtue of the transfer of the assets to the Department of State Lands pursuant to ORS 566.310 to 566.360. [Formerly 414.090 and then 414.860; 1995 c.152 §5]

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