Oregon Statutes - Chapter 565 - Fairs and Exhibits

565.010 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) �Board� means county fair board. (2) �County court� includes board of county commissioners. (3)...
565.015 [1977 c.55 §13; repealed by 2005 c.777 §48]
565.020 [Amended by 1967 c.135 §2; 1969 c.314 §65; 1971 c.542 §3; 1973 c.792 §25; 1977 c.55 §14; 1981 c.545 §13; 2001 c.24 §1; repealed by 2005 c.777 §48]
565.021 State Fair Advisory Committee.
(1) The State Parks and Recreation Director shall appoint a State Fair Advisory Committee to provide advice and assistance to the director on matters regarding...
565.030 Advisory committee functions.
The State Fair Advisory Committee shall provide advice and assistance to the State Parks and Recreation Director on matters regarding the operation of the Oregon...
565.040 Oregon State Fair established.
There is established a state institution to be designated and known as the Oregon State Fair, which shall be administered and operated by the State...
565.050 State fair purposes; use of properties; duration.
The objects and purposes of the Oregon State Fair are to disseminate knowledge concerning, and to encourage the growth and prosperity of all agricultural, stock...
565.060 Rules.
In accordance with any applicable provision of ORS chapter 183, the State Parks and Recreation Commission may adopt rules to carry out the provisions of...
565.070 [Amended by 1977 c.55 §19; 1991 c.331 §83; 1997 c.631 §496; repealed by 2005 c.777 §48]
565.071 Authority of Oregon State Fair and Exposition Center to require fingerprints.
For the purpose of requesting a state or nationwide criminal records check under ORS 181.534, the Oregon State Fair and Exposition Center may require the...
565.080 Management of fair property; powers and duties of director; rules; peace officers; state not liable for premiums.
(1) The State Parks and Recreation Director shall have care of the Oregon State Fair property and be entrusted with the direction of its business...
565.090 Location of state fair; acquisition of adjacent lands; repair of facilities.
(1) The Oregon State Fair shall be permanently located on the present grounds now owned by the state and heretofore devoted to Oregon State Fair...
565.095 Issuance of revenue bonds; disposition of proceeds; security for bonds.
(1) In accordance with any applicable provisions of ORS chapter 286A, the State Parks and Recreation Director, with the approval of the State Parks and...
565.100 [Amended by 1977 c.55 §22; 1979 c.602 §4; 1983 c.72 §4; repealed by 1985 c.675 §4]
565.102 [1983 c.72 §3; repealed by 1985 c.675 §4]
565.103 Issuance of lottery bonds; principal amount; disposition; legislative findings; State Fair Capital Project Fund.
(1) Pursuant to ORS 286A.560 to 286A.585, lottery bonds may be issued to fund projects for the improvement, restoration, upgrading and preservation of systems, facilities...
565.105 [1975 c.550 §9b; repealed by 1977 c.281 §2 and 1977 c.855 §20]
565.106 [1977 c.55 §24; 1981 c.106 §5; repealed by 1985 c.675 §4]
565.107 Oregon State Fair Account; source; uses.
(1) The Oregon State Fair Account is established as a separate account within the State Parks and Recreation Department Fund. Interest earned on moneys in...
565.109 Acceptance and disposition of gifts, grants and donations.
The State Parks and Recreation Director may accept gifts, grants and donations of moneys, property or any other valuable thing on behalf of the Oregon...
565.110 [Amended by 1965 c.342 §1; 1973 c.74 §1; 1977 c.55 §25; repealed by 1985 c.675 §4]
565.112 [1987 c.659 §3; repealed by 2005 c.777 §48]
565.114 Legislative findings.
The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that: (1) The successful solicitation of gifts, grants and donations for the benefit of the Oregon State Fair allows...
565.116 Cooperation with nonprofit, tax exempt organizations.
(1) The State Parks and Recreation Director may cooperate with any nonprofit, tax exempt organization designated by the director as an appropriate organization to solicit...
565.120 Licenses to do business on state fairgrounds; disposition of proceeds.
The State Parks and Recreation Director is authorized to issue a license permitting the holder of the license to conduct any business therein named upon...
565.130 Businesses that may be licensed; when other license may be required.
(1) Licenses under ORS 565.120 may be issued permitting any business to be conducted upon the grounds of the Oregon State Fair which under the...
565.140 Buildings and facilities for 4-H Clubs and Future Farmers of America.
The buildings and facilities therein that are planned, constructed, altered, furnished and equipped by the State Parks and Recreation Department at the state fairgrounds, as...
565.142 [1957 c.442 §2; repealed by 1977 c.855 §20]
565.150 Armory on grounds of Oregon State Fair.
(1) When construction of an armory containing an auditorium is authorized under ORS 396.505 to 396.545 in Marion County, if the State Parks and Recreation...
565.160 Horse barn facilities on grounds of Oregon State Fair.
(1) The State Parks and Recreation Department shall plan, construct, alter, furnish and equip horse barn facilities at the Oregon State Fair suitable for stabling...
565.170 Homemaking arts and crafts facility on grounds of Oregon State Fair.
The State Parks and Recreation Department shall plan, construct, alter, furnish and equip on the grounds of the Oregon State Fair a facility suitable for...
565.180 [1963 c.613 §§2,3; 1965 c.56 §3; repealed by 1975 c.75 §5]
565.190 Financing county exhibits at state fair.
A county court is authorized to appropriate out of the general fund of the county not otherwise appropriated money for the purpose of sponsoring a...
565.210 County fairs; county fair board; members; appointment; term; bond or letter of credit.
(1) Any county may hold county and industrial fairs, but only one county fair shall be held in each county. (2) Except as provided in...
565.220 County fair board; organization; quorum; president and secretary.
(1) The members of a county fair board shall, as soon as their bonds have been filed and approved, meet and organize by electing a...
565.225 Removal of county fair board member.
A member of a county fair board appointed under ORS 565.210 may be removed by the county court for inefficiency, neglect of duty, misconduct in...
565.230 Management of county fairs; licenses; disposition of proceeds; donations of real property; agreements for limitation of liability.
(1) The county fair board has the exclusive management of the ground and all other property owned, leased, used or controlled by the county and...
565.240 Rules and regulations; peace officers; appointment and powers.
The board may make and enforce all rules and regulations necessary for the proper conduct and management of their respective fairs. It may appoint such...
565.250 [Repealed by 1981 c.134 §4]
565.260 Fair board or agricultural society existing prior to June 4, 1913.
If there existed on June 4, 1913, a county fair board, or an agricultural society in any county holding a county fair within the county,...
565.265 Abolishment of county fair board.
(1) As provided in this section and ORS 565.268 and 565.271, a county court may abolish the county fair board appointed under ORS 565.210. (2)...
565.268 Agreements for fair association to exercise powers of county fair board.
(1) As used in this section, a �fair association� means a corporation incorporated under ORS chapter 65 that has a board of directors with at...
565.270 [Repealed by 1959 c.579 §1]
565.271 Initiation of proceedings for replacement of county fair board by fair district.
If the order issued by a county court under ORS 565.265 authorizes the formation of a fair district to replace the county fair board, the...
565.275 Fair district; powers; district board.
(1) A fair district may: (a) Have and use a common seal. (b) Sue and be sued in its name. (c) Make and accept any...
565.280 [Amended by 1959 c.579 §2; 1963 c.495 §5; 1969 c.298 §15; 1981 c.134 §2; 1991 c.459 §434; repealed by 1993 c.682 §13]
565.290 [Amended by 1959 c.579 §3; 1963 c.495 §6; repealed by 1993 c.682 §13]
565.300 [Repealed by 1963 c.495 §9]
565.310 County fair not held; disposition of funds.
Should a board decide not to hold a county fair, the county court may in its discretion expend such funds, or any portion thereof, for...
565.315 Handling and disbursing of moneys in connection with county fairs; financial statement.
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law relating to the disbursement of county fair moneys from the county treasury, in order to pay promptly prize...
565.320 [Repealed by 1955 c.209 §1]
565.325 County fair fund; purpose; source of moneys.
(1) Each county that holds a county fair shall establish and maintain a fair fund. The fair fund may be expended only for the promotion...
565.330 Maintenance of fairgrounds and buildings; tax levy.
(1) In any county the county court may, at the time of making the annual estimate of the county levy for county purposes, include in...
565.340 [Repealed by 1953 c.675 §12]
565.350 [Repealed by 1953 c.675 §12]
565.360 [Repealed by 1953 c.675 §12]
565.370 [Repealed by 1953 c.675 §12]
565.380 [Repealed by 1953 c.675 §12]
565.390 [Repealed by 1953 c.675 §12]
565.400 [Repealed by 1953 c.675 §12]
565.405 �Director,� �commission� defined for ORS 565.410 to 565.450.
As used in ORS 565.410 to 565.450: (1) �Director� means the Director of Agriculture. (2) �Commission� means the County Fair Commission created by ORS 565.410....
565.410 County Fair Commission; members; terms; vacancies.
(1) There hereby is established the County Fair Commission, consisting of eight members. The Director of Agriculture, or a staff member of the State Department...
565.415 Compensation and expenses of commission members.
A voting member of the County Fair Commission shall receive a per diem allowance of $30 when engaged in the performance of official duties, including...
565.420 Duties and powers of commission officers; quorum.
(1) The County Fair Commission shall select from among its members such officers, for such terms and with such duties and powers necessary for performance...
565.423 [2001 c.916 §10; 2003 c.14 §351; repealed by 2005 c.777 §48]
565.425 [1969 c.298 §7; repealed by 2001 c.916 §6]
565.430 [1969 c.298 §8; 1993 c.18 §129; repealed by 2001 c.916 §6]
565.435 Commission staff assistance; costs.
The Director of Agriculture shall provide the County Fair Commission with such clerical and staff assistance as the director considers appropriate to assist the commission...
565.440 Rules.
In accordance with any applicable provision of ORS chapter 183, the County Fair Commission may promulgate such rules as may be necessary to carry out...
565.442 County fair board annual reports.
(1) On or before October 31 of each year, a county fair board must submit to the County Fair Commission, on a form approved by...
565.443 County fair annual audits; rules.
(1) An annual audit of county fair records must include an identification of fair policies relating to matters specified in this section. The audit shall...
565.445 County Fair Account; use of moneys.
(1) The County Fair Account is established separate and distinct from the General Fund. All moneys in the account are continuously appropriated to the County...
565.446 Legislative findings.
The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that financial support of county fairs will result in economic development for areas where fairgrounds are located by promoting,...
565.447 Lottery proceeds allocation to County Fair Account.
(1) Subject only to the availability of unobligated net lottery proceeds, there is allocated from the Administrative Services Economic Development Fund to the County Fair...
565.449 County Fair Account distribution.
The County Fair Commission shall make an annual distribution each January of the unexpended balance of moneys credited to the County Fair Account under ORS...
565.450 Budget preparation procedure.
The County Fair Commission shall prepare and adopt budgets in the same manner as provided for preparation and adoption of budgets in ORS 576.425 to...
565.455 [1995 c.796 §1; repealed by 2003 c.517 §1]
565.510 [Amended by 1953 c.675 §12; 1969 c.239 §2; repealed by 1983 c.327 §16]
565.520 [Amended by 1969 c.239 §3; repealed by 1983 c.327 §16]
565.530 [Amended by 1953 c.675 §12; repealed by 1969 c.239 §9]
565.540 [Repealed by 1983 c.327 §16]
565.550 [Amended by 1953 c.675 §12; repealed by 1969 c.239 §9]
565.560 [Repealed by 1983 c.327 §16]
565.570 [Repealed by 1983 c.327 §16]
565.610 Conducting business on or near grounds of fair or society.
(1) No person shall set up any shop, booth, wagon or other vehicle for the sale of spirituous or other liquors, cigars, provisions or other...
565.620 Admission to fairs except through special gates prohibited.
No person shall gain admission, or attempt to gain admission, to the grounds of the Oregon State Fair or of a county fair board or...
565.630 Regulation of public events.
The State Parks and Recreation Director, any county fair board and every society mentioned in ORS 565.610 may regulate its prices of admission, licenses and...
565.640 Peace officers; authority; power of arrest.
The peace officers of the State Parks and Recreation Department, county fair board or any of the societies mentioned in ORS 565.610, during the continuance...
565.650 Justices of the peace given jurisdiction.
Justices of the peace shall have jurisdiction of all offenses against the provisions of ORS 565.610 to 565.640. PENALTIES
565.990 Penalties.
(1) Violation of ORS 565.610 is a Class D violation. Any person who, after conviction and fine for a violation of ORS 565.610, repeats the...

Last modified: August 7, 2008