As used in ORS 658.705 to 658.850:
(1) “Applicant” means an individual who proposes to operate a farmworker camp and who is applying for a camp operator indorsement under ORS 658.730.
(2) “Bureau” means the Bureau of Labor and Industries.
(3) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries.
(4) “Department” means the Department of Consumer and Business Services.
(5) “Director” means the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services.
(6) “Farm labor contractor” has the same meaning as that provided in ORS 658.405.
(7) “Farmworker camp” means any place or area of land where sleeping places, manufactured structures or other housing is provided by a farmer, farm labor contractor, employer or any other person in connection with the recruitment or employment of workers to work in the production and harvesting of farm crops or in the reforestation of lands, as described in ORS 658.405. “Farmworker camp” does not include:
(a) A single, isolated dwelling occupied solely by members of the same family, or by five or fewer unrelated individuals; or
(b) A hotel or motel which provides housing with the same characteristics on a commercial basis to the general public on the same terms and conditions as housing is provided to such workers.
(8) “Farmworker camp operator” means any person who operates a farmworker camp.
(9) “Indorsee” means a farm labor contractor licensed under ORS 658.410 who has obtained a camp indorsement under ORS 658.730. [1989 c.962 §2; 1993 c.18 §143; 1993 c.744 §19]
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