ORS Chapter 600 - Oregon Statutes

Chapter 600 — Swine

 

2009 EDITION

 

 

SWINE

 

ANIMALS

 

600.010     Definitions

 

600.095     Garbageused in feeding swine

 

600.105     Summaryquarantine of swine being fed impermissible garbage or offal

 

600.120     Jurisdictionof courts; restraining violation

 

600.150     Prohibitionagainst restrictive confinement

 

600.990     Penalties

 

      600.010Definitions.As used in ORS 600.095 and 600.105:

      (1)“Garbage” means waste accumulations of vegetable matter.

      (2)“Offal” means animal tissue of any kind and from any source. [Amended by 1953c.384 §7; 1971 c.78 §1; 2001 c.21 §2]

 

      600.020 [Repealed by2001 c.21 §7]

 

      600.030 [Amended by1953 c.384 §7; 1979 c.499 §14; repealed by 2001 c.21 §7]

 

      600.040 [Repealed by2001 c.21 §7]

 

      600.050 [Repealed by2001 c.21 §7]

 

      600.060 [Amended by1961 c.425 §9; repealed by 2001 c.21 §7]

 

      600.070 [Amended by1953 c.384 §7; 1971 c.78 §2; repealed by 2001 c.21 §7]

 

      600.080 [Amended by1953 c.384 §7; repealed by 2001 c.21 §7]

 

      600.090 [Repealed by2001 c.21 §7]

 

      600.095Garbage used in feeding swine. A person may feed garbage to swine onlyif the garbage is:

      (1)Accumulated from the domestic household of the person;

      (2)Solely from a fruit or vegetable cannery, processing plant or sortingestablishment;

      (3)Solely from a bakery; or

      (4)A combination of garbage types allowed under this section. [2001 c.21 §1]

 

      600.100 [Amended by1953 c.384 §7; 1971 c.78 §3; repealed by 2001 c.21 §7]

 

      600.105Summary quarantine of swine being fed impermissible garbage or offal. The StateDepartment of Agriculture may summarily quarantine any swine that are being fedgarbage not described under ORS 600.095 or offal. The powers conferred upon thedepartment by ORS 596.388 to 596.416 may be exercised by the department in aidof the quarantine. [1955 c.187 §2; 2001 c.21 §3]

 

      600.110 [Amended by1953 c.384 §7; repealed by 2001 c.21 §7]

 

      600.120Jurisdiction of courts; restraining violation. (1) Justicecourts and municipal courts acting as justice courts have concurrentjurisdiction with circuit courts of all prosecutions arising under ORS 600.095or a quarantine imposed under ORS 600.105.

      (2)In addition to any penalty provided by ORS 600.990, the circuit court is vestedwith jurisdiction to restrain any violation, or threatened violation, of ORS600.095 or a quarantine imposed under ORS 600.105 upon suit by the StateDepartment of Agriculture. In any such suit the district attorney of the countywhere the suit is instituted shall represent the department, or the AttorneyGeneral may represent the department in the suit. [Amended by 2001 c.21 §4]

 

      600.150Prohibition against restrictive confinement. (1) As used in this section:

      (a)“Pig” means a porcine animal of a type maintained as livestock.

      (b)“Turning around freely” means having the ability to turn in a complete circlein an enclosure without an impediment, including a tether, and without touchingany side of the enclosure.

      (2)A person commits the offense of restrictive confinement of a pregnant pig ifthe person confines a pregnant pig for more than 12 hours during any 24-hourperiod in a manner that prevents the pregnant pig from:

      (a)Lying down and fully extending its limbs; or

      (b)Turning around freely.

      (3)Subsection (2) of this section does not apply to a pregnant pig:

      (a)That is being transported;

      (b)In a rodeo exhibition, a state or county fair exhibition or a similarexhibition;

      (c)During the slaughtering process;

      (d)During lawful scientific or agricultural research;

      (e)During an examination, operation or test by a veterinarian or during temporarytreatment for veterinary purposes; or

      (f)In the seven-day period before the pig farrows.

      (4)The offense of restrictive confinement of a pregnant pig is a Class Aviolation. [2007 c.722 §1]

 

      Note: Section 2,chapter 722, Oregon Laws 2007, provides:

      Sec.2.Section 1 of this 2007 Act [600.150] applies to confinement of a pregnant pigthat occurs on or after January 1, 2012. [2007 c.722 §2]

 

      600.990Penalties.Subject to ORS 153.022, notwithstanding ORS 596.990, violation of ORS 600.095,a quarantine imposed under ORS 600.105 or a rule or regulation of the StateDepartment of Agriculture relating to the feeding of swine is punishable, uponconviction, by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $5,000 or byimprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year, or both. [Amended by1999 c.1051 §319; 2001 c.21 §5]

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