Civil penalties for quarantine or control area order violations.

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(a) Violates a quarantine order issued under ORS 570.115;

(b) Violates ORS 570.410; or

(c) Fails to timely pay a fee required under ORS 570.710.

(2) Each violation of a quarantine order issued under ORS 570.115, violation of ORS 570.410 or failure to timely pay a fee required under ORS 570.710 is a separate offense subject to a separate civil penalty.

(3) The department shall develop one or more schedules setting the amounts of civil penalties that may be imposed for particular types of violations.

(4) The imposition of a civil penalty under this section is subject to ORS 183.745.

(5) The State Treasurer shall deposit all moneys from penalties recovered under this section into the Department of Agriculture Account.

(6) Moneys from civil penalties recovered under this section for violation of a quarantine order issued under ORS 570.115 are continuously appropriated to the department for the administration and enforcement of quarantine laws under ORS 570.110 to 570.190.

(7) Moneys from civil penalties recovered under this section for a violation of ORS 570.410 are continuously appropriated to the department for the administration and enforcement of control area programs.

(8) Moneys from civil penalties recovered under this section for failure to timely pay a fee under ORS 570.710 are continuously appropriated to the department for the administration of the timber products health program described under ORS 570.705 and 570.710. [1999 c.390 §4; 2009 c.98 §24]


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