ORS 576.066: Department oversight of commodity commissions; rules.

(1) The State Department of Agriculture shall:

      (a) Monitor the practices or methods used or proposed for use by any commodity commission in carrying out the goals and needs disclosed by the budget of the commission;

      (b) Promote cooperation among the several commissions, the Oregon Beef Council and the Oregon Wheat Commission and assist in the interchange of information and experience among those entities;

      (c) Carry out the assigned organizational procedures under ORS 576.051 to 576.455, including the appointment and removal of members of the commission;

      (d) Review budgets submitted to the Director of Agriculture by a commodity commission under ORS 576.416; and

      (e) Adopt rules to carry out the provisions of ORS 576.051 to 576.455.

      (2) The department shall review, and may approve or disapprove, plans and projects recommended by a commodity commission for commodity promotion, advertising and research and for the dissemination of consumer and commodity industry information. In reviewing plans and projects recommended by a commodity commission, the department shall consider whether the plan or project information is:

      (a) Factual;

      (b) Not disparaging to other commodities; and

      (c) Consistent with the purposes of ORS 576.051 to 576.455.