Or. Admin. Code § 635-006-0425

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 12, December 1, 2024

Section 635-006-0425 - Purchase of Permits

Permits shall first be purchased from Category A. Permits shall be purchased from Category B only after purchases approved by the Commission from Category A are selected.

(1) Permits shall be purchased beginning with the lowest offer price.

(2) Each subsequent permit purchase shall be made at the lowest remaining offer price.

(3) In case of ties in otherwise qualified permit holders' offer prices, the Department will first purchase the permit of the permit holder with the greatest total pounds of salmon lawfully landed in Oregon from the Columbia River gillnet salmon fishery for the period 1978 through 1985.

(4) Any offer over $1,000.00 shall be referred to the Commission for approval.

(5)

(a) Permits which are purchased shall be retired by the Department;

(b) The transfer of the offered permit is effective upon written acceptance by the Department.

(6) The Department shall purchase no more than one permit from each applicant.

(7) The Department shall indicate on all application forms a deadline date after which no more program applications and offers to sell permits shall be accepted.

(8) Any offer to sell a permit at the offer price selected by the applicant shall constitute a formal offer to sell the permit to the Department and shall not be withdrawn until 120 days after the deadline date specified on the application form provided by the Department.

(9) In determining the total salmon landings of an applicant, the Department may consider as evidence:

(a) Department records;

(b) Such information as the Department considers reliable evidence of the landings;

(c) An affidavit submitted by the permit holder concerning the quantity of salmon lawfully landed.

(10) In determining program eligibility the Department may consider as evidence:

(a) Department records;

(b) Such information as the Department considers reliable evidence of eligibility;

(c) An affidavit submitted by the permit holder concerning his or her eligibility.

Or. Admin. Code § 635-006-0425

FWC 7-1982, f. & ef. 1-29-82; FWC 77-1982, f. & ef. 10-29-82; FWC 1-1984, f. & ef. 1-10-84; FWC 68-1983, f. & ef. 12-16-83; FWC 63-1984, f. & ef. 9-21-84; FWC 56-1986(Temp), f. & ef. 9-11-86; DFW 142-2008, f. & cert. ef. 11-21-08; DFW 77-2012, f. 6-28-12, cert. ef. 7-1-12

Stat. Auth.: ORS 506.036, 506.109, 506.119, 506.129 & 506.241

Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109, 506.129 & 506.241