ORS 616.892
Single-use plastic straws

  • penalties

(1)

As used in this section:

(a)

“Consumer” means an individual who orders a beverage of any description from a food and beverage provider in this state.

(b)

“Convenience store” means a business that, for compensation, offers or provides a range of commodities that includes food and beverages.

(c)

“Enforcement officer” means an authorized representative of the State Department of Agriculture who conducts inspections under ORS 616.286 (Inspection and investigation powers of department) or an authorized representative of the Director of the Oregon Health Authority or of a local government who conducts inspections under ORS 624.010 (Definitions for ORS 624.010 to 624.121) to 624.121 (State Food Service Advisory Committee) or 624.310 (Definitions for ORS 624.310 to 624.430) to 624.430 (Fee payment).

(d)

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(A)

“Food and beverage provider” means a business that, for compensation, offers or serves food or beverages to a consumer.

(B)

“Food and beverage provider” does not include a health care facility, as defined in ORS 442.015 (Definitions), or a residential care facility, as defined in ORS 443.400 (Definitions for ORS 443.400 to 443.455), that provides single-use plastic straws to patients or residents.

(e)

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(A)

“Single-use plastic straw” means a tube made primarily from plastic that is derived from petroleum or a biologically based polymer, such as corn or another plant source, and that is intended:
(i)
To transfer liquid from a container to a consumer’s mouth;
(ii)
For a single use; and
(iii)
For disposal after the single use.

(B)

“Single-use plastic straw” does not include:
(i)
A straw made from materials other than plastic, including but not limited to paper, pasta, sugar cane, wood or bamboo; and
(ii)
A plastic straw that is attached to or packaged with a beverage container before the beverage container is offered for retail sale.

(2)

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(a)

A food and beverage provider or convenience store may not provide a single-use plastic straw to a consumer unless the consumer specifically requests the single-use plastic straw.

(b)

Notwithstanding the prohibition in paragraph (a) of this subsection, a consumer may request, and a food and beverage provider or a convenience store may offer to the consumer, a single-use plastic straw in an area of the food service provider’s or convenience store’s premises in which the consumer may receive a delivery of prepared food or a beverage while seated in or on a vehicle.

(c)

The prohibition in paragraph (a) of this subsection does not apply to a convenience store that:

(A)

Sells or offers single-use plastic straws for sale in bulk or unconnected with a sale or provision of food or a beverage; or

(B)

Makes single-use plastic straws available to consumers in an unattended location, provided that the convenience store may leave the single-use plastic straws in an unattended location only if the convenience store does not have space in which to store the single-use plastic straws in a location where employees of the convenience store provide service to consumers.

(3)

An enforcement officer may enforce subsection (2) of this section in the course of conducting an inspection. A food and beverage provider or a convenience store that violates subsection (2) of this section is subject to a notice for a first and second violation and, for subsequent violations, to a fine of not more than $25 for each day in which the food and beverage provider or convenience store remains in violation of subsection (2) of this section. The enforcement officer may not impose total fines of more than $300 during a calendar year for a food and beverage provider’s or a convenience store’s violation of subsection (2) of this section. [2019 c.362 §1]
Note: 616.892 (Single-use plastic straws) and 616.894 (Local plastic straw laws) were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 616 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

Source: Section 616.892 — Single-use plastic straws; penalties, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors616.­html.

616.010
State Department of Agriculture and Oregon Health Authority to administer and enforce food laws
616.015
Cooperation between Oregon Health Authority and State Department of Agriculture
616.020
Surveys, investigations and inquiries by Oregon Health Authority
616.028
State Department of Agriculture administration and enforcement of federal or interstate food safety systems
616.065
Certificate of analysis or test as evidence
616.073
Policy and prohibitions on sulfite use
616.077
Oregon Health Authority rules
616.205
Definitions for ORS 616.205 to 616.385
616.210
“Selling of food” construed
616.215
Prohibited acts
616.217
Restriction on labeling or selling food fish product as halibut
616.220
Injunction against violations of ORS 616.215
616.223
Processing of reclaimed fish for food banks
616.225
Disposal of adulterated, misbranded, unsound or unsafe food or consumer commodity
616.230
Definitions and standards
616.235
When food deemed adulterated
616.245
Adding poisonous or deleterious substance
616.250
When food deemed misbranded
616.256
Labeling exemption for foods to be repackaged
616.265
When advertisement deemed false
616.270
Determining when label or advertisement misleading
616.275
Liability for dissemination of false advertisement
616.286
Inspection and investigation powers of department
616.295
Reports and information issuable by department
616.305
District attorney to prosecute violations
616.310
Notice or warning of minor violations
616.315
Jurisdiction of courts
616.320
Short title
616.325
Consumer commodity labeling requirements
616.330
Alcoholic beverage exemption
616.333
Diethylstilbestrol use in food
616.335
Definition for ORS 616.205 and 616.335 to 616.385
616.341
Use of poisons, pesticides or food additives restricted
616.345
Rules governing use of pesticide chemicals
616.350
Control of food additives
616.355
Enforcement procedure for violation of ORS 616.341, 616.345 or 616.350
616.360
Standards for rules
616.366
Rules for use of poisons, pesticides, food or color additives
616.380
Enforcement procedure for control of food additives
616.385
Public hearing required for rules
616.555
Definitions for ORS 616.555 to 616.585
616.560
Determination of menu item typical values
616.565
Calorie content information for combination or multiserving items
616.570
Menus, menu boards and food tags
616.575
Rules
616.580
Inspections
616.585
Local disclosure requirements prohibited
616.590
Lack of cause of action or claim
616.680
Definitions for ORS 616.680, 616.683 and 616.686
616.683
Regulatory exemption for sales location and farm direct marketer of certain agricultural products
616.686
Farm direct marketing rules
616.695
Definitions for ORS 616.695 to 616.755
616.700
Department to enforce sanitation requirements for food and food establishments
616.706
Licenses
616.708
Additional users of establishment
616.711
Where licenses not required
616.713
Unauthorized food establishments
616.716
When inspection authorized
616.718
Waiver of routine inspection
616.721
Exemption from ORS 616.695 to 616.755 for federally inspected establishments
616.723
Exemption from ORS 616.695 to 616.755 for establishments in residential dwellings
616.726
City regulation of food and food establishments authorized
616.731
Deposit and use of fees and money
616.735
When insanitary conditions exist
616.740
Condemnation where insanitary conditions exist
616.745
Handling of food by diseased persons prohibited
616.750
Procedure where food handler suspected of disease
616.755
Securing information from health officers
616.761
Standards of identity and quality for olive oil
616.766
Standards of identity and quality for honey
616.775
Definitions for ORS 616.775 to 616.790
616.780
Standards of identity or quality for flours, macaroni and noodle products
616.785
Sale of unenriched flours, macaroni or noodle products prohibited
616.790
Enforcement of ORS 616.775 to 616.790 by department
616.800
Short title
616.805
Definitions for ORS 616.800 to 616.835 and 616.994
616.810
Exemption for alcoholic beverages
616.815
Open date labeling required for packaged perishable food sold at retail
616.820
Label required to be affixed to package not later than time of delivery to retail seller
616.825
Sale of perishable food after expiration of pull date prohibited
616.830
Altering labels or using nonconforming labels prohibited
616.835
Rulemaking authority
616.850
Definitions for ORS 616.850 to 616.890
616.855
Items exempt from unit pricing requirements
616.860
Unit pricing of packaged consumer commodities required
616.865
Temporary sale items exempt
616.870
Prescribed pricing by units of measurement
616.875
Rules
616.880
Written warning notice for minor violation
616.890
Short title
616.892
Single-use plastic straws
616.894
Local plastic straw laws
616.992
General criminal penalty
616.994
Criminal penalty for open date labeling law violations
616.997
Civil penalties
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