ORS 646.551
Definitions for ORS 646.551 to 646.557


As used in ORS 646.551 (Definitions for ORS 646.551 to 646.557) to 646.557 (Required disclosures by telephonic seller):

(1)

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(a)

“Business opportunity” means a commercial arrangement in which:

(A)

A seller solicits a prospective purchaser to enter into a new business or to buy ancillary services within 60 days after entering into a new business;

(B)

The prospective purchaser makes a payment or agrees to be obligated to make a payment required for the business or services; and

(C)

The seller, expressly or by implication, and orally or in writing, represents that the seller or a designated person will:
(i)
Provide an outlet, account or customers, by means of the Internet or otherwise, for the purchaser’s goods or services; or
(ii)
Buy back goods or services that the purchaser makes, produces, fabricates, grows, breeds, modifies or provides, including but not limited to paying for services such as stuffing envelopes at the purchaser’s residence.

(b)

“Business opportunity” does not include:

(A)

A sale of all or substantially all of the assets of an ongoing business if the owner of the business intends to sell and sells the assets as one opportunity;

(B)

A sale of sales demonstration equipment, materials or samples for a total price of $500 or less and not for profit; or

(C)

A sale of a franchise, as defined 16 C.F.R. 436.1, unless the franchise is exempted from the definition because:
(i)
The total of the required payments the franchisee pays or commits to pay to a franchisor or an affiliate is less than $500 at any time before or within six months after the purchaser begins business as a franchisee; or
(ii)
No written document exists that describes any material term or aspect of the franchise arrangement.

(2)

“Telephone solicitation” means telephonic contact made under any of the following circumstances:

(a)

A person has telephonic contact with a prospective purchaser and solicits the prospective purchaser to purchase a business opportunity;

(b)

A person initiates telephonic contact with a prospective purchaser and represents or implies any of the following:

(A)

That a prospective purchaser who buys a unit of a good or service will receive additional units, whether or not of the same type as the purchaser bought, without further cost. As used in this subparagraph, “further cost” does not include actual postage or common carrier delivery charges, if any.

(B)

That a prospective purchaser will receive a prize or gift if the prospective purchaser does either of the following:
(i)
Purchases or rents goods or services; or
(ii)
Pays any money including, but not limited to, a delivery or handling charge.

(C)

That a prospective purchaser who buys goods or services because of some unusual event or imminent price increase will be able to buy the goods or services at prices that are below the prices that usually are charged, or the prices that will be charged in the future, for the goods or services.

(D)

That the seller is a person other than the actual seller.

(E)

That goods or services are manufactured or supplied by a person other than the actual manufacturer or supplier.

(F)

That the goods that the person is selling are gold, silver or other precious metals, diamonds, rubies, sapphires or other precious stones or any interest in oil, gas or mineral fields, wells or exploration sites; or

(c)

The person makes the telephonic contact in response to inquiries from prospective purchasers prompted by advertisements on behalf of the person, and the person conducts a solicitation as described in paragraph (b) of this subsection.

(3)

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(a)

“Telephonic seller” means a person who, on the person’s own behalf, or on behalf of another person, causes or attempts a telephone solicitation.

(b)

“Telephonic seller” does not include any of the following:

(A)

A person that sells a security as defined in ORS 59.015 (Definitions for Oregon Securities Law), or securities that are exempt under ORS 59.025 (Securities exempt from registration).

(B)

A person that is licensed pursuant to ORS chapter 696 if the solicited transaction is governed under ORS chapter 696.

(C)

A person that is licensed pursuant to ORS 701.021 (License requirement) if the solicited transaction is governed under ORS chapter 701.

(D)

A person that is licensed pursuant to ORS chapter 744 if the solicited transaction is governed under the Insurance Code.

(E)

A person that solicits the sale of a franchise if the solicited transaction is governed under ORS 650.005 (Definitions for ORS 650.005 to 650.100) to 650.100 (Disposition of civil penalties).

(F)

A person that primarily solicits a subscription to or advertising in a newspaper of general circulation.

(G)

A person that primarily solicits a subscription to a magazine or periodical, or a sale of a contractual plan, including a book or record club:
(i)
Under which the seller provides the means by which the consumer may instruct the seller not to ship the offered merchandise, and which is regulated by the Federal Trade Commission trade regulation concerning “Use of Negative Option Plans by Sellers in Commerce”; or
(ii)
Using arrangements such as continuity plans, subscription arrangements, standing order arrangements, supplements and series arrangements under which the seller periodically ships merchandise to a consumer who has consented in advance to receive the merchandise on a periodic basis.

(H)

A person that solicits business from prospective purchasers who have previously purchased from the business enterprise for which the person is calling, unless the person solicits a business opportunity.

(I)

A person that solicits without the intent to complete and who does not complete a sales presentation during the telephone solicitation and who only completes the sales presentation at a later face-to-face meeting between the solicitor and the prospective purchaser, unless at the later meeting the solicitor collects or attempts to collect payment to deliver items purchased.

(J)

Any supervised financial institution or parent, subsidiary, or affiliate of a supervised financial institution. As used in this subparagraph, “supervised financial institution” means any financial institution or trust company, as those terms are defined in ORS 706.008 (Additional definitions for Bank Act), or any personal property broker, consumer finance lender, commercial finance lender or insurer that is subject to regulation by an official or agency of this state or the United States.

(K)

A person that solicits the sale of funeral or burial services regulated by ORS chapter 692.

(L)

A person that solicits the sale of services that a cable television system provides under authority of a franchise or permit issued by a governmental agency of this state or a subdivision of a governmental agency of this state.

(M)

A person or affiliate of a person whose business is regulated by the Public Utility Commission, or a telecommunications utility with access lines of 15,000 or less or a cooperative telephone association.

(N)

A person that solicits the sale of a farm product, as defined in ORS 79.0102 (UCC 9-102. Definitions and index of definitions), if the solicitation does not result in a sale that costs the purchaser more than $100.

(O)

An issuer or a subsidiary of an issuer that has a class of securities that is subject to section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that is either registered or exempt from registration under paragraph (A), (B), (C), (E), (F), (G) or (H) of subsection (g) of that section.

(P)

A person that solicits exclusively the sale of telephone answering services that the person or the person’s employer provides.

(Q)

A person registered under the Charitable Solicitations Act. [1989 c.622 §2; 1997 c.249 §196; 1997 c.631 §513; 1999 c.59 §188; 1999 c.402 §5; 2001 c.445 §177; 2007 c.661 §27; 2007 c.836 §47; 2015 c.199 §1]

Source: Section 646.551 — Definitions for ORS 646.551 to 646.557, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors646.­html.

646.010
Designation and scope of ORS 646.010 to 646.180
646.020
Definitions and explanations
646.030
Application to cooperative associations
646.040
Price discrimination prohibited
646.050
Establishing prima facie case of discrimination
646.060
Commissions and allowances
646.070
Special payments to customers
646.080
Special services to customers
646.090
Inducing or receiving price discrimination prohibited
646.130
Cost surveys as evidence
646.140
Enjoining violations
646.150
Action for damages
646.160
Presumption of damages
646.170
Requiring defendant to testify
646.180
Illegal contracts
646.461
Definitions for ORS 646.461 to 646.475
646.463
Enjoining misappropriation
646.465
Damages for misappropriation
646.467
Attorney fees
646.469
Preservation of trade secret by court
646.471
Limitation on commencement of action
646.473
Conflicting tort, restitution or other law providing civil remedies
646.475
Application and construction of ORS 646.461 to 646.475
646.515
Definitions for ORS 646.515 to 646.545
646.525
Cooperative bargaining associations authorized
646.535
Unfair trade practices prohibited
646.545
Remedy for unfair trade practices
646.551
Definitions for ORS 646.551 to 646.557
646.553
Registration of telephonic sellers
646.555
Burden of proof for person claiming exemption
646.557
Required disclosures by telephonic seller
646.559
Rules
646.561
Definitions for ORS 646.561 to 646.565
646.563
Telephone solicitation of party who states desire not to be called
646.565
Notice of provisions of ORS 646.561 and 646.563
646.567
Definitions for ORS 646.567 to 646.578
646.568
Findings and purpose
646.569
Prohibition on telephone solicitation of party whose name is included on list described in ORS 646.574 or on federal registry designated under ORS 646.572
646.572
Administration of telephone solicitation program through contract or by designation of federal registry
646.574
List of persons who do not wish to receive telephone solicitations
646.576
Rules
646.578
Notice of provisions of ORS 646.567 to 646.578
646.605
Definitions for ORS 336.184 and 646.605 to 646.652
646.607
Unlawful business, trade practices
646.608
Additional unlawful business, trade practices
646.609
“Pyramid club” and “investment” defined
646.611
Information required to be given by telephone or door to door seller to potential customer
646.612
Application of ORS 646.607 and 646.608
646.618
Investigative demand
646.622
Method of serving investigative demand
646.626
Effect of failure to obey investigative demand
646.632
Enjoining unlawful trade practices
646.633
Action by prosecuting attorney prohibited without request of Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services
646.636
Remedial power of court
646.638
Civil action by private party
646.639
Unlawful collection practices
646.641
Civil action for unlawful collection practice
646.642
Civil penalties
646.643
Applicability of ORS 646.639
646.644
Free offer
646.646
Loss of license or franchise by person violating injunction
646.647
Unlawful use of recording group name
646.648
Unlawful practice by manufactured dwelling dealer
646.652
District attorney’s reports to Attorney General
646.656
Remedies supplementary to existing statutory or common law remedies
646.705
Definitions for ORS 136.617 and 646.705 to 646.805
646.715
Declaration of purpose
646.725
Prohibited acts
646.730
Monopolies prohibited
646.735
Exemption for coordinated care organizations
646.736
Public policy
646.737
Exemption for negotiations governing sale price of Oregon blackberries
646.738
Exemption for negotiations governing price for sale of grass seed
646.739
Exemption for negotiations governing season starting price for sale of Oregon seafood
646.740
Permitted activities
646.745
Joint operation of Memorial Coliseum and Arena in Portland
646.750
Investigative demand by Attorney General
646.760
Civil penalties
646.770
Equitable remedies
646.775
Actions by Attorney General
646.780
Recovery of treble damages
646.790
Venue
646.800
Time of commencing action
646.805
Effect of prior final judgment or decree
646.815
Criminal prosecutions
646.821
Taking testimony for investigative demand
646.823
Attendance of Attorney General at grand jury proceedings
646.826
Counsel for persons testifying
646.831
Fees and mileage for persons testifying
646.836
Confidential status of investigative material
646.881
Definitions for ORS 646.881 to 646.885
646.883
Price comparison in advertisement prohibited
646.885
Use of terms in advertisement containing price comparison
646.905
Definitions for ORS 646.910 to 646.923
646.910
Sale of gasoline blended with alcohol prohibited unless mixture meets federal specifications or requirements
646.911
Sale of gasoline with oxygenate other than ethanol
646.913
Limitations on gasoline sales
646.915
Requirement to display on fuel dispensing devices names and concentrations of oxygenates in certain blended gasolines
646.920
Wholesale dealer
646.922
Limitations on sale of diesel fuel
646.923
Retention of certificate of analysis
646.925
Enforcement
646.930
Motor vehicle fuel prices
646.932
Requirement to post amount per gallon of gasoline that is federal, state and local tax
646.935
Diesel fuel sales
646.945
Definitions for ORS 646.947 to 646.963
646.947
Prohibited activities
646.949
Signs identifying octane rating
646.951
Testing of motor vehicle fuel
646.953
Orders of Director of Agriculture
646.955
Records required
646.957
Rules
646.959
Annual fee for metering instrument or device
646.961
Motor Vehicle Fuel Inspection Program Account
646.963
Civil penalties
646.990
Penalties
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