2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 526 - Forestry Administration
Section 526.801 - Definitions for ORS 526.801 to 526.831 and 526.992.


(1) "Export" means that unprocessed timber is loaded on a vessel or other conveyance with a foreign destination or is present at a facility such as a port or dock with intent to load it on a vessel or other conveyance with a foreign destination.
(2) "Person" means an individual, a partnership, a public or private corporation, an unincorporated association or any other legal entity. "Person" includes any subsidiary subcontractor, parent company or other affiliate. Business entities are considered affiliates when one controls or has the power to control the other or when both are controlled directly or indirectly by a third person.
(3) "Private lands" means lands within the State of Oregon owned by a person. "Private lands" does not include federal lands or nonfederal public lands, or any lands the title to which is:
(a) Held in trust by the United States for the benefit of any Indian tribe or individual.
(b) Held by any Indian tribe or individual subject to a restriction by the United States against alienation.
(4) "Public body" means an agency of the State of Oregon or of any other political subdivision.
(5) "Public lands" means lands owned by the State of Oregon or by any other political subdivision.
(6) "Unprocessed timber" means trees or portions of trees or other roundwood not processed to standards and specifications suitable for end product use. "Unprocessed timber" does not include timber processed into any one of the following:
(a) Lumber or construction timbers, meeting current American Lumber Standards Grades or Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau Export R or N list grades, sawn on four sides, not intended for remanufacture.
(b) Lumber, construction timbers, or cants for remanufacture, meeting current American Lumber Standards Grades or Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau Export R or N list clear grades, sawn on four sides, not to exceed 12 inches (nominal) in thickness.
(c) Lumber, construction timbers or cants for remanufacture, that do not meet the grades referred to in paragraph (b) of this subsection and are sawn on four sides, with wane less than one-fourth of any face, not exceeding eight and three-fourths inches in thickness.
(d) Chips, pulp or pulp products.
(e) Veneer or plywood.
(f) Poles, posts or piling cut or treated with preservatives for use as such.
(g) Shakes or shingles.
(h) Aspen or other pulpwood bolts, not exceeding 100 inches in length, exported for processing into pulp.
(i) Pulp logs or cull logs processed at domestic pulp mills, domestic chip plants or other domestic operations for the purpose of conversion of the logs into chips.
(j) Firewood cut in pieces 48 inches or less in length. [1991 c.942 §2]

Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources

Chapter 526 - Forestry Administration

Section 526.005 - Definitions.

Section 526.009 - State Board of Forestry; chairperson; terms; vacancies; confirmation; qualifications; removal.

Section 526.016 - General duties; limits; compensation and expenses; meetings; rules.

Section 526.031 - State Forester; deputy and assistants; compensation.

Section 526.036 - Fidelity bonds.

Section 526.041 - General duties of State Forester; rules.

Section 526.046 - State Forester to cooperate with other agencies and persons; contracts for supervision; costs.

Section 526.052 - Credits for former forest protective association employees.

Section 526.054 - Authority of department to require fingerprints.

Section 526.060 - State Forestry Department Account; subaccounts.

Section 526.065 - Authority to accept gifts and other donations for management of state forests and forest legacy programs; use of moneys in subaccount.

Section 526.111 - State Forestry Department Revolving Account; purposes.

Section 526.121 - Reimbursement of revolving account; keeping records.

Section 526.125 - Tillamook Forest Interpretive Center Fund; sources; use of moneys in fund.

Section 526.135 - Leasing departmental equipment to federal agency.

Section 526.144 - Equipment pool; participation.

Section 526.146 - Charges.

Section 526.148 - Leasing communication equipment.

Section 526.152 - Disposition of equipment; termination of pool.

Section 526.156 - Forest Trust Land Advisory Committee; membership; advisory function.

Section 526.166 - Acquisition of real property by purchase, agreement or donation.

Section 526.168 - Acquisition of real property by eminent domain.

Section 526.225 - Forest Research Laboratory; cooperative programs; advisory committee.

Section 526.231 - Findings.

Section 526.233 - Application of antitrust laws.

Section 526.235 - State forest nursery; securing seedlings; sale of seedlings and stock; disposition of sales receipts.

Section 526.237 - Acquisition of forest tree seedlings; agreements with grower cooperatives; fees.

Section 526.255 - Long range management, marketing and harvest report.

Section 526.265 - Hearings to publish report and receive testimony; management regions.

Section 526.271 - Findings.

Section 526.273 - Cooperation with federal agencies.

Section 526.274 - Authority to participate in federal forest management.

Section 526.275 - Policy regarding Good Neighbor Authority Agreement projects.

Section 526.276 - Reporting on Good Neighbor Authority Agreement projects.

Section 526.277 - Findings.

Section 526.280 - Responsibilities of State Forester; woody biomass utilization; report.

Section 526.287 - Definitions for ORS 526.287 to 526.299 and 526.991.

Section 526.289 - Legislative findings.

Section 526.291 - Large commercial event permits; fees; rules.

Section 526.294 - Large commercial event health and safety standards; rules.

Section 526.297 - Suspension or revocation of permit.

Section 526.299 - Organizer responsibility for compliance with permit terms and conditions.

Section 526.305 - Definitions for ORS 526.305 to 526.370.

Section 526.310 - Forestland classification committees; rules.

Section 526.324 - Classification of forestland by committee; publication.

Section 526.328 - Hearing; final classification.

Section 526.332 - Appeal.

Section 526.340 - Classification by State Forester.

Section 526.350 - Policy in administering forest and fire laws; contracts for care of forestland.

Section 526.360 - State Forester to assist in developing forestland for agricultural uses; supervision of certain burning; refusal of supervision or permit; Certified Burn Manager program; rules; liability for damage.

Section 526.370 - Seeding agreements as condition of supervision of burning on forestlands; seeding at owner’s expense on breach; lien; foreclosure.

Section 526.425 - Management assistance to nonindustrial private forest landowners; rules.

Section 526.450 - Short title.

Section 526.455 - Definitions for ORS 526.450 to 526.475.

Section 526.460 - Policy to manage forests to maximize benefits.

Section 526.465 - Purpose of ORS 526.450 to 526.475.

Section 526.470 - Forest tree seed bank; sale to recover costs; disposition of funds; use of funds for research and development activities.

Section 526.472 - Forest tree seed orchard; purposes; cooperative agreements; recovery of costs; revenues.

Section 526.475 - Appeal of decisions by State Forester.

Section 526.490 - Afforestation of certain idle lands; harvest requirements; inspection fees; lands subject to Oregon Forest Practices Act; rules; fees.

Section 526.500 - Definitions for ORS 526.500 to 526.515.

Section 526.510 - Department to provide technical assistance to governmental units.

Section 526.515 - Gifts, grants and donations; fees for services.

Section 526.600 - Definitions for ORS 526.600 to 526.675.

Section 526.610 - Oregon Forest Resources Institute; board of directors; eligibility.

Section 526.615 - Qualifications of voting members.

Section 526.625 - Effect of failure to maintain qualification; removal of member.

Section 526.635 - Officers.

Section 526.640 - General authority of institute.

Section 526.645 - Additional powers.

Section 526.650 - Expenditure of funds restricted.

Section 526.660 - Application of budget and expenditure control laws.

Section 526.675 - Oregon Forest Resources Institute Fund; use of moneys; rules.

Section 526.695 - Definitions for ORS 526.695 to 526.775.

Section 526.700 - Forest Resource Trust; purpose; trustees; advisory committee; rules; duties.

Section 526.703 - Cost share program; purpose; advance of moneys and assistance.

Section 526.705 - Loan program; financial assistance terms and conditions; rules.

Section 526.710 - State Forestry Department to assist board.

Section 526.725 - Agreements with private, governmental or other organizations; land acquisitions; investment of funds; forestry carbon offsets; trust on governmental agencies or officers not created.

Section 526.730 - Report to legislature.

Section 526.740 - Lien for moneys payable to trust by forestland owner; attachment to severed forest products and accounts receivable.

Section 526.745 - Notice of lien; filing.

Section 526.755 - Foreclosure; costs.

Section 526.760 - Priority; lien survives land foreclosure proceedings.

Section 526.765 - Payment of funds advanced; release of lien.

Section 526.770 - Notice of forest products harvest; contents; forest products purchasers.

Section 526.780 - Agreements for forestry carbon offsets; requirements; creation; disposition of revenues.

Section 526.783 - Development of forestry carbon offset accounting system.

Section 526.786 - Rules relating to forestry carbon offsets; rules advisory committee.

Section 526.801 - Definitions for ORS 526.801 to 526.831 and 526.992.

Section 526.806 - Prohibition against export of unprocessed timber; prohibition against certain public timber purchases.

Section 526.816 - Certification by bidders for public timber.

Section 526.900 - Review of state regulations and policies affecting implementation of conservation strategies.

Section 526.905 - Management plans or policies to reduce risk of loss of forest resources.

Section 526.991 - Criminal penalty for large commercial event offense.

Section 526.992 - Criminal and civil penalties for timber export violation.