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Section 477.001 - Definitions. - (1) "Additional fire hazard" means a hazard that has been...
Section 477.005 - Policy. - (2) In order to accomplish the purposes of the policy...
Section 477.009 - Investigative authority of Attorney General for fire protection administration. - (a) Attendance of witnesses; (b) Production of documents, including but...
Section 477.013 - Smoke management plan; rules. - (2) The State Forester shall promulgate rules to carry out...
Section 477.027 - Establishment of classes of wildland-urban interface; rules. - (a) A definition of "wildland-urban interface." (b) Criteria by which...
Section 477.062 - Inadequately protected forestland declared nuisance; notice to protect; work at expense of owner; collection of amount expended. - (2) Whenever the forester learns thereof, the forester may direct...
Section 477.066 - Duty of owner and operator to abate fire; abatement by authorities. - (2) If the forester determines the fire is either burning...
Section 477.068 - Liability for cost of abatement; interest; lien; foreclosure; attorney fees. - (2) An itemized statement of the actual cost incurred by...
Section 477.089 - Recovery for property damage; liability for firefighting costs. - (a) "Economic and property damage" means the sum of: (A)...
Section 477.092 - Liability for destruction of property by wildfire. - (2) A person is not liable in a civil action...
Section 477.095 - Applicability of ORS 477.068, 477.085 and 477.089. - (2) Notwithstanding any other law, the Oregon National Guard shall...
Section 477.100 - Ability of owner to suppress fire; limitation. - (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the forester, agency...
Section 477.120 - Liability of owner or operator. - (a) Forest patrol assessments are regularly paid for the forestland;...
Section 477.123 - Volunteer fighters of wildfires. - (a) "Voluntarily" means not undertaken as a condition of employment...
Section 477.125 - Liability of forest protective associations, rangeland protection associations and public bodies; limitations. - (2) The exemption from liability provided by subsection (1) of...
Section 477.128 - Expenditures for criminal defense related to fire suppression activities. - (2) The State Forester may authorize the expenditure of funds...
Section 477.150 - Smoke detection cameras. - (2) The system must serve the purposes of quickly detecting,...
Section 477.155 - Wildfire response capacity. - (1) Shall consult and coordinate with federal agencies, private stakeholders...
Section 477.161 - Fire protection for lands outside forest protection districts. - (2) A county, in collaboration with the State Forester and...
Section 477.175 - Definition of "all possible aid" for agreement. - Note: 477.175 to 477.200 were enacted into law by the...
Section 477.180 - Ratification of amendment to agreement; withdrawal if Legislative Assembly fails to ratify amendment. - Note: See note under 477.175.
Section 477.185 - Use of local fire protection resources. - Note: See note under 477.175.
Section 477.190 - Authority of Governor to carry out agreement. - Note: See note under 477.175.
Section 477.195 - Ratification of Northwest Wildland Fire Protection Agreement. - (2) This agreement shall become effective when it has been...
Section 477.200 - Northwest Wildland Fire Protection Agreement. - ______________________________________________________________________________ ARTICLE I The purpose of this agreement is to...
Section 477.205 - Definitions for ORS 477.205 to 477.281. - (1) "Grazing land" means forestland, within a forest protection district,...
Section 477.210 - Duty of owner to protect forestland; forester’s duty to provide protection upon noncompliance. - (2) Subsection (1) of this section is considered to have...
Section 477.220 - Lands not provided protection; lands not included within ORS 477.205 to 477.281. - (2) ORS 477.205 to 477.281 do not apply to federal...
Section 477.230 - Basis for computing cost of protection provided by forester; costs to be in accordance with budget. - (a) Grazing land within the district shall be protected by...
Section 477.232 - Costs in excess of budget; amounts not expended. - (1) Actual costs incurred by the forester in the prevention...
Section 477.245 - Owners entitled to be heard on budget matters; public budget meetings to be held in district. - (2) In forest protection districts wherein the board has entered...
Section 477.250 - Notice of budget meeting; notice of proposed assessment. - (2) Whenever the forester determines that any privately owned land...
Section 477.255 - Holding of budget meeting; revision and submission of budget for final approval. - (2) A member of the State Board of Forestry, or...
Section 477.260 - Appeal to board. - (2) Any owner of grazing land or timberland subject to...
Section 477.270 - Budgeted cost of forester to be lien; collection; deposit of amounts collected. - (a) The budgeted cost of the forester, as provided for...
Section 477.277 - Additional assessment to maintain unencumbered balance of Oregon Forest Land Protection Fund. - (2) All surcharge moneys collected pursuant to this section shall...
Section 477.281 - Limitation on obligation of landowner for fire protection. - (a) The payment of moneys pursuant to ORS 321.015 (2),...
Section 477.295 - Minimum assessment under ORS 477.270; combining lots; fees; rules. - (2) In any fiscal year in which the Emergency Fire...
Section 477.300 - Use of funds in State Forestry Department Account for capital outlay expenditures of district. - (a) Forest patrol assessments of the district involved. (b) Moneys...
Section 477.315 - Definitions for ORS 477.315 to 477.325. - (1) "Rangeland" means any land: (a) That is located in...
Section 477.317 - State Forester assistance to rangeland protection association. - (2) The forester may assist with organizing a rangeland protection...
Section 477.320 - Request of rangeland owners for protection; hearings; determination; cooperative agreements for protection. - (2) After the hearing referred to in subsection (1) of...
Section 477.325 - Budget for rangeland protection; collection of costs; disposition of receipts. - (2) The cost of protection of rangeland under ORS 477.320...
Section 477.355 - Fire wardens generally. - (2) The State Forester shall appoint such additional fire wardens...
Section 477.365 - Duties and powers of wardens. - (a) Take proper steps for the prevention and extinguishment of...
Section 477.406 - Cooperative contracts or agreements for forest protection or forest related activities; negotiation. - (2) Contracts and agreements under subsection (1) of this section,...
Section 477.408 - Provisions of contract or agreement. - (1) Exchange services on a cooperative basis. (2) Provide services,...
Section 477.409 - Contracts for off-season services for fire prevention and suppression personnel. - (2) A contract under this section shall specify the functions...
Section 477.410 - Liability of parties; responsibility for equipment; unemployment insurance and workers’ compensation; sovereign immunity. - (a) A party to a contract or agreement under ORS...
Section 477.440 - Emergency Fire Cost Committee; members; terms; vacancies. - (2) Members of the Emergency Fire Cost Committee shall be...
Section 477.455 - Meetings of committee; committee administrator. - (2) A staff member of the State Forestry Department shall...
Section 477.460 - Duties of administrator; compensation and expenses. - (2) Members of the committee are entitled to compensation and...
Section 477.490 - Statewide map of wildfire risk; rules. - (2) The Oregon Wildfire Risk Explorer must be the official...
Section 477.503 - Reduction of wildfire risk. - (b) The department shall ensure that the program is consistent...
Section 477.504 - No effect on management of private lands. - Note: See note under 477.490.
Section 477.505 - State Forester may declare fire season in district. - (2) The State Forester may, during the same year and...
Section 477.510 - Acts prohibited during fire season. - (1) Smoke while working in or traveling through any operation...
Section 477.512 - Additional acts prohibited during fire season. - (a) "Exploding target" means a device: (A) Designed for use...
Section 477.515 - Permits required for fires on forestlands; waiver; permit conditions; cooperative agreements for permit administration; rules. - (a) The forester may waive the requirement that permits be...
Section 477.535 - Forester may proclaim forestland subject to restricted uses; coordination of state and federal land restrictions. - (2) The proclamation shall designate the area to which and...
Section 477.540 - Notice of proclamation; suspension or termination; reinstatement. - (2) The proclamation shall remain in force until the time...
Section 477.545 - Restricted uses during closure. - (2) Permit closures make the area subject to entry only...
Section 477.550 - Violation of restrictions; access for fire fighting permitted. - (2) Nothing in this section applies to an owner’s right...
Section 477.552 - Policy. - (1) To improve the management of prescribed burning as a...
Section 477.554 - Program establishment; content. - (a) Collection, analysis and distribution of information regarding prescribed burning...
Section 477.556 - Advisory committee; membership; terms; staff. - (2) The following three members shall be appointed by the...
Section 477.558 - Functions for advisory committee. - (1) Advise the State Forestry Department in collecting information about...
Section 477.560 - Oregon Forest Smoke Management Account; moneys paid to account; use. - (2) The following moneys shall be credited to the Oregon...
Section 477.562 - Registration fee; rules. - (2) Any owner of Class 1 forestland under ORS 526.324...
Section 477.565 - Felling dead trees and snags; rules. - (a) If power-driven machinery is used at any location to...
Section 477.580 - Determination of additional fire hazards; notice to landowner; plan for reducing hazard; release from liability. - (2) If the forester determines that an additional fire hazard...
Section 477.610 - Standardization of fire-fighting equipment used to protect forestland; rules. - (2) The provisions of ORS 476.410 to 476.440 shall not...
Section 477.615 - Additional water supply and equipment; rules. - (2) All such equipment shall be kept in constant readiness...
Section 477.625 - Permit to use fire or power-driven machinery; exception; conditions; waiver of permit. - (a) Take reasonable precautions that in the judgment of the...
Section 477.630 - Information in permit. - (a) The legal description of the area upon which any...
Section 477.645 - Internal combustion engines; rules. - (2) Escape of fire from any engine described in this...
Section 477.650 - Stationary internal combustion engines; rules; waiver. - (2) When a person has equipped one engine as required...
Section 477.655 - Fire-fighting tools and equipment at operation area and on trucks; rules. - (1) Every person conducting an operation shall provide and maintain,...
Section 477.665 - Fire watch service; rules; waiver. - (2) The forester may modify or waive, in writing, any...
Section 477.695 - Removal of flammable material from railroad rights of way. - (2) The forester shall allow a reasonable period of time...
Section 477.698 - Permits for prescribed fires; rules. - (1) Conduct a prescribed fire that burns across land ownership...
Section 477.720 - Accidentally setting fire to forestland; failure to prevent spread. - (2) It is unlawful, having built a fire on or...
Section 477.740 - Unlawful use of fire. - (1) In the ignition of a fire: (a) Unlawfully sets...
Section 477.745 - Liability of parents for costs of suppressing fire caused by minor child. - (2) The legal obligation of the parent or parents of...
Section 477.747 - Policies and plans for restoration of burned forestland. - Note: 477.747 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly...
Section 477.748 - Small forestland grant program. - (a) Up to 160 acres of nonindustrial private forestland west...
Section 477.750 - Oregon Forest Land Protection Fund; source; use. - (2) Notwithstanding any other law and as limited by ORS...
Section 477.755 - Appropriation of fund; limitation on expenditures. - (2) Notwithstanding ORS 291.238, the moneys in the Oregon Forest...
Section 477.760 - Reserve base of fund fixed; annual determination of excess over base; tax levies and assessments to maintain base. - (2) In order to maintain the reserve base of the...
Section 477.775 - Emergency fire suppression costs insurance; considerations; payment of premium from fund. - (2) In determining whether the purchase of insurance is advisable,...
Section 477.777 - Agency request budget; expenditures; report. - (a) Providing funds for the purchase of emergency fire suppression...
Section 477.880 - Acreage assessment; east side forestlands; certain forestlands west of Cascade Mountains; rate. - (a) The forester under ORS 477.210 (4), with the approval...
Section 477.960 - Collection of assessment. - (2) The minimum assessment set forth in ORS 477.295 shall...
Section 477.980 - Enforcement policy; rules; factors considered. - (1) Prior violation of the same or similar statutes, rules...
Section 477.993 - Penalties. - (a) For the first offense, as a Class D violation....