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ORS Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection

ORS 478.500. Determination of tax levy in each tax zone. If a district is divided into zones under ORS 478.480 (1), the district board shall determine, make and declare the ad valorem tax levy for each zone when the district board adopts its budget for any fiscal year. The determination of the amount of ad valorem taxes to be levied in each zone shall be in accordance with the proposal approved by the voters under ORS 478.490 and shall be entered in the proper records of the district board.
ORS Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection

ORS 478.505. Petition for tax zones by district electors; number of signatures required; public hearing. (1) The electors of a district may initiate proceedings to divide the district into zones under ORS 478.155 and 478.480 to 478.500 by filing a petition with the district board. The petition shall state the name of the district and contain a request that the district board divide the district into zones consisting of areas zoned for exclusive farm use, areas within urban growth boundaries and all other areas. (2) A petition filed under this section shall be signed by not less than 10 percent of the electors of the district. (3) When the district board receives a petition filed under this section, the district board shall hold a public hearing on the formation of the proposed zones, and provide notice thereof, as required by ORS 478.480 (2) and 478.485.
ORS Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection

ORS 478.510. [Amended by 1969 c.667 32; repealed by 1971 c.727 203]
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ORS 478.520. [Amended by 1969 c.667 33; repealed by 1971 c.727 203]
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ORS 478.530. [Amended by 1969 c.667 34; repealed by 1971 c.647 149 and by 1971 c.727 203]
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ORS 478.540. [Amended by 1969 c.694 21; repealed by 1971 c.727 203]
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ORS 478.550. [Repealed by 1969 c.667 70]
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ORS 478.555. [1969 c.694 23; repealed by 1971 c.727 203] (Multicounty Districts)
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ORS 478.560. Deposit and disbursement of funds of districts located in two or more counties. Funds accruing to a district, located in two or more counties, from any source shall be deposited in accordance with ORS 295.001 to 295.108 and shall be drawn out only upon proper order and warrant or check bearing the signature of those persons authorized to sign warrants or checks by resolution of the board.
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ORS 478.620. [Amended by 1969 c.667 39; repealed by 1971 c.727 203]
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ORS 478.630. [Amended by 1969 c.667 40; repealed by 1971 c.727 203]
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ORS 478.640. [Amended by 1969 c.667 41; repealed by 1971 c.727 203]
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ORS 478.650. [Amended by 1969 c.667 42; repealed by 1971 c.727 203]
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ORS 478.660. [Amended by 1969 c.667 43; repealed by 1971 c.727 203] CHANGES TO DISTRICT
ORS Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection

ORS 478.665. Withdrawal of territory from district; inclusion in forest protection district; assessment. In addition to any other method of initiating proceedings to withdraw territory from a district, the county board may, after appropriate proceedings, order the withdrawal of forestland from a district if: (1) Written request for the withdrawal is submitted to the county board by the district board; (2) Inclusion of the withdrawn forestland within a forest protection district under ORS 477.205 to 477.281 is agreed to by the State Forester; (3) A public hearing for the landowners concerned is held regarding the withdrawal by the county board; and (4) Any lands so withdrawn and transferred to a forest protection district for purposes of fire protection shall be assessed for this purpose under ORS chapter 477 and, except as provided by ORS 198.880, shall no longer be assessed for fire protection by the rural fire protection district.
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ORS 478.710. [Amended by 1969 c.667 45; repealed by 1971 c.727 203]
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ORS 478.720. [Amended by 1969 c.667 46; repealed by 1971 c.727 203]
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ORS 478.730. [Amended by 1969 c.667 47; repealed by 1971 c.727 203]
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ORS 478.740. [Amended by 1969 c.667 48; repealed by 1971 c.727 203]
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ORS 478.810. [Amended by 1969 c.667 51; repealed by 1971 c.727 203]
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ORS 478.820. [Amended by 1969 c.667 52; repealed by 1971 c.727 203]
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ORS 478.830. [Amended by 1969 c.667 53; repealed by 1971 c.727 203] FIRE SAFETY SYSTEMS
ORS Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection

ORS 478.840. Definitions for ORS 478.845 to 478.875. As used in ORS 478.845 to 478.875: (1) District means a rural fire protection district organized under ORS chapter 478. (2) Fire safety system means any device or system that protects structures or people from damage, injury or destruction by fire or that minimizes the effects of fire. The term includes automatic fire sprinkler systems. [1995 c.725 1] Note:
ORS Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection

ORS 478.845. Revenue bonds authorized for fire safety systems. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any restriction on indebtedness contained in a charter, a city or district may issue and sell revenue bonds under ORS 478.845 to 478.875, loan moneys to qualified persons for the installation of fire safety systems and enter into loan contracts with those persons. Moneys borrowed from the loan fund created by ORS 478.855 shall be repaid by the borrowers in accordance with the terms of the loan contract to which the borrower and the city or district are parties. (2) In addition to authority granted by other laws to issue revenue bonds, a city or district may sell revenue bonds for the purpose of creating a loan fund to finance the installation of fire safety systems in structures located within the city or district. (3) Revenue bonds authorized by this section may be issued from time to time and shall be issued as prescribed in ORS chapter 287A. [1995 c.725 2; 2007 c.783 209] Note: See note under
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ORS 478.850. Sources of bond payment restricted. (1) Revenue bonds issued under ORS
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ORS 478.855. Loan fund created from bond proceeds; other sources for fund. (1) Proceeds of revenue bonds issued and sold under ORS 478.845 to 478.875 that are to be used to fund loans to persons for acquisition and installation of fire safety systems in structures owned by the borrowers shall be deposited in a loan fund created for the purpose by a city or district. (2) In addition to proceeds from the sale of revenue bonds, the loan fund created by this section shall consist of: (a) Moneys repaid to the fund by borrowers who received loans from the fund. (b) Proceeds of the sales of structures acquired by the city or district as a result of loan defaults. (c) Other revenues, as defined in ORS 287A.001, as determined by the city or district. [1995 c.725 7; 2007 c.783 211] Note: See note under
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ORS 478.860. Standards for eligibility for loans for fire safety systems. (1) The governing body of a city or district shall adopt standards to determine the eligibility of borrowers to borrow money from the loan fund established under ORS 478.855 for the purpose of acquiring and installing a fire safety system in a privately owned structure owned by the borrower. (2) The governing body of a city or district shall also adopt a list of fire safety systems that may be financed with loans made under ORS 478.845 to 478.875. [1995 c.725 3] Note: See note under
ORS Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection

ORS 478.865. Loan contract; repayment plan; terms and conditions. (1) Any loan contract providing for a loan of moneys to a borrower by a city or district shall include a plan for repayment by the borrower of moneys borrowed plus interest. The repayment plan: (a) Shall provide that the city or district obtain a lien on the structure in which a fire safety system is installed. Except for tax liens, the lien acquired by the city or district shall have priority over all other liens on the structure. (b) Shall provide for such other assurance of, and security for, repayment by the borrower as is considered necessary by the city or district. (c) Shall set forth the interest rate on the loan as reasonably determined by the city or district. (d) Shall provide for repayment during a period that shall be the lesser of the useful life of the proposed fire safety system or the term of the bond as determined by the city or district. (2) A loan contract under subsection (1) of this section may provide that the amount of repayment by a borrower include an amount sufficient to reimburse the city or district for the borrowers allocable share of the costs of issuing revenue bonds under ORS 478.845 to 478.875 to finance the loan contract, all administrative expenses relating to the loan contract and such amounts as may be established by the city or district to maintain a reserve in the loan fund created under ORS 478.855 to pay or reimburse future losses directly related to the loans financed with moneys from the loan fund. [1995 c.725 5] Note: See note under
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ORS 478.870. Powers granted to enforce loan contracts and secure payment of bonds; reserve fund. In addition to any other powers granted by law, a city or district may: (1) Make all contracts, execute all instruments and do all things necessary or convenient for the exercise of the powers granted by ORS 478.845 to 478.875, or for the performance of its covenants or duties, or in order to secure the payment of its bonds; (2) Enter into and perform such contracts and agreements with borrowers as the city or district considers proper and feasible for or concerning the financing and installation of fire safety systems; (3) Enter into covenants for the benefit of bond owners regarding the use and expenditure of moneys in the loan fund created by ORS 478.855; and (4) Establish a reserve fund or account for the benefit of bond owners and provide that the reserve fund or account may be funded with bond proceeds, from moneys held in the general fund, an enterprise fund or other fund of the city or district or from such other revenues or sources as the governing body of the city or district may determine. [1995 c.725 6] Note: See note under
ORS Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection

ORS 478.875. Remedies for breach of loan contract. If a borrower fails to comply with a contract entered into under ORS 478.865, the city or district may seek appropriate legal remedies to secure any repayment due the loan fund created by ORS 478.855. [1995 c.725 8] Note: See note under
ORS Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection

ORS 478.880. Legislative findings. The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that: (1) The best interest of the state is served by providing financial incentives for the installation of fire safety systems in multifamily housing. (2) The design and nature of multifamily housing creates a higher fire risk than the risk to single family housing and exposes tenants to fire risks that are not within the control of the tenants. (3) The presence of fire safety systems helps to defray costs for fire district equipment and equipment maintenance. (4) Although the state building code allows local jurisdictions to require the installation of fire safety systems in new construction on a cost-neutral basis, there is no equivalent program for retrofitting or remodeling existing multifamily structures. (5) A fire safety incentive program serves the purpose of providing financial incentive for the installation of fire safety systems in existing multifamily housing. [2001 c.614 1] Note:
ORS Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection

ORS 478.885. Payment or repayment for cost of fire safety system installation in multifamily housing. (1) As used in this section: (a) District means a rural fire protection district organized pursuant to ORS chapter 478. (b) Fire safety system means a device or series of devices that protects structures from damage or destruction by fire, protects people from injury by fire or minimizes the effects of fire. Fire safety system includes, but is not limited to, automatic fire sprinkler systems. (c) Multifamily housing means a structure established primarily to provide residential spaces and that provides more than one living unit. Multifamily housing does not include nursing homes, adult foster homes, hospitals, motels or hotels, dormitories or state institutions. (d) Owner includes a purchaser under a recorded instrument of sale. (2) A district may, by ordinance, establish a program that pays or repays to landlords part of the costs of installing fire safety systems in multifamily housing existing within the district on the effective date of the ordinance. Except as provided in this subsection, the district may establish the parameters of the program. A payment or repayment rate under the program may not exceed 50 percent of the cost of installing the fire safety system. The payment or repayment amount available for a property may not exceed the total amount paid during the preceding 10 years for all property taxes on the property, less any payment or repayment amount already provided for fire safety system installation on the property. The program must provide for the owner of the multifamily housing to apply on a form approved by the district. The program must include a uniform process for the evaluation of an application submitted by the owner of the multifamily housing. The uniform process must provide for a public hearing to determine whether the property qualifies for payment or repayment by the district. [2001 c.614 2] Note: See note under
ORS Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection

ORS 478.910. Adoption of fire prevention code. A district board may, in accordance with ORS 198.510 to 198.600, adopt a fire prevention code.
ORS Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection

ORS 478.920. Scope of fire prevention code. The fire prevention code may provide reasonable regulations relating to: (1) Prevention and suppression of fires. (2) Mobile fire apparatus means of approach to buildings and structures. (3) Providing fire-fighting water supplies and fire detection and suppression apparatus adequate for the protection of buildings and structures. (4) Storage and use of combustibles and explosives. (5) Construction, maintenance and regulation of fire escapes. (6) Means and adequacy of exit in case of fires and the regulation and maintenance of fire and life safety features in factories, asylums, hospitals, churches, schools, halls, theaters, amphitheaters, all buildings, except private residences, which are occupied for sleeping purposes, and all other places where large numbers of persons work, live or congregate from time to time for any purpose. (7) Requiring the issuance of permits by the fire chief of the district before burning trash or waste materials. (8) Providing for the inspection of premises by officers designated by the board of directors, and requiring the removal of fire hazards found on premises at such inspections.
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ORS 478.924. Approval of code by city or county required. The provisions of a fire prevention code adopted by a district after October 4, 1977, shall not apply within any city or county within the district unless the governing body of the city or county approves the fire code by resolution.
ORS Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection

ORS 478.927. Building permit review for fire prevention code. A district adopting a fire prevention code shall provide plan review at the agency of the city or county responsible for the issuance of building permits for the orderly administration of that portion of the fire prevention code that requires approval prior to the issuance of building permits.
ORS Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection

ORS 478.930. Violation of code; failure to remove hazards; burning waste without permit prohibited. When a district has adopted a fire prevention code as provided in ORS 478.910: (1) No person shall violate the provisions of the code or fail to remove hazards found on inspection within the time set by the inspecting officer, after written notice to either the owner or occupant of the premises. (2) No person shall burn waste materials or trash in an unguarded manner without a permit, when a permit is required by the district code or this chapter. [Amended by 1969 c.667 56]
ORS Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection

ORS 478.940. Filing and posting of fire prevention code. Copies of the fire prevention code shall be filed with the Department of the State Fire Marshal and a copy shall be posted at each fire station within the district. [Amended by 2021 c.539 138]
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ORS 478.965. Recovery by district of costs of suppressing unlawful fire; attorney fees. (1) If the fire-fighting apparatus or personnel, or either of a district, are required to respond and be used actively or on a standby basis in connection with the extinguishment or control of a fire that has been started or allowed to spread in willful violation of ORS 478.960 (1) to (5), the person responsible therefor shall be liable to the district furnishing such apparatus or personnel, or both, for the actual costs incurred by the district in controlling, extinguishing or patrolling the fire. Such costs may be recovered in an action prosecuted in the name of the district. The court may award reasonable attorney fees to the district if the district prevails in an action under this section. The court may award reasonable attorney fees to a defendant who prevails in an action under this section if the court determines that the district had no objectively reasonable basis for asserting the claim or no reasonable basis for appealing an adverse decision of the trial court. (2) An itemized statement of the actual costs incurred by the district, certified under oath by the treasurer of the district, shall be accepted as prima facie evidence of such costs in the action authorized by this section. [1967 c.420 6; 1969 c.667 58; 1981 c.897 55; 1995 c.696 24] Note: Sections 1 and 2, chapter 310, Oregon Laws 2023, provide: Sec. 1. (1) The State Fire Marshal shall: (a) Establish a Rural Structural Fire Protection Review Committee. (b) Appoint persons to serve on the committee as soon as practicable after the effective date of this 2023 Act [July 18, 2023]. (2) The committee: (a) Shall conduct a comprehensive review of the provisions of ORS chapter 478 that relate to structural fire protection. (b) May not review provisions of ORS chapter 478 that relate to forestland assessment, field burning or consultation with the State Forestry Department. (c) Shall, based on the review described in paragraph (a) of this subsection, develop recommendations to modernize and improve the structural fire protection operations of rural fire protection districts and to make the operations more efficient. (d) Shall report on the review described in paragraph (a) of this subsection and the recommendations described in paragraph (c) of this subsection, in the manner prescribed in ORS 192.245, to one or more relevant committees or interim committees of the Legislative Assembly on or before September 15, 2024. [2023 c.310 1] Sec. 2. Section 1 of this 2023 Act is repealed on January 2, 2025. [2023 c.310 2] DISTRICT IDENTIFICATION NAMES
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ORS 478.970. Purpose of district identification names. The purpose of ORS 478.970 to
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ORS 478.972. Application by district to State Fire Marshal for identification name. (1) When a district is organized the first board shall notify the State Fire Marshal in writing of the identification name for the district. (2) Except as provided in this subsection, upon receipt of a written notice from the board, the State Fire Marshal shall immediately assign the district the identification name. The fire marshal shall notify the board in writing if the name conflicts with the name of another fire district in this state. (3) The district board shall notify the fire marshal as provided in subsection (1) of this section within 30 days after the act that completes the organization or establishment of the district.
ORS Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection

ORS 478.980. Identification name for district formed by consolidation or merger of districts. In the event of a consolidation or merger of two or more districts, the consolidated board shall select a name for the surviving or successor district in the manner provided in ORS 478.972.
ORS Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection

ORS 478.982. Reuse of names of dissolved districts. In the event of a dissolution of a district, the name assigned to the district is available for assignment to another district. [1953 c.164 7; 1969 c.667 64; 2001 c.426 5] PENALTIES
ORS Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection

ORS 478.990. Penalties. (1) Violation of any provision of ORS 478.930 is a Class D violation. Each days refusal to remove fire hazards after notice by the inspecting officer to the owner of the premises where the hazard exists is a separate offense. (2) Burning without a permit required under ORS 478.960 (1) or in violation of a condition thereof is a misdemeanor. (3) Violation of ORS 478.960 (4) is a misdemeanor. (4) Subject to ORS 153.022 and 153.025, violation of any rule or regulation made by a rural fire protection district or other public body, as defined in ORS 174.109, pursuant to ORS 478.300 (2) is a misdemeanor. [Subsection (2) enacted as 1955 c.469 3; subsection (3) enacted as 1965 c.602 28; 1969 c.667 65; 1971 c.563 11; 1989 c.615 4; 1999 c.1051 188; 2003 c.802 127] _______________
ORS Chapter 479 — Protection of Buildings From

ORS 479.010. [Subsection (4) enacted as 1953 c.569 1; 1963 c.120 1; 1979 c.359 1; 1979 c.764 1a; 1987 c.158 105; 1997 c.24 2; 2005 c.22 360; renumbered 479.168 in 2005] PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS FROM FIRE
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ORS 479.015. Smoking in public elevator prohibited; penalty. (1) It shall be unlawful for any person to smoke cigars, cigarettes or tobacco in any form or to ignite any substance in an elevator used by the public. (2) A No Smoking sign shall be posted and maintained in a conspicuous place on or within any elevator operated in accordance with subsection (1) of this section, pursuant to rules of the State Fire Marshal. (3) Any person who violates subsection (1) of this section shall incur a penalty of $10 for each such violation. (4) Any person who violates subsection (2) of this section commits a Class D violation.
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ORS 479.030. [Repealed by 2011 c.97 9]
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ORS 479.040. [Repealed by 2011 c.97 9]
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ORS 479.050. [Repealed by 2011 c.97 9]
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ORS 479.060. [Repealed by 2011 c.97 9]
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ORS 479.070. [Repealed by 1965 c.602 30]
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ORS 479.090. [Amended by 1965 c.602 17a; repealed by 2011 c.97 9]
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ORS 479.110. [Amended by 1963 c.317 1; repealed by 1965 c.602 30]
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ORS 479.120. [Repealed by 1963 c.120 2 (479.121 enacted in lieu of 479.120)]
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ORS 479.130. [Repealed by 2011 c.97 9]
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ORS 479.150. [Amended by 1979 c.660 1; repealed by 2011 c.97 9]