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ORS Chapter 475c — Cannabis Regulation

ORS 475c.930. Oregon Cannabis Commission. (1) The Oregon Cannabis Commission is established within the Oregon Health Authority. The commission consists of: (a) The Public Health Officer or the Public Health Officers designee; and (b) Eight members appointed by the Governor as follows: (A) A registry identification cardholder, as defined in ORS 475C.777; (B) A person designated to produce marijuana by a registry identification cardholder, as defined in ORS 475C.777; (C) An attending provider, as defined in ORS 475C.777; (D) A person representing the Oregon Health Authority; (E) A person representing the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission; (F) A local health officer, as described in ORS 431.418; (G) A law enforcement officer; and (H) A person knowledgeable about research proposal grant protocols. (2) The term of office of each member of the commission is four years, but a member serves at the pleasure of the Governor. Before the expiration of the term of a member, the Governor shall appoint a successor whose term begins on January 1 of the following year. A member is eligible for reappointment. If there is a vacancy for any cause, the Governor shall make an appointment to become immediately effective for the unexpired term. (3) The appointment of each member of the commission is subject to confirmation by the Senate in the manner prescribed in ORS 171.562 and 171.565. (4) Members of the commission are not entitled to compensation, but may be reimbursed for actual and necessary travel and other expenses incurred by them in the performance of their official duties in the manner and amounts provided for in ORS 292.495. [Formerly 475B.952]
ORS Chapter 475c — Cannabis Regulation

ORS 475c.933. Commission leadership; quorum. (1) The Oregon Cannabis Commission shall select one of its members as chairperson and another as vice chairperson, for terms and with duties and powers necessary for the performance of the functions of the offices as the commission determines. (2) A majority of the members of the commission constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business. (3) The commission shall meet at least once every quarter at a time and place determined by the commission. The commission also may meet at other times and places specified by the call of the chairperson or of a majority of the members of the commission. [Formerly 475B.955]
ORS Chapter 475c — Cannabis Regulation

ORS 475c.936. Staff support for commission. The Oregon Health Authority shall provide staff support to the Oregon Cannabis Commission and shall perform other services as necessary for the effective operation of the commission. [Formerly 475B.958]
ORS Chapter 475c — Cannabis Regulation

ORS 475c.939. Duties of commission. In addition to any other duty prescribed by law, the Oregon Cannabis Commission shall: (1) Provide advice to the Oregon Health Authority with respect to the administration of ORS 475C.770 to 475C.919; (2) Provide advice to the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission with respect to the administration of ORS 475C.005 to 475C.525, insofar as those statutes pertain to registry identification cardholders and designated primary caregivers, as those terms are defined in ORS 475C.777; (3) Develop a long-term strategic plan for ensuring that cannabis will remain a therapeutic option for persons with debilitating medical conditions as defined in ORS 475C.777; (4) Develop a long-term strategic plan for ensuring that cannabis will remain affordable for persons with debilitating medical conditions as defined in ORS
ORS Chapter 475c — Cannabis Regulation

ORS 475c.945. City, county ordinances regarding medical marijuana. If a city or county enacts or has enacted an ordinance prohibiting or allowing marijuana processing sites registered under ORS 475C.815 or medical marijuana dispensaries registered under ORS 475C.833, the governing body of the city or the county may amend the ordinance, without referring the amendment to the electors of the city or county under ORS 475C.950, to prohibit or allow the premises of a licensee, as those terms are defined in ORS 475C.009, that has been designated an exclusively medical licensee under ORS 475C.121, 475C.125,
ORS Chapter 475c — Cannabis Regulation

ORS 475c.950. Adoption of ordinances; referral to electors for approval. (1) The governing body of a city or county may adopt ordinances to be referred to the electors of the city or county as described in subsection (2) of this section that prohibit or allow the establishment of any one or more of the following in the area subject to the jurisdiction of the city or in the unincorporated area subject to the jurisdiction of the county: (a) Marijuana processing sites registered under ORS 475C.815; (b) Medical marijuana dispensaries registered under ORS 475C.833; (c) Marijuana producers that hold a license issued under ORS 475C.065; (d) Marijuana processors that hold a license issued under ORS 475C.085; (e) Marijuana wholesalers that hold a license issued under ORS 475C.093; (f) Marijuana retailers that hold a license issued under ORS 475C.097; (g) Marijuana producers that hold a license issued under ORS 475C.065 and that the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission has designated as an exclusively medical licensee under ORS 475C.121; (h) Marijuana processors that hold a license issued under ORS 475C.085 and that the commission has designated as an exclusively medical licensee under ORS
ORS Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection

ORS 478.001. Definitions. (1) As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (a) Board of directors or district board means the governing body of a district. (b) County means the county in which the district, or the greater portion of the taxable assessed value of the district, is located. (c) County board means the county court or board of county commissioners of the county. (d) District means a rural fire protection district proposed to be organized or organized under, or subject to, this chapter. (e) Owner or landowner means a legal owner of real property or the vendee of a contract of purchase of real property, if any, to the exclusion of the vendor. The term includes a unit owner, as defined in ORS 100.005. (2) As used in ORS 478.960: (a) Commercial waste means any waste produced in any business involving the lease or sale, including wholesale and retail, of goods or services, including but not limited to housing, and means any waste produced by a governmental, educational or charitable institution; however, it does not include any waste produced in a dwelling containing four living units or less. (b) Demolition material means any waste resulting from the complete or partial destruction of any man-made structure such as a house, apartment, commercial building or industrial building. (c) Domestic waste means any nonputrescible waste, consisting of combustible materials, such as paper, cardboard, yard clippings, wood, or similar materials, generated in a dwelling, including the real property upon which it is situated, containing four living units or less. (d) Field burning means the burning of any grass field, grain field, pasture, rangeland or other field by open burning or by use of mobile equipment or flaming equipment on any land or vegetation. (e) Industrial waste means any waste resulting from any process or activity of manufacturing or construction. (f) Land clearing debris means any waste generated by the removal of debris, logs, trees, brush or demolition material from any site in preparation for land improvement or construction projects. (g) Open burning means any burning conducted in such a manner that combustion air is not effectively controlled and that combustion products are not vented through a stack or chimney, including but not limited to burning conducted in open outdoor fires, common burn barrels and backyard incinerators.
ORS Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection

ORS 478.002. Status of districts existing in 1957. (1) There hereby is created a rural fire protection district territorially coterminous with each rural fire protection district existing on July 2, 1957, or established after July 2, 1957, and prior to November 22, 1957, if such rural fire protection district was at that time a valid district but for the fact that its electorate was restricted to property owners. In determining the boundaries of districts created by this subsection, full effect shall be given to annexations, withdrawals and consolidations effected by rural fire protection districts prior to November 22, 1957, under this chapter or other statutes authorizing or purporting to authorize such action. (2) Rural fire protection districts territorially coterminous with the districts created by subsection (1) of this section hereby are abolished. (3) Rural fire protection districts created by this section shall be governed by this chapter.
ORS Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection

ORS 478.004. New district succeeds to and replaces abolished district. Each rural fire protection district created by ORS 478.002 shall in all respects succeed to and replace the territorially coterminous rural fire protection district abolished by ORS 478.002. Without limiting the foregoing: (1) A successor district is: (a) The owner of the property of the succeeded district, including real property and funds on deposit with the county treasurer or banks. (b) Successor party to the contracts of the succeeded district. (c) Successor party to the court proceedings of the succeeded district. (d) Successor obligor on the indebtedness of the succeeded district. (2) The rules, regulations, fire protection codes and identification numbers of the succeeded district are the rules, regulations, fire protection codes and identification numbers of the successor district, until changed by appropriate action under this chapter. (3) The directors and officers of the succeeded district are the directors and officers of the successor district. Each director and officer shall hold office for a term equal to the term of the office of the director or officer in the succeeded district. [1957 s.s. c.10 2] FORMATION
ORS Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection

ORS 478.010. Formation; territories that may not be included in districts. (1) A rural fire protection district may be formed in the manner set forth in ORS 478.010 to
ORS Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection

ORS 478.040. [Repealed by 1957 s.s. c.10 4 (478.041 enacted in lieu of 478.040)]
ORS Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection

ORS 478.050. Qualifications for directors. A director of a district shall be an elector or an owner within the district. A district may determine, by ordinance that takes effect at least one year prior to the date of a regular district election, that firefighters of the district, volunteer or otherwise, and other district employees shall not serve as directors.
ORS Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection

ORS 478.060. [Amended by 1963 c.299 2; repealed by 1971 c.647 149 and by 1971 c.727 203]
ORS Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection

ORS 478.090. Effect of 1939 Act on districts then existing. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as impairing the legality or organization of any rural fire protection district existing on June 14, 1939, nor to exclude from such districts any lands then included therein, nor the legality of any act of such district done in accordance with the prior law, nor shall it be deemed to affect the legality of the election of any officer of any such existing rural fire protection district. Nor shall anything in this chapter be deemed in any way to affect any indebtedness or financial obligation lawfully created by any fire protection district existing on June 14, 1939, and such existing rural fire protection district is confirmed and for the purpose of continued and future operation shall be deemed as organized under the terms and conditions of this chapter and entitled to all benefits and clothed with all the rights, powers and duties as by this chapter provided.
ORS Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection

ORS 478.100. Immaterial defects in organization not to invalidate district organization. No final order of a county board establishing a district shall be set aside, or annulled upon appeal or review, on account of any defect or irregularity in the petition asking for organization of such district, or notice thereof, which does not materially affect the substantial rights of an interested party. The following irregularities are declared to be immaterial defects: (1) Errors of description of the intermediate points, courses or distances of the exterior boundaries of the proposed district set out in the petition for organization or as changed at the hearing by the county board, when the exterior boundaries can be otherwise definitely determined. (2) Errors in posting notices where it can be shown that all persons objecting to the proceedings had actual notice thereof prior to the hearing. (3) Errors in or omissions of the names of petitioners or number thereof, or in the percentage thereof of property owners in the district, required to sign the petition for organization, where there is entered upon the records of the county board an order or proclamation establishing or legally forming such district.
ORS Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection

ORS 478.110. [Repealed by 1969 c.667 70]
ORS Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection

ORS 478.115. County governing body to determine territory of district. Subject to the provisions of ORS 478.010, a county governing body may, under ORS 198.705 to 198.955, include in or exclude from a proposed district, or territory proposed to be annexed to a district, such territory as it determines.
ORS Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection

ORS 478.120. Inclusion of forestland in district. The authority to include forestland within a rural fire protection district pursuant to ORS 478.010 (2)(c) applies to forestland within the exterior boundaries of an existing district and to forestland on which structures subject to damage by fire have been added after July 20, 1973.
ORS Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection

ORS 478.130. Certain structures subject to fire damage to be added to tax rolls. Any land upon which structures subject to damage by fire have been built shall be added to the assessment roll for the tax year beginning July 1 following the calendar year in which construction on the structure was begun.
ORS Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection

ORS 478.140. Procedure for adding land to district by consent of owner. Any owner consenting to add the forestland of the owner to the district under ORS 478.010 (2)(c) shall do so on forms supplied by the Department of Revenue. The owner shall file the original with the district. The district shall forward a copy to the assessor of each county in which the land is located, within 20 days of receipt.
ORS Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection

ORS 478.150. Conference with State Forestry Department required prior to formation of district or annexation of territory. Prior to the formation of any rural fire protection district or the annexation of any territory to an existing rural fire protection district of any territory within the exterior boundaries of a forest protection district established pursuant to ORS chapter 477, the petitioners of the proposed district or annexation shall confer with the State Forestry Department in determining the boundaries and lands to be included within the rural fire protection district.
ORS Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection

ORS 478.155. Formation of district with tax zones; contents of formation petition and order creating district; determination of tax levy in each zone; boundary changes. (1) When formation of a district is proposed after October 15, 1983, the petition or order for formation may include, in addition to other information required under ORS 198.750 or 198.835: (a) A statement that the district shall be divided into a specified number of zones for the purpose of imposing and levying ad valorem taxes at different rates in each zone based upon differences in services provided by the district in each zone. (b) The boundaries of the proposed zones. (2) If an election on formation of the district is held, the county board shall order the questions of whether or not to form the district and, if the district is formed, whether or not to divide it into zones to be submitted to the voters as separate questions to be voted upon separately. (3) After an election on formation is held, if both the formation of the district and the division of the district into zones are approved by the voters, the order issued under ORS 198.820 (3) creating the district shall declare that the district contains zones with the boundaries specified in the petition or order for formation. If only formation of the district is approved by the voters, the order creating the district shall be issued as provided in ORS 198.820. (4) If the district is formed without an election, the order issued under ORS 198.820 (3) creating the district shall declare that the district contains zones with the boundaries specified in the petition or order for formation. (5) When a district containing zones is formed under this section, the first board of directors of the district, prior to the levy of any ad valorem taxes by the district, shall provide notice of a public hearing and conduct the hearing as provided in ORS 478.480 (2) and 478.485. After the public hearing required under this section, the board shall enter an order in its journal stating the percentage of the total amount of ad valorem taxes of the district that will be collected in each zone. The board may then determine, make and declare the ad valorem tax levy for each zone. (6) The boundaries of the zones and the percentages of taxes collected in each zone that are established for a district under this section shall be effective until the regular district election in the first odd-numbered year following the year in which the district is formed. At that regular district election, a proposal for changing the boundaries of the zones may be submitted to the voters of the district as provided in ORS 478.480 (2), 478.485 and 478.490. If no proposal for a boundary change is submitted, the boundaries of the zones established upon formation of the district shall be retained until notice of a change is given to, and approved by, the voters of the district as provided in ORS
ORS Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection

ORS 478.160. Filing of boundary or zone change with county assessor and Department of Revenue. For purposes of ad valorem taxation, a boundary or zone change must be filed in final approved form with the county assessor and the Department of Revenue as provided in ORS 308.225. [2001 c.138 38] POWERS AND DUTIES
ORS Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection

ORS 478.210. Directors; organization; term; oath. (1) The power and authority given to the district, except as otherwise provided, is vested in and shall be exercised by a board of five directors. Except as provided by subsection (3) of this section, the term of director is four years. (2) The board of directors shall fill any vacancy on the board as provided in ORS 198.320. (3) Within 10 days after receiving their certificates of election, the members of the first board of a district shall meet and organize by first taking and subscribing an oath of office. At the same meeting, the directors shall determine by lot the length of term each shall hold office. Of the members of the board first elected: (a) The terms of two directors shall expire June 30 next following the first regular district election; and (b) The terms of three members shall expire June 30 next following the second regular district election.
ORS Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection

ORS 478.215. Position numbers for director election. (1) Each office of director shall be designated by number as Position No. 1, Position No. 2 and so forth. (2) The secretary of a district shall assign a position number to each office on the board. The number so assigned shall be certified by the secretary to the director in office holding that position. A copy of the certification shall be filed in the records of the elections officer for the district.
ORS Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection

ORS 478.220. [Repealed by 1957 s.s. c.10 6 (478.221 enacted in lieu of 478.220)]
ORS Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection

ORS 478.221. Nomination and election of directors. (1) Candidates for election from subdistricts created by ORS 478.225 shall be nominated by electors of the subdistricts. Candidates for election at large may be nominated by electors of subdistricts or by electors of the district, or any combination of such methods. (2) Subject to ORS 478.225, the directors may be elected in one of the following methods or a combination of both: (a) Elected by electors of subdistricts. (b) Elected at large by position number by the electors of the district.
ORS Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection

ORS 478.228. Boundaries of subdistricts. The boundaries or proposed boundaries of election subdistricts proposed or established within a district under ORS 478.225 from which directors are to be nominated or elected shall be as nearly equal in population as is feasible according to the latest available federal census data and shall be adjusted by the board to apportion population, to follow wherever practicable existent election precinct boundaries and to reflect boundary changes of the district. The boundaries shall be determined or adjusted by the board prior to submitting the question of election subdistricts to the electors under ORS 478.225.
ORS Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection

ORS 478.231. Election laws applicable. (1) ORS chapter 255 governs the following: (a) The nomination and election of directors. (b) The conduct of district elections. (2) The electors of a district may exercise the powers of the initiative and referendum regarding a district measure, in accordance with ORS 255.135 to 255.205.
ORS Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection

ORS 478.234. Subdistricts for nomination or election of directors. (1) The question whether subdistricts should be established for the purpose of nominating or electing one or more board members may be submitted at an election called under ORS 198.866 and 198.867, or at an election on merger or consolidation called under ORS 198.903. (2) The following provisions of ORS 478.225 (4) apply to an election on annexation, merger or consolidation when the question of establishing subdistricts is submitted at that election: (a) The requirements applicable to the ballot title. (b) The provision for a map of the proposed subdistrict boundaries.
ORS Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection

ORS 478.240. Special elections; electors. (1) At any regular meeting, the district board may call a special election. (2) In any district in which there are no electors registered in the district and the property is used for business, industrial or farming purposes and is nonresidential in character, all owners of property located within the district may vote, and the authorized officer or representative of any corporation owning land in the district may vote for the corporation landowner.
ORS Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection

ORS 478.250. Meetings and officers of board. (1) The district board shall hold meetings at such time and place within the district as it determines. It shall hold at least one regular meeting in each month on a day fixed by the board, and may hold special meetings under such rules as it may make. (2) At the organizational meeting the board shall choose from the members a president, vice president, secretary and a treasurer. The board may choose as secretary and treasurer the same person. Officers shall hold their offices until the first regular meeting in July following or until their successors are elected and qualified. They shall have the powers and perform the duties usual in such cases. In the absence of the president, the vice president or, in the absence of both, any other member of the board may preside at any meeting. (3) The board shall transact all business pertinent to the establishment, equipment and maintenance of the district and its properties.