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2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 530 - State Forests; Community Forests › Section 530.147 - Forest Development Revenue Bond Fund.

(1) The Forest Development Revenue Bond Fund is established separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Forest Development Revenue Bond Fund shall be credited to the fund. Moneys in the fund may be invested as provided in ORS 286A.025 and 293.701 to 293.857. All moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the State Board of Forestry for the purposes of paying bond-related costs when due on the revenue bonds issued under ORS 530.140 on or after July 28, 2009.
(2) The Forest Development Revenue Bond Fund may be credited with:
(a) Moneys deposited in the fund from the State Forestry Department Account, to the extent that the State Forestry Department allocates proceeds from the sale of revenue bonds issued on or after July 28, 2009, under ORS 530.140 to the payment of bond-related costs;
(b) Proceeds from the disposal of lands acquired with revenue bonds that were issued on or after July 28, 2009, under ORS 530.140;
(c) Proceeds from the disposal of forest products, as defined in ORS 532.010, minerals or other forest-related values derived from the lands acquired with revenue bonds that were issued on or after July 28, 2009, under ORS 530.140; and
(d) Gifts, grants or any other unrestricted moneys paid to the State Forestry Department or the State Board of Forestry or appropriated by the Legislative Assembly that may be used for the purpose set forth in this section.
(3) The board or the State Forester may make covenants related to, or pledge moneys deposited in, the fund that the board or forester, after consultation with the State Treasurer, determines to be necessary or desirable for the repayment of revenue bonds and the payment of bond-related costs. [2009 c.831 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 530 - State Forests; Community Forests › Section 530.170 - Disposition of revenues from lands acquired under former statute.

Revenues from lands acquired by the state pursuant to section 5, chapter 478, Oregon Laws 1939, shall be disposed of as provided by law at the time of such acquisition. However, the county court or board of county commissioners of any county from which such lands were acquired may, by resolution duly made and entered, and delivery of a certified copy thereof to the State Board of Forestry, elect to have such revenues disposed of as provided in ORS 530.110 (1). [Amended by 1957 c.83 §19; 2007 c.71 §173]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 530 - State Forests; Community Forests › Section 530.175 - Forest Acquisition County Reimbursement Fund.

(1) The Forest Acquisition County Reimbursement Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Forest Acquisition County Reimbursement Fund shall be credited to the fund. Moneys in the Forest Acquisition County Reimbursement Fund are continuously appropriated to the State Forestry Department for use as provided in this section.
(2) The fund shall consist of moneys deposited in the fund pursuant to ORS 530.110 (3).
(3) If the department uses proceeds from bonds issued on or after July 28, 2009, under ORS 530.140 or 530.210 to 530.280, or from lottery bonds that were issued on or after July 28, 2009, to acquire land that immediately prior to acquisition by the department was subject to taxation by a county, the department shall make payments as provided in this section to reimburse the county for the loss of tax revenue from the acquired land. The amount paid to a county under this section shall be the amount by which the tax revenue to the county for the last year in which the acquired land was taxable exceeds the amounts distributed to the counties under ORS 530.110 (1)(b) or (2)(c) from revenue generated by that land. However, if in any year the amounts distributed under ORS 530.110 (1)(b) or (2)(c) from revenue generated by the acquired land equals or exceeds the tax revenue to the county for the last year in which the acquired land was taxable, payments under this section in regard to that land shall terminate and not resume. [2009 c.831 §8]
Note:
530.175 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 530 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 530 - State Forests; Community Forests › Section 530.181 - State Forest Acquisition Fund.

The State Forest Acquisition Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. The State Forest Acquisition Fund shall consist of moneys deposited in the fund under section 13, chapter 906, Oregon Laws 2009, and section 16, chapter 624, Oregon Laws 2011, and may include fees, revenues or other income deposited into the fund by the Legislative Assembly. The moneys in the State Forest Acquisition Fund and the interest earnings on moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the State Board of Forestry for the purpose of acquiring parcels in the Gilchrist area of Klamath County for use as state forestland. [2009 c.906 §14; 2011 c.624 §17]
Note:
530.181 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 530 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 530 - State Forests; Community Forests › Section 530.210 - Definitions for ORS 530.210 to 530.280.

When used in ORS 530.210 to 530.280, unless the context clearly would be otherwise:
(1) "Bonds" are the general obligation bonds of the State of Oregon issued pursuant to Article XI-E, Oregon Constitution.
(2) "Forestland" is any land suitable for the production of forest crops. [Amended by 1955 c.115 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 530 - State Forests; Community Forests › Section 530.230 - Issuance of general obligation bonds.

In order to provide funds for the purposes specified in Article XI-E of the Oregon Constitution, the State Board of Forestry may request the State Treasurer to issue bonds in accordance with the provisions of ORS chapter 286A. [Amended by 1981 c.660 §44; 2007 c.783 §214; 2009 c.831 §14]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 530 - State Forests; Community Forests › Section 530.240 - Use of proceeds from general obligation bonds.

The net proceeds, after payment of bond-related costs, arising from the sale of each issue of bonds under ORS 530.210 to 530.280 shall be paid into the State Treasury and credited to the State Forestry Department Account and shall be used exclusively for the rehabilitation, reforestation, management and development of state-owned forestlands and the acquisition of lands for said purposes. Moneys acquired under ORS 530.230 shall be in addition to and not in lieu of moneys regularly appropriated or otherwise made available to the State Board of Forestry for the administration, management and protection of state forestlands. The State Forestry Department may establish one or more subaccounts, as the department determines are desirable for administration of the net proceeds arising from the sale of each issue of bonds, in the State Forestry Department Account. [Amended by 1957 c.83 §20; 2009 c.831 §15]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 530 - State Forests; Community Forests › Section 530.250 - State Forester to rehabilitate state forestlands; assistants, equipment and contracts; rules.

(1) The State Forester, under the direction of the State Board of Forestry, shall rehabilitate, reforest and develop state-owned forestlands so as to secure the highest permanent usefulness to the whole people of the state. In the management and control of such land, the State Forester may employ assistants and such other help as in the judgment of the State Forester may be necessary and may purchase machinery, equipment and supplies required to accomplish the purposes hereof. The State Forester may enter into any and all contracts, in the name of the board, deemed necessary for the rehabilitation, reforestation and development of said lands.
(2) The board shall carry out the provisions of ORS 530.210 to 530.280 and may promulgate such rules and regulations and do any other act or thing necessary to meet fully the requirements of such sections.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 530 - State Forests; Community Forests › Section 530.255 - Hardwood species for reforestation.

(1) When making reforestation plans for state-owned or state-managed lands the State Forester, insofar as edaphic conditions permit, shall select suitable hardwood species as well as coniferous species.
(2) Silvicultural practices shall have as their objective the maintenance or improvement of forest health and soil fertility and the production of a continuous supply of coniferous and hardwood timber consistent with sound management of fish, wildlife, recreational and watershed values. [1993 c.346 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 530 - State Forests; Community Forests › Section 530.280 - State Forestry General Obligation Bond Fund.

(1) The State Forestry General Obligation Bond Fund is established separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the State Forestry General Obligation Bond Fund shall be credited to the fund. Moneys in the fund may be invested as provided in ORS 286A.025 and 293.701 to 293.857. All moneys in the State Forestry General Obligation Bond Fund are continuously appropriated to the State Forestry Department for the purposes of paying bond-related costs when due on the general obligation bonds issued under Article XI-E of the Oregon Constitution. However, an agreement for exchange of interest rates may not be paid from moneys derived under paragraph (a) of this subsection or from General Fund moneys appropriated under paragraph (d) of this subsection to fulfill a pledge of the full faith and credit of the state set forth in Article XI-E of the Oregon Constitution. The State Forestry General Obligation Bond Fund shall consist of the following:
(a) All moneys derived from taxes levied under ORS 291.445;
(b) All moneys derived from the sale, exchange or use of land acquired pursuant to ORS 530.240;
(c) Except as provided in ORS 530.115, all moneys received from the disposal of forest products created through expenditures of moneys available under ORS 530.210 to 530.280 for reforestation; and
(d) Any moneys that may be appropriated to the fund by the Legislative Assembly.
(2) The moneys referred to in subsection (1)(b) and (c) of this section shall be set aside for State Forestry General Obligation Bond Fund purposes until there are no longer any bonds issued under ORS 530.210 to 530.280 outstanding. If no bonds issued under ORS 530.210 to 530.280 are outstanding, the moneys described in subsection (1)(b) and (c) of this section shall be disposed of using the distribution formula described in ORS 530.115 (1)(a) to (c). [Amended by 1955 c.115 §2; 1957 c.83 §21; 1967 c.335 §52; 1969 c.428 §4; 1991 c.220 §14; 1999 c.59 §168; 2009 c.831 §16]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 530 - State Forests; Community Forests › Section 530.450 - Withdrawal from sale of Elliott State Forest.

Any lands in the national forests on February 25, 1913, selected by, and patented to, the State of Oregon, for the purpose of establishing a state forest, hereby are withdrawn from sale except as provided in ORS 530.510. The state forest shall be known as the Elliott State Forest. [1957 c.240 §1]
Note:
The amendments to 530.450 by section 25, chapter 89, Oregon Laws 2022, become operative on January 1, 2024, only if certain conditions are met on or before December 31, 2023. See section 31, chapter 89, Oregon Laws 2022, as amended by section 1, chapter 225, Oregon Laws 2023 (third note following 530.520). 530.450, as amended by section 25, chapter 89, Oregon Laws 2022, is set forth for the user’s convenience.
Any lands in the national forests on February 25, 1913, selected by, and patented to, the State of Oregon, for the purpose of establishing a state forest, hereby are withdrawn from sale except as provided in section 14, chapter 89, Oregon Laws 2022. The state forest formerly known as the Elliott State Forest shall be known as the Elliott State Research Forest and managed as described in sections 1 to 21, chapter 89, Oregon Laws 2022.
Note:
Section 24, chapter 89, Oregon Laws 2022, becomes operative on January 1, 2024, only if certain conditions are met on or before December 31, 2023. See section 31, chapter 89, Oregon Laws 2022, as amended by section 1, chapter 225, Oregon Laws 2023 (third note following 530.520). Section 24, chapter 89, Oregon Laws 2022, provides:
Sec. 24.
ORS 530.450 is added to and made a part of sections 1 to 21 of this 2022 Act.
[2022 c.89 §24]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 530 - State Forests; Community Forests › Section 530.460 - Lands suited for growing forest products to be designated Common School Forest Lands and withdrawn from sale.

(1) The Department of State Lands and the State Board of Forestry shall designate and set aside those lands owned by the State of Oregon, under the jurisdiction of the Department of State Lands, which are primarily suited for the growing of timber and other forest products.
(2) The state-owned lands shall be designated and set aside pursuant to ORS 530.470 and 530.480, and when so designated and set aside, shall be known as the Common School Forest Lands and hereby are dedicated for the primary purposes stated in subsection (1) of this section and shall be withdrawn from sale except as provided in ORS 530.450 to 530.520. [1957 c.240 §2; 1967 c.396 §5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 530 - State Forests; Community Forests › Section 530.470 - Determination of lands to be designated Common School Forest Lands.

(1) Periodically as is necessary, the Department of State Lands and the State Board of Forestry shall proceed to designate and set aside Common School Forest Lands as rapidly as forestry data and information are obtained from field examinations of the lands eligible for dedication under ORS 530.450 to 530.520.
(2) Any lands so designated and set aside may, at any time, be returned to their original status by similar actions of said agencies, if said lands are to be used for higher and better use for the general public, including the sale of said lands where lawful. [1957 c.240 §3; 1967 c.396 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 530 - State Forests; Community Forests › Section 530.480 - Legal descriptions of lands; resolutions of State Land Board and State Board of Forestry.

As the Common School Forest Lands are determined as required by ORS 530.450 to 530.520, such lands shall be described by legal subdivision. The State Land Board and the State Board of Forestry, respectively in their regular meetings, shall by separate board resolutions designate and set aside such lands as a part of the Common School Forest Lands; lands in the Elliott State Forest, as determined by ORS 530.450, shall be similarly described and reserved. A copy of each board resolution certified by the Director of the Department of State Lands or the State Forester, respectively, together with the description of the lands involved, shall be filed with the Secretary of State, who shall keep such copies and descriptions in conjunction with the auditing records of the State Forestry Department Account. [1957 c.240 §4; 1969 c.594 §58]
Note:
The amendments to 530.480 by section 26, chapter 89, Oregon Laws 2022, become operative on January 1, 2024, only if certain conditions are met on or before December 31, 2023. See section 31, chapter 89, Oregon Laws 2022, as amended by section 1, chapter 225, Oregon Laws 2023 (third note following 530.520). 530.480, as amended by section 26, chapter 89, Oregon Laws 2022, is set forth for the user’s convenience.
As the Common School Forest Lands are determined as required by ORS 530.460 to 530.520, such lands shall be described by legal subdivision. The State Land Board and the State Board of Forestry, respectively in their regular meetings, shall by separate board resolutions designate and set aside such lands as a part of the Common School Forest Lands. A copy of each board resolution certified by the Director of the Department of State Lands or the State Forester, respectively, together with the description of the lands involved, shall be filed with the Secretary of State, who shall keep such copies and descriptions in conjunction with the auditing records of the State Forestry Department Account.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 530 - State Forests; Community Forests › Section 530.500 - Authority of State Forester in management, protection, utilization and conservation of lands and waters; rules.

In order to accomplish the purposes of ORS 530.490, the State Forester may:
(1) Protect the lands from fire, disease and insect pests, cooperate with the counties and with persons owning lands within the state in the protection of the lands and enter into all agreements necessary or convenient for the protection of the lands.
(2) Enter into and administer contracts for the sale of timber from lands owned or managed by the State Board of Forestry and the State Forestry Department.
(3) Enter into and administer contracts for activities necessary or convenient for the sale of timber under subsection (2) of this section, either separately from or in conjunction with contracts for the sale of timber, including but not limited to activities such as timber harvesting and sorting, transporting, gravel pit development or operation, and road construction, maintenance or improvement.
(4) Permit the use of the lands for other purposes, including but not limited to fish and wildlife environment, landscape effect, protection against flood and erosion, recreation and production and protection of water supplies when the use is not detrimental to the purpose for which the lands are dedicated.
(5) Contract with other governmental bodies for the protection of water supplies to facilitate the multiple use of publicly owned water supplies for recreational purposes as well as a source of water for domestic and industrial use.
(6) Grant permits and licenses on, over and across the lands.
(7) Reforest the lands and cooperate with persons owning timberlands within the state in the reforestation, and make all agreements necessary or convenient for the reforestation.
(8) Establish a forestry carbon offset program to market, register, transfer or sell forestry carbon offsets. In establishing the program, the forester may:
(a) Execute any contracts or agreements necessary to create opportunities for the creation of forestry carbon offsets; and
(b) Negotiate prices that are at, or greater than, fair market value for the transfer or sale of forestry carbon offsets.
(9) Do all things and make all rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, necessary or convenient for the management, protection, utilization and conservation of the lands.
(10) Require such undertakings as in the opinion of the State Forester are necessary or convenient to secure performance of any agreement authorized in ORS 530.450 to 530.520. [1957 c.240 §6; 1959 c.141 §2; 1967 c.396 §7; 1969 c.194 §1; 2001 c.752 §9; 2005 c.103 §38; 2015 c.447 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 530 - State Forests; Community Forests › Section 530.510 - Exchanges of land.

The State Forester may propose and initiate any exchange of land of the Elliott State Forest or Common School Forest Lands, or propose and initiate any exchange of timber on such lands, for land of approximately equal aggregate value, when any such exchange is in the furtherance of the purposes of ORS 530.450 to 530.520. However:
(1) Any exchange of land of the Elliott State Forest must be for the consolidation of the forest;
(2) The State Land Board and the State Board of Forestry shall, each separately, approve such exchanges by resolutions of the respective boards; and
(3) The county court or board of county commissioners of the county, or counties, in which such land is situated, shall approve such exchange, and after such approval the exchanges shall be consummated by legal conveyance from the Department of State Lands.
(4) Under the authority granted in this section, in addition to land to be exchanged, a monetary consideration may be provided or received where necessary to make the values comply with this section. No exchange shall be made until title to the lands to be received has been approved by the Attorney General. All lands received in exchange shall have the same status and be subject to the same provisions of law as the lands given in exchange therefor. [1957 c.240 §9; 1959 c.141 §5; 1967 c.396 §8; 1969 c.194 §2; 1969 c.594 §59]
Note:
The amendments to 530.510 by section 28, chapter 89, Oregon Laws 2022, become operative on January 1, 2024, only if certain conditions are met on or before December 31, 2023. See section 31, chapter 89, Oregon Laws 2022, as amended by section 1, chapter 225, Oregon Laws 2023 (third note following 530.520). 530.510, as amended by section 28, chapter 89, Oregon Laws 2022, is set forth for the user’s convenience.
(1) The State Forester may propose and initiate any exchange of Common School Forest Lands, or propose and initiate any exchange of timber on such lands, for land of approximately equal aggregate value, when any such exchange is in the furtherance of the purposes of ORS 530.460 to 530.520. However:
(a) The State Land Board and the State Board of Forestry shall, each separately, approve such exchanges by resolutions of the respective boards; and
(b) The county court or board of county commissioners of the county, or counties, in which such land is situated, shall approve such exchange, and after such approval the exchanges shall be consummated by legal conveyance from the Department of State Lands.
(2) Under the authority granted in this section, in addition to land to be exchanged, a monetary consideration may be provided or received where necessary to make the values comply with this section. No exchange shall be made until title to the lands to be received has been approved by the Attorney General. All lands received in exchange shall have the same status and be subject to the same provisions of law as the lands given in exchange therefor.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 530 - State Forests; Community Forests › Section 530.600 - Definitions for ORS 530.600 to 530.628.

As used in ORS 530.600 to 530.628, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Authority" means a community forest authority created under ORS 530.606.
(2) "Board" means the board of directors of a community forest authority.
(3) "Community forestlands" means private lands that are zoned and permanently managed for commercial forestland use and any interests in those private lands, including related roads or other improvements financed by a community forest authority.
(4) "Municipality" means a city or county. [2005 c.500 §1]
Note:
530.600 to 530.628 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 530 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 530 - State Forests; Community Forests › Section 530.602 - Findings.

To provide the people of the State of Oregon with renewable commercial forest resources that promote community stability and sound conservation practices, the Legislative Assembly finds that it is necessary and desirable to authorize the creation of community forest authorities having the power to finance community forestlands and to authorize those authorities to issue revenue bonds and other obligations for that purpose. [2005 c.500 §2]
Note:
See note under 530.600.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 530 - State Forests; Community Forests › Section 530.604 - Community forest authorities.

The governing body of a municipality may create a community forest authority under ORS 530.606. An authority may issue obligations on behalf of the municipality creating the authority to finance community forestlands. An authority may not be created or maintained for a purpose other than to finance community forestlands as described in ORS 530.600 to 530.628. [2005 c.500 §3]
Note:
See note under 530.600.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 530 - State Forests; Community Forests › Section 530.606 - Creation of authority; modification; dissolution.

(1) Upon the written request of three individuals or upon its own motion, the governing body of a municipality may create a community forest authority for the purpose of financing community forestlands.
(2) The governing body of a municipality may create a community forest authority by ordinance or resolution adopted following a public hearing held according to the laws of the municipality. The ordinance or resolution shall set forth:
(a) The name of the authority.
(b) The number of directors of the authority.
(c) The term of office of the directors.
(d) Other provisions that the governing body determines are necessary and appropriate and not inconsistent with the provisions of ORS 530.600 to 530.628.
(3) Upon adoption of an ordinance or resolution creating a community forest authority, the authority is deemed created.
(4) A community forest authority created under this section has the power and authority necessary to perform its duties under ORS 530.600 to 530.628.
(5) The governing body that creates a community forest authority under this section may, at its sole discretion:
(a) Alter or change the structure, organization, programs or activities of the authority, subject to any limitations imposed by law or contract; and
(b) Dissolve the authority at any time if the authority has no outstanding revenue bonds or other obligations or if the authority makes arrangements regarding outstanding revenue bonds or other obligations that are satisfactory to creditors. [2005 c.500 §4]
Note:
See note under 530.600.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 530 - State Forests; Community Forests › Section 530.608 - Board of directors of authority; officers; terms; rules.

(1) The governing body of a municipality that creates a community forest authority under ORS 530.606 shall appoint a board of directors containing not fewer than five nor more than 11 directors to manage and control the authority. At least one-third of the directors must represent conservation interests. At least one-third of the directors must represent business interests and one director must serve as a member of the governing body that created the authority. The balance of the directors must be members of the public. A director who is a member of the governing body that created the authority shall serve as a director only as long as that director is a current member of the governing body.
(2) The term of office of directors of an authority may not exceed four years and the directors serve at the pleasure of the governing body of the municipality.
(3) The directors of an authority serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
(4) The board of directors of an authority shall adopt rules for conducting meetings and carrying out the duties of the board. Decisions of the board must be recorded in a minute book that is a public record. A majority of the directors of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business and a majority of directors present and voting is sufficient for the passage of a motion or a resolution.
(5) The board may employ and compensate employees, bond counsel, financial advisors, feasibility consultants, accountants, attorneys or other advisors that the board deems necessary and appropriate. [2005 c.500 §5]
Note:
See note under 530.600.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 530 - State Forests; Community Forests › Section 530.610 - Levy of taxes prohibited.

A community forest authority created under ORS 530.606 does not have the power or authority to levy taxes. [2005 c.500 §6]
Note:
See note under 530.600.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 530 - State Forests; Community Forests › Section 530.612 - Powers of authority.

Except as otherwise provided in ORS 530.610, a community forest authority shall have the power necessary to accomplish the purpose of financing community forestlands under ORS 530.600 to 530.628, including the power to:
(1) Sue and be sued in its own name.
(2) Enter into agreements relating to the operation of community forestlands upon terms and conditions the board deems appropriate.
(3) Borrow money by issuing notes, revenue bonds or other revenue obligations for the purpose of carrying out its powers.
(4) Mortgage, assign and pledge its assets, or a portion of its assets, whether then owned or thereafter acquired, to pledge and assign the revenues and receipts from the assets, to acquire, hold and dispose of mortgages or other similar documents relating to community forestlands and to arrange and provide for guarantees and other security agreements.
(5) Lend money to a nonprofit corporation for the acquisition, furnishing or extension of and improvements to community forestlands.
(6) Enter into contracts, leases and other undertakings in its own name.
(7) Adopt and amend ordinances and resolutions. [2005 c.500 §7]
Note:
See note under 530.600.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 530 - State Forests; Community Forests › Section 530.616 - Authorization to borrow moneys or to issue, sell and assume bond anticipation notes.

A community forest authority created under ORS 530.606 may borrow from banks, investment banks or other lenders sums of money on terms that the board deems necessary or advisable. An authority may also issue, sell and assume bond anticipation notes or the equivalent that bear a date, mature at a time, be in denominations and in a form, be payable in a medium, at a place, and be subject to the terms of redemption that the board deems necessary or advisable. [2005 c.500 §9]
Note:
See note under 530.600.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 530 - State Forests; Community Forests › Section 530.618 - Effect of bonds or other obligations on municipality.

Revenue bonds and other revenue obligations of a community forest authority created under ORS 530.606 are not a general obligation of the municipality nor a charge upon the tax revenues of the municipality. [2005 c.500 §10]
Note:
See note under 530.600.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 530 - State Forests; Community Forests › Section 530.620 - Loan repayment.

The board of directors of a community forest authority created under ORS 530.606 shall establish loan repayment terms and other charges at least adequate to pay the principal of and interest on the obligations of the authority as the same become due, including payments to a special fund or funds, together with the financing and other costs of the authority. [2005 c.500 §11]
Note:
See note under 530.600.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 530 - State Forests; Community Forests › Section 530.622 - Authorities may act jointly; limits on acquisition of forestlands.

(1) The powers and responsibilities provided in ORS 530.600 to 530.628 may be exercised and discharged by two or more community forest authorities acting jointly to effectuate the purposes of ORS 530.600 to 530.628. In addition, one or more community forest authorities may authorize by resolution, ordinance or agreement the issuance of revenue bonds or other revenue obligations on behalf of the authorities or to otherwise exercise the powers of an authority within the boundaries of the authorities.
(2) A community forest authority may not finance the acquisition of community forestlands located outside the boundaries of the municipality that created the authority without the written consent of each municipality in which the community forest is located. [2005 c.500 §12]
Note:
See note under 530.600.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 530 - State Forests; Community Forests › Section 530.624 - Assets and income of authority exempt from taxation; exceptions.

(1) A community forest authority created under ORS 530.606 is deemed a municipal corporation performing a public function. An authority, all assets owned by the authority, the income earned by those assets and the interest earned by revenue bonds or other revenue obligations issued by an authority are exempt from taxation in the State of Oregon.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section:
(a) A municipality shall determine the extent to which community forestlands acquired or financed by an authority and located within the boundaries of the municipality are subject to property taxation.
(b) Real and personal property owned by the authority and leased to a third party is subject to property taxation if the property would be subject to taxation if owned by the lessee of the property.
(c) A district, as defined in ORS 198.010 or 198.180, may elect to continue imposing taxes on property within the district that is acquired or financed by an authority and is otherwise exempt from property taxation under this section without regard to the determination of a municipality under paragraph (a) of this subsection.
(3) Revenue bonds issued by an authority are deemed to be securities issued by a political subdivision of the State of Oregon. [2005 c.500 §13]
Note:
See note under 530.600.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 530 - State Forests; Community Forests › Section 530.626 - Earnings in excess of amounts required for authority.

The earnings of a community forest authority created under ORS 530.606 in excess of the amount required for the retirement of indebtedness or the accomplishment of the purposes of ORS 530.600 to 530.628 shall not inure to the benefit of a person or body other than the municipality creating the authority. An authority may transfer, from time to time, to the municipality creating the authority any excess moneys not needed to pay the authority’s expenses or to pay the authority’s bonds or other obligations, and the municipality may use such transferred funds for any lawful purpose of the municipality. Upon dissolution of an authority, any asset remaining after provision for payment of the obligations and expenses of the authority becomes an asset of the municipality. [2005 c.500 §14]
Note:
See note under 530.600.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 530 - State Forests; Community Forests › Section 530.628 - Application of laws to authority and to issuance of bonds.

(1) ORS 530.600 to 530.628 contain complete authority for the organization of a community forest authority and for the issuance and sale of revenue bonds, including refunding revenue bonds, and other revenue obligations.
(2) ORS chapters 198, 279A, 279B and 294 do not apply to the organization of an authority and the issuance and sale of revenue bonds pursuant to ORS 530.600 to 530.628.
(3) Nothing in ORS 530.600 to 530.628 restricts or limits a power that an authority has under a law of this state or the charter of the municipality creating the authority except as explicitly provided in ORS 530.600 to 530.628. [2005 c.500 §15; 2007 c.71 §175]
Note:
See note under 530.600.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 530 - State Forests; Community Forests › Section 530.990 - Penalties for forest management violations.

(1) Except for violations arising from activities under contract with the State Board of Forestry or the State Forestry Department, and subject to ORS 153.022, violation of any rule or order adopted pursuant to ORS 530.050 is a Class A violation.
(2) Multiple violations of any rule or order adopted pursuant to ORS 530.050 shall be considered a single violation. However, each day a violation continues shall be considered a separate violation.
(3) Violations and punishments set forth in this section are in addition to and not in lieu of the provisions of ORS 164.305 to 164.335. [1995 c.347 §§2,3; 1999 c.1051 §108]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 532 - Branding of Forest Products and Booming Equipment › Section 532.010 - Definitions for ORS 532.010 to 532.140.

For purposes of ORS 532.010 to 532.140, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires:
(1) "Booming equipment" includes boom sticks.
(2) "Brand" means an identifying mark upon forest products or booming equipment, as provided by rule and regulation of the State Forester; but any brands in use and registered with the Public Utility Commission on October 1, 1951, with the exception of those brands enclosed in the letter "C," the use of which is particularly reserved for catch brands, may be continued in use, subject to the other provisions of ORS 532.010 to 532.140.
(3) "Catch brand" means a mark of brand used by a person as an identifying mark upon forest products and booming equipment previously owned by another.
(4) "Forest products" means any form, including but not limited to logs, poles and piles, into which a fallen tree may be cut before it undergoes manufacturing, but not including peeler cores.
(5) "Highway" means every street, alley, road, highway and thoroughfare in this state, used by the public or dedicated or appropriated to public use.
(6) "Motor vehicle" means any self-propelled or motor driven vehicle or any train or combination of vehicles used upon any highway in this state in transporting forest products.
(7) "Railroad" means any self-propelled vehicle or any train or combination of vehicles operating wholly on fixed rails or tracks.
(8) "Waters of this state" includes all bodies of fresh and salt water within the jurisdiction of the state capable of being used for the transportation of forest products, and all rivers and lakes and their tributaries, harbors, bays, sloughs and marshes. [Amended by 1961 c.253 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 532 - Branding of Forest Products and Booming Equipment › Section 532.020 - Branding forest products and booming equipment required; rules.

(1) Except as provided in ORS 532.030, every person who puts into any of the waters of this state, ships on any motor vehicle or railroad any forest products, or uses any booming equipment as a part of an operation in securing, rafting or floating forest products, shall have a mark or brand previously selected by the person and registered in the manner provided in ORS 532.010 to 532.140 plainly impressed or cut in a conspicuous place on the forest products and booming equipment in a manner as required by the rules and regulations of the State Forester.
(2) The State Forester hereby is authorized to issue rules and regulations to accomplish the purposes of ORS 532.010 to 532.140. [Amended by 1961 c.253 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 532 - Branding of Forest Products and Booming Equipment › Section 532.030 - Branding optional east of crest of Cascade Mountains.

In view of the different conditions obtaining in the logging industry of this state between the parts of the state lying respectively east and west of the crest of the Cascade Mountains, forest products may be put into the waters of this state or shipped on railroads or motor vehicles without having thereon a registered mark or brand as required in ORS 532.010 to 532.140, within that portion of the state lying east of the crest of the Cascade Mountains; and the penalties provided in ORS 532.990 for failure to mark or brand such forest products shall not apply. However, any person operating within the east side portion of the state may select a mark or brand and cause it to be registered in the office of the State Forester pursuant to the terms of ORS 532.010 to 532.140 and use it for the purpose of marking or branding forest products and booming equipment. In the event of the registration of such mark or brand and the use of it in marking or branding forest products or booming equipment, the provisions of ORS 532.010 to 532.140 shall apply to the forest products and booming equipment so marked or branded.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 532 - Branding of Forest Products and Booming Equipment › Section 532.040 - Ownership of forest products and booming equipment presumed from registered brands or catch brands thereupon.

All forest products and booming equipment having impressed thereupon a registered brand as provided in ORS 532.010 to 532.140 are presumed to belong to the person appearing on the records in the office of the State Forester as the owner of the brand. However, all forest products having impressed thereupon also a registered catch brand are presumed to belong to the owner of the registered catch brand, unless there are impressed thereupon more than one registered catch brand, in which event they shall be presumed to belong to the owner whose registered catch brand was placed thereupon latest in point of time.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 532 - Branding of Forest Products and Booming Equipment › Section 532.050 - Application for registration of brand; registration; rejection.

(1) Every person selecting a brand, before using it, shall make application for its registration in the office of the State Forester by depositing therein an impression stamped on a designated form, together with, in duplicate, a written statement duly signed and verified by the person or the agent of the person, containing a description of the brand and declaring that it is not, and at the time of its adoption by the person, was not in use to the knowledge of the person by any other person and that the person has selected it in good faith for branding forest products to be transported on motor vehicles or railroads, or floated or rafted in the waters of this state, or booming equipment to be used by the person as a part of the operations in securing, rafting or floating forest products.
(2) The State Forester, upon the receipt of the application and the fee provided in ORS 532.110, if the State Forester finds that the brand is not identical with any other brand registered in the office of the State Forester or does not so closely resemble one registered therein as to be confused therewith, shall file in the office of the State Forester the impression or drawing and one copy of the written statement and shall register the brand in a book to be provided by the State Forester and kept for the purpose and known as the Forest Products Brand Register, entering therein the name of the owner, character of the brand, date of registration and such other details as the State Forester may see fit to enter therein. The State Forester shall return to the applicant the other copy of the written statement as evidence that the brand has been duly registered in accordance with the provisions of ORS 532.010 to 532.140 and that the applicant is the registered owner. The State Forester, in the event of refusal to register a brand on account of confliction with or resemblance to one already registered, shall immediately give notice of that fact to the applicant, who may select another brand and apply for its registration in the manner of an original application.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 532 - Branding of Forest Products and Booming Equipment › Section 532.060 - Application for registration of catch brand.

Every person desiring to use a catch brand as an identifying mark upon forest products or booming equipment purchased or lawfully acquired by the person from another shall, before using it, make application for its registration in the office of the State Forester in the manner prescribed for the registration of brands, and the provisions contained in ORS 532.010 to 532.140 in reference to registration, certifications, assignments and cancellation and the fees to be paid to the State Forester shall apply equally to catch brands. However, the certificate of the State Forester shall designate the mark or brand as a catch brand, and the mark selected by the applicant as a catch brand shall be enclosed in the letter "C," which letter "C" shall identify the mark as, and shall be used only in connection with, a catch brand.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 532 - Branding of Forest Products and Booming Equipment › Section 532.070 - Certified copy of brand registration as evidence of registration and ownership.

A copy of brand registration certified by the State Forester or the deputy of the State Forester as a true copy and in good standing shall be received in all the courts of this state as evidence of the due and proper registration of the mark or brand and of its ownership.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 532 - Branding of Forest Products and Booming Equipment › Section 532.080 - Mark or brand assignable; procedure.

Every mark or brand registered under ORS 532.010 to 532.140 shall be assignable in law. The State Forester, upon payment of the fee mentioned in ORS 532.110 and presentation to the State Forester, in duplicate, of an assignment, duly executed and acknowledged by the owner, transferring the mark or brand to a person named therein, shall file one copy of the assignment in the office of the State Forester and make an entry in the Forest Products Brand Register of the fact of the assignment, the date, the name of the assignee and such other details as the State Forester may see fit to enter therein. The State Forester shall return to the assignee the other copy of the assignment, with a certificate attached thereto, signed by the State Forester or the employee of the State Forester, to the effect that the mark or brand has been duly registered in accordance with the provisions of ORS 532.010 to 532.140 and assigned to the assignee and that the assignee is the registered owner. The assignee, upon the due registration of the assignment as herein provided, shall become the owner of the mark or brand with the full right of exclusive use to the same extent as though the assignee had been the original owner.