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2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 454 - Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems › Section 454.797 - Assessment of county for expenses of rulemaking.

(1) If a county requests the Environmental Quality Commission to adopt rules under ORS 454.792 in order that the county may be allowed to perform the duties of the Department of Environmental Quality under ORS 454.782 to 454.800, the department may assess the county for the reasonable expenses of the department and the commission in carrying out the rulemaking proceeding.
(2) The department shall recover the costs of the department and the commission in conducting the rulemaking proceeding in the following manner:
(a) The county shall fully reimburse the department for the reasonable costs of the rulemaking process.
(b) The department shall appropriately document the direct and indirect costs of the department and the commission and collect payment for such costs from the county. The department shall collect a deposit from the county, against which the department shall bill until the deposit is depleted. When the deposit is depleted, the department shall collect an additional deposit. The county shall submit an initial deposit of the estimated expenses of the department and the commission in completing the rulemaking process before the commission begins the process. The department shall deliver to the county an accounting of all charges and the amount of the deposit remaining at the closure of each month’s accounting records.
(3) All moneys collected by the Department of Environmental Quality pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the General Fund of the State Treasury to an account of the Department of Environmental Quality. Such moneys are continuously appropriated to the Department of Environmental Quality for the payment of expenses of the Department of Environmental Quality and the Environmental Quality Commission in conducting the rulemaking proceeding under ORS 454.792.
(4) A county may fund the assessment charged under subsections (1) and (2) of this section from any public or private financial resources available to the county, including but not limited to community development funds received from the Oregon Business Development Department. [1999 c.978 §7]
Note:
See note under 454.782.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 454 - Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems › Section 454.800 - Land application of septage; permit requirements.

The Department of Environmental Quality shall allow the land application of septage through a permit when the septage is:
(1) Included with municipal waste that is first processed through a treatment works operated under a permit issued by the department before land application; or
(2) Treated according to the provisions of ORS 468B.080 or 468B.095 and rules adopted thereunder. [1999 c.978 §8]
Note:
See note under 454.782.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 454 - Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems › Section 454.805 - Assessment for installation costs.

(1) When a municipality requires property owners to connect their homes and multifamily dwellings to the sewer system of the municipality, the municipality may assess the installation costs for which the municipality provides financing against the affected properties in the same manner that costs of local improvements are assessed against benefited properties. Such assessments shall have the same lien status and be foreclosable in the same manner as other assessments levied under ORS 223.005 to 223.105 and 223.205 to 223.930 or the charter of the municipality. If installation costs are so assessed:
(a) The municipality shall make financing for the installation costs available to affected property owners;
(b) Affected property owners may apply to pay the assessments in installments as provided in ORS 223.205 to 223.316, but the municipality may impose a reasonable penalty for prepayment of assessment installments;
(c) The municipality may issue special assessment bonds to finance the installation costs pursuant to ORS 223.235, but may sell such bonds at public or private sale in the same manner as port district revenue bonds may be sold pursuant to ORS 777.575 (4); and
(d) The municipality may issue Bancroft bonds pursuant to ORS 223.205 to 223.316, but only for installation costs for property within an area affected by an order of the Environmental Quality Commission or any court.
(2) As used in this section:
(a) "Installation costs" means the costs of placing, installing and connecting sewer lines and mains between a home or multifamily dwelling and the adjacent street sewer lines, drains or other storm or sanitary sewer facilities of the municipality, and costs of providing financing for such placement, installation and connection.
(b) "Municipality" means a city, county, county service district, sanitary authority or sanitary district. [1985 c.417 §1; 1991 c.902 §114; 1997 c.249 §154]
Note:
454.805 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 454 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 455 - Building Code › Section 455.015 - Legislative findings.

The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that:
(1)(a) It is in the best interests of this state that construction-related development activities proceed in a manner that is as quick and efficient as practicable;
(b) Ensuring that construction-related development activities proceed quickly and efficiently requires a flexible and responsive system for state building code administration and enforcement; and
(c) Having a flexible and responsive system for state building code administration and enforcement requires that sufficient staff and resources be available to assist the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services as needed.
(2) It is in the best interests of this state that state building code regulations encourage economic development, experimentation, innovation and cost effectiveness in construction, especially construction in rural or remote parts of this state. [2013 c.528 §2]
Note:
455.015 was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 455 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 455 - Building Code › Section 455.020 - Purpose; scope of application; exceptions; scope of rules; fees by rule.

(1) This chapter is enacted to enable the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services to promulgate a state building code to govern the construction, reconstruction, alteration and repair of buildings and other structures and the installation of mechanical devices and equipment therein, and to require the correction of unsafe conditions caused by earthquakes in existing buildings. The state building code shall establish uniform performance standards providing reasonable safeguards for health, safety, welfare, comfort and security of the residents of this state who are occupants and users of buildings, and will provide for the use of modern methods, devices, materials, techniques and practicable maximum energy conservation.
(2) The rules adopted pursuant to this chapter shall include structural standards; standards for the installation and use of mechanical, heating and ventilating devices and equipment; and standards for prefabricated structures; and shall, subject to ORS 455.210, prescribe reasonable fees for the issuance of building permits and similar documents, inspections and plan review services by the Department of Consumer and Business Services. The department may also establish, by rule, the amount of any fee pertaining to the state building code or any specialty code that is authorized by statute, but for which an amount is not specified by statute.
(3) This chapter does not affect the statutory jurisdiction and authority of the Workers’ Compensation Board, under ORS chapter 654, to promulgate occupational safety and health standards relating to places of employment, and to administer and enforce all state laws, regulations, rules, standards and lawful orders requiring places of employment to be safe and healthful.
(4) This chapter and any specialty code does not limit the authority of a municipality to enact regulations providing for local administration of the state building code; local appeal boards; fees and other charges; abatement of nuisances and dangerous buildings; enforcement through penalties, stop-work orders or other means; or minimum health, sanitation and safety standards for governing the use of structures for housing, except where the power of municipalities to enact any such regulations is expressly withheld or otherwise provided for by statute. Pursuant to the regulation of dangerous buildings, a municipality may adopt seismic rehabilitation plans that provide for phased completion of repairs that are designed to provide improved life safety but that may be less than the standards for new buildings. [Formerly 456.755; 1991 c.227 §2; 1991 c.310 §2; 1995 c.304 §1; 1995 c.400 §5; 1999 c.1045 §13; 1999 c.1082 §11; 2001 c.710 §8]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 455 - Building Code › Section 455.022 - Appropriation of program fees established by department rule.

All moneys deposited to the Consumer and Business Services Fund that are derived pursuant to ORS 455.240 or 460.370, or from state building code or specialty code program fees for which the amounts are established by Department of Consumer and Business Services rule pursuant to ORS 455.020 (2), are continuously appropriated to the department for carrying out any of the duties, functions and powers of the department under ORS 455.240 or 460.310 to 460.370 or under a program for which a fee amount is established by department rule pursuant to ORS 455.020 (2), without regard to the source of the moneys. [2001 c.710 §2]
Note:
455.022 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 455 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 455 - Building Code › Section 455.035 - Effective date of rules.

(1) Any rule adopted under this chapter or ORS 447.010 to 447.156 and 447.992 or 479.510 to 479.945 and 479.995 shall not become effective on a date other than January 1, April 1, July 1 or October 1.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, a rule adopting construction standards, materials, practices or provisions under the state building code may become effective on any date.
(3) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section do not apply to temporary rules adopted under ORS 183.335 (5). [1995 c.553 §11; 1999 c.116 §1; 2005 c.734 §3]
Note:
455.035 was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 455 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 455 - Building Code › Section 455.040 - State building code preempts local ordinances and rules; exemptions; criteria.

(1) The state building code shall be applicable and uniform throughout this state and in all municipalities, and no municipality shall enact or enforce any ordinance, rule or regulation relating to the same matters encompassed by the state building code but which provides different requirements unless authorized by the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services. The director’s authorization shall not be considered an amendment to the state building code under ORS 455.030. The director shall encourage experimentation, innovation and cost effectiveness by municipalities in the adoption of ordinances, rules or regulations which conflict with the state building code.
(2) Subsection (1) of this section is operative:
(a) With regard to the state structural code, July 1, 1974.
(b) With regard to the state mechanical, heating and ventilating code, on the effective date of such code as determined under ORS 183.355.
(c) With regard to each specialty code not named by paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection, on the effective date, as determined under ORS 183.355, of the first amendments to such code adopted pursuant to this chapter. [Formerly 456.775]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 455 - Building Code › Section 455.042 - State building code administrative regions.

The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall establish regions for all areas of the state to carry out the uniform administration of the state building code. The director shall assign Department of Consumer and Business Services employees for the regions as necessary to:
(1) Promote consistent interpretation of the state building code;
(2) Resolve disputes between local building officials and contractors or developers regarding the application of one or more provisions of the state building code; and
(3) Provide oversight and enforcement of ORS 446.003 to 446.200, 446.225 to 446.285, 446.395 to 446.420, 479.510 to 479.945, 479.950, 479.995 and 480.510 to 480.670 and ORS chapters 447, 455, 460 and 693 and the rules adopted under those statutes. [2005 c.833 §2]
Note:
455.042 was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 455 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 455 - Building Code › Section 455.044 - Tri-County Building Industry Service Center; fees.

(1) The Department of Consumer and Business Services may establish and staff a Tri-County Building Industry Service Center to make available to licensed contractors and their employees, local governments and the public the resources and services described in ORS 455.042 and 455.046.
(2) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may adopt by rule a reasonable fee schedule for the purpose of recovering the costs incurred by the department in providing services under ORS 455.046. Fees adopted and imposed under this section shall be in addition to the total building permit fees otherwise imposed in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington Counties. A municipality shall collect fees adopted and imposed under this section and remit the fees to the department. [Formerly 455.842]
Note:
455.044 to 455.048 were added to and made a part of ORS chapter 455 by legislative action but were not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 455 - Building Code › Section 455.046 - Installation labels; standardized forms and procedures; use of Tri-County Building Industry Service Center resources.

(1) The Department of Consumer and Business Services shall:
(a) Develop and administer an installation label program for minor installations under the state building code, including but not limited to electrical installations under ORS 455.627, 479.540 and 479.570 and plumbing installations under ORS 447.076;
(b) Develop standard application forms and procedures for use by municipalities in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington Counties when issuing structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing and other permits when those permits do not require a review of building plans;
(c) Develop standard application forms and procedures for issuing building permits and recording inspections;
(d) Develop standard forms and procedures for reviewing building plans;
(e) Establish standardized criteria and methodology for determining fee amounts for permits that are required under the state building code established under ORS 455.030;
(f) Maintain and make available to the public the names of persons certified to review building plans;
(g) Maintain and make available to the public the names of persons certified to perform technical inspections; and
(h) Administer prepaid building permit cost accounts.
(2) The department may use the resources of the Tri-County Building Industry Service Center to:
(a) Assist local building officials in the administration and enforcement of the state building code; and
(b) Establish a process to facilitate the consistent application of the state building code throughout the state. [Formerly 455.844]
Note:
See note under 455.044.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 455 - Building Code › Section 455.048 - Rules.

In accordance with the applicable provisions of ORS chapter 183, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may adopt rules necessary for the implementation of ORS 455.044 and 455.046. [Formerly 455.846]
Note:
See note under 455.044.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 455 - Building Code › Section 455.050 - Building permits; content.

All building permits issued in this state shall contain the following information:
(1) The name and address of the owner of the building or structure to be constructed or altered under the permit;
(2) The name and address of the builder or contractor, if known, who will perform the construction or alteration; and
(3) The street address and legal description or tax lot number of the property on which construction or alteration will occur. [Formerly 456.887]
Note:
455.050 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 455 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 455 - Building Code › Section 455.055 - Uniform permit, inspection and certificate of occupancy requirements; rules.

The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may adopt rules establishing uniform permit, inspection and certificate of occupancy requirements under the state building code. The rules may include, but need not be limited to, rules establishing standards for building inspections and inspection procedures and rules establishing uniform forms for certificates of occupancy. In adopting rules under this section, the director may establish a process for a municipality to address conditions that are unique to the municipality’s enforcement of the state building code or that are not addressed by the rules establishing uniform permit, inspection and certificate of occupancy requirements. [2007 c.549 §2]
Note:
455.055 was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 455 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 455 - Building Code › Section 455.058 - Investigation fee for work commenced without permit; rules.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the Department of Consumer and Business Services, or a municipality administering and enforcing a building inspection program, may assess an investigation fee against a person that is required to obtain a permit for work on the electrical, gas, mechanical, elevator, boiler, plumbing or other systems of a building or structure if the work is commenced before the permit required for the work is obtained. The amount of the investigation fee shall be the average or actual additional cost of ensuring that a building, structure or system is in conformance with state building code requirements that results from the person not obtaining a required permit before work for which the permit is required commences.
(2) This section does not apply to:
(a) An emergency repair required for health, safety, the prevention of property damage or the prevention of financial harm if the required building permit for the repair is obtained no later than five business days after commencement of the repair; or
(b) Any project for which construction, alteration, repair, maintenance or installation in a building or structure prior to obtaining a permit is expressly authorized by law.
(3) The department may adopt rules and establish policies and procedures for use by the department or municipalities in assessing an investigation fee under this section. [2013 c.324 §2]
Note:
455.058 was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 455 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 455 - Building Code › Section 455.060 - Rulings on acceptability of material, design or method of construction; effect of approval; fees.

(1) Any person who desires to use or furnish any material, design or method of construction or installation in the state, or any building official, may request the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services to issue a ruling with respect to the acceptability of any material, design or method of construction about which there is a question under any provision of the state building code. Requests shall be in writing and, if made by anyone other than a building official, shall be made and the ruling issued prior to the use or attempted use of such questioned material, design or method.
(2) In making rulings, the director shall obtain the approval of the appropriate advisory board as to technical and scientific facts and shall consider the standards and interpretations published by the body that promulgated any nationally recognized model code adopted as a specialty code of this state.
(3) A copy of the ruling issued by the director shall be certified to the person making the request. Additional copies shall be transmitted to all building officials in the state. The director shall keep a permanent record of all such rulings, and shall furnish copies thereof to any interested person upon payment of such fees as the director may prescribe.
(4) A building official or inspector shall approve the use of any material, design or method of construction approved by the director pursuant to this section if the requirements of all other local ordinances are satisfied. [Formerly 456.845]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 455 - Building Code › Section 455.062 - Provision of technical submissions.

(1) A Department of Consumer and Business Services employee acting within the scope of that employment may provide typical drawings and specifications:
(a) For structures of a type for which the provision of technical submissions is exempted under ORS 671.030 from the application of ORS 671.010 to 671.220 and exempted under ORS 672.060 from the registration requirements of ORS 672.002 to 672.325; and
(b) Notwithstanding ORS 671.010 to 671.220 and 672.002 to 672.325, for structures that are metal or wood frame Use and Occupancy Classification Group U structures under the structural specialty code.
(2) A Department of Consumer and Business Services employee, who is licensed or registered under ORS 671.010 to 671.220 or 672.002 to 672.325, who is acting within the scope of that employment and who is providing typical drawings and specifications under subsection (1) of this section, is not required to seal or sign the typical drawings and specifications and is not subject to disciplinary action under ORS 671.010 to 671.220 or 672.002 to 672.325 based on providing those typical drawings and specifications.
(3) A building official or inspector, as those terms are defined in ORS 455.715, when acting within the scope of direct employment by a municipality, may provide typical drawings or specifications for structures of a type for which the provision of technical submissions is exempted under ORS 671.030 from the application of ORS 671.010 to 671.220 and exempted under ORS 672.060 from the registration requirements of ORS 672.002 to 672.325. This subsection does not alter any applicable requirement under ORS 671.010 to 671.220 or 672.002 to 672.325 regarding stamps and seals for a set of plans for a structure. [2013 c.528 §4; 2019 c.97 §2; 2019 c.640 §§21,21a; 2023 c.70 §18]
Note:
455.062 was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 455 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 455 - Building Code › Section 455.065 - Alternative regulatory options for emerging technologies; rules.

(1) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or ORS chapter 460, 479, 480 or 693, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may establish by rule alternative regulatory options for emerging technologies without the approval of advisory boards. Before adopting rules under this section, the director shall consult with the chairperson of an advisory board that will be affected by the alternative regulatory option. Rules adopted by the director may include definitions of the types of products that qualify as emerging technologies and may approve the use of specific emerging technologies.
(2) The director shall consider national and international standards applicable to emerging technologies in adopting rules under this section.
(3) Rules adopted by the director under this section must be limited to a specific site unless statewide application is approved by an advisory board that will be affected by the alternative regulatory option.
(4) Rules adopted by the director under this section may not adversely affect the scope of practice under any license issued by the Department of Consumer and Business Services.
(5) As used in this section, "emerging technology" means a product that is of a unique type or that has a unique scope of application and that would provide a benefit to Oregon’s economy if developed, used or produced by Oregon businesses. [2005 c.186 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 455 - Building Code › Section 455.068 - Applicability of construction standards to winery.

(1) For the purposes of this section, "winery" means a facility used primarily for the commercial production of wine or cider, including but not limited to areas used for production, shipping and distribution, wholesale and retail sales, tasting, crushing, fermenting, blending, aging, storage, bottling, administrative functions and warehousing.
(2) In adopting any construction standards impacting a winery, the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall ensure the standards are applicable to all wineries producing wine, as defined in ORS 471.001, and cider, as defined in ORS 471.023. [2005 c.734 §2]
Note:
455.068 was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 455 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 455 - Building Code › Section 455.070 - Report of suspected code violation; rules; form; appeal.

(1) Any person may report a suspected violation of the state building code that poses an imminent threat to public health or safety to the local building official or, where the code is state-administered, to the Department of Consumer and Business Services. The complaint shall be in writing and submitted under rules adopted by the department. The rules of the department shall provide for the disposition of frivolous or harassing complaints by requiring detailed descriptions of the alleged violation and reference to the code sections allegedly violated.
(2) The municipality or the department shall give notice of the complaint to the contractor, building owner and subcontractor, if any, involved in the project alleged to be in violation. The municipality or the department may charge the complainant for the necessary costs of supplying, copying and distributing the complaint form.
(3) If, after five working days, no remedial action has taken place, the complainant has standing to appeal the matter to the appeals board of the municipality, where one is established, or directly to the appropriate advisory board where there is no local appeals board. The municipal appeals board or state advisory board shall reach a final decision within 14 days of the complainant’s appeal. A municipal appeals board decision shall then be subject to appeal to a state advisory board under ORS 455.690, provided that the state advisory board shall reach a final determination within 14 days of notice of an appeal. A record of the written complaint and the findings of the appeals and advisory boards may be introduced into evidence in any judicial proceeding for damages brought against the complainant by any person suffering damages as a result of the complaint. [Formerly 456.842; 1993 c.744 §87; 2013 c.324 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 455 - Building Code › Section 455.080 - Inspector may require proof of compliance.

Notwithstanding ORS 455.630 (2), any inspector, including a specialty code inspector licensed under ORS 455.457, authorized by ORS 455.150 or 455.153 to determine compliance with the requirements of the state building code or any specialty code under this chapter may, in accordance with a compliance program as described in ORS 455.153 (2), require any person who is engaged in any activity regulated by the state building code to demonstrate proof of compliance with the applicable licensing, registration or certification requirements of ORS chapters 446, 447, 455, 460, 479, 480, 693 and 701. [Formerly 456.802; 1999 c.1045 §14; 2001 c.411 §16]
Note:
455.080 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 455 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 455 - Building Code › Section 455.083 - Enjoining violations of state building code.

If the Department of Consumer and Business Services has reason to believe that any person has been engaged, or is engaging, or is about to engage in any violation of the state building code or of ORS 446.003 to 446.200, 446.225 to 446.285, 446.395 to 446.420, 479.510 to 479.945, 479.950 or 480.510 to 480.670 or this chapter or ORS chapter 447, 460 or 693 or any rule adopted under those statutes, the department may, without bond, bring suit in the name and on behalf of the State of Oregon in the circuit court of any county of this state to enjoin the acts or practices and to enforce compliance with the state building code and ORS 446.003 to 446.200, 446.225 to 446.285, 446.395 to 446.420, 479.510 to 479.945, 479.950 and 480.510 to 480.670 and this chapter, and ORS chapter 447, 460 or 693 and any rule adopted under those statutes. Upon a proper showing, a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order or writ of mandamus shall be granted. [2013 c.324 §3]
Note:
455.083 was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 455 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 455 - Building Code › Section 455.085 - Publication; readability; funding.

(1) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall, upon receipt of adequate funds under subsection (2) of this section, publish all state building code provisions relating to the design, construction, prefabrication, equipment or appliance installation, quality of materials, use and occupancy location and repair of detached low-rise residential dwellings in two separate publications. One publication shall contain the applicable provisions of the specialty code adopted under ORS 479.730 (1) and the other publication shall contain the remaining applicable provisions of the state building code. The text of the publications made under this section shall be readable at the ninth grade level of reading, as determined by the director under one or more standard recognized readability formulas, including, but not limited to, the Flesch, Fry or Dale Chall tests.
(2) The publications under subsection (1) of this section shall be paid for by funds donated by interested citizens, who shall be made aware of the project by the Department of Consumer and Business Services through public service announcements and other nominal-cost advertising. Funds shall be collected until sufficient funds are available to conduct the publication. Refunds shall be made to the donors if sufficient funds are not collected. [Formerly 456.787 and then 455.635; 2003 c.675 §13]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 455 - Building Code › Section 455.090 - Building codes information and services system or network.

The Department of Consumer and Business Services may identify the resources necessary to develop a system or network that provides electronic access to building codes information and services for all building code jurisdictions in the state. The department may explore the availability of alternative means for establishing a statewide system or network for building codes information and services, including but not limited to developing resource sharing arrangements with private industry, obtaining foundation grants and obtaining federal funding. [2003 c.336 §1; 2005 c.56 §3]
Note:
455.090 and 455.095 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 455 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 455 - Building Code › Section 455.093 - Definition for ORS 455.095, 455.097 and 455.185.

As used in ORS 455.095, 455.097 and 455.185, "construction-related" means consisting of, or involving the approving, enabling, expediting or facilitating of, the alteration, construction, demolishing, development, improvement, inspection, moving, operation, repair or wrecking of, or the addition to or subtraction from, public improvements, real property or a structure. [2015 c.170 §1]
Note:
455.093 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 455 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 455 - Building Code › Section 455.098 - Minimum standards and statewide consistency in electronic processes; rules.

The Department of Consumer and Business Services shall adopt rules to establish minimum standards and statewide consistency in electronic processes for reviewing plans, issuing permits and performing field inspections. [2021 c.223 §1]
Note:
455.098 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 455 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 455 - Building Code › Section 455.100 - Duties of director.

The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall have general supervision over the administration of the state building code regulations, including providing statewide interpretations for the plumbing, elevator, electrical, manufactured structures, boiler, amusement ride, structural, mechanical, low-rise residential dwelling and prefabricated structures codes. [Formerly 456.790; 1993 c.18 §113; 1993 c.744 §88; 2003 c.675 §§14,15]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 455 - Building Code › Section 455.110 - Other duties of director; rules.

Except as otherwise provided by ORS 479.015 to 479.200, 479.210 to 479.220, 479.510 to 479.945, 479.990 and 479.995 and ORS chapters 446, 447, 460, 476 and 480:
(1) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall coordinate, interpret and generally supervise the adoption, administration and enforcement of the state building code.
(2) The director, with the approval of the appropriate advisory boards, shall adopt codes and standards, including regulations as authorized by ORS 455.020 governing the construction, reconstruction, alteration and repair of buildings and other structures and the installation of mechanical devices and equipment therein. The regulations may include rules for the administration and enforcement of a certification system for persons performing work under the codes and standards adopted under this subsection. However, this subsection does not authorize the establishment of a separate certification for performing work on low-rise residential dwellings.
(3) The director, with the approval of the appropriate advisory boards, may amend such codes from time to time. The codes of regulations and any amendment thereof shall conform insofar as practicable to model building codes generally accepted and in use throughout the United States. If there is no nationally recognized model code, consideration shall be given to the existing specialty codes presently in use in this state. Such model codes with modifications considered necessary and specialty codes may be adopted by reference. The codes so promulgated and any amendments thereof shall be based on the application of scientific principles, approved tests and professional judgment and, to the extent that it is practical to do so, the codes shall be promulgated in terms of desired results instead of the means of achieving such results, avoiding wherever possible the incorporation of specifications of particular methods or materials. To that end the codes shall encourage the use of new methods, new materials and maximum energy conservation.
(4) The director shall adopt rules requiring a journeyman plumber licensed under ORS chapter 693 or an apprentice plumber, as defined in ORS 693.010, who tests backflow assemblies to complete a state-approved training program for the testing of those assemblies. [Formerly 456.770; 2003 c.675 §16; 2005 c.736 §2; 2007 c.71 §140; 2015 c.27 §49]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 455 - Building Code › Section 455.112 - Elimination of unclear, duplicative, conflicting or inadequate provisions; rules.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may initiate the adoption of rules the director considers necessary to interpret, harmonize, streamline, adjust, promote consistency within, reduce confusion regarding, administer or enforce the state building code or any requirement for a license, registration, certification, endorsement or other authorization to perform work related to the administration and enforcement of the state building code when any provision of the state building code or a requirement for authorization to perform work is unclear, duplicative or in conflict with another or when the code or a requirement for authorization to perform work does not adequately address a project of a unique type or scope. The director must obtain the approval of the appropriate advisory boards prior to adopting a rule under this section. [2003 c.367 §2; 2013 c.110 §3]
Note:
455.112 was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 455 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 455 - Building Code › Section 455.117 - Adoption of rules governing licensing, certification or registration.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, a regulatory body listed in subsection (2) of this section may adopt rules to administer the licensing, certification or registration of persons regulated by the body. The rules adopted under this section may include, but need not be limited to:
(a) The form and content of an application for issuance or renewal of a license, certificate or registration;
(b) Training and continuing education requirements to maintain a license, certificate or registration;
(c) The form and content of and the process for preparing and administering examinations and examination reviews;
(d) The term of a license, certificate or registration; and
(e) The creation of a system for combining two or more licenses, certificates or registrations issued to an individual by an advisory board or the Department of Consumer and Business Services into a single license, certificate, registration or other authorization.
(2) Subsection (1) of this section applies to the following:
(a) Subject to ORS 446.003 to 446.200, 446.225 to 446.285 and 446.395 to 446.420, with the approval of the Residential and Manufactured Structures Board, the Department of Consumer and Business Services for purposes of licenses, certificates and registrations issued under ORS 446.003 to 446.200, 446.225 to 446.285 and 446.395 to 446.420.
(b) Subject to ORS 447.010 to 447.156 and ORS chapter 693, the State Plumbing Board for purposes of licenses issued under ORS 447.010 to 447.156 and ORS chapter 693.
(c) Subject to ORS 460.005 to 460.175, after consultation with the Electrical and Elevator Board, the department for purposes of licenses issued under ORS 460.005 to 460.175.
(d) Subject to ORS 479.510 to 479.945, the Electrical and Elevator Board for purposes of licenses issued under ORS 479.510 to 479.945.
(e) Subject to ORS 480.510 to 480.670, the Board of Boiler Rules for purposes of licenses issued under ORS 480.510 to 480.670.
(3) This section does not authorize the adoption of rules regulating:
(a) Building officials, inspectors, plan reviewers or municipalities;
(b) Persons engaged in the manufacture, conversion or repair of prefabricated structures or prefabricated components; or
(c) Master builders certified under ORS 455.800 to 455.820. [2005 c.758 §2; 2009 c.567 §33; 2017 c.364 §3; 2019 c.422 §17; 2019 c.585 §13]
Note:
455.117 was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 455 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 455 - Building Code › Section 455.122 - Combinations of licenses; rules.

(1) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, with the approval of the appropriate advisory boards, shall establish a system that allows a contractor or business possessing two or more licenses described in subsection (2) of this section to have an approved combination of those licenses issued or renewed simultaneously.
(2) Notwithstanding any issuance or renewal dates established by rule under ORS 455.117, subsection (1) of this section applies to contractor or business licenses by the Electrical and Elevator Board, the Board of Boiler Rules or the State Plumbing Board.
(3) The director shall establish rules to implement the system described in this section. The rules must establish the combinations of licenses for which a simultaneous issuance or renewal is offered, the term and expiration date for the combination, the appropriate fees for administering the system, the criteria for issuance and renewal and the other standards and criteria deemed by the Department of Consumer and Business Services to be necessary to administer and enforce the system. [2003 c.136 §2; 2005 c.758 §18]
Note:
455.122 was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 455 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 455 - Building Code › Section 455.125 - Denial, suspension, conditioning or revocation of license, certificate, registration or other authorization.

(1) As used in this section, "person" includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint stock companies, public agencies and an owner or holder of a direct or indirect interest in a corporation, association, firm, partnership, limited liability company or joint stock company.
(2) In addition to any other sanction, remedy or penalty provided by law, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services or an appropriate advisory board may deny, suspend, condition or revoke a registration, certification, license or other authority of a person to perform work or conduct business issued under laws administered by the Department of Consumer and Business Services or advisory board if the person:
(a) Fails to comply with a provision of ORS 446.003 to 446.200, 446.225 to 446.285, 446.395 to 446.420, 479.510 to 479.945, 479.950 or 480.510 to 480.670 or this chapter or ORS chapter 447, 460 or 693, or with any rule adopted under those statutes or under ORS 455.117; or
(b) Engages in an act for which the Construction Contractors Board imposes a sanction on the holder under ORS 701.098.
(3) For purposes of ORS 701.106, a compliance failure described in subsection (2)(a) of this section for which the director or an advisory board denies, suspends, conditions or revokes a registration, certification, license or other authority of a person to perform work or conduct business may be treated as a failure to be in conformance with this chapter. [2003 c.361 §2; 2005 c.758 §19; 2007 c.306 §1; 2013 c.324 §7]
Note:
455.125 was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 455 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 455 - Building Code › Section 455.127 - Disqualification from obtaining license, registration, certificate or certification.

(1) As used in this section, "person" includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint stock companies, public agencies and an owner or holder of a direct or indirect interest in a corporation, association, firm, partnership, limited liability company or joint stock company.
(2) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, the Department of Consumer and Business Services or an appropriate advisory board may disqualify a person from obtaining or renewing a license, registration, certificate or certification if the person:
(a) Is or has been subject to civil penalties, revocation, cancellation or suspension of a license, registration, certificate or certification or other sanction by the director, department or an advisory board; or
(b) Is or has been directly involved in an act for which the director, department or an advisory board has levied civil penalties, revoked, canceled or suspended a license, registration, certificate or certification or imposed other sanction while the person served as a principal, director, officer, owner, majority shareholder, member or manager of a limited liability company or in another capacity with direct or indirect control over another business.
(3) A disqualification under subsection (2) of this section shall be for a period determined by the director, department or appropriate advisory board by rule, not to exceed five years. If a person applies for reinstatement of a revoked license, registration, certificate or certification after the period of disqualification, the person must meet the qualifications for initial issuance of the license, registration, certificate or certification. [2005 c.416 §2; 2005 c.758 §56h]
Note:
455.127 was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 455 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.