(1) An assessment for the cost of fire protection and suppression is levied upon the owners of all forestland that has been classified under ORS § 526.305 to 526.370 and that is protected from the start or spread of fire thereon or therefrom by:

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 477.880

  • Board: means the State Board of Forestry. See Oregon Statutes 477.001
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Forester: means the State Forester or authorized representative. See Oregon Statutes 477.001
  • Forestland: means any woodland, brushland, timberland, grazing land or clearing that, during any time of the year, contains enough forest growth, slashing or vegetation to constitute, in the judgment of the forester, a fire hazard, regardless of how the land is zoned or taxed. See Oregon Statutes 477.001
  • United States: includes territories, outlying possessions and the District of Columbia. See Oregon Statutes 174.100

(a) The forester under ORS § 477.210 (4), with the approval of the State Board of Forestry;

(b) The United States of America through contract or agreement with the forester or board;

(c) Any forest protective agency under contract or agreement with the forester or board pursuant to ORS § 477.406; or

(d) Any forest protective agency, described in paragraph (c) of this subsection, under a contract or agreement with the United States of America wherein such agency agrees to protect specific federal forestlands, and in return, the United States of America agrees to protect specific lands of such agency.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in ORS § 477.760, for each fiscal year the assessment levied per acre of ownership of forestland designated in subsection (1) of this section shall be:

(a) Seven and one-half cents for all forestlands east of the summit of the Cascade Mountains and all forestlands which have been classified Class 3, agricultural class, under ORS § 526.305 to 526.370; or

(b) Five cents for all forestlands not described in paragraph (a) of this subsection. [1969 c.524 7,8; 1981 c.321 § 3; 1985 c.759 § 35; 1989 c.769 § 5; 1991 c.639 § 8; 2003 c.14 § 318; 2007 c.779 § 4]

 

[1969 c.524 § 9; repealed by 1985 c.759 § 40]

 

[1959 c.320 § 1; 1965 c.253 § 146; repealed by 1967 c.429 § 61]

 

[1959 c.320 § 7; repealed by 1985 c.759 § 40]

 

[1959 c.320 § 2; 1967 c.429 § 41; repealed by 1985 c.759 § 40]

 

[1959 c.320 § 3; 1967 c.429 § 42; 1969 c.524 § 12; 1981 c.321 § 4; repealed by 1985 c.759 § 40]

 

[1959 c.320 § 4; 1961 c.689 § 7; 1965 c.428 § 17; repealed by 1969 c.524 § 15]

 

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