Other officers authorized to act when Governor unavailable

If the Governor is unavailable to make timely exercise of the authority under ORS 476.510 to 476.610, the State Fire Marshal may exercise such authority, and if that individual is unavailable, a chief deputy state fire marshal may exercise such authority. Any orders, rules or regulations issued by the State Fire Marshal or a chief deputy state fire marshal pursuant to this section have the same force and effect as if issued by the Governor. [1979 c.76 §5; 1987 c.414 §81; 1993 c.186 §2; 2025 c.177 §6]