Title 44, Forestry and Forest Products

In addition to the functions listed in ORS 526.640, the Oregon Forest Resources Institute may: (1) Conduct research and disseminate reliable information based upon such research. (2) Sue and be sued as an institute without individual liability for acts of the board of directors w…

(1) Notwithstanding ORS 526.645 (2), no funds shall be expended by the Oregon Forest Resources Institute for the purpose of supporting or opposing litigation or other legal action which is unrelated to the administration of the institute. (2) No funds shall be expended by the ins…

The Oregon Forest Resources Institute may accept grants, donations or gifts from any source for expenditures for any purposes consistent with the purposes of ORS 526.600 to 526.675. All funds so received shall be handled as specified in ORS 526.600 to 526.675 for other moneys rec…

The provisions of ORS 576.410 to 576.450 as set forth in the 2001 Edition of Oregon Revised Statutes, pertaining to budget and expenditure control, apply to budgets and expenditures of the Oregon Forest Resources Institute except that: (1) All references in such statutes to the D…

Except as otherwise provided in ORS 526.600 to 526.675, ORS 291.026, 291.201 to 291.222, 291.232 to 291.260, 291.322 to 291.334, 292.210 to 292.250, 293.260 to 293.280, 293.295 to 293.346 and 293.590 to 293.640 do not apply to the Oregon Forest Resources Institute or to the admin…

The Oregon Forest Resources Institute shall keep accurate books, records and accounts of all its dealings which shall be open to inspection and audit by the Secretary of State. [1991 c.949 §18]

(1) The Oregon Forest Resources Institute Fund is created in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Except as otherwise provided by law, all moneys received by the Oregon Forest Resources Institute shall be paid into the State Treasury and credited to th…

As used in ORS 526.695 to 526.775, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Contract” means the contract signed by the forestland owner and the State Forester, acting on behalf of the Forest Resource Trust pursuant to ORS 526.705. (2) “Ecosystem services” means environmental b…

(1) The Forest Resource Trust is established in the State Forestry Department. The Forest Resource Trust shall provide funds for financial, technical and related assistance to qualified private and local government forestland owners for stand establishment and improved management…

(1) The State Board of Forestry shall establish a voluntary cost share program to ensure that the purposes of the Forest Resource Trust are achieved. The purpose of the program is to provide financial and other incentives for stand establishment and improved management of nonindu…

(1) To carry out the duties, functions and powers of the Forest Resource Trust, there is created a voluntary loan program to finance establishment of stands of trees and the improved management of qualified private and local government forestlands. (2) In advancing moneys and pro…

To assist the State Board of Forestry in carrying out the duties of the Forest Resource Trust, the State Forestry Department shall: (1) Identify potentially suitable lands, and educate the owners of those lands on Forest Resource Trust programs. (2) Provide technical and other ma…

The Forest Resource Trust Fund is created in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. The Forest Resource Trust Fund shall consist of all moneys received from whatever source to carry out the duties, functions and powers of the Forest Resource Trust. All e…

(1) The State Board of Forestry or the State Forester may enter into agreements with private, governmental or other organizations and may accept contributions, gifts or grants from any source to carry out the duties, functions and powers of the Forest Resource Trust. All moneys r…

The State Board of Forestry, after consultation with the advisory committee appointed pursuant to ORS 526.700, shall prepare and submit a report to the Seventy-sixth Legislative Assembly that contains the following information regarding the Forest Resource Trust Fund: (1) Program…

(1) From and after recording of the notice of lien pursuant to ORS 526.745, the Forest Resource Trust has a lien for the moneys payable to the trust by the forestland owner under the terms of the contract. (2) The lien created by subsection (1) of this section constitutes a gener…

(1) The State Forester may file a notice of lien under ORS 526.740 anytime after the contract is executed. (2) The State Forester shall file the notice of lien with the recording officer of the county or counties where the forestland is located. The notice shall be in writing ver…

The recording officer of the county shall record the notices made under ORS 526.745. The record shall be indexed in the same manner as the record of deeds and mortgages. The recording officer shall charge and collect from the Forest Resource Trust, for the benefit of the county, …

(1) The lien created by and filed under ORS 526.740 and 526.745 shall be foreclosed in the manner provided by law for the foreclosure of liens generally. (2) In all suits under ORS 526.695 and 526.740 to 526.775, the court, upon entering judgment for the plaintiff, shall allow as…

(1) The lien on forest products and accounts receivable created by ORS 526.740 is valid and shall have priority over all other liens, security interests and encumbrances on the forest products and accounts receivable covered by the lien even though it does not create a lien on th…

(1) When the State Forester receives full payment of funds described in the notice of lien filed under ORS 526.745, or if the lien is released, the State Forester shall file with the recording officer of the county in which the claim is recorded a certificate declaring that full …

(1) No harvest or removal of forest products on forestland covered by a contract between the forest landowner and the Forest Resource Trust shall occur without the landowner or the timber owner first notifying the State Forester in writing, on forms prepared by the State Forester…

Notwithstanding ORS 526.695 and 526.740 to 526.775, if the forest landowner and the State Forester entered into a contract as provided in ORS 526.705 and the contract is terminated or breached, and there are no forest products or accounts receivable subject to the lien created un…

(1) The State Forester may enter into agreements with nonfederal forest landowners as a means to market, register, transfer or sell forestry carbon offsets on behalf of the landowners to provide a stewardship incentive for nonfederal forestlands. (2) The State Forester may enter …

As a means of consistently reporting forestry carbon offsets created through programs established under ORS 526.725, 526.780 to 526.789, 530.050 or 530.500, the State Forester shall develop a forestry carbon offset accounting system for the registration, transfer or sale of fores…

(1) The State Board of Forestry may develop administrative rules that define principles and standards relating to the creation, measurement, accounting, marketing, verifying, registering, transferring and selling of forestry carbon offsets from nonfederal forestlands. (2) Rules a…

Nothing in ORS 526.005, 526.725, 526.780 to 526.789, 530.050 or 530.500 shall prohibit any person or governmental agency from marketing, selling or transferring forestry carbon offsets independently from the State Forester program established under ORS 526.725, 526.780 to 526.789…

As used in ORS 526.801 to 526.831 and 526.992: (1) “Export” means that unprocessed timber is loaded on a vessel or other conveyance with a foreign destination or is present at a facility such as a port or dock with intent to load it on a vessel or other conveyance with a foreign …

(1) It is unlawful to export unprocessed timber originating from public lands in Oregon. (2) All unprocessed timber that originates from public lands is prohibited from export. (3) In addition to all other requirements of law, no person who is prohibited from purchasing timber di…

The prohibitions against export contained in ORS 526.801 to 526.831 and 526.992 shall not apply to specific quantities of grades and species of unprocessed timber originating from public lands which the United States Secretary of Agriculture or Secretary of the Interior has deter…

In addition to all other requirements of law, any person submitting a bid for the purchase of public timber must certify to the following: (1) The person will not export directly or indirectly unprocessed public timber; (2) The person will not sell, transfer, exchange or otherwis…

All political subdivisions engaged in selling public timber shall establish, by rule, the standards and procedures to implement the provisions of ORS 526.801 to 526.831 and 526.992. [1991 c.942 §8]

A public agency may debar any person who violates any provision of ORS 526.801 to 526.831 and 526.992, or any rule adopted pursuant thereto, from entering into any contract for the purchase of unprocessed timber from public lands for a period of not more than five years. Such per…

A public agency may cancel any contract entered into with a person found to have violated any provision of ORS 526.801 to 526.831 and 526.992, or any rule adopted pursuant thereto. [1991 c.942 §11]

(1) The State Forestry Department and the State Department of Agriculture shall, in consultation with relevant state agencies and other public or private organizations, review state statutes, rules, policies and programs that affect landowner decisions to implement conservation s…

(1) Pursuant to its authority to improve the efficient and effective use of state resources, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall coordinate with the State Department of Fish and Wildlife, the State Parks and Recreation Department, the State Forestry Department,…

Violation of any rule promulgated under ORS 526.041 (1) is, upon conviction, punishable as a misdemeanor. [1969 c.249 §4]

An organizer commits a Class A misdemeanor if the organizer: (1) Accepts money or other items of value in an exchange described under ORS 526.287 (2)(a) prior to the issuance of a large commercial event permit required under ORS 526.291; or (2) Recklessly allows the violation of …

(1) A person who, with willful disregard for the prohibitions contained in ORS 526.801 to 526.831 against exporting public timber, exported or caused to be exported unprocessed timber originating from public lands in violation of this chapter is guilty of a Class C felony and may…