Title 32, Military Affairs; Emergency Services

(1) As used in this section, “state-sponsored life insurance program” means the group life insurance program allowed under 37 U.S.C. 707 and exclusively offered to all members of the Oregon National Guard through the Oregon National Guard Association. (2) The Adjutant General sha…

(1) The Adjutant General may pay a bonus to a member of the Oregon National Guard who: (a) Reenlists or extends the member’s period of service in the Oregon National Guard for a period of time that is not less than three years; and (b) Agrees to meet any other conditions required…

All commissioned officers of the organized militia shall be appointed and promoted by the Governor upon recommendation of the Adjutant General. [1961 c.454 §53]

The provisions of this chapter relating to commissioned officers shall apply to warrant officers, except that warrant officers who have been absent without leave may be discharged as prescribed by applicable federal and state laws and regulations. [1961 c.454 §63]

(1) No person shall be appointed or promoted as a commissioned officer of the organized militia unless the person has passed such examination as to the physical, moral and professional qualifications of the person as may be prescribed by applicable federal and state laws and regu…

(1) Commissioned officers may be assigned, reassigned, transferred or detailed to and from units within the organized militia as prescribed by applicable federal and state laws and regulations. (2) An officer must reside within reasonable commuting distance of the station to whic…

(1) A commissioned officer of the organized militia may tender resignation at any time. Such resignation will be tendered in writing through proper military channels in accordance with applicable federal and state laws and regulations. Such resignations shall take effect when pro…

(1) Any officer who absents self without leave for 60 days shall be considered to have resigned, and the vacancy shall be announced in appropriate orders. (2) Any officer who is absent without leave from annual active duty training shall be considered to have resigned, and the va…

(1) The efficiency, moral character and general fitness for retention in the organized militia of any commissioned officer may be investigated and determined by an efficiency examining board. The members of an efficiency examining board shall be senior in rank to the officer unde…

Efficiency and medical examining boards appointed by the Governor hereby are vested with the powers of courts of inquiry and courts-martial. Such boards shall follow the practice and procedure prescribed by applicable federal and state laws and regulations. Any officer ordered to…

Officers of the organized militia shall give bonds and security as may be required by the Adjutant General to secure the state against loss on account of misuse or misapplication of state or federal property and funds. Such bonds shall be conditioned upon faithful performance of …

An officer receiving public property for military purposes shall be accountable for the article so received by the officer until the article is returned, or is disposed of pursuant to law or by order of the Governor. Until the accounts of the officer are examined and found correc…

(1) A person who is appointed as a commissioned officer or warrant officer of the Oregon National Guard under the circumstances set forth in subsection (2) of this section shall, on the date of original appointment as a commissioned officer or warrant officer, be eligible to rece…

All commissioned officers and warrant officers of the organized militia, including retired officers and warrant officers thereof, may organize themselves into an association, the name of which shall be the Oregon National Guard Association. The association may adopt bylaws not in…

(1) The qualifications for enlistment and reenlistment, the periods of enlistment, reenlistment and voluntary extension of enlistment, the period of service, the form of oath to be taken and the manner and form of transfer and discharge of enlisted personnel of the organized mili…

Every person who enlists or reenlists in any force of the organized militia shall sign an enlistment contract and shall take and subscribe such oath or affirmation of enlistment as may be prescribed by applicable federal and state laws and regulations. Such oath shall be taken an…

(1) This section, ORS 398.006, 398.252 and 399.205 and the Oregon Code of Military Justice as described in ORS 396.128 shall be carefully explained to: (a) Every enlisted member at the time of enlistment or transfer or induction into, or at the time of an order to duty in or with…

All noncommissioned officers of the organized militia shall be appointed in the discretion of the appointing officer upon the nomination of the officer under whose immediate command they are to serve. Appointing officers shall be designated in military department regulations issu…

(1) An enlisted person may be discharged from any force of the organized militia prior to the expiration of the term of enlistment under such conditions as may be prescribed by applicable federal and state laws and regulations. (2) An enlisted person discharged from a force of th…

When an enlisted person of the organized militia absents self without leave and there is reason to believe that the person does not intend to return, the person may be discharged in accordance with military department regulations issued pursuant to ORS 396.305. [1961 c.454 §68] P…

Any person violating ORS 399.125 commits a Class B misdemeanor. [1961 c.454 §77; 1963 c.169 §8; 2011 c.597 §190] CHAPTER 400 [Reserved for expansion] _______________

As used in this chapter: (1) “Emergency” means a human created or natural event or circumstance that causes or threatens widespread loss of life, injury to person or property, human suffering or financial loss, including but not limited to: (a) Fire, wildfire, explosion, flood, s…

(1) The general purpose of this chapter is to reduce the vulnerability of the State of Oregon to loss of life, injury to persons or property and human suffering and financial loss resulting from emergencies, and to provide for recovery and relief assistance for the victims of eme…

(1) The emergency services system is composed of all agencies and organizations involved in the coordinated delivery of emergency services. The Governor is responsible for the emergency services system within the State of Oregon. The executive officer or governing body of each co…

(1) All elected officials in this state, all administrative heads of state agencies and all persons in the state government management service as defined in ORS 240.212 shall complete introductory courses offered or approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency on incident …

(1) The Oregon Department of Emergency Management is established. (2) The department shall be responsible for: (a) Coordinating and facilitating private sector and governmental efforts to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies; and (b) Coordinating exercise…

(1) Each of the following agencies, entities and officials shall designate an individual to act as a liaison with the Oregon Department of Emergency Management: (a) The Department of Consumer and Business Services; (b) The Department of Corrections; (c) The Department of Educatio…

(1) The Oregon Department of Emergency Management is under the supervision and control of a director, who is responsible for the performance of the duties, functions and powers of the department. (2) The Governor shall appoint the Director of the Oregon Department of Emergency Ma…

(1) There is established the Compliance Division as an administrative division of the Oregon Department of Emergency Management. The Director of the Oregon Department of Emergency Management shall appoint a compliance officer to lead the division. The compliance officer serves at…

(1) The Director of the Oregon Department of Emergency Management may, by written order filed with the Secretary of State, appoint a deputy director. The deputy director serves at the pleasure of the director, has authority to act for the director in the absence of the director a…

In accordance with applicable provisions of ORS chapter 183, the Director of the Oregon Department of Emergency Management may adopt rules necessary for the administration of the laws that the department is charged with administering. [Formerly 401.265; 2021 c.539 §6]

(1) To aid and advise the Director of the Oregon Department of Emergency Management in the performance of the functions of the Oregon Department of Emergency Management, the director may establish such advisory and technical committees as the director considers necessary. The com…

The Director of the Oregon Department of Emergency Management may enter into interagency agreements with other state agencies that the director determines are necessary to carry out the duties of the Oregon Department of Emergency Management. [Formerly 401.269; 2021 c.539 §9]

(1) The Director of the Oregon Department of Emergency Management is responsible for coordinating and facilitating exercises and training, emergency planning, preparedness, response, mitigation and recovery activities with the state and local emergency services agencies and organ…

(1) The Oregon Department of Emergency Management shall maintain a system for the notification and interagency coordination of state resources in response to emergencies involving multijurisdictional cooperation between the various levels of government and private business entiti…

(1) The Oregon Department of Emergency Management is designated as the sole agency of the State of Oregon for the purpose of negotiating agreements with the United States Department of Homeland Security or other appropriate federal agency, on behalf of the state, for the acquisit…

(1) The Oregon Homeland Security Council is established within the Oregon Department of Emergency Management. The mission of the council is to assess risks to the safety and security of the State of Oregon with special emphasis on matters related to domestic terrorism and other m…

(1) The Oregon Homeland Security Council, in consultation with emergency management agencies, the Oregon Department of Emergency Management or its predecessor office, and the Oregon Health Authority, shall develop a plan to ensure that Oregonians have access to a robust stockpile…

The Oregon Department of Emergency Management shall carry out the following functions: (1) Coordinate emergency management functions on a regional basis within this state; (2) Coordinate training related to emergency response on a regional basis within this state; and (3) Develop…

(1) The Oregon Department of Emergency Management shall develop and administer a program for periodic emergency response exercises as described in this section. (2) Once per year, the department shall coordinate a multidisciplinary, all-hazards emergency response exercise. The ex…

(1) The Oregon Department of Emergency Management shall provide technical assistance, as described in subsection (2) of this section, to local entities, whether public or private, that are active in emergency preparedness, response or recovery in Oregon, including: (a) County, ci…

(1) As used in this section, “community organization active in disaster” means a cooperative organization comprising representatives of nonprofit, governmental, business and faith-based entities that works within a local community to prepare for, build resilience against and reco…

(1) The Governor by proclamation may declare a state of emergency at the request of a county governing body or after determining that an emergency has occurred or is imminent. (2) All requests by a county governing body that the Governor declare an emergency shall be sent to the …

(1) During a state of emergency, the Governor has complete authority over all executive agencies of state government and the right to exercise, within the area designated in the proclamation, all police powers vested in the state by the Oregon Constitution in order to effectuate …

During the existence of an emergency, the Governor may: (1) Assume complete control of all emergency operations in the area specified in a proclamation of a state of emergency issued under ORS 401.165, direct all rescue and salvage work and do all things deemed advisable and nece…

(1) Whenever the Governor has declared a disaster emergency to exist under the laws of this state, or the President of the United States, at the request of the Governor, has declared a major disaster or emergency to exist in this state, the Governor is authorized: (a) Through the…

Whenever the Governor has declared a state of emergency or the President of the United States has declared an emergency or a major disaster to exist in this state, the Governor, with the concurrence of the Joint Committee on Ways and Means or the Emergency Board, if the Legislati…

If the Governor by proclamation has declared a state of emergency under ORS 401.165, the Governor may waive the one-week waiting period required by ORS 657.155 for persons making a claim for unemployment benefits who reside within the geographical area subject to the proclamation…

Whenever the Governor has declared a state of emergency, the Governor may issue, amend and enforce rules and orders to: (1) Control, restrict and regulate by rationing, freezing, use of quotas, prohibitions on shipments, price fixing, allocation or other means, the use, sale or d…

(1) All rules and orders issued under authority conferred by ORS 401.165 to 401.236 shall have the full force and effect of law both during and after the declaration of a state of emergency. All existing laws, ordinances, rules and orders inconsistent with ORS 401.165 to 401.236 …