Oregon Statutes - Chapter 401 - Emergency Services and Communications

• 401.010   [Repealed by 1983 c.586 §49]
• 401.015   Statement of policy and purpose.
  (1) The general purpose of ORS 401.015 to 401.107, 401.257 to 401.325 and 401.355 to 401.584 is to reduce the vulnerability of the State of...
• 401.020   [Amended by 1975 c.379 §8; repealed by 1983 c.586 §49]
• 401.025   Definitions.
  As used in ORS 190.155 to 190.170, 401.015 to 401.107, 401.257 to 401.325 and 401.355 to 401.584, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Abnormal disruption...
• 401.030   [Amended by 1967 c.595 §1; 1969 c.80 §8; 1975 c.379 §9; 1975 c.624 §1; repealed by 1983 c.586 §49]
• 401.035   Responsibility for emergency services systems.
  (1) The Governor is responsible for the emergency services system within the State of Oregon. (2) The executive officer or governing body of each county...
• 401.039   Seizure of firearms during state of emergency.
   (1) As used in this section, “unit of government” means any department or agency of the federal government, any state or any agency, office or...
• 401.040   [Amended by 1963 c.528 §1; 1967 c.419 §33; 1969 c.80 §9; 1975 c.379 §10; 1975 c.624 §2; 1981 c.615 §4; repealed by 1983 c.586 §49]
• 401.041   Short title.
  ORS 401.043 may be cited as the Emergency Management Assistance Compact. [2002 s.s.1 c.7 §1] Note: 401.041 and 401.043 were enacted into law by the...
• 401.043   Emergency Management Assistance Compact.
  The Governor shall participate on behalf of the State of Oregon with other states legally joining in the compact in a form substantially as follows:...
• 401.045   [1983 c.586 §18; 1993 c.187 §2; repealed by 2002 s.s.1 c.7 §3]
• 401.050   [Amended by 1963 c.528 §2; 1967 c.419 §34; 1967 c.595 §2; 1969 c.80 §10; 1969 c.314 §32; 1981 c.615 §5; repealed by 1983 c.586 §49]
• 401.055   Declaration of state of emergency; procedures.
  (1) The Governor may declare a state of emergency by proclamation at the request of a county governing body or after determining that an emergency...
• 401.060   [Amended by 1963 c.528 §4; 1967 c.595 §3; 1969 c.80 §11; repealed by 1983 c.586 §49]
• 401.064   [1975 c.379 §3; repealed by 1983 c.586 §49]
• 401.065   Police powers during state of emergency; suspension of agency rules.
  During a state of emergency, the Governor shall: (1) Have complete authority over all executive agencies of state government and the right to exercise, within...
• 401.066   [1975 c.379 §2; 1977 c.248 §3; repealed by 1983 c.586 §49]
• 401.068   [1975 c.379 §4; repealed by 1983 c.586 §49]
• 401.070   [Repealed by 1983 c.586 §49]
• 401.074   Providing temporary housing during emergency.
  Whenever the Governor has declared a state of emergency under ORS 401.015 to 401.107, 401.257 to 401.325 and 401.355 to 401.584 or the President of...
• 401.075   [1977 c.248 §2; repealed by 1983 c.586 §49]
• 401.080   [Amended by 1953 c.6 §4; 1967 c.595 §4; 1975 c.379 §11; repealed by 1983 c.586 §49]
• 401.085   Management of resources during emergency; rules.
  Whenever the Governor has declared a state of emergency under ORS 401.015 to 401.107, 401.257 to 401.325 and 401.355 to 401.584, the Governor shall be...
• 401.090   [Repealed by 1983 c.586 §49]
• 401.095   Effect of rules and orders during emergency; scope; effect; termination.
  (1) All rules and orders issued under authority conferred by ORS 401.065 to 401.085 shall have the full force and effect of law both during...
• 401.100   [Repealed by 1983 c.586 §49]
• 401.105   Termination of state of emergency.
  (1) The Governor shall terminate the state of emergency by proclamation when the emergency no longer exists, or when the threat of an emergency has...
• 401.106   Legislative findings.
  (1) The Legislative Assembly finds that during an abnormal disruption of the market, some merchants and wholesalers have taken unconscionable advantage of consumers by charging...
• 401.107   Abnormal disruption of market.
  (1) As used in subsections (1) to (4) of this section, the terms “merchant” and “wholesaler” do not include a public body as that term...
• 401.108   Applicability of remedies.
  The remedies provided in ORS 401.107 (1) to (4) and in the amendments to ORS 646.607 by section 6, chapter 223, Oregon Laws 2007, are...
• 401.110   [Amended by 1975 c.379 §12; repealed by 1983 c.586 §49]
• 401.115   Additional powers during emergency.
  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...
• 401.120   [Repealed by 1983 c.586 §49]
• 401.125   Authority concerning federal financial assistance to political subdivision.
  Whenever, at the request of the Governor, the President of the United States has declared a major disaster to exist in this state, the Governor...
• 401.130   [Repealed by 1983 c.586 §49]
• 401.135   Authority concerning federal financial assistance to individuals or families.
  Whenever the President of the United States, at the request of the Governor, with the concurrence of the Emergency Board or Joint Ways and Means...
• 401.140   [Repealed by 1983 c.586 §49]
• 401.145   Authority over removal of disaster debris or wreckage; unconditional authorization of community; liability for injury or damage.
  (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...
• 401.150   [Repealed by 1983 c.586 §49]
• 401.155   Rules to carry out ORS 401.125 to 401.145 and 401.335.
  The Governor is authorized to make rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the purposes of ORS 401.125 to 401.145 and 401.335. [Formerly
• 401.160   [Amended by 1953 c.6 §4; 1955 c.451 §1; repealed by 1983 c.586 §49]
• 401.170   [Amended by 1963 c.179 §1; 1971 c.766 §1; repealed by 1983 c.586 §49]
• 401.180   [Repealed by 1983 c.586 §49]
• 401.190   [Amended by 1963 c.528 §5; repealed by 1983 c.586 §49]
• 401.195   [1981 c.763 §2; repealed by 1983 c.586 §49]
• 401.200   [1981 c.763 §3; 1983 c.586 §27; renumbered 401.355]
• 401.205   [1981 c.763 §4; 1983 c.586 §28; renumbered 401.365]
• 401.210   [Formerly 401.820; 1983 c.586 §29; renumbered 401.375]
• 401.215   [Formerly 401.830; 1983 c.586 §30; renumbered 401.385]
• 401.220   [1981 c.763 §5; 1983 c.586 §31; renumbered 401.395]
• 401.225   [1981 c.763 §6; 1983 c.586 §32; renumbered 401.405]
• 401.230   [1981 c.763 §7; 1983 c.586 §33; renumbered 401.415]
• 401.235   [1981 c.763 §8; 1983 c.586 §34; renumbered 401.425]
• 401.240   [1981 c.763 §9; 1983 c.586 §35; renumbered 401.435]
• 401.245   [1981 c.763 §10; 1983 c.586 §36; renumbered 401.445]
• 401.250   [1981 c.763 §11; 1983 c.586 §37; renumbered 401.455]
• 401.255   [1981 c.763 §12; 1983 c.586 §38; renumbered 401.465]
• 401.257   Responsibilities of Office of Emergency Management.
  (1) The Office of Emergency Management is established in the Oregon Military Department. (2) The office shall be responsible for: (a) Coordinating and facilitating private...
• 401.259   Agency liaison with Office of Emergency Management.
  (1) The following departments shall designate a person within each department to act as a liaison with the Office of Emergency Management: (a) The Department...
• 401.260   [1983 c.586 §10; 1993 c.187 §4; repealed by 2007 c.740 §42]
• 401.261   Office of Emergency Management; appointment of director.
  (1) The Office of Emergency Management is under the supervision and control of a director, who is responsible for the performance of the duties, functions...
• 401.263   Appointment of deputy director.
  (1) The Director of the Office of Emergency Management may, by written order filed with the Secretary of State, appoint a deputy director. The deputy...
• 401.265   Rules.
  In accordance with applicable provisions of ORS chapter 183, the Director of the Office of Emergency Management may adopt rules necessary for the administration of...
• 401.267   Advisory and technical committees.
  (1) To aid and advise the Director of the Office of Emergency Management in the performance of the functions of the Office of Emergency Management,...
• 401.269   Interagency agreements.
  The Director of the Office of Emergency Management may enter into interagency agreements with other state agencies that the director determines are necessary to carry...
• 401.270   Duties of director; rules.
  The Director of the Office of Emergency Management shall be responsible for coordinating and facilitating exercises and training, emergency planning, preparedness, response, mitigation and recovery...
• 401.271   Legislative findings.
  The Legislative Assembly finds that: (1) During an evacuation after a major disaster or an emergency, many pet owners are reluctant to leave their pets...
• 401.272   Animal emergency operations plan.
  (1) As used in this section: (a) “Companion animal” means a domestic animal commonly kept as a household pet. (b) “Service animal” means an animal...
• 401.273   Rescue of companion animal.
  (1) A person engaged in search and rescue operations may make every practicable attempt under the circumstances to rescue a companion animal. (2) This section...
• 401.274   Livestock emergency operations plan.
  (1) As used in this section: (a) “Emergency” has the meaning given that term in ORS 401.025. (b) “Livestock” means cattle, horses, sheep and any...
• 401.275   System for notification of emergencies; emergency management coordinators; rules.
  (1)(a) The Department of State Police shall maintain a system for the notification and interagency coordination of state resources in response to emergencies involving multijurisdictional...
• 401.280   Federal grants for emergency management and services; authority of office.
  (1) The Office of Emergency Management is designated as the sole agency of the State of Oregon for the purpose of negotiating agreements with the...
• 401.282   Legislative findings.
  The Legislative Assembly finds that: (1) The implementation of a single, easy-to-use telephone number, 2-1-1, will benefit the residents of this state by providing easier...
• 401.284   Definitions for ORS 401.284 to 401.296.
  As used in ORS 401.284 to 401.296: (1) “2-1-1” means the abbreviated dialing code assigned by the Federal Communications Commission for consumer access to community...
• 401.286   Public referral and information telephone number.
  2-1-1 is created as the official state dialing code for public referral to and information about health and human services and services after an emergency....
• 401.288   Contract for 2-1-1 system facilitator.
  (1) Subject to subsection (3) of this section, the Office of Emergency Management shall enter into a contract with a 2-1-1 system facilitator to design,...
• 401.290   Approval of 2-1-1 service providers.
  (1) The 2-1-1 system facilitator shall recommend 2-1-1 service providers to the Office of Emergency Management based on the following criteria: (a) The ability of...
• 401.292   Use of 2-1-1 system by state agencies providing health and human services.
  Before a state agency that provides health and human services establishes a new public information hotline, the state agency shall consult with the Office of...
• 401.294   Contributions to support establishment of 2-1-1 system; use of contributions.
  (1) The Office of Emergency Management may accept contributions of moneys and assistance from the federal government or its agencies or from any other source,...
• 401.296   2-1-1 Account.
  The 2-1-1 Account is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. All moneys received by the Office of Emergency Management...
• 401.300   Grant program for seismic rehabilitation of certain facilities.
  (1) The Director of the Office of Emergency Management, pursuant to the authority to administer grant programs for seismic rehabilitation provided in ORS 401.270, shall...
• 401.305   Emergency management agency of city or county; emergency program manager; coordination of emergency management functions.
  (1) Each county of this state shall, and each city may, establish an emergency management agency which shall be directly responsible to the executive officer...
• 401.309   Declaration of state of emergency by local government; procedures; mandatory evacuations.
  (1) Each county, city or other municipal corporation in this state may, by ordinance or resolution, establish procedures to prepare for and carry out any...
• 401.310   [Amended by 1953 c.394 §10; 1969 c.80 §12; repealed by 1983 c.586 §49]
• 401.315   City or county authorized to incur obligations for emergency services; county determination of emergency.
  In carrying out the provisions of ORS 401.015 to 401.107, 401.257 to 401.325 and 401.355 to 401.584, counties or cities may enter into contracts and...
• 401.320   [Amended by 1953 c.394 §10; repealed by 1983 c.586 §49]
• 401.325   Emergency management agency appropriation; tax levy.
  (1) Each county and city may make appropriations, in the manner provided by law for making appropriations for the expenses of the county or city,...
• 401.330   [Amended by 1953 c.394 §10; repealed by 1983 c.586 §49]
• 401.335   Temporary housing for disaster victims; political subdivision’s authority.
  Any political subdivision of this state is expressly authorized to acquire, temporarily or permanently, by purchase, lease, or otherwise, sites required for installation of temporary...
• 401.337   Seismic Safety Policy Advisory Commission; members; term.
  (1) There is established a Seismic Safety Policy Advisory Commission consisting of the following members: (a) The chief officer or the chief officer’s designee of...
• 401.340   [Amended by 1953 c.394 §10; repealed by 1983 c.586 §49]
• 401.343   Mission of commission.
  (1) The mission of the Seismic Safety Policy Advisory Commission shall be to reduce exposure to earthquake hazards in Oregon by: (a) Developing and influencing...
• 401.345   Officers; quorum; meetings; compensation and expenses.
  (1) The Seismic Safety Policy Advisory Commission shall select one of its members as chairperson and another as vice chairperson, for two-year terms and with...
• 401.347   Support services.
  The Office of Emergency Management shall provide technical, clerical and other necessary support services to the Seismic Safety Policy Advisory Commission. The Department of Consumer...
• 401.350   [Amended by 1953 c.394 §10; repealed by 1983 c.586 §49]
• 401.353   Advisory and technical committees; expense reimbursement.
  (1) To aid and advise the Seismic Safety Policy Advisory Commission in the performance of its functions, the commission may establish such advisory and technical...
• 401.355   Eligibility of emergency service worker for benefits for injury sustained in emergency service.
  (1) An emergency service worker may apply for and may receive benefits as provided in ORS 401.355 to 401.465 for injury sustained in emergency service...
• 401.360   [Amended by 1953 c.394 §10; repealed by 1983 c.586 §49]
• 401.365   Registration and qualification of emergency management agencies.
  All state and local emergency management agencies may register and qualify to come within the provisions of ORS 401.355 to 401.465. [Formerly 401.205]
• 401.370   [Amended by 1953 c.394 §10; repealed by 1983 c.586 §49]
• 401.375   “Emergency service” defined; service not in violation of child labor laws.
  Emergency service shall not be deemed employment in violation of any laws of this state relating to labor by minors. “Emergency service” includes all activities...
• 401.380   [1953 c.394 §8; 1959 c.403 §1; 1983 c.586 §39; renumbered 401.535]
• 401.385   Record of enrollment of emergency service workers.
  Each emergency program manager of an emergency management agency shall maintain a record of enrollment of emergency service workers who are personnel of the agency....
• 401.395   Benefits for injury sustained in emergency service.
  If an emergency service worker sustains an injury, benefits shall be paid in the same manner as provided for injured workers under the workers’ compensation...
• 401.405   Benefits not assignable; exempt from execution, attachment and garnishment.
  No benefits payable under ORS 401.355 to 401.465 are subject to assignment prior to their receipt by the person entitled thereto, nor shall they pass...
• 401.410   [1967 c.480 §1; repealed by 1983 c.586 §49]
• 401.415   Benefits as exclusive remedy.
  The filing of claims for benefits under ORS 401.355 to 401.465 is the exclusive remedy of an emergency service worker or beneficiary for injuries compensable...
• 401.420   [1967 c.480 §2; repealed by 1983 c.586 §49]
• 401.425   Claims for benefits.
  (1) Claims for benefits under ORS 401.355 to 401.465 shall be filed by application with the Office of Emergency Management in the manner provided by...
• 401.430   [1967 c.480 §3; repealed by 1983 c.586 §49]
• 401.435   Appeal.
  Any question of law or fact may be appealed to the circuit court of the county where the injury occurred within 30 days from the...
• 401.440   [1967 c.480 §4; repealed by 1983 c.586 §49]
• 401.445   Allocation of necessary funds.
  If funds are not available to the Office of Emergency Management to pay claims approved under ORS 401.355 to 401.465, the Oregon Military Department shall...
• 401.450   [1967 c.480 §5; repealed by 1983 c.586 §49]
• 401.455   Benefits limited by availability of funds; priority among claimants.
  Liability of the State of Oregon or any agency thereof for the payment of benefits under ORS 401.355 to 401.465 is contingent upon and limited...
• 401.460   [1967 c.480 §6; repealed by 1983 c.586 §49]
• 401.465   Obtaining public or private insurance with available funds.
  Funds available for purposes of ORS 401.355 to 401.465 may be used to effect insurance or reinsurance with any authority or instrumentality, public or private,...
• 401.470   [1967 c.480 §7; repealed by 1983 c.586 §49]
• 401.480   Cooperative assistance agreements.
  The state, counties and cities may, in collaboration with public and private agencies, enter into cooperative assistance agreements for reciprocal emergency aid and resources. [1983...
• 401.485   Leaves of absence for disaster relief volunteers; requirements; maximum period; effect on status of employees.
  (1) State agencies and political subdivisions described in ORS 243.325 (2) to (6) may grant leaves of absence to any public employee who is a...
• 401.490   Mutual use of supplies and services.
  In carrying out the provisions of ORS 401.015 to 401.107, 401.257 to 401.325 and 401.355 to 401.584, the Governor and the executive officers or governing...
• 401.500   Reimbursement by state for services provided by local government employees.
  The state shall reimburse a local government for the compensation paid and the actual and necessary travel, subsistence and maintenance expenses of employees of the...
• 401.505   Acceptance of aid for emergency services.
  Whenever any organization, agency, person, firm, corporation or officer thereof offers to the state or to any county or city, services, equipment, supplies, material or...
• 401.510   [Repealed by 1983 c.586 §49]
• 401.515   Nonliability for emergency services; exception; emergency service workers as agents of state or local governments.
  (1) During the existence of an emergency, the state and any local government, any agent thereof or emergency service worker engaged in any emergency services...
• 401.520   [Repealed by 1983 c.586 §49]
• 401.525   Use of moneys and property for emergency services authorized.
  (1) The expenditure of necessary money and use of state property by any agency in performing duties in an emergency is authorized. Moneys so expended...
• 401.530   [Amended by 1983 c.586 §39a; renumbered 401.115]
• 401.535   Emergency Management Revolving Account; source; use.
  There is created in the General Fund in the State Treasury an account to be known as the Emergency Management Revolving Account. All contributions, grants-in-aid...
• 401.537   [1991 c.310 §4; renumbered 455.448 in 1995]
• 401.538   State and local agency emergency response drills.
  (1) Each state or local agency shall drill agency employees working in office buildings on emergency procedures so that the employees may respond to an...
• 401.539   [1991 c.310 §5; renumbered 455.449 in 1995]
• 401.540   [Repealed by 1983 c.586 §49]
• 401.543   Private employer emergency response drills; exemptions.
  A person employing 250 or more full-time employees within this state shall drill employees working in office buildings on emergency procedures so that the employees...
• 401.546   Conduct of earthquake emergency drills; rules.
  The Office of Emergency Management, in consultation with the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, shall adopt rules governing the conduct of earthquake emergency...
• 401.550   Search and Rescue Coordinator; appointment; duties.
  The Director of the Office of Emergency Management shall appoint a Search and Rescue Coordinator to: (1) Coordinate the search and rescue function of the...
• 401.555   Program for air search and rescue.
  The Office of Emergency Management shall establish and maintain a program for the air search and rescue of lost aircraft and persons and for the...
• 401.560   Search and rescue activities; responsibilities of sheriff; delegation of sheriff’s duties.
  (1) The sheriff of each county has the responsibility for search and rescue activities within the county. The duty of a sheriff under this subsection...
• 401.570   Restriction of access to search and rescue area.
  The sheriff of each county, the county emergency program manager performing the sheriff’s duties under ORS 401.560 or duly assigned military or state police personnel...
• 401.573   County sheriff to adopt search and rescue plan; contents; annual review.
  (1) The sheriff of each county shall adopt a search and rescue plan for the county. The search and rescue plan shall set forth search...
• 401.576   Critique of search and rescue incident; filing amended search and rescue plan with Office of Emergency Management.
  (1) After a search and rescue, the sheriff of the county in which the search and rescue took place shall conduct a critique of the...
• 401.580   Search and rescue incident number.
  (1) An incident number shall be assigned to each search and rescue reported by an authorized person under ORS 401.015 to 401.107, 401.257 to 401.325...
• 401.582   Investigative subpoena.
  (1) If a peace officer has probable cause to believe that an individual is missing and in danger, the officer may request that the Attorney...
• 401.584   Leave of absence from employment for search and rescue volunteer.
  (1) As used in this section: (a) “Employee” means an individual, other than a copartner of the employer or an independent contractor, who renders personal...
• 401.590   Reimbursement of public body for search and rescue by benefited persons; amount; exceptions.
  (1) A public body may collect an amount specified in this section as reimbursement for the cost of search and rescue activities when the public...
• 401.600   [1975 c.624 §4; repealed by 1983 c.586 §49]
• 401.605   Definitions for ORS 401.605 to 401.627.
  As used in ORS 401.605 to 401.627: (1) “Electronic signaling device” includes, but is not limited to, a system consisting of an instrument which emits...
• 401.610   [1975 c.624 §5; repealed by 1983 c.586 §49]
• 401.615   Assumption of risk of wilderness travel or mountain climbing; use and effect of signal devices.
  (1) In accordance with ORS 31.600 and notwithstanding ORS 31.620 (2), an individual who engages in wilderness travel or mountain climbing accepts and assumes the...
• 401.620   [1975 c.624 §6; renumbered 401.335]
• 401.625   Required equipment when guiding children above timberline.
  A person who guides for compensation an organized group that includes children under 18 years of age on any mountain above the timberline must carry...
• 401.627   Exemption from liability for electronic signaling device; exceptions.
  A person may not maintain an action against the manufacturer, distributor or supplier of an electronic signaling device for any loss or damage incurred during...
• 401.630   [1975 c.624 §7; renumbered 401.125]
• 401.635   [1987 c.915 §5; 1993 c.18 §96; repealed by 2007 c.530 §7]
• 401.638   Assignment by Governor of local resources under direction of State Fire Marshal.
  (1) The Governor may assign and make available for use and duty in any county, city or district, under the direction and command of the...
• 401.639   Powers and duties of local personnel acting under direction of State Fire Marshal.
  If county, city or district personnel are assigned and used under ORS 401.638 to respond to a structural collapse or threat of imminent structural collapse...
• 401.640   [1975 c.624 §11; renumbered 401.135]
• 401.641   Liability for expenses incurred and for loss or damage to local equipment; filing claim.
  (1) If county, city or district equipment is assigned and used under ORS 401.638 to respond to a structural collapse or threat of imminent structural...
• 401.643   Liability for expenses incurred using local personnel.
  If county, city or district personnel are assigned and used under ORS 401.638 to respond to a structural collapse or threat of imminent structural collapse...
• 401.645   Immunity from liability for local personnel acting in line of duty; exception.
  Personnel assigned under ORS 401.638, the state or a county, city or district is not liable for any injury to person or property resulting from...
• 401.650   [1975 c.624 §§8,9,10; renumbered 401.145]
• 401.651   Definitions for ORS 401.651 to 401.670.
  As used in ORS 401.651 to 401.670: (1) “Health care facility” means a health care facility as defined in ORS 442.015 that has been licensed...
• 401.654   Registry of emergency health care providers.
  (1) The Department of Human Services may establish a registry of emergency health care providers who are available to provide health care services during an...
• 401.657   Emergency health care facility; emergency operations plan; credentialing plan; rules.
  (1) The Department of Human Services may designate all or part of a health care facility or other location as an emergency health care center....
• 401.660   [1975 c.624 §12; 1983 c.586 §40; renumbered 401.155]
• 401.661   Voluntary provision of health care services.
  Upon the Governor declaring a state of emergency under ORS 401.055, or proclaiming a state of public health emergency after determining that a threat to...
• 401.664   Emergency operations plan; credentialing plans.
  (1) Emergency health care providers registered under ORS 401.654 and other health care providers who volunteer to perform health care services under ORS 401.651 to...
• 401.667   Agency of emergency health care providers and emergency health care facilities for purposes of ORS 30.260 to 30.300; rules.
  (1) Emergency health care providers registered under ORS 401.654 and other health care providers who volunteer to perform health care services without compensation under ORS...
• 401.670   Rules.
  The Department of Human Services shall adopt all rules necessary for the implementation of ORS 401.651 to 401.670. [2003 c.298 §8] EMERGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS
• 401.706   Policy; deployment of broadband telecommunications services.
  It is the policy of the State of Oregon to encourage and support the rapid deployment of broadband telecommunications services in areas of the state...
• 401.710   Definitions for ORS 305.823 and 401.710 to 401.816.
  As used in ORS 305.823 and 401.710 to 401.816, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Account” means the Emergency Communications Account. (2) “Central office” means...
• 401.715   Exemption from liability for 9-1-1 providers.
  No provider or any subsidiary of a provider or any other person that supplies 9-1-1 emergency reporting system equipment, or enhanced 9-1-1 telephone service equipment...
• 401.720   9-1-1 emergency reporting systems mandatory; requirements; “9-1-1” as primary emergency number; alternate numbers required; enhancement requirements.
  (1) The primary emergency telephone number within the state shall be 9-1-1, but a public or private safety agency shall maintain both a separate seven-digit...
• 401.730   Office of Emergency Management duties and powers; rules.
  (1) The Office of Emergency Management shall: (a) Adopt rules in accordance with ORS chapter 183 relating to the planning, administration and funding of 9-1-1...
• 401.733   [1991 c.743 §24; 1993 c.808 §5; repealed by 1995 c.79 §205]
• 401.735   Minimum standards for public safety telecommunications personnel; operative date; training program; rules.
  (1) The Office of Emergency Management, by rule, shall adopt minimum standards for public safety telecommunications personnel, including but not limited to emergency telephone workers,...
• 401.740   [1981 c.533 §4; repealed by 1989 c.793 §17]
• 401.750   [1981 c.533 §5; 1987 c.447 §127; repealed by 1989 c.793 §17]
• 401.755   Submission of revised plan; review; cost estimates; approval of plan.
  (1) Each 9-1-1 jurisdiction shall submit to the Office of Emergency Management in writing within 30 days any change made to the 9-1-1 emergency telephone...
• 401.760   [1981 c.533 §6; 1989 c.793 §10; repealed by 1991 c.743 §22]
• 401.765   When blocking of telephone numbers prohibited; confidential information; exemption from liability for supplying information to emergency service providers; when supplying information not required.
  (1) Each telecommunications utility or municipality that provides exchange access service or radio communications service and that provides automatic telephone number identification to public safety...
• 401.770   Pay phones to be converted to allow emergency calls without charge.
  Any person, partnership, corporation, company or association which provides telephone service through a coin or credit card operated pay station telephone in an area served...
• 401.773   Use of 9-1-1 system by users with hearing or speech impairments.
  All public safety answering points shall be capable of receiving 9-1-1 emergency calls from persons with hearing or speech impairments through a TTY. [1989 c.793...
• 401.775   Jurisdictions to provide disaster recovery plan.
  Each 9-1-1 jurisdiction shall have a disaster recovery plan prepared for its 9-1-1 emergency reporting system by January 1, 1992. The disaster recovery plan shall...
• 401.780   Agreements among certain safety agencies for rendering emergency services.
  Public or private safety agencies may enter into agreements which provide that an emergency unit dispatched by a 9-1-1 emergency reporting system established pursuant to...
• 401.785   Mediation of disputes; arbitration; costs and fees.
  (1) All disputes between a governing body, 9-1-1 jurisdiction and public or private safety agency regarding a 9-1-1 system, not otherwise resolved in accordance with...
• 401.790   Office to ensure compliance; proceedings authorized.
  (1) The Office of Emergency Management may institute proceedings against a public or private safety agency, a 9-1-1 jurisdiction or other person to compel compliance...
• 401.792   Imposition of tax; rate.
  (1) There is imposed on each paying retail subscriber who has telecommunication services with access to the 9-1-1 emergency reporting system a tax equal to...
• 401.794   Exemptions.
  The tax imposed by ORS 401.792 does not apply to: (1) Services that the state is prohibited from taxing under the Constitution or laws of...
• 401.796   Duties of providers.
  Every provider responsible for the collection of the tax imposed by ORS 401.792 to 401.804 shall keep records, render statements, make returns and comply with...
• 401.798   Returns; payment of tax; election; rules.
  (1) The provider is responsible for collecting the tax under ORS 401.792 and shall file a return with the Department of Revenue on or before...
• 401.800   Refunds.
  (1) If the amount paid by the provider to the Department of Revenue under ORS 401.798 exceeds the amount of tax payable, the department shall...
• 401.802   Amounts collected held in trust; enforcement.
  (1) Every provider required to collect the tax imposed by ORS 401.792 to 401.804 shall be deemed to hold the same in trust for the...
• 401.804   Application of other laws.
  Unless the context requires otherwise, the provisions of ORS chapters 305, 314 and 316 as to the audit and examination of reports and returns, determination...
• 401.805   [1955 c.679 §1; 1967 c.595 §5; 1969 c.247 §3; 1975 c.379 §13; repealed by 1980 c.19 §6]
• 401.806   Emergency Communications Account; subaccounts.
  (1) The Emergency Communications Account is established separate and distinct from the General Fund in the State Treasury. All moneys received by the Department of...
• 401.807   [1987 c.671 §1; 1989 c.793 §21; renumbered 401.818 in 2003]
• 401.808   Distribution of account proceeds; uses; reimbursement request review; reports.
  The Office of Emergency Management shall distribute quarterly the entire amount of the moneys in the Emergency Communications Account beginning in June 1982. The office...
• 401.810   [1955 c.679 §§2,3; repealed by 1980 c.19 §6]
• 401.812   [1987 c.671 §2; 1989 c.793 c.22; 1989 c.1063 §1; 1993 c.441 §1; renumbered 401.821 in 2003]
• 401.814   Use or investment of moneys.
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section and rules adopted under ORS 401.730 (1)(a), moneys received under ORS 401.808 (10) may be...
• 401.815   [1955 c.679 §11; repealed by 1980 c.19 §6]
• 401.816   Primary public safety answering points; rules.
  (1) The Director of the Office of Emergency Management shall establish by administrative rule the minimum standards for a primary public safety answering point. (2)...
• 401.817   [1987 c.671 §5; renumbered 401.823 in 2003]
• 401.818   Definitions for ORS 401.818 to 401.857.
  As used in ORS 401.818 to 401.857, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “District” means a 9-1-1 communications district formed under ORS 401.818 to 401.857....
• 401.820   [1955 c.679 §5; 1980 c.19 §3; renumbered 401.210]
• 401.821   Formation of emergency communications district; boundaries; approval of formation by safety agencies.
  (1) A 9-1-1 communications district may be created as provided in ORS 198.705 to 198.955 and 401.818 to 401.857. (2) A 9-1-1 communications district shall...
• 401.822   Officers of district; qualifications.
  (1) The officers of the district shall be a board of five or seven members elected by the electors of the district. (2) Any elector...
• 401.823   Application of ORS chapter 255 to district.
  (1) ORS chapter 255 governs the following: (a) The nomination and election of district board members. (b) The conduct of district elections. (2) The electors...
• 401.825   [1955 c.679 §18; 1967 c.595 §6; repealed by 1980 c.19 §6]
• 401.827   Board as governing body of district; president of board.
  (1) The district board shall be the governing body of the district and shall exercise all powers thereof. (2) At its first meeting or as...
• 401.830   [1955 c.679 §20; 1967 c.595 §7; 1980 c.19 §4; renumbered 401.215]
• 401.832   Election of board members at formation election; terms of office.
  (1) Five or seven district board members, determined by the number of board members set forth in the petition for formation, shall be elected at...
• 401.833   Changing number of board members; election; notice to Secretary of State.
  (1) This section establishes the procedure for determining the following questions: (a) Whether a district having a five-member board shall increase the number of members...
• 401.834   Continuing schedule of biennial elections after change in number of board members.
  When a district expands the membership of its district board from five to seven members or reduces the membership of its board from seven to...
• 401.835   [1955 c.679 §4; 1957 c.353 §1; 1973 c.466 §1; repealed by 1980 c.19 §6]
• 401.836   Manner of electing board members.
  (1) The district board members may be elected in one of the following methods: (a) Elected by the electors of the district from zones as...
• 401.837   [1987 c.671 §7; renumbered 401.857]
• 401.838   Election of board members.
  At the regular district election, successors to the board members whose terms expire shall be elected as follows: (1) In an unzoned district, if two...
• 401.839   Changing manner of electing board members; requirements; election.
  (1) This section establishes the procedure for determining whether the method adopted in a district for nominating and electing board members should be changed to...
• 401.840   [1955 c.679 §9; repealed by 1980 c.19 §6]
• 401.841   Changing number and manner of electing board members at same election; separate questions.
  A question of changing the method of nominating and electing district board members under ORS 401.839 and a question of increasing or decreasing the number...
• 401.842   General district powers.
  A 9-1-1 communications district has the power: (1) To have and use a common seal. (2) To sue and be sued in its name. (3)...
• 401.844   Authority to issue general obligation bonds; elector approval required; bond debt limit.
  (1) For the purpose of carrying into effect the powers granted by ORS 401.818 to 401.857, as well as refunding outstanding obligations, a 9-1-1 communications...
• 401.845   [1955 c.679 §10; repealed by 1980 c.19 §6]
• 401.847   Levy of taxes.
  (1) Each year the district board shall determine and fix the amount of money to be levied and raised by taxation, for the purposes of...
• 401.850   [1955 c.679 §§6,7; 1965 c.285 §80; repealed by 1980 c.19 §6]
• 401.852   Boundaries of zones for board members; adjustment for population and boundary changes; filing boundary change with county assessor and Department of Revenue.
  (1) The board shall adjust zones established within a district as necessary to make them as nearly equal in population as is feasible according to...
• 401.855   [1955 c.679 §17; repealed by 1980 c.19 §6]
• 401.857   Advisory committee; duties and powers; appointment by district board; terms and qualifications of members.
  (1) A district board shall appoint an advisory committee to advise and assist the board in carrying out the purposes of ORS 401.818 to 401.857....
• 401.860   [1955 c.679 §8; repealed by 1980 c.19 §6]
• 401.861   Definitions.
  (1) As used in this section: (a) “Transient lodging facility” means a hotel, motel, inn, condominium, any other dwelling unit or a public or private...
• 401.863   Uniform tsunami warning signal; rules.
  (1) The Office of Emergency Management, in consultation with the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, shall establish by rule a uniform tsunami warning...
• 401.864   Contributions to finance tsunami warning system.
  The Office of Emergency Management or the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries may seek and accept gifts, grants and donations from any source...
• 401.865   [1955 c.679 §12; 1967 c.335 §48; 1967 c.637 §§9,9a; repealed by 1980 c.19 §6]
• 401.870   [1955 c.679 §15; repealed by 1980 c.19 §6]
• 401.871   State Interoperability Executive Council.
  (1) The State Interoperability Executive Council is created within the Department of State Police. The membership of the council shall consist of: (a) Two members...
• 401.872   Duties of council.
  The State Interoperability Executive Council created under ORS 401.871 shall: (1) Work with public safety agencies in the state to develop a Public Safety Wireless...
• 401.874   Oregon Interoperable Communication Plan.
  (1) The Superintendent of State Police shall advise the State Interoperability Executive Council on the implementation of the Oregon Interoperable Communication Plan and coordinate interoperability...
• 401.875   [1955 c.679 §21; repealed by 1980 c.19 §6]
• 401.880   [1955 c.679 §19; repealed by 1980 c.19 §6]
• 401.881   Oregon Homeland Security Council.
  (1) The Oregon Homeland Security Council is created within the Office of Emergency Management. The council shall: (a) Receive briefings on security matters for which...
• 401.885   [1955 c.679 §16; repealed by 1980 c.19 §6]
• 401.890   [1955 c.679 §14; repealed by 1980 c.19 §6]
• 401.990   Penalties.
  Any person knowingly violating any provision of ORS 401.015 to 401.107, 401.257 to 401.325 and 401.355 to 401.584, or any of the rules, regulations or...

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