Oregon Statutes - Chapter 527 - Insect and Disease Control; Forest Practices

• 527.010   [Amended by 1971 c.316 §1; renumbered 527.610]
• 527.020   [Amended by 1955 c.100 §1; 1957 c.33 §1; 1959 c.28 §1; repealed by 1971 c.316 §15]
• 527.030   [Amended by 1957 c.33 §2; 1959 c.28 §2; repealed by 1971 c.316 §15]
• 527.040   [Amended by 1955 c.100 §2; repealed by 1971 c.316 §15]
• 527.050   [Amended by 1953 c.195 §2; 1959 c.83 §1; repealed by 1971 c.316 §15]
• 527.060   [Amended by 1959 c.28 §3; repealed by 1971 c.316 §15]
• 527.070   [Repealed by 1971 c.316 §15]
• 527.080   [Amended by 1955 c.100 §3; 1957 c.33 §3; repealed by 1959 c.28 §9]
• 527.090   [Amended by 1955 c.100 §4; 1957 c.33 §4; repealed by 1959 c.28 §9]
• 527.091   [1959 c.28 §5; repealed by 1971 c.316 §15]
• 527.100   [Amended by 1957 c.33 §5; repealed by 1959 c.28 §9]
• 527.101   [1959 c.28 §6; repealed by 1971 c.316 §15]
• 527.110   [Amended by 1955 c.100 §5; 1957 c.33 §6; 1959 c.28 §7; repealed by 1971 c.316 §15]
• 527.120   [Repealed by 1971 c.316 §15]
• 527.140   [Amended by 1957 c.33 §7; repealed by 1971 c.316 §15]
• 527.150   [Repealed by 1971 c.316 §15]
• 527.160   [Amended by 1953 c.262 §2; 1957 c.33 §8; 1959 c.28 §8; 1961 c.221 §1; 1965 c.253 §148; repealed by 1971 c.316 §15]
• 527.170   [Amended by 1953 c.262 §2; 1961 c.221 §2; repealed by 1971 c.316 §15]
• 527.180   [Repealed by 1971 c.316 §15]
• 527.190   [Amended by 1953 c.262 §2; 1955 c.100 §6; 1961 c.221 §3; repealed by 1971 c.316 §15]
• 527.200   [Amended by 1953 c.262 §2; repealed by 1971 c.316 §15]
• 527.210   [Repealed by 1953 c.262 §2]
• 527.215   [1953 c.262 §3; 1955 c.100 §7; 1959 c.83 §2; repealed by 1971 c.316 §15]
• 527.220   [Amended by 1965 c.253 §149; repealed by 1971 c.316 §15]
• 527.230   [Repealed by 1971 c.316 §15]
• 527.240   [Amended by 1971 c.316 §13; renumbered 527.700]
• 527.260   Injuring forest tree of another or extracting pitch without, or in violation of, a permit prohibited; permit to extract pitch.
  (1) No person shall willfully and unlawfully: (a) Bore or cut any forest tree belonging to another for the purpose of extracting pitch; (b) Cut,...
• 527.280   [1953 c.375 §24; 1957 c.654 §2; 1961 c.297 §8; 1965 c.253 §83; renumbered 477.440]
• 527.282   [1953 c.375 §25; 1961 c.297 §9; renumbered 477.445]
• 527.284   [1953 c.375 §26; 1957 c.309 §12; repealed by 1961 c.297 §12]
• 527.286   [1953 c.357 §27; 1957 c.309 §13; subsection (2) of 1959 Replacement Part enacted as 1957 c.216 §1; repealed by 1961 c.297 §12]
• 527.288   [1953 c.375 §28; 1961 c.297 §10; renumbered 477.450]
• 527.290   [1953 c.375 §29; renumbered 477.455]
• 527.292   [1953 c.375 §30; 1961 c.297 §11; renumbered 477.460]
• 527.294   [1961 c.689 §10; repealed by 1965 c.253 §153]
• 527.310   Definitions for ORS 527.310 to 527.370.
  As used in and for the purposes of ORS 527.310 to 527.370: (1) “Control” means reduction of resource losses or pest occurrences to an acceptable...
• 527.315   Process components.
  The integrated pest management process shall consist of: (1) Defining the management unit or area of concern. (2) Defining site specific management objectives that are...
• 527.320   [Repealed by 1991 c.686 §11]
• 527.321   Implementation of process by State Forester.
  The State Forester shall implement the integrated pest management process as provided in ORS 527.315 on department-managed lands and encourage the process on other nonfederal...
• 527.330   [Repealed by 1991 c.686 §11]
• 527.335   Investigations by State Forester concerning pests; access to privately owned lands.
  (1) The State Forester shall conduct surveys and evaluations on nonfederal forestlands to determine the presence, extent, trend and impact of native and exotic pests,...
• 527.340   [Amended by 1955 c.116 §1; 1967 c.87 §2; repealed by 1991 c.686 §11]
• 527.341   Forestland owners to implement strategies to carry out resource management objectives.
  Every owner of forestlands or timber shall implement prevention and suppression strategies to meet their own forest resource management objectives. [1991 c.686 §5]  
• 527.346   State Forester to assist owners unable to take action against pest.
  (1) Whenever the State Forester determines, using criteria approved by the State Board of Forestry, that owners are unable to take action against a pest...
• 527.350   [Amended by 1967 c.87 §3; repealed by 1991 c.686 §11]
• 527.360   Costs of eradication; state to contribute; unpaid costs to be charge against timber; collection of charge.
  Upon completion of any work authorized and performed under the provisions of ORS 527.346, the State Forester shall prepare a certified statement of the expenses...
• 527.370   Disposition of receipts.
  All moneys collected under ORS 527.335 and 527.346, together with such moneys as have been and may be appropriated by the legislature for the purposes...
• 527.380   [Repealed by 1991 c.686 §11]
• 527.390   [Amended by 1957 c.83 §12; repealed by 1967 c.34 §8]
• 527.400   [Repealed by 1991 c.686 §11]
• 527.410   [Repealed by 1957 c.83 §26]
• 527.420   [Repealed by 1957 c.83 §26]
• 527.430   [Repealed by 1957 c.83 §26]
• 527.510   [Repealed by 1991 c.686 §11]
• 527.520   [Repealed by 1975 c.771 §33]
• 527.530   [Repealed by 1975 c.302 §15]
• 527.540   [Repealed by 1991 c.686 §11]
• 527.610   Short title.
  ORS 527.610 to 527.770, 527.990 (1) and 527.992 are known as the Oregon Forest Practices Act. [Formerly 527.010; 1991 c.634 §2]  
• 527.620   Definitions for ORS 527.610 to 527.770.
  As used in ORS 527.610 to 527.770, 527.990 and 527.992: (1) “Board” means the State Board of Forestry. (2) “Cumulative effects” means the impact on...
• 527.630   Policy; rules.
  (1) Forests make a vital contribution to Oregon by providing jobs, products, tax base and other social and economic benefits, by helping to maintain forest...
• 527.640   Forest regions.
  The State Board of Forestry shall establish a number of forest regions, but not less than three, necessary to achieve the purposes described in ORS...
• 527.650   Forest practice committees; members; qualifications; appointment; terms.
  (1) The State Board of Forestry shall establish a forest practice committee for each forest region established pursuant to ORS 527.640. Each such committee shall...
• 527.660   Committees to review rules.
  Each forest practice committee shall review proposed forest practice rules in order to assist the State Board of Forestry in developing rules appropriate to the...
• 527.662   [1997 c.413 §4; 1999 c.849 §105; 2003 c.75 §93; repealed by 2003 c.539 §37]
• 527.665   Notice of reforestation requirements to be given in forestland transfers; effect of failure to notify; damages.
  (1) In any transaction for the conveyance of an ownership interest in forestland, the transferor must provide to the transferee, prior to the date of...
• 527.670   Commencement of operations; rules; written plan; effect of plan; notice of chemical application; fees.
  (1) The State Board of Forestry shall designate the types of operations for which notice shall be required under this section. (2) The board shall...
• 527.674   Rules requiring approval of written plan prohibited.
  The State Board of Forestry may not adopt or enforce a rule under ORS 527.610 to 527.770 that requires that the board or the State...
• 527.675   [1995 s.s. c.3 §39g; repealed by 1996 c.9 §8 (527.676 enacted in lieu of 527.675)]
• 527.676   Leaving snags and downed logs in harvest type 2 or 3 units; green trees to be left near certain streams.
  (1) In order to contribute to the overall maintenance of wildlife, nutrient cycling, moisture retention and other resource benefits of retained wood, when a harvest...
• 527.680   Violation by operator; citation; order to cease violation; order to repair damage; temporary order where violation continuing; service on operator.
  (1) Whenever the State Forester determines that an operator has committed a violation under ORS 527.990 (1), the State Forester may issue and serve a...
• 527.683   Notice of violation.
  (1) No civil penalty prescribed in ORS 527.992 shall be imposed until the person incurring the penalty has received notice in writing from the State...
• 527.685   Civil penalty considerations; rules.
  (1) The State Board of Forestry shall by rule establish the amount of civil penalty that may be imposed for a particular violation. Except as...
• 527.687   Civil penalty procedure.
  (1) Subject to the notice provisions of ORS 527.683, any civil penalty under ORS 527.992 shall be imposed in the manner provided in ORS 183.745....
• 527.690   Failure to comply with order to reforest or repair damage; estimate of cost of repair; notification; board authorization for repair; cost of repair as lien upon operator, timber owner or landowner.
  (1) In the event an order issued pursuant to ORS 527.680 (2)(b) directs the repair of damage or correction of an unsatisfactory condition, including compliance...
• 527.700   Appeals from orders of State Forester; hearing procedure; rules; stay of operation.
  (1) Any operator, timber owner or landowner affected by any finding or order of the State Forester issued under ORS 527.610 to 527.770 and 527.992...
• 527.710   Duties and powers of board; rules; inventory for resource protection; consultation with other agencies required.
  (1) In carrying out the purposes of ORS 527.610 to 527.770, 527.990 (1) and 527.992, the State Board of Forestry shall adopt, in accordance with...
• 527.713   [1995 s.s. c.3 §39n; repealed by 1996 c.9 §15 (527.714 enacted in lieu of 527.713)]
• 527.714   Types of rules; procedure; findings necessary; rule analysis.
  (1) The rulemaking authority of the State Board of Forestry under ORS 527.610 to 527.770 consists generally of the following three types of rules: (a)...
• 527.715   Rules to establish standards and procedures.
  The State Board of Forestry shall establish, by rule, the standards and procedures to implement the provisions of ORS 197.180, 197.270, 197.825, 215.050, 477.090, 477.440,...
• 527.720   [1971 c.316 §5a; repealed by 1987 c.919 §15 (527.721 enacted in lieu of 527.720)]
• 527.721   Coordination with state and local agencies for review and comment on operations.
  By rule or by cooperative agreement entered into following an opportunity for public comment before the State Board of Forestry, the board shall provide for...
• 527.722   Restrictions on local government adoption of rules regulating forest operations; exceptions.
  (1) Notwithstanding any provisions of ORS chapters 195, 196, 197, 215 and 227, and except as provided in subsections (2), (3) and (4) of this...
• 527.724   Forest operations to comply with air and water pollution control rules and standards; effect of violation.
  Subject to ORS 527.765 and 527.770, any forest operations on forestlands within this state shall be conducted in full compliance with the rules and standards...
• 527.725   [1975 c.185 §5; repealed by 1975 c.185 §6]
• 527.726   [1979 c.400 §4; 1983 c.827 §55; repealed by 1987 c.919 §29]
• 527.730   Conversion of forestland to other uses.
  Nothing in the Oregon Forest Practices Act shall prevent the conversion of forestland to any other use. [1971 c.316 §12; 1991 c.634 §8]  
• 527.735   [1987 c.919 §6a; renumbered 526.156 in 1991]
• 527.736   Forest practice standards for operations on public and private land; rules.
  (1) The standards established in ORS 527.740 to 527.750 shall be administered by the State Forester as standards applying to all operations in the state,...
• 527.740   Harvest type 3 limitations; exceptions.
  (1) No harvest type 3 unit within a single ownership shall exceed 120 acres in size, except as provided in ORS 527.750. (2) No harvest...
• 527.745   Reforestation of certain harvest types; adoption of standards; rules.
  (1) The State Board of Forestry shall adopt standards for the reforestation of harvest type 1 and harvest type 3. Unless the board makes the...
• 527.750   Exceeding harvest type 3 size limitation; conditions; rules.
  (1) Notwithstanding the requirements of ORS 527.740, a harvest type 3 unit within a single ownership that exceeds 120 acres but does not exceed 240...
• 527.755   Scenic highways; visually sensitive corridors; operations restricted; exemptions.
  (1) The following highways are hereby designated as scenic highways for purposes of the Oregon Forest Practices Act: (a) Interstate Highways 5, 84, 205, 405;...
• 527.760   Reforestation exemptions for land use changes.
  (1) The State Board of Forestry shall review its rules governing changes in land use and adopt or amend rules as necessary to assure that...
• 527.765   Best management practices to maintain water quality; rules.
  (1) The State Board of Forestry shall establish best management practices and other rules applying to forest practices as necessary to insure that to the...
• 527.770   Good faith compliance with best management practices not violation of water quality standards; subsequent enforcement of standards.
  A forest operator conducting, or in good faith proposing to conduct, operations in accordance with best management practices currently in effect shall not be considered...
• 527.780   Exemption from liability for trees or debris left on property.
  (1) A landowner is not liable in tort for any personal injury, death or property damage that arises out of the leaving of trees and...
• 527.785   Exemption from liability for large woody debris left on property.
  (1) A landowner is not liable in tort for any personal injury, death or property damage that arises out of the leaving of large woody...
• 527.800   [1985 c.347 §1; repealed by 1993 c.792 §55]
• 527.805   [1985 c.347 §2; repealed by 1993 c.792 §55]
• 527.810   [1985 c.347 §3; repealed by 1993 c.792 §55]
• 527.990   Criminal penalties.
  (1) Subject to ORS 153.022, violation of ORS 527.670, 527.676, 527.740, 527.750 or 527.755, or any rule promulgated under ORS 527.710 is punishable, upon conviction,...
• 527.992   Civil penalties.
  (1) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any person who fails to comply with any of the following may incur a civil...

Last modified: August 7, 2008