Oregon Statutes - Chapter 530 - State Forests; Community Forests

530.010 State Board of Forestry authorized to acquire lands; limitations; lands designated as state forests.
(1) The State Board of Forestry, referred to in this chapter as the board, in the name of the State of Oregon, may acquire, by...
530.020 Conditions precedent to acceptance of title; approval by Attorney General; suit to quiet title; deeds, deposit and recordation.
Title to all lands acquired by the State Board of Forestry under ORS 530.010 shall be free and clear of all encumbrances except easements of...
530.030 Conveyance of county lands to state; consideration; adjustment of delinquent fire patrol liens; contracts concerning removal of timber and disposition of proceeds from sale thereof.
(1) The county court or board of county commissioners of any county may convey to the state for state forests any lands heretofore or hereafter...
530.040 Exchange of forestland or timber; reservations; hearing; approval of title; status of lands received.
(1) It is desirable that lands acquired under the provisions of ORS 530.010 shall be consolidated in areas wherever possible through exchanges of land. It...
530.050 Management of lands acquired; powers of forester; rules.
Under the authority and direction of the State Board of Forestry except as otherwise provided for the sale of forest products, the State Forester shall...
530.055 Leasing lands acquired.
Except as limited in this section but subject to separate sale of forest products under ORS 530.059, lands acquired under ORS 530.010 to 530.040 may...
530.059 Procedure for sales of forest products; surety deposit required of bidder.
(1) Before offering any forest products for sale under authority of ORS 530.050 or 530.500, the State Forester shall cause the forest products to be...
530.060 [Repealed by 1957 c.229 §1]
530.065 Modifying timber sale contracts.
(1) During the period of a timber sale contract made under ORS 530.059, either party may propose to change or modify the terms of the...
530.070 [Repealed by 1957 c.229 §1]
530.075 Validation of state acquisition of county land; purposes for which land may be used; disposition of revenue.
(1) Notwithstanding ORS chapter 275 or any other law, deeds of conveyance or other instruments transferring county forests, public parks or recreational areas, from a...
530.080 [Repealed by 1957 c.229 §1]
530.090 [Repealed by 1957 c.229 §1]
530.100 [Repealed by 1957 c.83 §26]
530.110 Distribution of revenues from lands acquired under ORS 530.010 to 530.040.
(1) All revenues derived from lands acquired without cost to the state, or acquired from counties pursuant to ORS 530.030, shall be paid into the...
530.115 Disposition of certain moneys described in ORS 530.110; disposition of forest product rehabilitation revenues.
(1) Except as set forth in subsection (2) of this section, moneys described in ORS 530.110 (1)(b) and (2)(c) shall be credited to the county...
530.120 Account of receipts from lands acquired; annual statement to county.
The State Board of Forestry shall keep an accurate account, by legal subdivisions, of all receipts from lands acquired under the provisions of ORS 530.010...
530.130 Bonds may be issued and sold in exchange for lands.
(1) In compliance with the applicable provisions of ORS chapter 286A, the State Board of Forestry may request the State Treasurer to issue the revenue...
530.140 Forest development revenue bonds.
(1) The State Board of Forestry may request the State Treasurer to sell revenue bonds of the State of Oregon, to be known as Oregon...
530.150 Redemption of bonds.
(1) When funds are available therefor, as provided in ORS 530.110, the State Board of Forestry shall cause to be published in a newspaper of...
530.160 Refunding of bonds.
If the revenue bonds have not been redeemed within 50 years of the date of issue as provided in ORS 530.140, the State Board of...
530.170 Disposition of revenues from lands acquired under former statute.
Revenues from lands acquired by the state pursuant to section 5, chapter 478, Oregon Laws 1939, shall be disposed of as provided by law at...
530.210 Definitions for ORS 530.210 to 530.280.
When used in ORS 530.210 to 530.280, unless the context clearly would be otherwise: (1) �Bonds� are the general obligation bonds of the State of...
530.220 Oregon Forest Rehabilitation Act.
ORS 530.210 to 530.280 shall be known as the Oregon Forest Rehabilitation Act.
530.230 Issuance of bonds; limitation on issues.
In order to provide funds for the purposes specified in Article XI-E of the Oregon Constitution, the State Board of Forestry may request the State...
530.240 Use of revenue from bond sales.
The moneys arising from the sale of each issue of bonds shall be paid into the State Treasury and credited to the State Forestry Department...
530.250 State Forester to rehabilitate state forestlands; assistants, equipment and contracts; rules.
(1) The State Forester, under the direction of the State Board of Forestry, shall rehabilitate, reforest and develop state-owned forestlands so as to secure the...
530.255 Hardwood species for reforestation.
(1) When making reforestation plans for state-owned or state-managed lands the State Forester, insofar as edaphic conditions permit, shall select suitable hardwood species as well...
530.260 [Amended by 1975 c.462 §15; repealed by 1981 c.660 §18]
530.270 [Repealed by 1981 c.660 §18]
530.280 Sinking fund account; composition, disbursement and investment.
(1) There hereby is created a sinking fund account to provide for the payment of the principal and interest of all bonds issued pursuant to...
530.290 [Repealed by 1991 c.220 §15]
530.300 [Amended by 1955 c.115 §3; repealed by 1969 c.428 §5]
530.410 [Amended by 1955 c.121 §1; repealed by 1957 c.240 §10]
530.420 [Repealed by 1957 c.240 §10]
530.430 [Amended by 1953 c.76 §2; 1955 c.121 §2; repealed by 1957 c.240 §10]
530.440 [1955 c.121 §3; repealed by 1957 c.240 §10]
530.450 Withdrawal from sale of Elliott State Forest.
Any lands in the national forests on February 25, 1913, selected by, and patented to, the State of Oregon, for the purpose of establishing a...
530.460 Lands suited for growing forest products to be designated Common School Forest Lands and withdrawn from sale.
(1) The Department of State Lands and the State Board of Forestry shall designate and set aside those lands owned by the State of Oregon,...
530.470 Determination of lands to be designated Common School Forest Lands.
(1) Periodically as is necessary, the Department of State Lands and the State Board of Forestry shall proceed to designate and set aside Common School...
530.480 Legal descriptions of lands; resolutions of State Land Board and State Board of Forestry.
As the Common School Forest Lands are determined as required by ORS 530.450 to 530.520, such lands shall be described by legal subdivision. The State...
530.490 Management, control and protection of Common School Forest Lands and Elliott State Forest; easements.
(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, or authority granted thereunder, after the State Board of Forestry and State Land Board resolutions and legal...
530.500 Authority of State Forester in management, protection, utilization and conservation of lands and waters; rules.
In order to accomplish the purposes of ORS 530.490, the State Forester may: (1) Protect the lands from fire, disease and insect pests, cooperate with...
530.510 Exchanges of land.
The State Forester may propose and initiate any exchange of land of the Elliott State Forest or Common School Forest Lands, or propose and initiate...
530.520 Use of receipts; manner of paying administrative expenses.
(1) Excepting receipts from the easements and leases designated in ORS 530.490 (3), all receipts from the Elliott State Forest and the Common School Forest...
530.600 Definitions for ORS 530.600 to 530.628.
As used in ORS 530.600 to 530.628, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) �Authority� means a community forest authority created under ORS 530.606. (2) �Board�...
530.602 Findings.
To provide the people of the State of Oregon with renewable commercial forest resources that promote community stability and sound conservation practices, the Legislative Assembly...
530.604 Community forest authorities.
The governing body of a municipality may create a community forest authority under ORS 530.606. An authority may issue obligations on behalf of the municipality...
530.606 Creation of authority; modification; dissolution.
(1) Upon the written request of three individuals or upon its own motion, the governing body of a municipality may create a community forest authority...
530.608 Board of directors of authority; officers; terms; rules.
(1) The governing body of a municipality that creates a community forest authority under ORS 530.606 shall appoint a board of directors containing not fewer...
530.610 Levy of taxes prohibited.
A community forest authority created under ORS 530.606 does not have the power or authority to levy taxes. [2005 c.500 §6] Note: See note under
530.612 Powers of authority.
Except as otherwise provided in ORS 530.610, a community forest authority shall have the power necessary to accomplish the purpose of financing community forestlands under...
530.614 Authorization to issue bonds or other obligations; method of issuance.
(1) To accomplish its purposes, a community forest authority created under ORS 530.606 may issue revenue bonds or other revenue obligations payable from the revenues...
530.616 Authorization to borrow moneys or to issue, sell and assume bond anticipation notes.
A community forest authority created under ORS 530.606 may borrow from banks, investment banks or other lenders sums of money on terms that the board...
530.618 Effect of bonds or other obligations on municipality.
Revenue bonds and other revenue obligations of a community forest authority created under ORS 530.606 are not a general obligation of the municipality nor a...
530.620 Loan repayment.
The board of directors of a community forest authority created under ORS 530.606 shall establish loan repayment terms and other charges at least adequate to...
530.622 Authorities may act jointly; limits on acquisition of forestlands.
(1) The powers and responsibilities provided in ORS 530.600 to 530.628 may be exercised and discharged by two or more community forest authorities acting jointly...
530.624 Assets and income of authority exempt from taxation; exceptions.
(1) A community forest authority created under ORS 530.606 is deemed a municipal corporation performing a public function. An authority, all assets owned by the...
530.626 Earnings in excess of amounts required for authority.
The earnings of a community forest authority created under ORS 530.606 in excess of the amount required for the retirement of indebtedness or the accomplishment...
530.628 Application of laws to authority and to issuance of bonds.
(1) ORS 530.600 to 530.628 contain complete authority for the organization of a community forest authority and for the issuance and sale of revenue bonds,...
530.900 Disposition of fines and court costs.
All fines and court costs recovered from violations established under ORS 530.990 shall be paid to the clerk of the court involved. Such moneys shall...
530.990 Penalties for forest management violations.
(1) Except for violations arising from activities under contract with the State Board of Forestry or the State Forestry Department, and subject to ORS 153.022,...

Last modified: August 7, 2008