Bill Text: OR SB357 | 2013 | Regular Session | Enrolled

Oregon Senate Bill 357 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to forest land management; and declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-07-02 - Effective date, June 24, 2013. [SB357 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-SB357-Enrolled.html



     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

                            Enrolled

                         Senate Bill 357

Sponsored by Senator GEORGE (Presession filed.)

                     CHAPTER ................

                             AN ACT

Relating to forest land management; and declaring an emergency.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

  SECTION 1.  { + The State Board of Forestry shall appoint an
advisory committee to conduct a study and develop recommendations
regarding the pace and scale of federal forest management
projects that may increase sales of saw logs and other forest
products, enhance fish and wildlife habitat, improve resilience
to disturbances, reduce fire risk, improve job opportunities and
provide other community benefits related to federal forestlands
that could justify state financial support. The study and
recommendations may include, but need not be limited to:
  (1) The identification of potential approaches to diversifying
revenue sources and improving the level of revenue available to
increase the pace and scale of federal forest management.
  (2) The identification of ways to promote efficiencies and cost
savings in federal forest planning and management.
  (3) An evaluation of the potential use of a revolving loan fund
or other mechanisms that could provide a return on investment to
state and local governments or other entities interested in
providing loans or other financial support for increasing federal
forest management projects. The evaluation shall include, but
need not be limited to:
  (a) Supporting economic data to provide an understanding of the
return on investment that increased federal forest management and
forest product harvest levels would provide to state and local
governments.
  (b) The identification of potential administrators for a fund
to receive moneys for supporting increased federal forest
management projects. The advisory committee may consider the
State Forestry Department, the National Forest Foundation or
other governmental or nongovernmental entities as potential
administrators.
  (c) The feasibility of providing loans to contractors, the
State Forestry Department or other entities to advance federal
forest management projects, including but not limited to
potential barriers and solutions. The evaluation of potential
barriers must address payback mechanisms for projects on federal
forestlands that do not proceed and approaches for ensuring
against financial loss to lenders.
  (d) The feasibility of state or local government programs for
gain sharing to allow counties that loan or provide grants to
support federal forest management projects and related sales of

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saw logs and other forest products to share increased state
income tax revenues derived from areas dependent on federal
forestland management. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + The advisory committee described in section 1
of this 2013 Act shall complete the study described in section 1
of this 2013 Act and report its recommendations to an interim
committee of the Legislative Assembly related to economic
development no later than February 1, 2014. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + This 2013 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2013 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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Passed by Senate April 25, 2013

    .............................................................
                               Robert Taylor, Secretary of Senate

    .............................................................
                              Peter Courtney, President of Senate

Passed by House June 13, 2013

    .............................................................
                                     Tina Kotek, Speaker of House

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Received by Governor:

......M.,............., 2013

Approved:

......M.,............., 2013

    .............................................................
                                         John Kitzhaber, Governor

Filed in Office of Secretary of State:

......M.,............., 2013

    .............................................................
                                   Kate Brown, Secretary of State

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