Bill Text: OR SB714 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the Tillamook State Forest; declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-1)

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [SB714 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-SB714-Introduced.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
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LC 780

                         Senate Bill 714

Sponsored by Senator BAERTSCHIGER JR; Senators BOQUIST, CLOSE,
  FERRIOLI, GEORGE, HANSELL, KRUSE, OLSEN, THOMSEN, WINTERS

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Modifies authority of State Forester relating to Tillamook
State Forest. Dedicates portion of revenues raised from Tillamook
State Forest to School Capital Matching Fund.
  Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2013.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the Tillamook State Forest; and declaring an
  emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) The State Forester shall act under the
direction of the State Board of Forestry to manage, control and
protect the Tillamook State Forest lands in a manner so as to
secure the greatest permanent value of those lands for the people
of this state, particularly for capital construction costs of
public schools and other dedicated purposes of the lands.
  (2) Except for revenues required by law to be distributed to
counties, the State Forester shall notify and authorize the State
Treasurer to transfer from the State Forestry Department Account
to the School Capital Matching Fund established under ORS
286A.806 any amount by which the revenues derived from the
Tillamook State Forest for a biennium exceed the revenues derived
from the Tillamook State Forest for the 2011-2013 biennium. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + 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 July 1,
2013. + }
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