Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 477 § 477.230 — Basis

Basis for computing cost of protection provided by forester; costs to be in accordance with budget. (1) The annual cost of protection provided by the State Forester for forestland within a forest protection district shall be as described in this section. (2)(a) Grazing land within the district shall be protected by the State Forester at a pro rata cost of not less than 30 cents per acre for all grazing land within the district boundary. However, forest patrol assessments levied and assessed under ORS 477.270 against such lands that are not owned by public agencies, including grazing land owned in fee by a federally recognized Indian tribe in this state or by a member of a federally recognized Indian tribe in this state, may not exceed one-half of the pro rata cost per acre, exclusive of any distributions made to forest protection districts from the Oregon Forest Land Protection Fund under ORS 477.445. (b)(A) Except as provided by subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, the rates established by paragraph (a) of this subsection shall be adjusted annually for inflation since 2025 based on the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, West Region (All Items), as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor. (B) If the annual adjustment under this paragraph results in a rate that is lower than the rate for the previous year, the rate shall remain unchanged from the previous year. (3) Timberland within the district shall be protected by the State Forester at a pro rata cost per acre for all timberland within the district boundary. However, forest patrol assessments levied and assessed under ORS 477.270 against timberland that is not owned by public agencies, including timberland owned in fee by a federally recognized Indian tribe in this state or by a member of a federally recognized Indian tribe in this state, may not exceed one-half of the pro rata cost per acre, exclusive of any distributions made to forest protection districts from the Oregon Forest Land Protection Fund under ORS 477.445. (4) The cost of protection described in this section shall be in accordance with a budget for the district approved by the State Board of Forestry. [Formerly 477.030; 1971 c.60 §1; 1973 c.184 §6; 1977 c.892 §48; 1983 c.16 §1; 1985 c.759 §32a; 1989 c.769 §10; 1997 c.274 §5; 2005 c.22 §359; 2025 c.581 §13]