Oregon Code § 477.560·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Oregon
Forest Smoke Management Account; moneys paid to account; use.
(1) The Oregon Forest Smoke
Management Account is established separate and distinct from the General Fund
in the State Treasury.
(2) The following
moneys shall be credited to the Oregon Forest Smoke Management Account:
(a) Nonrefundable
registration fees received by the State Forestry Department for Class 1
forestland under ORS 526.324 to be burned west of the summit of the Cascade
Mountains, not including Hood River County.
(b) Fees received
by the State Forester for Class 1 forestland under ORS 526.324 treated by a
prescription burn method under ORS 477.515 (1) west of the summit of the
Cascade Mountains, not including Hood River County.
(c) Fees for
federal forestland included within the regulated area under ORS 477.013 to be
treated by any prescription burn method subject to the provisions of the State
of Oregon Clean Air Act Implementation Plan and the federal Clean Air Act
received by the State Forester.
(3) The moneys in
the Oregon Forest Smoke Management Account are appropriated continuously for
and shall be used by the State Forester exclusively for the administration of
the smoke management program approved under ORS 477.013 and 477.554. [1989
c.920 §7; 1997 c.274 §52; 2007 c.213 §4]
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03Subject to legislative amendments
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