Section 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 to effectuate the purposes of ORS 530.600 to 530.628. In addition, one or more community forest authorities may authorize by resolution, ordinance or agreement the issuance of revenue bonds or […]
Section 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 descriptions are filed with the Secretary of State as required by ORS 530.480, the State Forester hereby shall be authorized, under the supervision of the State Board of Forestry and […]
Section 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 authority, the income earned by those assets and the interest earned by revenue bonds or other revenue obligations issued by an authority are exempt from taxation in the State of […]
Section 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 the counties and with persons owning lands within the state in the protection of the lands and enter into all agreements necessary or convenient for the protection of the lands. […]
Section 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 of the purposes of ORS 530.600 to 530.628 shall not inure to the benefit of a person or body other than the municipality creating the authority. An authority may transfer, […]
Section 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 any exchange of timber on such lands, for land of approximately equal aggregate value, when any such exchange is in the furtherance of the purposes of ORS 530.450 to 530.520. […]
Section 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, including refunding revenue bonds, and other revenue obligations. (2) ORS chapters 198, 279A, 279B and 294 do not apply to the organization of an authority and the issuance and sale […]
Section 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 Lands shall be paid into the Common School Fund and are continuously appropriated to the Department of State Lands for the purposes for which other moneys in the Common School […]
Section 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” means the board of directors of a community forest authority. (3) “Community forestlands” means private lands that are zoned and permanently managed for commercial forestland use and any interests in […]
Section 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 finds that it is necessary and desirable to authorize the creation of community forest authorities having the power to finance community forestlands and to authorize those authorities to issue revenue […]