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 […]
Section 530.220 – Oregon Forest Rehabilitation Act.
ORS 530.210 to 530.280 shall be known as the Oregon Forest Rehabilitation Act.
Section 530.230 – Issuance of general obligation bonds.
In order to provide funds for the purposes specified in Article XI-E of the Oregon Constitution, the State Board of Forestry may request the State Treasurer to issue bonds in accordance with the provisions of ORS chapter 286A. [Amended by 1981 c.660 §44; 2007 c.783 §214; 2009 c.831 §14]
Section 530.240 – Use of proceeds from general obligation bonds.
The net proceeds, after payment of bond-related costs, arising from the sale of each issue of bonds under ORS 530.210 to 530.280 shall be paid into the State Treasury and credited to the State Forestry Department Account and shall be used exclusively for the rehabilitation, reforestation, management and development of state-owned forestlands and the acquisition […]
Section 530.250 – State Forester to rehabilitate state forestlands; assistants, equipment and contracts; rules.
(1) The State Forester, under the direction of the State Board of Forestry, shall rehabilitate, reforest and develop state-owned forestlands so as to secure the highest permanent usefulness to the whole people of the state. In the management and control of such land, the State Forester may employ assistants and such other help as in […]