Oregon legislation · 2025 Legislative Measures
Oregon HB3349: Relating to fire protection; and declaring an emergency.
Status: Chaptered, August 7, 2025
Digest: The Act allows an agency to take certain actions related to items used for fighting fires. The Act makes changes related to groups that fight fires in certain rural areas. The Act creates a new fund for providing moneys and items to groups. (Flesch Readability Score: 70.8). Authorizes the State Forestry Department to take certain actions related to motor vehicles and other equipment used by the department. Instructs and authorizes the department to take certain actions related to rangeland protection associations. Establishes the Rangeland Protection Association Fund. Appropriates moneys to the fund and establishes an expenditure limitation for the fund. Makes certain changes related to the authority of the State Forester to assist rangeland protection associations. Authorizes the State Forester and forest protection associations to acquire or dispose of goods, services or equipment for the prevention, mitigation or suppression of fire on forestland. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
What the bill says
From the enrolled text, June 26, 2025:
83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session House Bill 3349 Sponsored by Representative OWENS; Representatives BREESE-IVERSON, GRAYBER, KROPF, LEVY B, LEVY E, MCINTIRE, RESCHKE, SMITH G (at the request of former Senator Lynn Findley) CHAPTER ................................................. Relating to fire protection; creating new provisions; amending ORS 477.317 and 477.406; and declaring an emergency. SECTION 1. Sections 2 to 4 of this 2025 Act are added to and made a part of ORS 477.315 to 477.325. SECTION 2. Notwithstanding ORS 283.310 and 283.315, the State Forestry Department may: (1) Control and regulate the disposal of and access to motor vehicles, and other equipment, that are used by the department. (2) Authorize the State Forester to transfer ownership of depreciated firefighting vehicles and related depreciated equipment and supplies, by sale or donation, to a rangeland protection association upon terms that are mutually agreed to by the forester and the rangeland protection association. SECTION 3. The State Forestry Department: (1) May provide funding to rangeland protection associations for firefighting and rangeland fire readiness. (2) Shall assist rangeland protection associations with pursuing federal grant funding for volunteers to assist with firefighting and for rural fire readiness. SECTION 4. (1) The Rangeland Protection Association Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. (2) The Rangeland Protection Association Fund consists of moneys …