Chapter 656 Oregon Laws 2001

AN ACT

SB 635

Relating to the Oregon National Guard Military Museum and Resource Center; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 396.555, 396.560 and 396.565.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

SECTION 1. ORS 396.555 is amended to read:

396.555. (1) The Oregon Military Museum is established at Camp Withycombe in Clackamas County. The Oregon Military Department [may] shall establish an official repository in the museum for military weapons, documents and artifacts relating to the military history of the citizens of Oregon, whether service is in the Oregon National Guard or the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps or Coast Guard of the United States.

(2) [With the approval of the Governor,] The department may enter into agreements with the contributors of such artifacts as it considers necessary.

SECTION 2. ORS 396.560 is amended to read:

396.560. The Oregon Military Department may seek, solicit, receive and administer monetary grants or donations for the support and improvement of the [Oregon National Guard Military Museum and Resource Center] Oregon Military Museum established under ORS 396.555. Grants and donations so received are continuously appropriated to the Oregon Military Department for the purposes of this section and ORS 396.565.

SECTION 3. ORS 396.565 is amended to read:

396.565. The Oregon Military Department may donate, exchange or otherwise dispose of property not required for the current or anticipated needs of the [Oregon National Guard Military Museum and Resource Center] Oregon Military Museum. Disposal shall be made in a manner appropriate to the historic or intrinsic value of the property and shall be performed to engender good will and to improve the [Oregon National Guard Military Museum and Resource Center] museum.

SECTION 4. The Department of Transportation shall place signs identifying cultural and historic features, as defined by department rules, for the Oregon Military Museum on State Highway 212 by June 30, 2002.

Approved by the Governor June 28, 2001

Filed in the office of Secretary of State June 28, 2001

Effective date January 1, 2002

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