71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
 
                            Enrolled
 
                         House Bill 3386
 
Sponsored by Representative KRUMMEL (at the request of Tualatin
  Valley Fire and Rescue)
 
 
                     CHAPTER ................
 
 
                             AN ACT
 
 
Relating to fire safety systems.
 
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
 
  SECTION 1.  { + The Legislative Assembly finds and declares
that:
  (1) The best interest of the state is served by providing
financial incentives for the installation of fire safety systems
in multifamily housing.
  (2) The design and nature of multifamily housing creates a
higher fire risk than the risk to single family housing and
exposes tenants to fire risks that are not within the control of
the tenants.
  (3) The presence of fire safety systems helps to defray costs
for fire district equipment and equipment maintenance.
  (4) Although the state building code allows local jurisdictions
to require the installation of fire safety systems in new
construction on a cost-neutral basis, there is no equivalent
program for retrofitting or remodeling existing multifamily
structures.
  (5) A fire safety incentive program serves the purpose of
providing financial incentive for the installation of fire safety
systems in existing multifamily housing. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) As used in this section:
  (a) 'District' means a rural fire protection district organized
pursuant to ORS chapter 478.
  (b) 'Fire safety system' means a device or series of devices
that protects structures from damage or destruction by fire,
protects people from injury by fire or minimizes the effects of
fire. 'Fire safety system' includes, but is not limited to,
automatic fire sprinkler systems.
  (c) 'Multifamily housing' means a structure established
primarily to provide residential spaces and that provides more
than one living unit. 'Multifamily housing' does not include
nursing homes, adult foster homes, hospitals, motels or hotels,
dormitories or state institutions.
  (d) 'Owner' includes a purchaser under a recorded instrument of
sale.
  (2) A district may, by ordinance, establish a program that pays
or repays to landlords part of the costs of installing fire
safety systems in multifamily housing existing within the
district on the effective date of the ordinance. Except as
provided in this subsection, the district may establish the
 
 
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parameters of the program. A payment or repayment rate under the
program may not exceed 50 percent of the cost of installing the
fire safety system. The payment or repayment amount available for
a property may not exceed the total amount paid during the
preceding 10 years for all property taxes on the property, less
any payment or repayment amount already provided for fire safety
system installation on the property. The program must provide for
the owner of the multifamily housing to apply on a form approved
by the district. The program must include a uniform process for
the evaluation of an application submitted by the owner of the
multifamily housing. The uniform process must provide for a
public hearing to determine whether the property qualifies for
payment or repayment by the district. + }
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Passed by House May 25, 2001
 
 
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                                             Chief Clerk of House
 
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                                                 Speaker of House
 
Passed by Senate June 8, 2001
 
 
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                                              President of Senate
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Received by Governor:
 
......M.,............., 2001
 
Approved:
 
......M.,............., 2001
 
 
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                                                         Governor
 
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
 
......M.,............., 2001
 
 
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                                               Secretary of State
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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