71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
SA to SB 14
LC 170/SB 14-3
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO
SENATE BILL 14
By COMMITTEE ON GENERAL GOVERNMENT AND TRANSPORTATION
April 18
On page 1 of the printed bill, line 2, delete 'creating new
provisions; amending ORS 455.390;'.
Delete lines 5 through 28 and insert:
' { + SECTION 1. + } { + (1) Subject to the provision of
funding by the State Department of Geology and Mineral
Industries, the State Board of Higher Education shall provide for
seismic safety surveys of buildings that have a capacity of 250
or more persons and are routinely used for student activities by
public institutions or departments under the control of the
board. For purposes of this section, the Oregon Health Sciences
University is not under the control of the board.
' (2) Subject to the provision of funding by the State
Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, the State Board of
Education shall provide for seismic safety surveys of buildings
that have a capacity of 250 or more persons and are routinely
used for student activities by kindergarten through grade 12
public schools, community colleges and education service
districts.
' (3) The boards shall ensure that the seismic safety surveys
under subsection (1) or (2) of this section are conducted in
accordance with the Federal Emergency Management Agency
publication, 'Rapid Visual Screening of Buildings for Potential
Seismic Hazards: A Handbook,' FEMA-154, 1988 Edition.
' (4) A seismic safety survey under subsection (1) or (2) of
this section is not required for any building that has previously
undergone a seismic safety survey or that has been constructed to
the state building code standards that are in effect for the
seismic zone classification at the site on the effective date of
this 2001 Act.
' (5) The boards may, by rule, establish standards to identify
which buildings are routinely used for student activities. The
standards must provide for the inclusion of buildings not used as
classrooms, including but not limited to libraries, auditoriums
and dining facilities. The boards shall adopt rules for
determining building capacity.
' (6) To the extent practicable, the boards shall ensure that
the seismic safety surveys required under subsections (1) and (2)
of this section are completed by January 1, 2007. + }
' { + SECTION 2. + } { + (1) The State Board of Higher
Education and the State Board of Education shall send surveys
conducted pursuant to section 1 (1) and (2) of this 2001 Act to
the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries.
Notwithstanding section 1 (6) of this 2001 Act, if the department
determines that a survey is not fully and properly completed, the
department may refuse to accept the survey and may return the
survey to the appropriate board for correction or completion.
' (2) The department may accept seismic safety surveys for
buildings that are exempt under section 1 (4) of this 2001 Act if
the department determines that the surveys are fully and properly
completed and are sufficiently similar to other surveys to be
useful. The surveys accepted by the department under this
subsection do not need to be surveys conducted by the boards.
' (3) The department shall use seismic safety surveys accepted
under subsections (1) and (2) of this section to make an initial
evaluation of the seismic safety of each surveyed building.
' (4) Subject to available funding and after consultation with
the department, the boards shall conduct such additional seismic
safety evaluations of buildings as the boards consider
reasonable. The boards shall conduct the evaluations using the
life safety standard established by the department by rule. In
establishing the life safety standard, the department shall give
consideration to the standard set forth in the Federal Emergency
Management Agency publication, 'Handbook for the Seismic
Evaluation of Buildings: A Prestandard,' FEMA-310, 1998
Edition. + }
' { + SECTION 3. + } { + Subject to available funding, if a
building evaluated under section 2 (4) of this 2001 Act is found
by a board to pose an undue risk to life safety during a seismic
event, the State Board of Higher Education or the State Board of
Education, as appropriate, shall develop a plan for seismic
rehabilitation of the building or for other actions to reduce the
risk. A board's plan to rehabilitate or take other action to
reduce the seismic risk of a building must be included in the
capital construction program of the board required by ORS
291.224. The board shall rank the relative benefit of projects to
reduce seismic risk in comparison with other life safety and code
requirement projects. Subject to availability of funding, all
seismic rehabilitations or other actions to reduce seismic risk
must be completed before January 1, 2032. If the building is
listed on a national or state register of historic places or
properties or is designated as a landmark by local ordinance, the
plan for seismic rehabilitation or other action shall be
developed in a manner that gives consideration to preserving the
character of the building. + }
' { + SECTION 4. + } { + (1) The State Board of Higher
Education shall report to an appropriate committee of the
Seventy-second Legislative Assembly and an appropriate committee
of the Seventy-third Legislative Assembly regarding the progress
the board has made toward completion of the surveys described in
section 1 of this 2001 Act.
' (2) The State Board of Education shall report to an
appropriate committee of the Seventy-second Legislative Assembly
and an appropriate committee of the Seventy-third Legislative
Assembly regarding the progress the board has made toward
completion of the surveys described in section 1 of this 2001
Act. + }
' { + SECTION 5. + } { + For purposes of sections 2 (4) and
3 of this 2001 Act, funding is available only if the Legislative
Assembly provides the funding pursuant to a grant of bonding
authority approved by the people at the first general election
held throughout the state on or after January 1, 2002. + } ' .
On page 2, delete lines 1 through 38.
In line 39, delete '4' and insert '6'.
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