71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
SA to SB 15
 
LC 171/SB 15-5
 
                      SENATE AMENDMENTS TO
                         SENATE BILL 15
 
      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 Health Division shall provide for seismic safety
surveys of hospital buildings that contain an acute inpatient
care facility. As used in this subsection, 'acute inpatient care
facility' has the meaning given that term in ORS 442.470. As used
in this subsection, 'acute inpatient care facility' includes the
Oregon Health Sciences University.
  ' (2) Subject to the provision of funding by the State
Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, the State Fire
Marshal shall provide for seismic safety surveys of fire
stations.
  ' (3) The division and the fire marshal shall ensure that
seismic safety surveys conducted under subsections (1) and (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 in effect for the seismic zone
classification at the site on the effective date of this 2001
Act.
  ' (5) The division or the fire marshal, as appropriate, shall
ensure that seismic safety surveys required under subsections (1)
and (2) of this section are completed by January 1, 2007. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 2. + }  { + (1) The Health Division and the
State Fire Marshal shall send the seismic safety 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 (5) 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 division or the fire marshal 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 division or
the fire marshal.
  ' (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 division or the fire marshal shall conduct
such additional seismic safety evaluations of buildings as the
division or fire marshal considers to be reasonable. The division
or fire marshal 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 the Health Division or the State Fire Marshal to pose an undue
risk to life safety during a seismic event, the acute inpatient
care facility, fire department or fire district using the
building shall develop a plan for seismic rehabilitation of the
building or for other actions to reduce the risk. Subject to
available funding, all seismic rehabilitations or other actions
to reduce the risk must be completed before January 1, 2022. 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
actions shall be developed in a manner that gives consideration
to preserving the character of the building. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 4. + }  { + (1) The Health Division 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
division has made toward completion of the seismic safety surveys
described in section 1 of this 2001 Act.
  ' (2) The State Fire Marshal 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 fire marshal has made toward
completion of the seismic safety 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 35.
  In line 36, delete '4' and insert '6'.
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