71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
NOTE: Matter within { + braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within { - braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
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LC 171
B-Engrossed
Senate Bill 15
Ordered by the House May 17
Including Senate Amendments dated April 18 and House Amendments
dated May 17
Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the
President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing
rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part
of the President (at the request of Joint Interim Committee on
Water, Agriculture and Natural Resources for Senator Peter
Courtney and the Oregon Seismic Safety Policy Commission)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.
Requires Health Division { - and State Fire Marshal - } ,
subject to provision of funding by State Department of Geology
and Mineral Industries, to provide for seismic safety surveys of
certain { + hospital + } buildings. { + Requires department,
subject to available funding, to provide for seismic safety
surveys of fire stations. + } Creates exceptions. Requires
{ - division and fire marshal - } { + fire departments or
districts and certain hospital facilities + }, after consultation
with department, to conduct additional seismic safety evaluations
{ - on certain buildings - } { + if fire department, fire
district or hospital facility considers further evaluations to be
necessary + }. Requires entity using building to develop plan for
seismic rehabilitation or other actions to reduce seismic risk
for evaluated buildings that are found { - by division or fire
marshal - } to pose undue risk. Requires rehabilitation or other
actions to be completed by January 1, 2022. Provides that
evaluations, plans and completion of rehabilitation or other
actions to reduce seismic risk are required only if Legislative
Assembly provides funding pursuant to bonding authority approved
by people.
Declares emergency, effective on passage.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to seismic event preparation; and declaring an
emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
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 available funding, the State Department of
Geology and Mineral Industries shall provide for seismic safety
surveys of fire stations.
(3) The division and the department 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 department, 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 shall send the seismic
safety surveys conducted pursuant to section 1 (1) 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 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 department.
(3) The department shall use seismic safety surveys accepted
under subsections (1) and (2) of this section or conducted
pursuant to section 1 (2) of this 2001 Act 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 acute inpatient care facility or the fire
department or fire district shall conduct such additional seismic
safety evaluations of buildings as the facility or fire
department or fire district considers to be necessary. The
facility or fire department or fire district shall conduct the
evaluations using the life safety standard set forth in the
Federal Emergency Management Agency publication, 'Handbook for
the Seismic Evaluation of Buildings: A Prestandard,' FEMA-310,
1998 Edition, or a stricter standard selected by the acute
inpatient care facility or fire department or fire district that
conducts the survey. + }
SECTION 3. { + Subject to available funding, if a building
evaluated under section 2 (4) of this 2001 Act is found 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 Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
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
department 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. + }
SECTION 6. { + This 2001 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2001 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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