72nd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2003 Regular Session
 
SA to SB 448
 
LC 1343/SB 448-2
 
                      SENATE AMENDMENTS TO
                         SENATE BILL 448
 
     By COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
 
                              May 1
 
  On page 1 of the printed bill, line 4, after '(1)' insert ' (a)
As used in this section:
  ' (A) 'Community' has the meaning given that term in ORS
285A.010.
  ' (B) 'Frontier rural area' means a geographic area that is at
least 75 miles by road from a community of 2,000 individuals and
that is characterized by:
  ' (i) An absence of densely populated areas;
  ' (ii) Small, discrete communities;
  ' (iii) Local businesses of long standing;
  ' (iv) Individuals' working in their communities rather than
commuting to work in larger communities;
  ' (v) An economy dominated by natural resources and
agricultural activities;
  ' (vi) Few paved streets and roads;
  ' (vii) Few health care services being available, with services
that are available often provided by rural health clinics; and
  ' (viii) Readily available land for development.
  ' (C) 'Isolated rural area' means a geographic area that is at
least 100 miles by road from a community of 3,000 individuals and
that is characterized by:
  ' (i) Dispersed communities;
  ' (ii) A population density of fewer than five individuals per
square mile;
  ' (iii) An economy of natural resources and agricultural
activities;
  ' (iv) Much of the land being owned by the state or the United
States;
  ' (v) Most streets and roads being unpaved; and
  ' (vi) Health care services being available only in a county's
largest community.
  ' (D) 'Rural area' means a geographic area that is at least 30
miles by road from an urban community and that is characterized
by:
  ' (i) Some individuals commuting to an urban community to work;
  ' (ii) Individuals in the area not identifying the area with an
urban community;
  ' (iii) Some commercial businesses;
  ' (iv) Two or fewer densely populated areas in a county;
  ' (v) An economy beginning to change from being dominated by
natural resources and agricultural activities;
  ' (vi) Some paved streets and roads;
  ' (vii) Limited expansion of an urban community into the area;
and
  ' (viii) Reasonable, but not immediate, access to health care
services.
  ' (E) 'Urban-rural area' means a geographic area that is at
least 10 miles by road from an urban community and that is
characterized by:
 
  ' (i) Many individuals commuting to an urban area to work or
shop;
  ' (ii) Expansion of an urban community into the area;
  ' (iii) The area's losing an identity separate from an urban
community;
  ' (iv) An economy with few natural resources and agricultural
activities;
  ' (v) Counties with greater population densities than counties
in rural areas;
  ' (vi) Approximately three-quarters of streets and roads being
paved; and
  ' (vii) Easy and immediate access to health care services.
  ' (b)'.
  In line 5, after 'means' insert 'the frontier rural areas,
isolated rural areas, rural areas and urban-rural areas in' and
after the second 'Oregon' insert a period and delete the rest of
the line and line 6.
  In line 23, delete 'geographically throughout rural Oregon '
and insert 'among frontier rural areas, isolated rural areas,
rural areas and urban-rural areas'.
  In line 24, after 'to' insert 'the different types of rural
areas that comprise'.
  On page 2, line 42, after 'to' insert 'the different types of
rural areas that comprise'.
  On page 3, line 6, after 'of' insert 'the different types of
rural areas that comprise'.
  In line 9, after 'to' insert 'the different types of rural
areas that comprise'.
  In line 13, after 'to' insert 'the different types of rural
areas that comprise'.
  In line 14, after 'on' insert 'the different types of rural
areas that comprise'.
  On page 4, line 7, after the first 'to' insert 'the different
types of rural areas that comprise'.
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