74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
SA to RC to B-Eng. HB 2370
LC 1201/HB 2370-B6
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO RESOLVE CONFLICTS TO
B-ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 2370
By JOINT COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
June 24
On page 5 of the printed B-engrossed bill, delete lines 4
through 45 and insert:
' { + SECTION 20. + } ORS 401.025, as amended by section 5,
chapter 223, Oregon Laws 2007 (Enrolled Senate Bill 118), is
amended to read:
' 401.025. As used in ORS 401.015 to 401.105, 401.260 to
401.325 and 401.355 to 401.580, unless the context requires
otherwise:
' (1) 'Abnormal disruption of the market' means any human
created or natural event or circumstance that causes essential
consumer goods or services to be not readily available.
' (2) 'Beneficiary' has the meaning given that term in ORS
656.005.
' (3) 'Commission' means the Seismic Safety Policy Advisory
Commission established under ORS 401.337.
' (4) 'Emergency' { - includes any - } { + means a + }
human created or natural event or circumstance { - causing or
threatening - } { + that causes or threatens widespread:
' (a) + } Loss of life { - , - } { + ;
' (b) + } Injury to person or property { - , - } { + ;
' (c) + } Human suffering { + ; + } or
' { + (d) + } Financial loss { - , and includes a crisis
influx of migrants unmanageable by a county - } .
' (5) 'Emergency management agency' means an organization
created and authorized under ORS 401.015 to 401.105, 401.260 to
401.325 and 401.355 to 401.580 by the state, county or city to
provide for and { - assure - } { + ensure + } the conduct and
coordination of functions for comprehensive emergency program
management.
' (6) 'Emergency program management' includes all the tasks and
activities necessary to provide, support and maintain the ability
of the emergency services system to prevent or reduce the impact
of emergency or disaster conditions which includes, but is not
limited to, coordinating development of plans, procedures,
policies, fiscal management, coordination with nongovernmental
agencies and organizations, providing for a coordinated
communications and alert and notification network and a public
information system, personnel training and development and
implementation of exercises to routinely test the emergency
services system.
' (7) 'Emergency program manager' means the person
administering the emergency management agency of a county or
city.
' (8) 'Emergency service agency' means an organization within a
local government which performs essential services for the
public's benefit prior to, during or following an emergency. This
includes, but is not limited to, organizational units within
local governments, such as law enforcement, fire control, health,
medical and sanitation services, public works and engineering,
public information and communications.
' (9) 'Emergency service worker' means an individual who, under
the direction of an emergency service agency or emergency
management agency, performs emergency services and:
' (a) Is a registered volunteer or independently volunteers to
serve without compensation and is accepted by the Office of
Emergency Management or the emergency management agency of a
county or city; or
' (b) Is a member of the Oregon State Defense Force acting in
support of the emergency services system.
' (10) 'Emergency services' includes those activities provided
by state and local government agencies with emergency operational
responsibilities to prepare for and carry out any activity to
prevent, minimize, respond to or recover from an emergency. These
activities include, without limitation, coordination,
preparedness planning, training, interagency liaison, fire
fighting, oil or hazardous material spill or release cleanup as
defined in ORS 466.605, law enforcement, medical, health and
sanitation services, engineering and public works, search and
rescue activities, warning and public information, damage
assessment, administration and fiscal management, and those
measures defined as 'civil defense' in 50 U.S.C. app. 2252.
' (11) 'Emergency services system' means that system composed
of all agencies and organizations involved in the coordinated
delivery of emergency services.
' (12) 'Essential consumer goods or services' means goods or
services that:
' (a) Are or may be bought or acquired primarily for personal,
family or household purposes, including but not limited to
residential construction materials or labor, shelter for payment
such as a hotel room, food, water or petroleum products such as
gasoline or diesel fuel; and
' (b) Are necessary for the health, safety or welfare of
consumers.
' (13) 'Human created or natural event or circumstance '
includes, but is not limited to { - , - } { + :
' (a) + } Fire, explosion, flood, severe weather, landslides or
mud slides, drought, earthquake, volcanic activity, tsunamis or
other oceanic phenomena, spills or releases of oil or hazardous
material as defined in ORS 466.605, contamination, utility or
transportation emergencies, disease, blight, infestation, civil
disturbance, riot, sabotage, acts of terrorism { - or - } { +
and + } war { + ; and
' (b) A rapid influx of individuals from outside this state, a
rapid migration of individuals from one part of this state to
another or a rapid displacement of individuals if the influx,
migration or displacement results from the type of event or
circumstance described in paragraph (a) of this subsection + }.
' (14) 'Injury' means any personal injury sustained by an
emergency service worker by accident, disease or infection
arising out of and in the course of emergency services or death
resulting proximately from the performance of emergency services.
' (15) 'Local government' means any governmental entity
authorized by the laws of this state.
' (16) 'Major disaster' means any event defined as a 'major
disaster' under 42 U.S.C. 5122(2).
' (17) 'Oregon emergency management plan' means the state
emergency preparedness operations and management plan. The Office
of Emergency Management is responsible for coordinating emergency
planning with government agencies and private organizations,
preparing the plan for the Governor's signature, and maintaining
and updating the plan as necessary.
' (18) 'Search and rescue' means the acts of searching for,
rescuing or recovering, by means of ground or marine activity,
any person who is lost, injured or killed while out of doors.
However, ' search and rescue' does not include air activity in
conflict with the activities carried out by the Oregon Department
of Aviation.
' (19) 'Sheriff' means the chief law enforcement officer of a
county.'.
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