75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2009 Regular Session
 
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LC 462
 
                         House Bill 2215
 
Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5).
  Presession filed (at the request of Governor Theodore R.
  Kulongoski for State Forestry Department)
 
 
                             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 as
introduced.
 
  Extends $15 million annual expenditure limitation for certain
revenues deposited in Oregon Forest Land Protection Fund.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to protection of forests from fires; amending section
  11, chapter 685, Oregon Laws 2003; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. Section 11, chapter 685, Oregon Laws 2003, as
amended by section 17, chapter 802, Oregon Laws 2005, and section
1, chapter 847, Oregon Laws 2007, is amended to read:
   { +  Sec. 11. + } The amendments to ORS 477.755 by section 9,
chapter 685, Oregon Laws 2003, and section 12, chapter 802,
Oregon Laws 2005, become operative July 1,   { - 2009 - }
 { + 2011 + }.
  SECTION 2.  { + This 2009 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2009 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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