2013 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 11 - Public Health, Housing, Environment
Chapter 468A - Air Quality
Section 468A.395 - Bond or letter of credit; remedy against person licensed under ORS 468A.380; cancellation of license.

(1) Any person licensed to issue certificates of compliance pursuant to ORS 468A.380 shall file with the Department of Environmental Quality a surety bond or an irrevocable letter of credit issued by an insured institution, as defined in ORS 706.008. The bond or letter of credit shall be executed to the State of Oregon in the sum of $1,000. It shall be approved as to form by the Attorney General, and shall be conditioned that inspections and certifications will be made only by persons who meet the qualifications fixed by the Environmental Quality Commission and will be made without fraud or fraudulent representations and without violating any of the provisions of ORS 468A.350 to 468A.400, 815.295, 815.300, 815.310, 815.320 and 815.325.

(2) In addition to any other remedy that a person may have, if any person suffers any loss or damage by reason of the fraud, fraudulent representations or violation of any of the provisions of ORS 468A.350 to 468A.400, 815.295, 815.300, 815.310, 815.320 and 815.325 by a person licensed pursuant to ORS 468A.380, the injured person has the right of action against the business employing such licensed person and a right of action in the person's own name against the surety upon the bond or the letter of credit issuer.

(3) The license issued pursuant to ORS 468A.380 of any person whose bond is canceled by legal notice shall be canceled immediately by the department. If the license is not renewed or is voluntarily or involuntarily canceled, the sureties of the bond or the letter of credit issuers shall be relieved from liability accruing subsequent to such cancellation by the department. [Formerly 468.400; 1997 c.631 §480]