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2015 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 12 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources
Chapter 478 - Rural Fire Protection Districts
GENERAL PROVISIONS- Section 478.001 - Definitions.
- Section 478.002 - Status of districts existing in 1957.
- Section 478.004 - New district succeeds to and replaces abolished district.
- Section 478.010 - Formation; territories that may not be included in districts.
- Section 478.020
- Section 478.030
- Section 478.040
- Section 478.041
- Section 478.050 - Qualifications for directors.
- Section 478.060
- Section 478.070
- Section 478.080
- Section 478.090 - Effect of 1939 Act on districts then existing.
- Section 478.100 - Immaterial defects in organization not to invalidate district organization.
- Section 478.110
- Section 478.115 - County governing body to determine territory of district.
- Section 478.120 - Inclusion of forestland in district.
- Section 478.130 - Certain structures subject to fire damage to be added to tax rolls.
- Section 478.140 - Procedure for adding land to district by consent of owner.
- Section 478.150 - Conference with State Forestry Department required prior to formation of district or annexation of territory.
- Section 478.155 - Formation of district with tax zones; contents of formation petition and order creating district; determination of tax levy in each zone; boundary changes.
- Section 478.160 - Filing of boundary or zone change with county assessor and Department of Revenue.
- Section 478.210 - Directors; organization; term; oath.
- Section 478.215 - Position numbers for director election.
- Section 478.220
- Section 478.221 - Nomination and election of directors.
- Section 478.225 - Election subdistricts; petition for formation; election.
- Section 478.228 - Boundaries of subdistricts.
- Section 478.230
- Section 478.231 - Election laws applicable.
- Section 478.232
- Section 478.234 - Subdistricts for nomination or election of directors.
- Section 478.235
- Section 478.240 - Special elections; electors.
- Section 478.245
- Section 478.250 - Meetings and officers of board.
- Section 478.260 - Fire chief and assistants; headquarters; acquisition of site; fire and first-aid apparatus and equipment; emergency medical and ambulance services.
- Section 478.270 - Reports of directors; State Fire Marshal to cooperate and furnish blank forms.
- Section 478.280 - Employment of assistants.
- Section 478.290 - Additional authority of districts within 10-mile radius of city of 100,000 or more.
- Section 478.300 - Contracting with others to provide facilities and services for fire protection or road lighting; authority over open burning and fire permits; rules.
- Section 478.305 - Contracting with others for mutual communication system; contracts in other states.
- Section 478.308 - Contracting with others for regional oil and hazardous material emergency response team.
- Section 478.310 - Response to fire or public safety incident outside its own territory by district or municipality; liability for costs.
- Section 478.315 - Response to fire or public safety incident in Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area; payment of costs.
- Section 478.325 - District may levy taxes for purposes of ORS 478.335 to 478.370.
- Section 478.335 - Contracts for medical and hospital services or insurance.
- Section 478.340 - Payment of premiums or charges on contracts; employee contributions; multiple contracts.
- Section 478.355 - Establishment of employee retirement system; provisions of plan.
- Section 478.360 - Fund to provide retirement benefits.
- Section 478.365 - Employee contributions to retirement fund.
- Section 478.370 - Retirement benefits not to be funded for individual not employee of district when membership in system created.
- Section 478.410 - Power of district to levy taxes, borrow money, sell bonds and create fees.
- Section 478.420 - Sale of bonds.
- Section 478.430 - Ad valorem tax.
- Section 478.440 - Gifts; sinking fund.
- Section 478.450 - Tax for road lighting; method.
- Section 478.460 - Deposit and disbursement of funds.
- Section 478.470 - Interest on unpaid warrants; limitation on amount of warrants.
- Section 478.480 - Formation of tax zones; basis for zones; public hearing.
- Section 478.485 - Notice of public hearing.
- Section 478.490 - Election on question of dividing district into tax zones; order creating zones; effect.
- Section 478.495 - Limitation on changes in tax zone boundaries.
- Section 478.500 - Determination of tax levy in each tax zone.
- Section 478.505 - Petition for tax zones by district electors; number of signatures required; public hearing.
- Section 478.510
- Section 478.520
- Section 478.530
- Section 478.540
- Section 478.550
- Section 478.555
- Section 478.560 - Deposit and disbursement of funds of districts located in two or more counties.
- Section 478.610
- Section 478.614
- Section 478.616
- Section 478.618
- Section 478.620
- Section 478.630
- Section 478.640
- Section 478.650
- Section 478.660
- Section 478.665 - Withdrawal of territory from district; inclusion in forest protection district; assessment.
- Section 478.700
- Section 478.710
- Section 478.720
- Section 478.730
- Section 478.740
- Section 478.750
- Section 478.760
- Section 478.810
- Section 478.820
- Section 478.830
- Section 478.840 - Definitions for ORS 478.845 to 478.875.
- Section 478.845 - Revenue bonds authorized for fire safety systems.
- Section 478.850 - Sources of bond payment restricted.
- Section 478.855 - Loan fund created from bond proceeds; other sources for fund.
- Section 478.860 - Standards for eligibility for loans for fire safety systems.
- Section 478.865 - Loan contract; repayment plan; terms and conditions.
- Section 478.870 - Powers granted to enforce loan contracts and secure payment of bonds; reserve fund.
- Section 478.875 - Remedies for breach of loan contract.
- Section 478.880 - Legislative findings.
- Section 478.885 - Payment or repayment for cost of fire safety system installation in multifamily housing.
- Section 478.910 - Adoption of fire prevention code.
- Section 478.920 - Scope of fire prevention code.
- Section 478.924 - Approval of code by city or county required.
- Section 478.927 - Building permit review for fire prevention code.
- Section 478.930 - Violation of code; failure to remove hazards; burning waste without permit prohibited.
- Section 478.940 - Copies of code to be filed with State Fire Marshal and posted at fire stations.
- Section 478.960 - Burning of certain materials permitted only with permission of fire chief; damage or injury; burning schedules and restrictions.
- Section 478.965 - Recovery by district of costs of suppressing unlawful fire; attorney fees.
- Section 478.970 - Purpose of district identification names.
- Section 478.972 - Application by district to State Fire Marshal for identification name.
- Section 478.974
- Section 478.976
- Section 478.978
- Section 478.980 - Identification name for district formed by consolidation or merger of districts.
- Section 478.982 - Reuse of names of dissolved districts.
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