ORS 527.690
Failure to comply with order to reforest or repair damage

  • estimate of cost of repair
  • notification
  • board authorization for repair
  • cost of repair as lien upon operator, timber owner or landowner

(1)

In the event an order issued pursuant to ORS 527.680 (Violation by operator) (2)(b) directs the repair of damage or correction of an unsatisfactory condition, including compliance with reforestation requirements, and if the operator or landowner does not comply with the order within the period specified in such order and the order has not been appealed to the State Board of Forestry within 30 days, the State Forester based upon a determination by the forester of what action will best carry out the purposes of ORS 527.630 (Policy) shall:

(a)

Maintain an action in the Circuit Court for Marion County or the circuit court for the county in which the violation occurred for an order requiring the landowner or operator to comply with the terms of the forester’s order or to restrain violations thereof; or

(b)

Estimate the cost to repair the damage or the unsatisfactory condition as directed by the order and shall notify the operator, timber owner and landowner in writing of the amount of the estimate. Upon agreement of the operator, timber owner or the landowner to pay the cost, the State Forester may proceed to repair the damage or the unsatisfactory condition. In the event approval of the expenditure is not obtained within 30 days after notification to the operator, timber owner and landowner under this section, the State Forester shall present to the board the alleged violation, the estimate of the expenditure to repair the damage or unsatisfactory condition and the justification for the expenditure.

(2)

The board shall review the matter presented to it pursuant to subsection (1) of this section and shall determine whether to authorize the State Forester to proceed to repair the damage or correct the unsatisfactory condition and the amount authorized for expenditure. The board shall afford the operator, timber owner or landowner the opportunity to appear before the board for the purpose of presenting facts pertaining to the alleged violation and the proposed expenditure.

(3)

If the board authorizes the State Forester to repair the damage or correct the unsatisfactory condition, the State Forester shall proceed, either with forces of the State Forester or by contract, to repair the damage or correct the unsatisfactory condition. The State Forester shall keep a complete account of direct expenditures incurred, and upon completion of the work, shall prepare an itemized statement thereof and shall deliver a copy to the operator, timber owner and landowner. In no event shall the expenditures exceed the amount authorized by subsection (2) of this section. An itemized statement of the direct expenditures incurred by the State Forester, certified by the State Forester, shall be accepted as prima facie evidence of such expenditures in any proceeding authorized by this section. If the State Forester’s action to repair the damage or correct the unsatisfactory condition arose from an operation for which a bond, cash deposit or other security was required under ORS 527.760 (Reforestation exemptions for land use changes), the State Forester shall retain any applicable portion of a cash deposit and the surety on the bond or holder of the other security deposit shall pay the amount of the bond or other security deposit to the State Forester upon demand. If the amount specified in the demand is not paid within 30 days following the demand, the Attorney General, upon request by the State Forester, shall institute proceedings to recover the amount specified in the demand.

(4)

The expenditures in cases covered by this section, including cases where the amount collected on a bond, deposit or other security was not sufficient to cover authorized expenditures, shall constitute a general lien upon the real and personal property of the operator, timber owner and landowner within the county in which the damage occurred. A written notice of the lien, containing a statement of the demand, the description of the property upon which the expenditures were made and the name of the parties against whom the lien attaches, shall be certified under oath by the State Forester and filed in the office of the county clerk of the county or counties in which the expenditures were made within six months after the date of delivery of the itemized statement referred to in subsection (3) of this section, and may be foreclosed in the manner provided in ORS chapter 88.

(5)

All moneys recovered under this section shall be paid into the State Forestry Department Account. [1971 c.316 §11; 1981 c.757 §10; 1983 c.28 §1; 1991 c.919 §12]

Source: Section 527.690 — Failure to comply with order to reforest or repair damage; estimate of cost of repair; notification; board authorization for repair; cost of repair as lien upon operator, timber owner or landowner, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors527.­html.

Law Review Citations

17 EL 717, 721 (1987)

527.260
Injuring forest tree of another or extracting pitch without, or in violation of, a permit prohibited
527.310
Definitions for ORS 527.310 to 527.370
527.315
Process components
527.321
Implementation of process by State Forester
527.335
Investigations by State Forester concerning pests
527.341
Forestland owners to implement strategies to carry out resource management objectives
527.346
State Forester to assist owners unable to take action against pest
527.360
Costs of eradication
527.370
Disposition of receipts
527.610
Short title
527.620
Definitions for ORS 527.610 to 527.770
527.630
Policy
527.640
Forest regions
527.650
Forest practice committees
527.660
Committees to review rules
527.665
Notice of reforestation requirements to be given in forestland transfers
527.670
Commencement of operations
527.672
Aerial herbicide applications
527.674
Rules requiring approval of written plan prohibited
527.676
Leaving snags and downed logs in harvest type 2 or 3 units
527.678
Wildlife food plots
527.680
Violation by operator
527.683
Notice of violation
527.685
Civil penalty considerations
527.687
Civil penalty procedure
527.690
Failure to comply with order to reforest or repair damage
527.700
Appeals from orders of State Forester
527.710
Duties and powers of board
527.714
Types of rules
527.715
Rules to establish standards and procedures
527.721
Coordination with state and local agencies for review and comment on operations
527.722
Restrictions on local government adoption of rules regulating forest operations
527.724
Forest operations to comply with air and water pollution control rules and standards
527.730
Conversion of forestland to other uses
527.736
Forest practice standards for operations on public and private land
527.740
Harvest type 3 limitations
527.745
Reforestation of certain harvest types
527.750
Exceeding harvest type 3 size limitation
527.755
Scenic highways
527.760
Reforestation exemptions for land use changes
527.765
Best management practices to maintain water quality
527.770
Good faith compliance with best management practices not violation of water quality standards
527.780
Exemption from liability for trees or debris left on property
527.785
Exemption from liability for large woody debris left on property
527.786
Definitions
527.787
Registering to receive notice of pesticide application
527.788
Notice to State Forestry Department of proposed pesticide application
527.789
Notice to nearby recipient of proposed pesticide application
527.790
Notice to State Forestry Department prior to pesticide application
527.791
Verifying completion of pesticide application
527.792
Designation of forestland units
527.793
Failure to send notice
527.794
Department reporting system
527.795
Daily spray records
527.796
Interference with pesticide application
527.797
Limitations on pesticide applications
527.798
Reporting points of diversion
527.990
Criminal penalties
527.992
Civil penalties
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