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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2760
Sponsored by Representative EVANS (Presession filed.)
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.The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: The Act tells ODEM to pay back disaster response groups for their costs related to
volunteers. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6).
Directs the Oregon Department of Emergency Management to develop and implement a program
to reimburse certain nongovernmental entities for specified costs related to volunteers.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to emergency volunteers; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. (1) The Oregon Department of Emergency Management shall develop and
implement a program to reimburse eligible entities, as described in subsection (2) of this
section, for costs described in subsection (3) of this section, in whole or in part. The de-
partment shall pay for such reimbursements from the Disaster Volunteer Assistance Fund
created under section 2 of this 2025 Act.
(2) Nongovernmental entities that are responsible for disaster response and recovery
within a locality are eligible for reimbursement under this section. Entities that are eligible
under this subsection include, without limitation, community organizations active in disaster
and long-term recovery groups.
(3) The department may reimburse the following costs under this section, if the costs are
incurred during a disaster or in response to a disaster:
(a) Payments to volunteers for mileage, other transportation costs, per diem, lodging,
childcare and supplies; and
(b) Acquisition of volunteer liability coverage.
(4) The department shall adopt rules necessary for the administration of this section.
SECTION 2. The Disaster Volunteer Assistance Fund is established in the State Treas-
ury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. The Disaster Volunteer Assistance Fund
consists of moneys appropriated, allocated, deposited or transferred to the fund by the Leg-
islative Assembly or otherwise. Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the
Oregon Department of Emergency Management to make reimbursement payments under
section 1 of this 2025 Act.
SECTION 3. In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there is appropri-
ated to the Oregon Department of Emergency Management, for the biennium beginning July
1, 2025, out of the General Fund, the amount of $___ for deposit in the Disaster Volunteer
Assistance Fund created under section 2 of this 2025 Act.
SECTION 4.In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there is appropri-
NOTE:Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
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ated to the Oregon Department of Emergency Management, for the biennium beginning July
1, 2025, out of the General Fund, the amount of $___ to carry out the provisions of section
1 of this 2025 Act, including program development, outreach, administration and reporting.
SECTION 5. This 2025 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2025 Act takes effect
on its passage.
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