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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 5521
Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the President of the Senate in conformance with pre-
session filing rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part of the President (at the request
of Oregon Department of Administrative Services)
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 creates an agency budget. (Flesch Readability Score: 73.8).
Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the State Forestry Department for certain
biennialexpenses.
Limits biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Re-
ceipts and certain federal funds, but excluding lottery funds and other federal funds, collected or
received by the department.
Limits biennial expenditures by the department from certain lottery moneys.
Limits biennial expenditures by the department from certain federal funds.
Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Emergency Board for allocation to the de-
partment.
Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the financial administration of the State Forestry Department; and declaring an emer-
gency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. There are appropriated to the State Forestry Department, for the biennium
beginning July 1, 2025, out of the General Fund, the following amounts, for the following
purposes:
(1)Agencyadministration.............. $ 871,441
(2)Fireprotection.......................... $217,486,195
(3)Forestresources....................... $51,873,354
(4)Debtservice.............................. $20,345,346
(5)Equipmentpool......................... $ 738,397
SECTION 2.Notwithstanding any other law limiting expenditures, the following amounts
are established for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, as the maximum limits for payment
of expenses from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts and in-
cluding federal funds from the United States Forest Service for fire protection and for re-
search projects, but excluding lottery funds and federal funds not described in this section,
collected or received by the State Forestry Department, for the following purposes:
(1)Agency administration..............$69,593,446
(2)Fire protection..........................$120,452,128
(3)State forests.............................$131,278,678
(4)Forest resources.......................$28,749,255
(5)Capital improvement.................$16,651,626
(6)Debt service..............................$6,969,599
Note: For budget, see 2025-2027 Biennial Budget
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.
LC 9521 SB5521
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(7)Equipmentpool.........................$22,668,695
(8)Facilitiesmaintenance
andmanagement.......................$6,411,831
SECTION 3. Notwithstanding any other law limiting expenditures, the amount of
$2,558,120 is established for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, as the maximum limit for
payment of expenses from lottery moneys allocated from the Administrative Services Eco-
nomic Development Fund to the State Forestry Department for debt service relating to the
purchase of land in the Gilchrist State Forest.
SECTION 4.Notwithstanding any other law limiting expenditures, the following amounts
are established for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, as the maximum limits for payment
of expenses from federal funds other than those described in section 2 of this 2025 Act, col-
lected or received by the State Forestry Department, for the following purposes:
(1)Agency administration..............$2,436,274
(2)Fire protection..........................$21,219,154
(3)State forests.............................$1,028,879
(4)Forest resources.......................$60,016,912
SECTION 5.(1) In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there is appro-
priated to the Emergency Board, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, out of the General
Fund, the amount of $16,000,000, to be allocated to the State Forestry Department for fire
protectionexpenses.
(2) If any of the moneys appropriated by subsection (1) of this section are not allocated
by the Emergency Board prior to December 1, 2026, the moneys remaining on that date be-
come available for any purpose for which the Emergency Board lawfully may allocate funds.
SECTION 6.(1) In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there is appro-
priated to the Emergency Board, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, out of the General
Fund, the amount of $10,000,000, to be allocated to the State Forestry Department for Private
Forest Accord grants.
(2) If any of the moneys appropriated by subsection (1) of this section are not allocated
by the Emergency Board prior to December 1, 2026, the moneys remaining on that date be-
come available for any purpose for which the Emergency Board lawfully may allocate funds.
SECTION 7.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
July 1, 2025.
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