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Title: Establishes New Requirements for Financial Aid Related to Wildfires
Signed by Governor Tina Kotek
Title: Establishes New Requirements for Financial Aid Related to Wildfires
Vote to pass a bill that establishes new requirements for financial aid related to wildfires.
Amends legislation SB 762 (2021) which created the wildfire risk map and established 5 risk levels related to wildfires on forest lands (Sec. 1-26).
Increases the state Department of Forestry’s funding and resources for fighting fires via an increase of the Forest Patrol Assessments paid by both public and private forest land owners (Sec. 1-26).
Establishes a new wildlife hazard map which has 3 levels of wildfire hazard, low, medium, and high (Sec. 1-26).
Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect July 1, 2023 (Sec. 28).
Title: Establishes New Requirements for Financial Aid Related to Wildfires
Title: Establishes New Requirements for Financial Aid Related to Wildfires