The goals and rules established in ORS chapters 195, 196 and 197 do not apply to programs, rules, procedures, decisions, determinations or activities carried out under the Oregon Forest Practices Act administered under ORS 527.610 (Short title) to 527.770 (Good faith compliance with best management practices not violation of water quality standards), 527.990 (Criminal penalties) (1) and 527.992 (Civil penalties).
No goal or rule shall be adopted, construed or administered in a manner to require or allow local governments to take any action prohibited by ORS 527.722 (Restrictions on local government adoption of rules regulating forest operations).
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Location: https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_197.277
Original Source: Section 197.277 — Oregon Forest Practices Act; exclusion, https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors197.html (last accessed Aug. 25, 2023).
The legislature occasionally skips outline levels. For example:
(3) A person may apply [. ] (4)(a) A person petitioning for relief [. ]
In this example, (3), (4), and (4)(a) are all outline levels, but (4) was omitted by its authors. It's only implied. This presents an interesting challenge when laying out the text. We've decided to display a blank section with this note, in order to aide readability.
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The ORS is published every two years. Each edition incorporates all laws, and changes to laws, enacted by the Legislative Assembly through the odd-numbered year regular session referenced in the volume titles for that edition.
The 2021 Edition does not include changes to the law enacted during the 2021 second special session and the 2022 regular session of the Eighty-first Legislative Assembly. Changes to the law by the 2021 second special session and the 2022 regular session will be reflected in the 2023 Edition of Oregon Revised Statutes. . . .
The 2023 Edition will be available online in early 2024.