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House committee advances bills tied to repeal of Oregon wildfire hazard map, sends measures to rules
Summary
The House Climate, Energy, and Environment Committee voted to advance two measures that remove or repeal the state wildfire hazard map and related provisions, referring both bills to the Committee on Rules after debate over timing and funding for a broader wildfire package.
Chair Lively opened the House Climate, Energy, and Environment Committee work session on bills addressing the state wildfire hazard map Thursday, May 22, and the committee advanced both Senate Bill 75a and Senate Bill 83a with due-pass recommendations and referrals to the Committee on Rules.
The measures would remove references to the state wildfire hazard map and, in the case of SB83a, repeal the map’s application to a range of programs and requirements including defensible-space rules, the wildland-urban interface, the wildfire programs advisory council, agency reporting, seller property-disclosure obligations, comprehensive planning, accessory dwelling units and replacement dwellings, building-code links, and the small…
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