Oregon Statutes 366.940 – Roadside memorial signs; firefighters; fees; rules
(1) As used in this section, ‘firefighter’ means any fire or forestry department employee, or authorized fire department volunteer, vested with the duty of preventing or combating fire or preventing the loss of life or property by fire.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 366.940
- Concurrent resolution: A legislative measure, designated "S. Con. Res." and numbered consecutively upon introduction, generally employed to address the sentiments of both chambers, to deal with issues or matters affecting both houses, such as a concurrent budget resolution, or to create a temporary joint committee. Concurrent resolutions are not submitted to the President/Governor and thus do not have the force of law.
- Department: means the Department of Transportation. See Oregon Statutes 366.005
- public body: means state government bodies, local government bodies and special government bodies. See Oregon Statutes 174.109
(2) The Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain a roadside memorial sign that commemorates a firefighter killed in the line of duty if:
(a) The Legislative Assembly adopts a concurrent resolution that recognizes the firefighter killed in the line of duty; and
(b) The department receives the payment of a fee determined by the department under subsection (3) of this section.
(3) The department shall determine the amount of the fee required under subsection (2)(b) of this section by rule. The fee may not exceed the direct and indirect expenses associated with erecting, maintaining and removing a roadside memorial sign.
(4) The department shall deposit the fees that the department collects under this section into the Roadside Memorial Fund established under ORS § 366.932.
(5) A public body, as defined in ORS § 174.109, may not expend moneys for the purpose of paying the fee required under subsection (2)(b) of this section.
(6) The department, by rule, shall establish the size, design and location of a roadside memorial sign erected under this section. The sign must include the name of the firefighter. [2019 c.298 § 1]
366.940 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS Chapter 366 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
[Renumbered 390.990]