ORS 561.407 Division responsible for obtaining available financing for plans

After completing an extended stream bank erosion plan under ORS 561.403, the Natural Resources Division, on behalf of the parties that developed the plan, shall be responsible for obtaining all available federal funding and other assistance necessary to implement the extended stream bank erosion plan. [1985 c.667 §3]

2023, provide: Sec. 67. (1) The State Department of Agriculture shall provide grants to improve the health and safety conditions of existing agriculture workforce housing, as defined in ORS 315.163, for agricultural workers and their families.

The department shall design an application and establish criteria by which grants awarded under this section are allocated and prioritized.

Before a date on which rules that relate to housing for agricultural labor are first adopted or amended by the Occupational Safety and Health Division of the Department of Consumer and Business Services and that is after the effective date of this 2023 Act [March 29, 2023], the State Department of Agriculture shall prioritize awarding grants for housing that will comply with changes to rules that are under consideration of the agricultural labor housing rulemaking advisory committee of the division.

Within 30 days of the adoption of rules described under paragraph (b) of this subsection, the State Department of Agriculture shall update the grant application and criteria to allow the use of grant money to comply with the new or updated rules of the division.

To be eligible for a grant under this section, the housing:

Must comply with all occupational safety or health laws, rules, regulations and standards;

Must be operated by a person who holds a valid indorsement as a farmworker camp operator under ORS 658.730, if an indorsement is required;

Must be registered as a farmworker camp with the Department of Consumer and Business Services under ORS 658.750, if the housing is farm employmentrelated housing, on or before 90 days following the latter of:

The first day of the first tax year after the grant was received; or

The date the housing is first occupied;

May not be housing that is required to be provided as part of a labor contract made under a temporary employment visa program; and

Must comply with any adopted rules, as described in subsection (2)(b) of this section.

The Occupational Safety and Health Division of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall assist the State Department of Agriculture in establishing the application and criteria under subsection

and (c) of this section and shall assist the department or a contractor under subsection (5) of this section in determining eligibility for a grant under subsection (3) of this section.

The State Department of Agriculture may enter into a contract with a third party to award or administer grants under this section. [2023 c.13 §67] Sec. 68. Section 67 of this 2023 Act is repealed on January 2, 2026.