OR SB345

Courts must award replanting costs to private landowners who win lawsuits against federal agencies or their contractors for fire damage when the fire originated on federal forestland, under the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U.S.C. 2671-2680)

Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services must establish a joint underwriting association to ensure property insurance availability for small tract forestlands against fire

Small tract forestland is defined as contiguous forestland between 10 and 5,000 acres under common ownership

The joint underwriting association may be established without first creating a market assistance plan, holding hearings, or making findings on insurance availability (bypassing standard requirements under ORS 735.210 and 735.215)

Replanting damage provisions apply to actions filed on or after the effective date of the Act