HB 3260
Directs the Oregon Department of Emergency Management to develop and maintain a grant program to harden community facilities against man-made and natural disasters.
Jurisdiction
Oregon
Session
2025 Regular Session
Committee
Climate, Energy, and Environment
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Bill overview
This bill directs the Oregon Department of Emergency Management (ODEM) to create and manage a grant program. The program’s goal is to help communities strengthen their facilities – like schools, hospitals, and shelters – against disasters such as wildfires, floods, and earthquakes. The program will be funded through a dedicated state fund, and ODEM will use specific criteria to determine which facilities receive grants.
Key provisions
- Establishes a grant program to harden community facilities.
- Defines ‘community facility’ as property owned or operated by a county or qualified private organization.
- ‘Hardening’ includes repairs, replacements, and upgrades to improve disaster resilience.
- ODEM will rank grant applications based on need, potential disasters, emergency service use, and alternative funding.
- The Community Facility Hardening Fund will be created and maintained.
- Interest earned by the fund will be added to it.
- Funds from the Community Facility Hardening Fund will be continuously appropriated to ODEM.
- ODEM must adopt rules for the grant application process and fund verification.
Who is affected
- Counties
- Private organizations (501(c)(3))
- Community facilities (e.g., schools, hospitals, shelters)
- Oregon Department of Emergency Management
- Residents of Oregon
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