SALEM â Owners would get more time to rebuild homes and businesses destroyed in the 2020 Labor Day wildfires, without running afoul of planning requirements, under two bills that have cleared the Oregon House.
Both bills passed on 56-0 votes on Tuesday, May 4. One goes to the Senate, the other to Gov. Kate Brown.
House Bill 2289, which goes to the Senate, gives property owners five years â instead of the normal one year â to start reconstruction, which would not be considered a âland use actionâ under Oregon law. It applies in areas affected by wildfires under a state of emergency declared by Gov. Kate Brown between Aug. 1 and Sept. 30, 2020.