Section 308A.743 - Disqualification limited when land subject to conservation and management plan, conservation easement or deed restriction; procedural requirements.

OR Rev Stat § 308A.743 (2019) (N/A)

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(a) Entered into a wildlife habitat conservation and management plan, as described in ORS 308A.403 to 308A.430, approved by the State Department of Fish and Wildlife; or

(b) Executed a conservation easement, as defined in ORS 271.715, or a deed restriction and the land:

(A) Is managed in compliance with the conservation easement or deed restriction; and

(B) Continues to meet the requirements for special assessment or exemption. The existence of the conservation easement or deed restriction may not cause the disqualification of the land from special assessment or exemption or preclude the disqualification of the land from special assessment or exemption for some other reason.

(2) A property owner who executes a conservation easement may convey the easement to a land trust or other qualified entity without a loss of benefits under this section.

(3) In order for land to be subject to this section:

(a) The conservation easement, deed restriction or wildlife habitat conservation and management plan must be recorded in the records of the clerk of the county in which the land is located; and

(b) A copy of the conservation easement, deed restriction or wildlife habitat conservation and management plan, along with the property tax account number for the land, must be sent to the county assessor. [2001 c.708 §3; 2003 c.454 §§50,52; 2003 c.539 §35; 2003 c.621 §93; 2007 c.809 §15]

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