(1) "Board" means the State Board of Forestry.
(2) "Protected forestlands" means those lands which are protected from the starting or spread of fire thereon or therefrom by:
(a) The State Forester, with the approval of the board;
(b) The United States of America through contract with the State Forester;
(c) Any forest protective agency under contract with the State Forester or the board pursuant to ORS 477.406; or
(d) Any forest protective agency, described in paragraph (c) of this subsection, under an agreement with the United States of America wherein such agency agrees to protect specific federal forestlands and, in return, the United States of America agrees to protect specific lands of such agency.
(3) "Department" means the Department of Revenue.
(4) "Committee" means the Emergency Fire Cost Committee.
(5) "Forestland" means any land producing forest products.
(6) "Forest products" means products from harvested timber, but does not include products from short rotation fiber grown under agricultural conditions as described in ORS 321.267 (3) or 321.824 (3), western juniper or products from harvested western juniper.
(7) "Harvest" means the point at which timber that has been cut, severed, or removed for purposes of sale or use is first measured in the ordinary course of business as determined by reference to common practice in the timber industry.
(8) "Merchantable stand of timber" means any stand on forestlands containing living or dead timber which is being or can be harvested.
(9) "Taxpayer" means the owner of timber at time of harvest.
(10) "Taxes" means the taxes provided for in ORS 321.015.
(11) "Owner of timber" means any individual or combination of individuals, partnership, firm, corporation or association of whatever nature holding title to harvested timber by virtue of:
(a) An instrument of conveyance;
(b) The harvesting of the timber; or
(c) The harvesting of the timber and payment therefor.
(12) "Timber" means all logs which can be measured in board feet and other forest products as determined by department rule. [1953 c.375 §1; 1957 c.309 §3; 1961 c.726 §412; 1965 c.253 §139; 1967 c.429 §38; 1981 c.321 §9; 1983 c.539 §1; 1985 c.759 §5; 1993 c.653 §1; 1995 c.132 §1; 1999 c.631 §2; 2003 c.454 §125; 2003 c.621 §100a]
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