Oregon Criminal Justice Commission
Chapter 213
Division 80
ILLEGAL MARIJUANA MARKET ENFORCEMENT GRANT PROGRAM
213-080-0030
Definitions
As used in OAR 213-000-0010 to 213-080-0080, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) “Applicant” means one or more units of local government, or one or more community-based organizations, that submit an application to the Commission for a grant under the Illegal Marijuana Market Enforcement Grant Program.
(2) “Business day” means 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Pacific Time, Monday through Friday, excluding State of Oregon holidays.
(3) “Commission” means the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission.
(4) “Community-based organization” means an organization that is based in the community, independent from units of local government, and is
(a) a nonprofit registered under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, or
(b) an organization that has a non-profit fiscal sponsor registered under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(5) “Large-scale” means illegal marijuana cultivation or distribution operations relative to the applicant's community that involve large quantities of illegal marijuana, quantities of illegal marijuana of significant monetary value, operations that take place over large geographic areas, or any combination of those circumstances.
(6) “Rural area” means a geographic area that is located at least 25 miles from any city with a population of 30,000 or more, or the entirety of a county with a population of less than 250,000 people, according to the most recent population statistics of the United States bureau of the census.
(7) “Humanitarian crisis” means a set of circumstances that directly impact individuals who have been recruited, harbored, transported, or otherwise obtained, through threat of force or use of force, fraud, or coercion, for the purposes of subjecting individuals to wage theft, involuntary labor, involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, slavery, or other forced or coerced performance of duties or acts related to or occurring during unlawful marijuana cultivation or distribution operations.
Statutory/Other Authority: 2018 OL Ch.103 §13-17, HB 4074 (2022) & SB 893 (2021)
Statutes/Other Implemented: 2018 OL Ch.103 §13-17, HB 4074 (2022) & SB 893 (2021)
History:
CJC 3-2022, temporary amend filed 04/20/2022, effective 04/20/2022 through 10/16/2022
CJC 1-2018, adopt filed 08/06/2018, effective 08/06/2018