OAR 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 a non-profit organization actively registered to do business in the State of Oregon, based in the community, independent from any unit of local government, and has and discloses to the state: (a) A current determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service acknowledging tax exempt status for the organization under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code; or (b) A written fiscal sponsorship agreement with another non-profit organization actively registered to do business in the State of Oregon and that has received a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service acknowledging tax exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and for which the organization providing fiscal sponsorship agrees to provide its tax-exemption and associated benefits to the community-based organization. (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.