Section 215.431 - Plan amendments; hearings by planning commission or hearings officer; exceptions(1) A county governing body may authorize, by ordinance or order, the planning commission or hearings officer to conduct hearings on applications for plan amendments and to make decisions on such applications.(2) A decision of the planning commission or hearings officer on a plan amendment may be appealed to the county governing body.(3) This section shall apply notwithstanding the provisions of ORS 215.050, 215.060 and 215.110.(4) A decision of a planning commission, hearings officer or county governing body under this section shall comply with the post-acknowledgment procedures set forth in ORS 197.610 to 197.625.(5) This section does not apply to: (a) Any plan amendment for which an exception is required under ORS 197.732; or(b) Except as provided under subsection (6) of this section, any lands designated under a statewide planning goal addressing agricultural lands or forestlands.(6)(a) If a county is acting on the remand of a decision from the Land Use Board of Appeals, the county governing body may authorize the planning commission or hearings officer to conduct hearings and make a decision under subsection (1) of this section for lands designated under a statewide planning goal addressing agricultural lands or forestlands.(b) The county governing body shall review a planning commission or hearings officer decision made under this subsection and shall:(A) Schedule a public hearing and issue a final decision on the application;(B) Leave the planning commission or hearings officer decision as the final county decision; or(C) Adopt the planning commission or hearings officer decision by consent order as the decision of the governing body.Amended by 2018 Ch. 117, § 1, eff. 4/13/2018.