About the Board
The Board is a semi-independent, stand-alone licensure board responsible for regulation of the practice of landscape architecture in Oregon. The Board's mission is to regulate the practice of landscape architecture to protect the public and environment. The Board accomplishes this mission through various means including review of applications for pre-approval to sit for exam, review of applications for registration, consideration of complaints about landscape architecture practice and title use, and outreach efforts. You can learn more about Board efforts by reviewing Board meeting minutes, newsletters, publications and laws/rules for landscape architecture practice in Oregon.
Budget information
The Board is funded through fees collected, receiving no state general funds or other funds. The Board adopts biennial budgets that detail anticipated fee revenues and expenditures and does this through the administrative rulemaking process. This rulemaking process includes public notice, and public comment on each budget is requested.
After holding a public comment period and hearing, the Board adopted its 2025-2027 budget (July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2027) at its May 7, 2025 quarterly meeting. The Board included select fee increases in its 2025-2027 budget. These fee increases are in effect on July 1, 2025. Fee increases were last imposed as part of the Board's 2017-2019 budget. See the rulemaking documents and adopted budget and fees documents posted below for more details.
The following documents provide details on the Board budget and fees.