71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
Enrolled
Senate Bill 710
Sponsored by Senator GEORGE; Senators BROWN, DECKERT, MESSERLE,
NELSON, SHIELDS, STARR, Representatives KROPF, LEE, NELSON (at
the request of Oregon Farm Bureau)
CHAPTER ................
AN ACT
Relating to trading of water rights.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. { + (1) The Water Resources Department shall create
a work group to study issues related to the trading of water
rights between municipalities and other nonmunicipal ground water
users. The Water Resources Director may appoint a person from
the department to chair the work group and shall appoint
interested stakeholders and representatives from appropriate
state agencies. The work group shall identify, analyze and
recommend:
(a) Statutory modifications, if necessary, by which surface
water or ground water appropriations may be traded to or
otherwise used by nonmunicipal ground water appropriators to
mitigate the increased appropriation costs or declining ground
water levels caused by municipal appropriations; and
(b) Practicable and equitable solutions, other than statutory
modifications, that may compensate nonmunicipal ground water
users if a ground water appropriation of a municipality causes
other ground water users to experience increased appropriation
costs or causes substantial interference between wells in the
area.
(2) The work group shall report its findings to the appropriate
interim legislative committee prior to the beginning of the
Seventy-second Legislative Assembly. The work group shall request
that any legislation proposed by the work group indicate that the
legislation is introduced at the request of the work group. The
work group may prepare the legislation in time for presession
filing pursuant to ORS 171.130 for presentation to the regular
session of the Seventy-second Legislative Assembly. + }
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Passed by Senate March 29, 2001
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Secretary of Senate
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President of Senate
Passed by House May 23, 2001
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Speaker of House
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Received by Governor:
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Approved:
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Governor
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
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Secretary of State
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