71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
SA to SB 5555
 
LC 9555/SB 5555-1
 
                      SENATE AMENDMENTS TO
                        SENATE BILL 5555
 
              By JOINT COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
 
                             June 22
 
  In line 2 of the printed bill, after the first semicolon delete
the rest of the line and insert 'appropriating money; and
declaring'.
  Delete lines 5 through 16 and insert:
  '  { +  SECTION 1. + }  { + Because widespread drought
conditions, inadequate water supplies and federal Endangered
Species Act decisions affecting the federal Klamath Project have
created severe economic and environmental impacts in the Upper
Klamath Basin, the Legislative Assembly hereby creates the
Klamath Basin Emergency Program to immediately direct Water
Resources Department staff to help water users in the basin
develop alternative water supplies for irrigation and other
needs, and to fund irrigation district development of ground
water supplies. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 2. + }  { + In addition to and not in lieu of
any other appropriation, there is appropriated to the Water
Resources Department, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2001,
out of the General Fund, the amount of $2,000,000 for the purpose
of making grants to districts formed under ORS chapters 545, 547,
551, 552 and 553, for water supply augmentation within the
federal Klamath Project authorized under section 2, chapter 228,
General Laws of Oregon 1905. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 3. + }  { + The Water Resources Department may
grant or loan moneys to districts described in section 2 of this
2001 Act for the purposes described in section 2 of this 2001
Act. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 4. + }  { + In addition to and not in lieu of
any other appropriation, there is appropriated to the Water
Resources Department, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2001,
out of the General Fund, the amount of $320,000 for the purpose
of responding to the inadequate water supplies in the Klamath
Basin. + } ' .
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