72nd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2003 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 397
 
                         House Bill 2812
 
Sponsored by Representative VERGER
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Expands boundary of South Slough Estuarine Sanctuary.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the South Slough; amending ORS 273.553.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 273.553 is amended to read:
  273.553. (1) It is the policy of the State of Oregon to
maintain the South Slough of Coos Bay,   { - from Valino Island
southward, inclusive, - }   { + south of the bridge located on
the Cape Arago Highway, State Highway 240, that crosses the South
Slough, + } as a national estuarine sanctuary, acquired as the
South Slough Estuary Sanctuary pursuant to chapter 415, Oregon
Laws 1975, as the first estuarine sanctuary in the United States
to be created under Section 312 of the Coastal Zone Management
Act of 1972 (P.L.  92-583). The management policy for the
sanctuary shall be to:
  (a) Maintain the integrity of the estuary;
  (b) Protect the estuary from uses and activities; both within
and beyond its boundaries, which may alter or affect the
ecosystem and its natural dynamic processes; and
  (c) Preserve the area for long-term scientific and educational
uses.
  (2) Responsibility for completing purchase of the South Slough
Estuarine Sanctuary shall remain vested with the Division of
State Lands, which shall be the agency acting for the State of
Oregon in any transaction respecting the purchase of acreage for
such sanctuary on or after October 4, 1977.
  (3) Except as necessary to achieve the policy set forth in
subsection (1) of this section and any standards established in
the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (P.L. 92-583) or any
rules, regulations or agreements adopted pursuant thereto, the
sanctuary shall be open to the public. However, to protect the
estuarine ecosystems, public use of the sanctuary shall be
limited and controlled by the commission created under ORS
273.554 in consultation with any technical management team
established pursuant to an agreement between the State of Oregon
and the Office of Coastal Zone Management of the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration of the United States Department of
Commerce. The commission created under ORS 273.554 shall adopt
rules to carry out the intent of this subsection.
 
  (4) Administration of the sanctuary shall be provided by and
pursuant to the authority granted the commission created under
ORS 273.554, subject to any agreement respecting the sanctuary
between the State of Oregon and the Office of Coastal Zone
Management.
  (5) The agency which acquired title to the sanctuary shall
cause title to be cleared in the name of the State of Oregon.
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