72nd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2003 Regular Session
 
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LC 1941
 
                         House Bill 2820
 
Sponsored by Representative KITTS
 
 
                             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.
 
  Requires Land Conservation and Development Commission,
Department of Land Conservation and Development, state agency or
local government, applying land use planning goal relating to
protection of natural resources and conservation of scenic,
historic and open space resources, to assess and consider
economic impact on lots, parcels or tracts to which goal applies.
  Requires commission, department, state agency or local
government that proposes to adopt land use rule, ordinance or
resolution to assess and consider economic impact on lots,
parcels or tracts to which rule, ordinance or resolution would
apply.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to economic impact of land use policy; amending ORS
  197.340.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 197.340 is amended to read:
  197.340. (1) The Land Conservation and Development Commission,
the Department of Land Conservation and Development, other state
agencies and local governments shall { + :
  (a) + } Give the goals equal weight in any matter in which the
goals are required to be applied.  { +
  (b) Assess and consider, on an individualized,
property-by-property basis, the economic impact of the
application of a land use planning goal relating to protection of
natural resources and conservation of scenic, historic and open
space resources on the private lots, parcels or tracts to which
the goal applies. + }
  (2) The commission and the department shall consider and
recognize regional diversity and differences in regional needs
when making or reviewing a land use decision or otherwise
applying the goals.  { +
  (3) Before adopting a land use rule, ordinance or resolution,
the commission, the department, a state agency or a local
government shall assess and consider, on an individualized,
property-by-property basis, the economic impact of the proposed
rule, ordinance or resolution on the private lots, parcels or
tracts to which the rule, ordinance or resolution would
apply. + }
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