75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2009 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
 { +  braces and plus signs + } .
 
LC 327
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         House Bill 2231
                 Ordered by the House February 5
           Including House Amendments dated February 5
 
Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5).
  Presession filed (at the request of Governor Theodore R.
  Kulongoski for Water Resources Department)
 
 
                             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.
 
  Increases fees for certain reports submitted by water well
constructors.
   { +  Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2009. + }
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to fees for water well constructors; amending ORS
  537.762; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 537.762 is amended to read:
  537.762. (1) Each person required to possess a license under
ORS 537.747 who has entered into a contract to construct, alter,
abandon or convert a well or cause a well to be constructed,
altered, abandoned or converted shall, before beginning work on
the well, make a report to the Water Resources Commission
containing:
  (a) The name and post-office address of the owner of the well.
  (b) The approximate location of the well.
  (c) The proposed depth and diameter of the well.
  (d) The proposed purpose or use of the ground water from the
well.
  (2) The commission shall furnish a convenient means for  { +
submitting the + } reports referred to in subsection (1) of this
section to each person who possesses a license under ORS 537.747.
  (3) A separate report shall be furnished under subsection (1)
of this section for each well that is constructed, altered,
abandoned or converted.
  (4) The report furnished under subsection (1) of this section
shall be confidential and maintained as such for one year or
until the well log required under ORS 537.765 is received by the
commission, whichever is earlier. Nothing in this subsection
prohibits the commission from using the report for enforcement
actions during the period the report is considered confidential.
  (5) Each report form submitted under subsection (1) of this
section for the construction of a new well, deepening of an
existing well, or conversion of a well shall be accompanied by a
fee of   { - $125 - }   { + $225 + }. Notwithstanding the fee
established pursuant to this subsection, the commission may adopt
by rule a reduced fee for persons submitting materials to the
Water Resources Department in a digital format approved by the
department.
  (6) The moneys paid to the commission under subsection (5) of
this section shall be paid into the Water Resources Department
Operating Fund. All interest, if any, from moneys received under
subsection (5) of this section shall inure to the benefit of the
Water Resources Department. Such moneys and interest earned on
such moneys are continuously appropriated to the department to be
used to pay the costs of the department to employ personnel to
inspect wells and well construction.
  SECTION 2.  { + This 2009 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2009 Act takes effect July 1,
2009. + }
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