75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2009 Regular Session
Enrolled
House Bill 2231
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)
CHAPTER ................
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
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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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Passed by House June 26, 2009
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Chief Clerk of House
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Speaker of House
Passed by Senate June 29, 2009
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President of Senate
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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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