Oregon Senate Bill 205 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Unknown
Status: Failed on July 6 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-07-06 - In committee upon adjournment.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Creates Task Force on Innovations in Water Quality. Requires task force to develop methods for measuring changes in water quality on farm and forest lands, develop proposed intergovernmental agreements and other agreements regarding consistent use of water quality methodology and data and develop market-based methods for improving water quality on farm and forest lands. Requires task force to submit report and recommendations to interim committee of Legislative Assembly by September 15, 2016. Appropriates General Fund moneys to Oregon Department of Administrative Services to pay expenses of task force during 2015-2017 biennium. Authorizes task force to accept donations of moneys or nonmonetary assistance to carry out other work consistent with task force purposes. Creates account and continuously appropriates moneys to department to pay task force expenses of other work from donated moneys. Dissolves task force upon convening of 2017 regular session of Legislative Assembly. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2015.

Relating to water quality changes on rural lands; declaring an emergency.

No sponsor information available at this time.

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-07-06	Senate	In committee upon adjournment.
2015-01-20	Senate	Referred to Environment and Natural Resources, then Ways and Means.
2015-01-12	Senate	Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2015R1/Measures/Overview/SB205
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2015R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB205/Introduced