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ORSB346Intro
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The Act tells an agency to create a pilot grant program for managing wildfire risk. The Act gives money for the program. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.4). Directs the State Forestry Department to establish by rule a pilot grant program for the purpos...
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2025-01-17
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ORSB127Intro
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The Act tells an agency to study funding for programs about wildfire. The Act tells the agency to report on the study. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.7). Directs the State Forestry Department to study funding for wildfire-related programs. Directs the...
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2025-01-17
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ORSB713Intro
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The Act would issue lottery bonds to fund levee projects. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.7). Authorizes the issuance of lottery bonds for deposit in the Levee Project Grant Fund. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
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2025-01-17
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ORSB765Intro
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The Act allows the use of meat from certain nuisance game mammals. The Act allows a person to keep the meat or give it away, among other possible options. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.5). Allows a person taking certain nuisance game mammals to offer...
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2025-01-17
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ORSB366Intro
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The Act would allow eggs to be sold to a restaurant without an egg handler's license. (Flesch Readability Score: 74.2). Authorizes a producer of eggs to sell and deliver the producer's eggs to a restaurant without an egg handler's license.
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2025-01-17
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ORSB342Intro
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The Act allows a small forestland owner to harvest certain trees. The Act allows an agency to adopt rules. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.0). Provides that a small forestland owner that planted trees under reforestation requirements may harvest the tr...
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2025-01-17
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ORSB349Intro
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The Act provides that county voters can adopt a measure that allows the use of dogs to hunt cougars in the county. The Act allows an agency to issue special cougar tags to implement the measure. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.0). Allows the electors o...
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2025-01-17
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ORSB83Intro
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The Act makes changes related to reducing wildfire risk. The Act makes changes related to fire protection. The Act gives money as a match for certain funds. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.3). Makes changes related to building code standards for wildfi...
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2025-01-17
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ORSB513Intro
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The Act tells ODFW to study protocols for stocking fish. (Flesch Readability Score: 78.2). Requires the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to study stocking protocols for salmon and other fish. Directs the department to submit findings to the inte...
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2025-01-17
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ORSB374Intro
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The Act sets limits on projects under a certain agreement. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). Establishes certain limitation on projects under the Good Neighbor Authority Agreement.
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2025-01-17
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ORSB74Intro
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This Act tells the DSL to study how to determine that a waterway is navigable. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8). Requires the Department of State Lands to study determinations of navigability on Oregon waterways. Directs the department to submit find...
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2025-01-17
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ORSB378Intro
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The Act would make the SPRC allow senior citizens living in Oregon to use state parks at no cost. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8). Directs the State Parks and Recreation Commission to adopt rules authorizing persons 65 years or older who reside in O...
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2025-01-17
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ORSJM3Intro
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The measure makes a request of the President and the federal government. The measure asks for money for property damage caused by fires that start on federal lands. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.7). Urges the establishment and funding of a federal sy...
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2025-01-17
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ORSB84Intro
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Tells a city or county that went by earlier building code rules to protect houses against wild fires that the city or county can still use the earlier rules even if the state makes new rules. Says that the city or county shall keep using the rules th...
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2025-01-17
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ORSB85Intro
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The Act directs the State Fire Marshal to create a grant program to help property owners with wildfire resilience. The Act creates a fund related to the grant program. The Act directs the State Fire Marshal to report on the grant program. The Act dir...
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2025-01-17
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ORSB340Intro
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Tells an insurer in some cases not to raise the price of a policy of fire insurance by more than three percent each year or cancel the policy. The cases are if the policy holder lives near wild land or works at farming, logging, mining or similar wor...
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2025-01-17
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ORSB55Intro
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This Act allows certain farm cafes in Lane County. (Flesch Readability Score: 84.9). Establishes standards for establishment of farm cafes on lands in Lane County zoned for exclusive farm use. Requires the Oregon Health Authority to review a land use...
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2025-01-17
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ORSB147Intro
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Requires a study on the Elliott State Forest. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.2). Requires the State Forester to study the management of the Elliott State Forest. Directs the State Forester to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislativ...
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2025-01-17
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ORSB332Intro
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The Act tells an agency to create a project to use game fish carcasses. (Flesch Readability Score: 77.8). Directs the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to develop a game fish carcass recovery project.
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2025-01-17
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ORSB77Intro
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This Act describes work that may be done from within homes on forest or farm land. (Flesch Readability Score: 90.1). Describes allowable home occupations on lands zoned for forest or farm use.
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2025-01-17
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ORSB81Intro
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This Act tells the OCAC to study and make a report on natural climate solutions. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8). Requires the Oregon Climate Action Commission to study natural climate solutions. Directs the commission to submit findings to the inte...
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2025-01-17
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ORSB335Intro
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The Act tells an agency to study uses for animal processing waste products. The Act tells the agency to report on the study. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.7). Directs the State Department of Agriculture to study potential uses for animal processing w...
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2025-01-17
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ORSB80Intro
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This Act prohibits the DEQ from giving a water permit to some CAFOs that are in a managed ground water area. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.6). Prohibits the Department of Environmental Quality from issuing a water quality permit to certain confined a...
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2025-01-17
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ORSB348Intro
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The Act tells an agency to set fees for multiyear hunting licenses. The Act sets agent fees for issuing the licenses. The provisions go into effect later. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.9). Requires the State Fish and Wildlife Commission to establish ...
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2025-01-17
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ORSB375Intro
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The Act tells an agency to take actions under a certain agreement. The Act tells the agency not to take certain actions under the agreement. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.1). Establishes certain additional requirements concerning projects under the G...
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2025-01-17
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ORSB341Intro
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The Act makes the amount and percentage of certain forest land required to claim estate credit smaller. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.6). Reduces the required size of real property and the percentage of value of the adjusted gross estate necessary fo...
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2025-01-17
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ORSB512Intro
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The Act tells an agency to operate a fish hatchery at the Rock Creek Hatchery. The Act tells the agency to release the hatchery fish into a river. The Act gives money for those activities. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.4). Directs the State Fish and ...
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2025-01-17
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ORSB714Intro
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The Act would let lottery bonds be sold to fund flood safety projects on certain parts of the Columbia. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8). Authorizes the issuance of lottery bonds to fund Columbia corridor flood safety projects in Multnomah County.
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2025-01-17
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ORSB365Intro
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The Act tells the Attorney General to help someone whose wine grapes were hurt by wildfire smoke. (Flesch Readability Score: 70.1). Directs the Attorney General to assist a person in recovering damages from the federal government when smoke from a wi...
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2025-01-17
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ORSB579Intro
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The Act gives money to the State Fire Marshal for distribution related to a fire station. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6). Appropriates moneys to the State Fire Marshal for distribution to Central Douglas Fire and Rescue for certain purposes. Declar...
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2025-01-17
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ORSB404Intro
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The Act tells an agency to transfer certain state forest lands to counties. The Act describes when and how the transfers must occur. (Flesch Readability Score: 77.4). Directs the State Board of Forestry to convey certain state forest lands to a count...
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2025-01-17
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ORSB639Intro
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The Act tells the State Forester to manage state forests in a manner that keeps fuel load levels low. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.2). Requires the State Forester to actively manage state forestlands to achieve and maintain low forest fuel load leve...
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2025-01-17
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ORSB353Intro
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The Act gives money to the Wolf Management Compensation and Proactive Trust Fund. The Act says that the money must be used to move wolves that have preyed on livestock to certain counties. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.1). Appropriates moneys from th...
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2025-01-17
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ORSB576Intro
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The Act gives money to an agency for getting rid of Japanese beetle grubs. The Act takes effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 73.7). Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the State Department of Agriculture for the pur...
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2025-01-17
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ORSB565Intro
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The Act tells the State Parks and Recreation Department to study state campgrounds near the Oregon coast. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.1). Requires the State Parks and Recreation Department to study existing, expanding and establishing state campgro...
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2025-01-17
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ORSB516Intro
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The Act gives money to an agency for an inspection program. The program relates to small-scale meat processing and sales. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.5). Appropriates moneys to the State Department of Agriculture for purposes related to a program o...
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2025-01-17
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ORSB461Intro
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The Act says that license agents under the wildlife laws have to provide paper copies of licenses, tags and permits upon request. The Act says than a fish and wildlife agency cannot make a person use an online system in order to buy or use a license,...
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2025-01-17
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ORSB333Intro
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The Act would let owners of land form a district in order to pay the costs to the county of staving off damage to their land caused by predators, by both nonlethal and lethal means. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). Authorizes landowners who meet cer...
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2025-01-17
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ORSB356Intro
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The Act gives money to the Invasive Species Council. The Act describes how the money must be used. (Flesch Readability Score: 80.2). Appropriates moneys to the Invasive Species Council, out of the General Fund, for certain purposes. Declares an emerg...
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2025-01-17
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ORSJM4Intro
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Asks the U.S. President and the heads of two federal agencies to do all that they can to help prevent, mitigate and suppress wildfires in this state. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.3). Urges the President, the United States Secretary of the Interior a...
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2025-01-17
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ORSB362Intro
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The Act tells an agency to study rules about water. The Act tells the agency to report on the study. (Flesch Readability Score: 74.0). Directs the Water Resources Department to study rules related to water. Directs the department to submit a report t...
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2025-01-17
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ORSB674Intro
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The Act tells an agency to allow the use of water from the Columbia River at a certain rate. The Act tells agencies to grant easements to help the use occur. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.2). Instructs the Water Resources Commission to allow the appr...
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2025-01-17
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ORSB82Intro
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The Act makes changes related to consulting on a grant process. The Act makes changes related to a program to reduce wildfire risk. The Act gives money as a match for certain funds. (Flesch Readability Score: 75.1). Makes changes to consultations tha...
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2025-01-17
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ORSB358Intro
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The Act would use some moneys raised by an existing tax to support state recreation areas on the Oregon coast. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.8). Establishes the Ocean Beach Fund. Directs that the moneys received from the state transient lodging tax i...
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2025-01-17
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ORSB514Intro
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The Act tells agencies to study how wildfire affects water quality. The Act tells the agencies to report on the study. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.2). Requires the State Department of Fish and Wildlife and Department of Environmental Quality to stu...
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2025-01-17
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ORSB72Intro
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Tells a state agency to study insurance to protect things people own. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7). Requires the Department of Consumer and Business Services to study property insurance. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim co...
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2025-01-17
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ORSB700Intro
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You cannot operate a boat with a child under 16 on board unless the child is wearing a properly fitted and secured life jacket. If you break this law, you could be fined up to $250. Children under 16 are also not allowed to use floating items outside...
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2025-01-17
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ORSB776Intro
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The Act tells an agency to identify areas with drought impacts. The Act tells the agency to reduce predators in the areas. The Act gives money for purposes related to the areas. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.1). Instructs the State Department of Fish...
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2025-01-17
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ORSB73Intro
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This Act limits rezoning of farm and forest lands. (Flesch Readability Score: 75.5). Restricts methods by which lands zoned for farm, forest or mixed farm and forest use may be redesignated for nonresource use.
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2025-01-17
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ORSB400Intro
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This Act exempts removal or fill projects from needing a DSL permit if they get a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.6). Exempts removal-fill projects from the requirement to obtain a permit from the Departmen...
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2025-01-17
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