Bill Text: OR HB3623 | 2011 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the Deschutes Basin ground water study area; and declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-08-02 - Chapter 694, (2011 Laws): Effective date August 2, 2011. [HB3623 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-HB3623-Enrolled.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

                            Enrolled

                         House Bill 3623

Sponsored by Representative WHISNANT; Representatives CONGER,
  MCLANE

                     CHAPTER ................

                             AN ACT

Relating to the Deschutes Basin ground water study area; creating
  new provisions; amending section 5, chapter 669, Oregon Laws
  2005; and declaring an emergency.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

  SECTION 1. Section 5, chapter 669, Oregon Laws 2005, is amended
to read:
   { +  Sec. 5. + } (1) The Water Resources Commission shall
repeal the rules referred to in section 2   { - of this 2005
Act - }  { + , chapter 669, Oregon Laws 2005, + } on January 2,
 { - 2014 - }  { +  2029 + }.
  (2) Ground water permits and mitigation projects approved
before the repeal remain valid and effective.
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) As used in this section, 'Deschutes Basin
ground water study area' has the meaning given that term in ORS
540.531.
  (2) The Water Resources Department shall periodically review
the department program for the Deschutes Basin ground water study
area. The review shall include, but need not be limited to, the
identification of regulatory and statutory changes that may
improve the program in order to address and mitigate injury to
existing water rights and spring systems and to offset measurable
reductions of scenic waterway flows.
  (3) The department shall report to the Legislative Assembly
every five years on outcomes of the department program for the
Deschutes Basin ground water study area. The report shall
include, but need not be limited to, program impacts on other
users of the Deschutes River Basin, the potential timing of
mitigation, identification of zones of impact, a review of
impacts on the headwaters of the Metolius River and other key
reaches of the Metolius River system, the potential timing of
federal, state and local storage improvements and other issues
identified by stakeholders. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + This 2011 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2011 Act takes effect July 1,
2011. + }
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Enrolled House Bill 3623 (HB 3623-B)                       Page 1

Passed by House June 22, 2011

    .............................................................
                         Ramona Kenady Line, Chief Clerk of House

    .............................................................
                                    Bruce Hanna, Speaker of House

    .............................................................
                                   Arnie Roblan, Speaker of House

Passed by Senate June 24, 2011

    .............................................................
                              Peter Courtney, President of Senate

Enrolled House Bill 3623 (HB 3623-B)                       Page 2

Received by Governor:

......M.,............., 2011

Approved:

......M.,............., 2011

    .............................................................
                                         John Kitzhaber, Governor

Filed in Office of Secretary of State:

......M.,............., 2011

    .............................................................
                                   Kate Brown, Secretary of State

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