Bill Text: OR SB502 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to uses allowed in parks.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [SB502 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-SB502-Introduced.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

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LC 2876

                         Senate Bill 502

Sponsored by Senator CLOSE (at the request of Linn County
  Commissioner John Lindsey)

                             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 as
introduced.

  Prohibits Land Conservation and Development Commission from
adopting rules to regulate religious activities in state or local
parks.
  Prohibits commission from adopting rules prohibiting or
restricting recreational activities in county parks that are in
operative, acknowledged county park master plan.
  Prohibits commission from adopting rules prohibiting or
restricting development or maintenance of county parks outside
urban growth boundaries.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to uses allowed in parks; amending ORS 195.120.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 195.120 is amended to read:
  195.120. (1) The Legislative Assembly finds that Oregon's parks
are special places and the protection of parks for the use and
enjoyment of present and future generations is a matter of
statewide concern.
  (2) The Land Conservation and Development Commission, in
cooperation with the State Parks and Recreation Commission and
representatives of local government, shall adopt rules and land
use planning goal amendments as necessary to provide for:
  (a) Allowable uses in state and local parks that have adopted
master plans;
  (b) Local government planning necessary to implement state park
master plans; and
  (c) Coordination and dispute resolution among state and local
agencies regarding planning and activities in state parks.
  (3) Rules and goal amendments adopted under subsection (2) of
this section shall provide for the following uses in state parks:
  (a) Campgrounds, day use areas and supporting infrastructure,
amenities and accessory visitor service facilities designed to
meet the needs of park visitors;
  (b) Recreational trails and boating facilities;
  (c) Facilities supporting resource-interpretive and educational
activities for park visitors;
  (d) Park maintenance workshops, staff support facilities and
administrative offices;
  (e) Uses that directly support resource-based outdoor
recreation; and
  (f) Other park uses adopted by the Land Conservation and
Development Commission.
   { +  (4) Notwithstanding subsections (2) and (3) of this
section, the Land Conservation and Development Commission may not
make a rule that:
  (a) Regulates in state or local parks activities that are based
on religious beliefs, practices or rituals;
  (b) Prohibits or restricts in a county park recreational
activities that are allowed under acknowledged provisions of a
county park master plan that were operative immediately before
the effective date of this 2013 Act and continue to be operative;
or
  (c) Prohibits or restricts development or maintenance of county
parks, including publicly owned campgrounds, that are outside an
urban growth boundary. + }
    { - (4) - }   { + (5) + } A local government   { - shall not
be - }   { + is not + } required to adopt an exception under ORS
197.732 from a land use planning goal protecting agriculture or
forestry resources to authorize a use identified by rule of the
Land Conservation and Development Commission under this section
in a state or local park.
    { - (5) - }   { + (6) + } A local government shall comply
with the provisions of ORS 215.296 for all uses and activities
proposed in or adjacent to an exclusive farm use zone described
in the state or local master plan as adopted by the local
government and made a part of its comprehensive plan and land use
regulation.
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