Bill Text: OR HB2969 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the Water Resources Department; declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2011-06-30 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB2969 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-HB2969-Introduced.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
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LC 2267

                         House Bill 2969

Sponsored by Representative JENSON (Presession filed.)

                             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.

  Requires Water Resources Director to designate Water Resources
Department employee as policy advisor to perform certain duties
with regard to Umatilla Basin and other basins.
  Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2011.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the Water Resources Department; creating new
  provisions; amending section 46, chapter 907, Oregon Laws 2009;
  and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) The Water Resources Director shall
designate an employee of the Water Resources Department to act as
a policy advisor for the department on matters pertaining to the
Umatilla Basin and other basins.
  (2) The duties of the policy advisor shall include, but need
not be limited to:
  (a) Overseeing the administration of grant and loan programs
under ORS 541.600 to 541.641 and 541.700 to 541.855 and sections
20, 25 and 26, chapter 907, Oregon Laws 2009, with regard to
water projects located in the Umatilla Basin;
  (b) Working with persons and entities that receive funding from
lottery bond proceeds for aquifer recharge projects within the
Umatilla Basin, and with federal agencies and the Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, to further the
carrying out of those aquifer recharge projects; and
  (c) Working with stakeholders, federal agencies and the
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation to further
the resolution of the confederated tribes' water claims within
the Umatilla Basin and the Walla Walla Basin.
  (3) Duties that the director may assign to the policy advisor
include, but need not be limited to:
  (a) Overseeing the implementation of policy and the
coordination of staffing and other department resources with
regard to water development project planning, funding and
development; and
  (b) Assisting the director in prioritizing basins for the use
of department resources and for recommending legislative action
related to the integrated state water resources strategy. + }
  SECTION 2. Section 1 of this 2011 Act is amended to read:
   { +  Sec. 1. + } (1) The Water Resources Director shall
designate an employee of the Water Resources Department to act as
a policy advisor for the department on matters pertaining to the
Umatilla Basin and other basins.
  (2) The duties of the policy advisor shall include, but need
not be limited to:
  (a) Overseeing the administration of grant and loan programs
under ORS 541.600 to 541.641 and 541.700 to 541.855   { - and
sections 20, 25 and 26, chapter 907, Oregon Laws 2009, - }  with
regard to water projects located in the Umatilla Basin;
  (b) Working with persons and entities that receive funding from
lottery bond proceeds for aquifer recharge projects within the
Umatilla Basin, and with federal agencies and the Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, to further the
carrying out of those aquifer recharge projects; and
  (c) Working with stakeholders, federal agencies and the
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation to further
the resolution of the confederated tribes' water claims within
the Umatilla Basin and the Walla Walla Basin.
  (3) Duties that the director may assign to the policy advisor
include, but need not be limited to:
  (a) Overseeing the implementation of policy and the
coordination of staffing and other department resources with
regard to water development project planning, funding and
development; and
  (b) Assisting the director in prioritizing basins for the use
of department resources and for recommending legislative action
related to the integrated state water resources strategy.
  SECTION 3. Section 46, chapter 907, Oregon Laws 2009, is
amended to read:
   { +  Sec. 46. + } (1)   { - Sections 18 to 27 of this 2009
Act - }  { +  ORS 541.600, 541.611, 541.616, 541.621, 541.631,
541.636 and 541.641 and sections 20, 25 and 26, chapter 907,
Oregon Laws 2009, + } and the amendments to ORS 541.700, 541.705,
541.710, 541.720, 541.730, 541.740, 541.765, 541.770, 541.785,
541.830, 541.845 and 541.850 by sections 3 to 14 { + , chapter
907, Oregon Laws 2009, + }   { - of this 2009 Act - }  apply to
loans from the Water Development Fund for which an application is
filed on or after April 1, 2010.
  (2) The repeal of ORS 541.755 by section 15 { + , chapter 907,
Oregon Laws 2009, + }   { - of this 2009 Act - }  becomes
operative April 1, 2010.
  (3) The amendments to ORS  { + 541.616, 541.641, + } 541.705,
541.710, 541.720, 541.765, 541.785, 541.830 and 541.850   { - and
sections 21 and 27 of this 2009 Act - }  by sections 35 to
43 { + , chapter 907, Oregon Laws 2009, + }   { - of this 2009
Act - }  become operative January 2, 2024.
   { +  (4) The amendments to section 1 of this 2011 Act by
section 2 of this 2011 Act become operative January 2, 2024. + }
  SECTION 4. { +  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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