Bill Text: OR SB545 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to rural reserves.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [SB545 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-SB545-Introduced.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

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amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 3467

                         Senate Bill 545

Sponsored by Senator GEORGE

                             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 designation as rural reserve of land for which
exception to statewide land use planning goal protecting
agricultural land or forest land has been taken.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to rural reserves; amending ORS 195.141.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 195.141 is amended to read:
  195.141. (1) A county and a metropolitan service district
established under ORS chapter 268 may enter into an
intergovernmental agreement pursuant to ORS 190.003 to 190.130,
195.025 or 197.652 to 197.658 to designate rural reserves
pursuant to this section and urban reserves pursuant to ORS
195.145 (1)(b).
  (2) Land  { + to be + } designated as a rural reserve:
  (a) Must be outside an urban growth boundary  { - . - }
    { - (b) May not be designated as an urban reserve during the
urban reserve planning period described in ORS 195.145 (4). - }
    { - (c) May not be included within an urban growth boundary
during the period of time described in paragraph (b) of this
subsection. - }  { + ; and
  (b) May not include land for which an exception to a statewide
land use planning goal protecting agricultural land or forest
land has been taken under ORS 197.732. + }
  (3) When designating a rural reserve under this section to
provide long-term protection to the agricultural industry, a
county and a metropolitan service district shall base the
designation on consideration of factors including, but not
limited to, whether land proposed for designation as a rural
reserve:
  (a) Is situated in an area that is otherwise potentially
subject to urbanization during the period described in subsection
(2)(b) of this section, as indicated by proximity to the urban
growth boundary and to properties with fair market values that
significantly exceed agricultural values;
  (b) Is capable of sustaining long-term agricultural operations;
  (c) Has suitable soils and available water where needed to
sustain long-term agricultural operations; and
  (d) Is suitable to sustain long-term agricultural operations,
taking into account:

  (A) The existence of a large block of agricultural or other
resource land with a concentration or cluster of farms;
  (B) The adjacent land use pattern, including its location in
relation to adjacent nonfarm uses and the existence of buffers
between agricultural operations and nonfarm uses;
  (C) The agricultural land use pattern, including parcelization,
tenure and ownership patterns; and
  (D) The sufficiency of agricultural infrastructure in the area.
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  (4) Rural reserves may not be:
  (a) Redesignated as an urban reserve during the urban reserve
planning period described in ORS 195.145 (4).
  (b) Included within an urban growth boundary during the period
of time described in paragraph (a) of this subsection. + }
    { - (4) - }   { + (5) + } The Land Conservation and
Development Commission shall, after consultation with the State
Department of Agriculture, adopt by goal or by rule a process and
criteria for designating rural reserves pursuant to this section.
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