Bill Text: OR SB561 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to sanitary district treatment works.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2011-06-30 - In committee upon adjournment. [SB561 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2011-SB561-Introduced.html
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 { + braces and plus signs + } . LC 1879 Senate Bill 561 Sponsored by Senator JOHNSON (at the request of Shoreline Sanitary District) (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. Exempts sanitary districts meeting specified requirements from certain eligibility requirements related to income for funding and other assistance from Special Public Works Fund. A BILL FOR AN ACT Relating to sanitary district treatment works. Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon: SECTION 1. { + Notwithstanding contrary provisions of rules adopted to administer financial and other assistance for municipalities from the Special Public Works Fund that qualify municipal eligibility for grants or loans in part on the results of an income study, a sanitary district is eligible for grant and loan funding and other assistance if, on January 1, 2011: (1) The district was subject to an order in a formal enforcement action issued by the Department of Environmental Quality to improve treatment works, as defined in ORS 454.010, to meet more stringent discharge standards; (2) The district served fewer than 175 individuals; and (3) The most recent income study for households in the district found that the income of five percent or fewer of the households in the district was disproportionately high and skewed the overall income results for households in the sanitary district. + } ----------