ORS 537.840: Legislative consent; filing of certified copy; appropriation rights and procedure.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
Upon receiving legislative permission to appropriate waters under ORS 537.801 to 537.860, the permittee, upon filing in the Water Resources Department a certified copy of the Act, certified to by the Secretary of State, may proceed to obtain an appropriation of waters in the manner provided by the laws of this state for the appropriation of waters for beneficial use, subject to all existing rights and valid prior appropriations and subject to the terms, conditions, exceptions, reservations, restrictions and provisions of such legislative consent. [Amended by 1985 c.673 §77]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 690-013-0005: Introduction — implements
- OAR 690-013-0010: Definitions — implements
- OAR 690-013-0030: Eligibility to Petition — implements
- OAR 690-013-0050: Individual Applications — implements
- OAR 690-013-0070: Interim Transfers — implements
- OAR 690-013-0100: District Petitions — implements
- OAR 690-013-0110: Requests for Additional Information — implements
- OAR 690-013-0150: District Shall Certify Petition — implements
- OAR 690-013-0310: Processing of Petition — implements
- OAR 690-013-0350: Field Verification of the Petition and Map — implements
- OAR 690-240-0560: Investigation of Alleged Violations — implements
- OAR 690-240-0560: Investigation of Alleged Violations — authority
This rule cites
- ORS 537.801 — resolved
- 537.860 — resolved
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Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors537.html