ORS 540.612: Exemption from forfeiture.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
If a district, as defined in ORS 540.505, petitions for a transfer as provided in ORS 540.574 no later than the end of the calendar year of the fifth year of nonuse under ORS 540.610 (1), the forfeiture provisions of ORS 540.610 shall not apply to the lands from which the water right is sought to be transferred pending approval of the district’s petition. The time required for the processing of the petition, including any time required for hearings, appeals and completion of an authorized change, shall not be included when computing a five-year period of nonuse under the provisions of ORS 540.610 (1). [1991 c.957 §11]
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 690-017-0005: Introduction — implements
- OAR 690-017-0010: Definitions — implements
- OAR 690-017-0100: Cancellation Authorized by Record Owner — implements
- OAR 690-017-0200: Watermaster Affidavit of Inability to Appropriate or Beneficially Use Water — implements
- OAR 690-017-0300: Notice of Watermaster Affidavit to Record Owner — implements
- OAR 690-017-0400: Cancellation Initiated by Department — implements
- OAR 690-017-0600: Protest of Cancellation/Statement of Intent to Rebut Presumption of Forfeiture — implements
- OAR 690-017-0700: Cancellation Hearing — implements
- OAR 690-017-0800: Grounds for and Manner of Rebutting a Presumption of Forfeiture — implements
- OAR 690-017-0900: Time Period of Non-Use — implements
- OAR 690-320-0070: Primary and Supplemental Rights — implements
- OAR 690-330-0040: Primary and Supplemental Rights — implements
- OAR 690-385-5900: Time Period to Process Permanent Transfer Application Exempt from Forfeiture — implements
This rule cites
- ORS 540.505 — resolved
- ORS 540.574 — resolved
- ORS 540.610 — resolved
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Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors540.html