ORS 541.677: Target outcomes for scoring and ranking criteria.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) The Water Resources Commission shall design the minimum criteria for the project scoring and ranking system described in ORS 541.669 to achieve the following outcomes: (a) Issuing grants or loans only to projects that provide benefits in each of the three categories of public benefit described in ORS 541.673. (b) Preferring partnerships and collaborative projects. (c) Funding projects of diverse sizes, types and geographic locations. (d) If a project proposes to divert water, preferring projects that provide a measurable improvement in protected streamflows. (e) If a project proposes to increase efficiency, preferring projects that provide a measurable increased efficiency of water use. (2) The commission shall periodically review the loan and grant program to assess to what extent the loan and grant program is achieving desired outcomes and providing public benefits. (3) The commission shall modify the project selection process as necessary to better achieve the desired outcomes described in subsection (1) of this section. [2013 c.784 §9; 2025 c.82 §9]
Official history and status
History: Note: See note under 541.651.
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 690-093-0010: Purpose — implements
- OAR 690-093-0010: Purpose — authority
- OAR 690-093-0020: Definitions — implements
- OAR 690-093-0020: Definitions — authority
- OAR 690-093-0030: Authorized Use of Funds — implements
- OAR 690-093-0030: Authorized Use of Funds — authority
- OAR 690-093-0040: Loan and Grant Applicant Eligibility — implements
- OAR 690-093-0040: Loan and Grant Applicant Eligibility — authority
- OAR 690-093-0050: Pre-Application Conferences — implements
- OAR 690-093-0050: Pre-Application Conferences — authority
- OAR 690-093-0060: Application Submission Periods — implements
- OAR 690-093-0060: Application Submission Periods — authority
- OAR 690-093-0070: Application Requirements — implements
- OAR 690-093-0070: Application Requirements — authority
- OAR 690-093-0080: Public Comment — implements
- OAR 690-093-0080: Public Comment — authority
- OAR 690-093-0090: Scoring and Ranking; Funding Decisions — implements
- OAR 690-093-0090: Scoring and Ranking; Funding Decisions — authority
- OAR 690-093-0100: Project Selection — implements
- OAR 690-093-0100: Project Selection — authority
- OAR 690-093-0110: Water Dedicated Instream for Certain Above-Ground Storage Facilities — implements
- OAR 690-093-0110: Water Dedicated Instream for Certain Above-Ground Storage Facilities — authority
- OAR 690-093-0120: Demonstration of Public Benefits of Project — implements
- OAR 690-093-0120: Demonstration of Public Benefits of Project — authority
- OAR 690-093-0130: Seasonally Varying Flows — implements
- OAR 690-093-0130: Seasonally Varying Flows — authority
- OAR 690-093-0150: Agreements and Conditions — implements
- OAR 690-093-0150: Agreements and Conditions — authority
- OAR 690-093-0160: Authority of the Director — implements
- OAR 690-093-0160: Authority of the Director — authority
- OAR 690-093-0170: Loan Interest Rates and Terms — implements
- OAR 690-093-0170: Loan Interest Rates and Terms — authority
- OAR 690-093-0180: Loan Closing — implements
- OAR 690-093-0180: Loan Closing — authority
- OAR 690-093-0190: Standards for Security of Loans — implements
- OAR 690-093-0190: Standards for Security of Loans — authority
- OAR 690-093-0200: Program Review — implements
- OAR 690-093-0200: Program Review — authority
- OAR 690-601-0200: Definitions — implements
- OAR 690-601-0200: Definitions — authority
- OAR 690-601-0400: Best Practices of Water Projects for use in Community Engagement Plans — implements
- OAR 690-601-0400: Best Practices of Water Projects for use in Community Engagement Plans — authority
- OAR 690-601-0500: Application Requirements and Evaluation of Community Engagement Plans — implements
- OAR 690-601-0500: Application Requirements and Evaluation of Community Engagement Plans — authority
- OAR 690-601-0700: Funding Agreement and Reporting on Community Engagement Plans — implements
- OAR 690-601-0700: Funding Agreement and Reporting on Community Engagement Plans — authority
This rule cites
- ORS 541.669 — resolved
- ORS 541.673 — resolved
Cited by
- ORS 541.657: Exemptions for certain expenditures of moneys from Water Supply Development Account; loan and grant agreements.
- ORS 541.669: Scoring and ranking of projects; funding decisions; rules.
- ORS 541.673: Evaluation for public benefits of project.
- ORS 541.683: Demonstration of public benefits of project.
- OAR 690-093-0090: Scoring and Ranking; Funding Decisions
- OAR 690-093-0200: Program Review
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors541.html