ORS 543.710: Annual fee based on horsepower; exemptions; disbursement.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
Every claimant other than a licensee under ORS 543.010 to 543.610 shall on or before January 1 of each year pay to the state in advance an annual fee based upon the theoretical water horsepower claimed under each separate claim to water and calculated using the formula under ORS 543.078 for a project of similar theoretical horsepower. [Amended by 1957 c.333 §2; 1965 c.185 §1; 1973 c.163 §5; 1997 c.449 §38; 1999 c.873 §24; 2001 c.104 §229; 2021 c.516 §6]
This rule cites
- ORS 543.010 — resolved
- 543.610 — resolved
- ORS 543.078 — resolved
Cited by
- ORS 536.015: Water Resources Department Hydroelectric Fund; uses; sources.
- ORS 543.012: Applicability of chapter to reauthorization of existing hydroelectric project.
- ORS 543.705: Definitions for ORS 543.710 to 543.730.
- ORS 543.720: Payment of annual fee; accompanying statement; penalty for nonpayment of fees or nonfiling; lien; foreclosure; effect of filing excessive claim; computation of horsepower.
- ORS 543.730: Failure to file statement or pay fees as evidence of abandonment of claim; cancellation of claim, permit and water right certificate.
- OAR 690-051-0410: Agreements Between Municipal and Private Applicants
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors543.html