Source: https://www.oregonlaws.org/ors/2007/541.700
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ORS 541.700 - Definitions for ORS 541.700 to 541.855 - 2007 Oregon Revised Statutes
2007 ORS Vol. 13 Chapter 541 Section 541.700
2007 ORS 541.700¹
(1) "Commission" means the Water Resources Commission appointed under ORS 536.022 (Water Resources Commission).
(2) "Construction" means the construction, or improvement or rehabilitation, in whole or in part, of a water development project, including planning and engineering work, purchasing or refinancing directly related to such construction or improvement or rehabilitation, or any combination of such construction or improvement or rehabilitation. As used in this subsection:
(a) "Purchasing" means the purchasing of materials, land or existing facilities necessary to complete a water development project.
(b) "Refinancing" includes refinancing existing debt of a water developer, as defined in subsection (7)(f) to (m) and (o) of this section, in order to complete a water development project or to provide adequate security for a water development loan, but does not include refinancing existing debt only to reduce interest rates or costs to the borrower or to pay off existing debt.
(3) "Director" means the Water Resources Director appointed pursuant to ORS 536.032 (Water Resources Director).
(4) "Federal water development project" means any water development project that receives funding from the federal government, or any agency or instrumentality of the United States.
(5)(a) "Secondary use" means:
(b) "Secondary use" does not include any use that is incompatible with a water development project.
(6) "Water development project" means:
(e) An undertaking, in whole or in part, in this state for the purpose of enhancing watershed health or improving fish habitat, including methods and materials to restore, maintain and enhance the biological, chemical and physical integrity of the riparian zones and associated uplands of the state’s rivers, lakes and estuaries systems and recommended by the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board established under ORS 541.360 (Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board).
(7) "Water developer" means:
(o) Any local soil and water conservation district organized under ORS 568.210 (Definitions for ORS 568.210 to 568.808 and 568.900 to 568.933) to 568.808 (Taxing district to file legal description and map) and 568.900 (Definitions for ORS 568.900 to 568.933) to 568.933 (Civil penalties). [1977 c.246 §1; 1981 c.166 §1; 1981 c.592 §1; 1985 c.673 §184; 1985 c.677 §65; 1987 c.94 §103; 1987 c.636 §§1, 5; 1989 c.1010 §177; 1991 c.944 §5; 1993 c.765 §89; 1995 c.42 §180; 1997 c.775 §90; 1999 c.212 §1; 1999 c.509 §46]