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OR Rev Stat § 536.031 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 536 - Water Resources Administration|Section 536.031 - Applicability of rules to completed application for permit.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the Water Resources Department may apply only those rules of the department that are in effect as of the date that a completed application is made for a permit in deciding whether to approve, deny or impose conditions on the permit. (2) This section does not affect the application of any rule of the department that: (a) Is required by federal law; (b) Is required by any agreement between the state and a federal agency; (c) The applicant voluntarily agrees to make applicable to the application; or (d) Is necessary to protect public health and safety. [1999 c.301 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 536.032 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 536 - Water Resources Administration|Section 536.032 - Water Resources Director; term; qualifications.

Subject to confirmation by the Senate in the manner provided in section 4, Article III, Oregon Constitution, the Governor shall appoint a Water Resources Director. The director shall be an individual qualified by training and experience and shall serve for a term of four years at the pleasure of the Governor. The director or a principal assistant must be a registered engineer experienced in water-related engineering. [1975 c.581 §18; 1985 c.673 §7; 2009 c.259 §28]
OR Rev Stat § 536.037 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 536 - Water Resources Administration|Section 536.037 - Functions of director.

(1) Subject to policy direction by the Water Resources Commission, the Water Resources Director shall: (a) Be administrative head of the Water Resources Department; (b) Have power, within applicable budgetary limitations, and in accordance with ORS chapter 240, to hire, assign, reassign and coordinate personnel of the department; (c) Administer and enforce the laws of the state concerning the water resources of this state; (d) Be authorized to participate in any proceeding before any public officer, commission or body of the United States or any state for the purpose of representing the citizens of Oregon concerning the water resources of this state; (e) Have power to enter upon any private property in the performance of the duties of the director, doing no unnecessary injury to the private property; and (f) Coordinate any activities of the department related to a watershed enhancement project approved by the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board under ORS 541.932 with activities of other cooperating state and federal agencies participating in the project. (2) In addition to duties otherwise required by law, the director shall prescribe internal policies and procedures for the government of the department, the conduct of its employees, the assignment and performance of its business and the custody, use and preservation of its records, papers and property in a manner consistent with applicable law. (3) The director may delegate to any employee of the department the exercise or discharge in the director’s name of any power, duty or function of whatever character, vested in or imposed by law upon the director. The official act of a person so acting in the director’s name and by the director’s authority shall be considered to be an official act of the director. [1985 c.673 §8; 1987 c.734 §14]
OR Rev Stat § 536.039 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 536 - Water Resources Administration|Section 536.039 - Water Resources Department.

There is hereby established in the executive-administrative branch of the government of the state under the Water Resources Commission a department to be known as the Water Resources Department. The department shall consist of the director of the department and all personnel employed in the department including but not limited to all watermasters appointed under ORS 540.020. [1985 c.673 §§6,203]
OR Rev Stat § 536.040 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 536 - Water Resources Administration|Section 536.040 - Public records; copies as evidence.

(1) The records of the Water Resources Department are public records and shall remain on file in the department and be open to the inspection of the public at all times during business hours. The records shall show in full all maps, profiles, and engineering data relating to the use of water, and certified copies thereof shall be admissible as evidence in all cases where the original would be admissible as evidence. (2) Whenever a record is required to be filed or maintained in the Water Resources Department, the record may be handwritten, typewritten, printed or a photostated or photographic copy and any means of recording the information is acceptable, including but not limited to papers, maps, magnetic or paper tapes, photographic films and prints, magnetic or punched cards, discs, drums or other preservation of the document or the information contained in the document. (3) Notwithstanding any provision of subsection (2) of this section, the Water Resources Department shall maintain a paper copy of each final water use permit, certificate, order of the Water Resources Commission or Water Resources Director, decree or certificate of registration. The copies shall be retained in a secure location in the department. [Amended by 1975 c.581 §20; 1991 c.102 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 536.045 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 536 - Water Resources Administration|Section 536.045 - Sending or receipt of documents in electronic form; rules; fees.

(1) Notwithstanding any provision of ORS chapters 536 to 540, 543 or 543A that requires the mailing of a document, the submission of a document in written form or the provision of a certified copy of a document, the Water Resources Department may adopt rules: (a) Allowing the submission of one or more types of document to the department by electronic means in lieu of submission by mailing or submission in written form; (b) Allowing the department, with the consent of the recipient, to send one or more types of document in electronic form in lieu of mailing or other sending of the document in written form; or (c) Identifying acceptable means for verifying the authenticity of a document sent by electronic means in lieu of the provision of a certified copy of the document. (2) The department may not adopt rules to require the submission of documents to the department by electronic means. The department may not require a recipient to consent to the receipt of documents from the department by electronic means. The department may not use electronic means in lieu of service under ORCP 7 or notice under ORS 183.413 or 183.415. (3) For purposes of determining timeliness or calculating deadlines, a document sent by electronic means in accordance with department rules is considered to be delivered when sent. (4) Notwithstanding any provision of ORS chapters 536 to 540, 543 or 543A that specifies a fee amount, the department may reduce or waive the fee for a document that the department sends or receives by electronic means. [2011 c.51 §1] Note: 536.045 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 536 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 536.055 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 536 - Water Resources Administration|Section 536.055 - Agreements to expedite processing and review of applications, permits and other administrative matters; fees.

(1) The Water Resources Department may, with any person, enter into an agreement that sets fees to be paid to the department for the purpose of enabling the department to expedite or enhance the regulatory process to provide services voluntarily requested under the agreement. Pursuant to the agreement, the department may hire additional temporary staff members, contract for services or provide additional services to the person that are within the authority of the department to provide. (2) Notwithstanding the fees established in ORS 536.050, as part of an agreement entered into under this section, the department may waive all or part of a fee imposed for a service. (3) The department may not modify existing processing priorities or schedules or create processing priorities or schedules for a particular department-provided service in order to compel a person to enter into an agreement under this section. However, without violating this subsection, the department may modify its processing priorities or schedules based on the overall operating needs of the department. (4) The department may not require that a person pay more for a service under an agreement entered into under this section than the cost to the department in providing the service to the person. (5) The department shall review the responsibilities of the department to identify services provided by the department that are appropriate for the department to perform under the provisions of this section. Failure to identify responsibilities under this subsection does not prohibit the department from entering into agreements under this section. (6) Fees paid under this section shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the department. Such moneys are continuously appropriated to the department for the purpose of reviewing department responsibilities to determine those services for which the authority provided in this section may be used and for fulfilling the individual agreements entered into pursuant to this section, including the processing and review of: (a) Water right permit applications, permit extensions, permit amendments and final proof surveys; (b) Water right exchanges and transfers; and (c) Water management and conservation plans required by rule by the department. [2003 c.745 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 536.080 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 536 - Water Resources Administration|Section 536.080 - Effect of records of former State Water Board and State Water Superintendent.

The transfer of functions from the former State Water Board and State Water Superintendent to the State Engineer, effected by chapter 283, Oregon Laws 1923, shall not impair the legal force and effect in any water right adjudication, suit, action or other proceeding before the State Engineer, or in the courts or other tribunals of the state, of the official records of, or any evidence filed with, said State Water Board or State Water Superintendent.
OR Rev Stat § 536.108 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 536 - Water Resources Administration|Section 536.108

[Formerly 536.120; 1989 c.833 §52; 1995 c.690 §9; renumbered 468B.162 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 536.110 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 536 - Water Resources Administration|Section 536.110

[1985 c.666 §2; renumbered 536.104 in 1989]
OR Rev Stat § 536.112 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 536 - Water Resources Administration|Section 536.112

[Formerly 536.130; 1995 c.690 §10; renumbered 468B.164 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 536.120 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 536 - Water Resources Administration|Section 536.120

[1985 c.666 §3; 1989 c.833 §52; renumbered 536.108 in 1989]
OR Rev Stat § 536.125 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 536 - Water Resources Administration|Section 536.125

[1989 c.833 §20; 1995 c.79 §301; 1995 c.690 §11; renumbered 468B.167 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 536.129 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 536 - Water Resources Administration|Section 536.129

[1989 c.833 §21; 1995 c.690 §12; renumbered 468B.169 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 536.130 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 536 - Water Resources Administration|Section 536.130

[1985 c.666 §4; renumbered 536.112 in 1989]
OR Rev Stat § 536.133 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 536 - Water Resources Administration|Section 536.133

[1989 c.833 §22; 1995 c.690 §13; renumbered 468B.171 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 536.137 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 536 - Water Resources Administration|Section 536.137

[1989 c.833 §24; 1995 c.690 §14; renumbered 468B.166 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 536.140 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 536 - Water Resources Administration|Section 536.140

[1987 c.409 §§1,2; renumbered 536.116 in 1989]
OR Rev Stat § 536.141 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 536 - Water Resources Administration|Section 536.141

[1989 c.833 §34; 1995 c.690 §15; renumbered 468B.177 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 536.145 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 536 - Water Resources Administration|Section 536.145

[1989 c.833 §35; 1995 c.690 §16; renumbered 468B.179 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 536.149 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 536 - Water Resources Administration|Section 536.149

[1989 c.833 §39; renumbered 468B.183 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 536.150 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 536 - Water Resources Administration|Section 536.150

[1987 c.409 §3; renumbered 536.121 in 1989]
OR Rev Stat § 536.153 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 536 - Water Resources Administration|Section 536.153

[1989 c.833 §40; 1995 c.690 §17; renumbered 468B.182 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 536.157 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 536 - Water Resources Administration|Section 536.157

[1989 c.833 §41; 1993 c.18 §127; 1995 c.690 §18; renumbered 468B.184 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 536.161 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 536 - Water Resources Administration|Section 536.161

[1989 c.833 §42; renumbered 468B.186 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 536.165 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 536 - Water Resources Administration|Section 536.165

[1989 c.833 §43; 1995 c.690 §19; renumbered 468B.187 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 536.169 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 536 - Water Resources Administration|Section 536.169

[1989 c.833 §44; 1995 c.690 §20; renumbered 468B.188 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 536.231 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 536 - Water Resources Administration|Section 536.231 - Commission to devise plans and programs for development of water resources.

The Water Resources Commission shall devise plans and programs for the development of the water resources of this state in such a manner as to encourage, promote and secure the maximum beneficial use and control thereof. [Formerly 536.430]
OR Rev Stat § 536.235 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 536 - Water Resources Administration|Section 536.235 - Policy on minimum streamflows.

It is the policy of the State of Oregon that establishment of minimum perennial streamflows is a high priority of the Water Resources Commission and the Water Resources Department. [1983 c.796 §2; 1985 c.673 §13]
OR Rev Stat § 536.238 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 536 - Water Resources Administration|Section 536.238 - Policy on water storage facilities.

(1) The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that: (a) The water resources of the state are critical to the economic and recreational well-being of the people of Oregon. (b) The future vitality of the state’s economy depends on immediate planning to insure future availability of water resources. (c) Measures to insure adequate water resources to meet the needs of future generations of Oregonians must be pursued. (d) The potential for a future shortage of water poses serious risks to public health, safety and welfare and therefore is a matter of statewide concern. (2) Therefore, the Legislative Assembly, in addressing the problem of how to insure adequate water resources for in-stream and out-of-stream uses in the future, declares that it is a high priority of the state to both: (a) Develop environmentally acceptable and financially feasible multipurpose water storage facilities; and (b) Enhance watershed storage capacity through natural processes using nonstructural means. [1993 c.386 §1] Note: 536.238 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 536 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 536.241 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 536 - Water Resources Administration|Section 536.241 - Policy on water supply.

(1) The Legislative Assembly finds that the availability of an adequate water supply is essential to the continued health and safety of all Oregonians. (2) The Legislative Assembly declares that it is the policy of the State of Oregon to ensure a water supply sufficient to meet the needs of existing and future beneficial uses of water, and to adequately manage the state’s water resources. Further, in recognition of this policy, the Legislative Assembly declares that the planning and management of the water resources of this state shall be conducted in a consistent and coordinated manner. [1999 c.984 §2] Note: 536.241 was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 536 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 536.295 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 536 - Water Resources Administration|Section 536.295 - Conditions for consideration of application for use not classified in basin program; rules.

(1) Notwithstanding any provision of ORS 536.300 or 536.340, the Water Resources Commission may allow the Water Resources Department to consider an application to appropriate water for a use not classified in the applicable basin program if the use: (a) Will be of short duration during each year; (b) Will be for a continuous period of no longer than five years; (c) Is largely nonconsumptive in nature and not likely to be regulated for other water rights; (d) Is necessary to ensure public health, welfare and safety; (e) Is necessary to avoid extreme hardship; (f) Will provide a public benefit such as riparian or watershed improvement; or (g) Is of an unusual nature not likely to recur in the basin, and unlikely to have been within the uses considered by the commission in classifying the uses presently allowed in the applicable basin program including but not limited to: (A) Exploratory thermal drilling; (B) Heat exchange; (C) Maintaining water levels in a sewage lagoon; or (D) Facilitating the watering of livestock away from a river or stream. (2) A permit granted on or before January 1, 1993, for a quasi-municipal use of water shall be considered a permit for a classified use under ORS 536.340 if at the time the application was submitted or the permit was granted, the basin program identified municipal use as a classified use. (3) The commission by rule may determine the specific uses permitted within a classified use. (4) In making the determination under subsection (1) of this section, the commission shall evaluate whether the proposed use is consistent with the general policies established in the applicable basin program. (5) The Water Resources Department shall process and evaluate an application allowed by the commission under subsections (1) to (4) of this section in the same manner as any other water right application, including determining whether the proposed use would result in injury to an existing water right. [1989 c.9 §1; 1993 c.591 §1; 1999 c.703 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 536.300 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 536 - Water Resources Administration|Section 536.300 - Formulation of state water resources program; public hearing in affected river basin.

(1) The Water Resources Commission shall proceed as rapidly as possible to study: Existing water resources of this state; means and methods of conserving and augmenting such water resources; existing and contemplated needs and uses of water for domestic, municipal, irrigation, power development, industrial, mining, recreation, wildlife, and fish life uses and for pollution abatement, all of which are declared to be beneficial uses, and all other related subjects, including drainage, reclamation, floodplains and reservoir sites. (2) Based upon said studies and after an opportunity to be heard has been given to all other state agencies which may be concerned, the commission shall progressively formulate an integrated, coordinated program for the use and control of all the water resources of this state and issue statements thereof. (3) The commission may adopt or amend a basin program only after holding at least one public hearing in the affected river basin. After the commission itself conducts one public hearing in the affected river basin, the commission may delegate to the Water Resources Director the authority to conduct additional public hearings in the affected river basin. [1955 c.707 §10(1), (2); 1965 c.355 §2; 1985 c.673 §14]
OR Rev Stat § 536.315 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 536 - Water Resources Administration|Section 536.315 - Designation of exact land areas included within auxiliary lands.

As part of the water resources policy statement authorized under ORS 536.300, the Water Resources Commission may designate the exact land areas included within the auxiliary lands described in ORS 536.007. [1965 c.355 §4; 1985 c.673 §179; 1987 c.158 §114]
OR Rev Stat § 536.320 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 536 - Water Resources Administration|Section 536.320 - Limitation of powers of commission.

The Water Resources Commission shall not have power: (1) To interfere with, supervise or control the internal affairs of any state agency or public corporation; (2) To modify, set aside or alter any existing right to use water or the priority of such use established under existing laws; or (3) To modify or amend any standard or policy as prescribed in ORS 536.310 nor to adopt any rule or regulation in conflict therewith. [1955 c.707 §10(4)]