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OR Rev Stat § 274.460 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 274 - Submersible and Submerged Lands|Section 274.460 - Settler’s and riparian owner’s preferential right to purchase land within meander lines.

All persons qualified to become entrymen and to secure land patents under the homestead laws of the United States and who prior to January 1, 1921, in good faith settled upon lands within the meander lines of lakes returned as navigable by the United States surveys and who, on January 1, 1921, by reason of settlement, cultivation and improvements on any such lands would be entitled to patent from the United States if such lands were open or subject to homestead entry are given a preference right to purchase from the State of Oregon such lands so settled upon by them, not exceeding 160 acres for any one person, upon such terms and at such prices and within such times as shall be fixed by the Department of State Lands. However, owners of the upland bordering upon such ordinary high water mark have a preference right to purchase, at the best price bid, state lands described in ORS 274.430 and riparian to their lands, and not exceeding 160 acres, in addition to the lands granted them by ORS 274.430 and 274.440. [Amended by 1967 c.421 §135]
OR Rev Stat § 274.470 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 274 - Submersible and Submerged Lands|Section 274.470 - Settler’s right to deed to land within meander lines; preferential right to additional land; tacking by successive settlers.

(1) Any person who in good faith settled upon lands within the meander lines of any meandered lake and who, on January 1, 1921, actually resided thereon, who maintained residence thereon for at least five years immediately prior to such date, and who complied with the requirements of settlement, residence, cultivation and improvement, specified for homestead entrymen under the homestead laws of the United States, and which would be sufficient to acquire title by patent if such lands were subject to homestead entry by qualified entrymen, upon proof of such facts to the satisfaction of the Department of State Lands: (a) Is entitled to a deed from the state, conveying and granting such lands not exceeding 160 acres without cost; and (b) Has a preferential right to purchase from the State of Oregon 160 acres of additional lands, chiefly valuable for agricultural purposes. (2) Any person who did not reside on any lands described in subsection (1) of this section for five years immediately prior to January 1, 1921, but who purchased the improvement or possessory rights or claims of a prior occupant, and whose residence and possession when tacked to that of such prior occupant extended for a period of not less than five years immediately prior to such date, shall have a preferential right to purchase such lands, not exceeding 160 acres, the price of which shall be fixed without reference to the value of the improvements thereon. [Amended by 1967 c.421 §136]
OR Rev Stat § 274.480 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 274 - Submersible and Submerged Lands|Section 274.480 - Rights of riparian owners on Malheur and Mud Lakes.

The owners of lands riparian to Malheur and Mud Lakes, in Harney County, Oregon, shall be granted title to so much of the lands within the meander lines of such lakes as is required to fill out the least fractional subdivision or subdivisions of any section owned by such upland owners, and which is rendered fractional by the meander line of such lakes, in addition to the rights recognized by ORS 274.430 to 274.460 to any natural accretion or reliction added to the lands of such upland owners prior to May 24, 1923. Owners of any upland bordering upon such meander lines shall have a preferential right to purchase, in addition, 160 acres of such state lands, chiefly valuable for agricultural purposes. [Amended by 1967 c.421 §137]
OR Rev Stat § 274.490 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 274 - Submersible and Submerged Lands|Section 274.490 - Settlement of conflicting preferential rights.

Settlers within the meander line of any meandered lake have the first preferential right, and the Department of State Lands shall, so far as practicable, work out the various preferential rights by securing to each, all the lands which would be most advantageously used by such several persons. In case of conflict, the department shall give the parties a reasonable time in which to agree, and if they cannot agree, the department shall decide the matter and make conveyances as it considers equitable, and its decision in the matter shall be final. The department shall fix the time within which such preferential rights shall be exercised. [Amended by 1967 c.421 §138]
OR Rev Stat § 274.500 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 274 - Submersible and Submerged Lands|Section 274.500 - Conveyance of compact area; prices; maximum acreage.

(1) All of the lands referred to in ORS 274.470 and 274.480 granted or conveyed by the state, shall be granted and conveyed in a reasonably compact area, to be determined by the Department of State Lands. (2) All sales of such state lands shall be at prices fixed by the department, and no more than 320 acres shall be sold or conveyed to any one person. [Amended by 1967 c.421 §139]
OR Rev Stat § 274.510 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 274 - Submersible and Submerged Lands|Section 274.510 - Lake bed lands claimed by the United States.

(1) If the federal government claims title or interest in any lands referred to in ORS 274.470 or 274.480 the same shall not be conveyed or otherwise disposed of, or preferential right therein accrue until such claim is settled. The Department of State Lands may enter into such agreements with the federal government affecting such lands as it deems best in the interest of the public, and make such deeds and conveyances to the United States in consideration of the issuance of such patents by the United States to the State of Oregon of such lands within the meander lines of any such lakes as the department and the federal government agree. (2) Nothing in this section is a recognition of any title or interest in the United States within the meander lines of any meandered lake to any lands or waters of any such lake prior to the execution and delivery of a deed or conveyance from the State of Oregon as provided for in this section. (3) In carrying out such agreements the department may utilize the proceeds from the sale of such lands in which title or interest is claimed by the federal government. This section does not authorize the department or any other state agency to enter into any agreement which will divest any person of any water rights acquired under the laws of this state or otherwise. [Amended by 1967 c.421 §140]
OR Rev Stat § 274.520 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 274 - Submersible and Submerged Lands|Section 274.520 - Acceptance of deed to lake bed lands as precluding any other claim.

Any person who elects to take any deed from the State of Oregon under ORS 274.430 to 274.520 to any lands within the meander lines of a lake takes the same in lieu of any claim to any other lands within the meander line of such lake in which such deeded lands lie, and shall not thereafter maintain in any court any claim to any lands inside the meander line of such lake other than to the lands conveyed to such person by deed from the state under ORS 274.430 to 274.520 or which such person acquires in good faith from a grantee or purchaser from the State of Oregon under such statutes. [Amended by 1967 c.421 §141]
OR Rev Stat § 274.525 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 274 - Submersible and Submerged Lands|Section 274.525 - City use of stream bed material.

(1) Any city of the State of Oregon bordering on a navigable stream may dredge out and use material from submersible and submerged lands of the stream, owned by the State of Oregon and in front of such city, for the purpose of filling in or reclaiming the submersible lands within such city, under the rules of the Department of State Lands. The consent of the appropriate agency of the United States Government shall be first obtained by such city. (2) Any contractor who has entered into a contract with any such city to fill in or reclaim any of its submersible lands may dredge and use such material in the same manner as may be done by such city. [Formerly 274.410; 1967 c.421 §145; 1969 c.594 §43]
OR Rev Stat § 274.530 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 274 - Submersible and Submerged Lands|Section 274.530 - Lease or license of stream beds for removal of material; rules for measurement of volume removed.

(1) The Department of State Lands may, after notice of competitive bidding, and following such competitive bidding, lease or license submersible and submerged lands of navigable streams owned by the State of Oregon for the purpose of removing material therefrom. Competitive bid requirements may be waived for leases of less than one year’s duration. No lease shall be made for a lump sum but only on a basis of the price per cubic yard or ton for the material removed. (2) The department may prescribe by rule the manner in which the volume in cubic yards or the weight in tons for the material removed shall be determined. (3) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2) of this section, the department may enter into a license for the removal of material from submersible and submerged lands of navigable streams owned by the State of Oregon based on a competitive market rate that reflects fair market value. (4) The department shall, prior to any competitive bidding notice, establish prebid qualifications that include but are not limited to the following: (a) The minimum yardage amount of material that must be removed for each year for which the lease is valid. (b) Evidence that all bidders have an established market, as provided by each bidder. [Amended by 1961 c.509 §2; 1961 c.676 §3; 1967 c.421 §144; 1967 c.567 §§15, 15a; 1971 c.509 §1; 1995 c.113 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 274.540 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 274 - Submersible and Submerged Lands|Section 274.540

[Amended by 1953 c.181 §2; 1961 c.509 §3; 1961 c.676 §4; 1967 c.421 §45; renumbered 273.225]
OR Rev Stat § 274.550 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 274 - Submersible and Submerged Lands|Section 274.550 - Removal of material without payment of royalties; eligible material and uses.

(1) A person may remove material from submersible and submerged lands owned by the State of Oregon without payment of royalties to the Department of State Lands if the material is: (a) Removed for channel or harbor improvement or flood control; (b) Used for filling, diking or reclaiming land owned by the state or any political subdivision as defined in ORS 271.005 and located not more than two miles from the bank of the stream; (c) Used for the creation, maintenance or enhancement of fish or wildlife habitat; (d) Used for the maintenance of public beaches; or (e) Contaminated with hazardous material, as defined in ORS 466.605, provided that the person gives the department written notice of the removal at least 30 days prior to disposal. (2) A person does not have to pay royalties to the state for the following uses of material, if the person provides at least 30 days’ written notice to the department of the intended use: (a) The filling of any property up to an elevation of one foot above the line of ordinary high water of a waterway by a state agency or political subdivision, as defined in ORS 271.005. (b) The material is used solely for a public purpose by a political subdivision, as defined in ORS 271.005. (3) A person may not remove any material from the place it was first deposited or use the material as an article of commerce without providing, prior to the removal of the material, written notification to the department and payment of any royalties for the material as determined by the department. (4) In addition to the purposes enumerated in subsection (1) of this section, any person may take material for the exclusive use of the person to the extent of not more than 50 cubic yards or the equivalent weight in tons in any one year. However, before taking the material, the person shall first notify the department. (5) Upon the removal of material from submersible or submerged lands not exempt from the payment of royalties, royalties in an amount established by the department must be paid to the department. (6) For purposes of this section: (a) "Article of commerce" means any material, other than material used for upland disposal or contaminated material put to beneficial use, that is bought, sold or exchanged in any manner for goods or services and that otherwise would have to be acquired from alternative sources. (b) "Reclaiming land" means raising the elevation of a portion of land within a 100-year floodplain to not more than one foot of elevation higher than the highest elevation of the 100-year floodplain, or protecting land otherwise in the 100-year floodplain by the construction of dikes or other flood control improvements. [Amended by 1961 c.149 §1; 1961 c.676 §5; 1967 c.421 §146; 1969 c.594 §44; 1971 c.509 §3; 1981 c.787 §53; 2003 c.465 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 274.560 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 274 - Submersible and Submerged Lands|Section 274.560 - Lease terms; bond or security; prohibited lease or purchase option; monthly reports and payments; rules.

(1) The Department of State Lands may enter into contract of lease for purposes of ORS 274.525 to 274.590 with such stipulations protecting the interest of the state as the department may require, and may require a bond with a surety company authorized to transact a surety business in this state, as surety, or other form of security, to be given by the lessee for performance of such stipulations, and providing for forfeiture for nonpayment or failure to operate under the contract. No contract shall be entered into giving any person an option of leasing or purchasing the property of the State of Oregon. The lessee in all such contracts shall report monthly to the department the amount of material taken under the contract and pay to the department the amount of royalty thereon provided in the contract. (2) The department shall adopt rules to establish criteria to determine when security is required. [Amended by 1965 c.375 §1; 1967 c.421 §147; 1969 c.594 §45; 1991 c.264 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 274.570 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 274 - Submersible and Submerged Lands|Section 274.570

[Amended by 1967 c.421 §106; renumbered 274.035]
OR Rev Stat § 274.580 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 274 - Submersible and Submerged Lands|Section 274.580

[Amended by 1961 c.509 §4; 1967 c.421 §46; renumbered 273.231]
OR Rev Stat § 274.590 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 274 - Submersible and Submerged Lands|Section 274.590 - Cooperation with Washington authorities respecting removal of material from bed of Columbia River.

The Department of State Lands shall cooperate with the proper authorities of the State of Washington in contracting for, receiving and collecting royalties or other revenues for the taking of material from the submersible and submerged lands of the Columbia River and enter into such agreements as may be advisable or necessary with such officers of the State of Washington for the division of such royalties. [Amended by 1967 c.421 §148]
OR Rev Stat § 274.600 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 274 - Submersible and Submerged Lands|Section 274.600

[Amended by 1967 c.33 §1; 1967 c.421 §47; 1967 c.567 §16; renumbered 273.235]
OR Rev Stat § 274.605 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 274 - Submersible and Submerged Lands|Section 274.605

[Amended by 1967 c.421 §48; renumbered 273.241]
OR Rev Stat § 274.610 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 274 - Submersible and Submerged Lands|Section 274.610 - Prohibited contracts for exploration for hard minerals; scientific research.

(1) The Department of State Lands shall not enter into contracts for governmental or private development or exploration for hard minerals on state-owned submersible and submerged lands within the territorial sea and navigable bays that are subject to the jurisdiction of the department. (2) Nothing in this section shall be considered to prohibit scientific research conducted by or on behalf of an academic institution or a government agency. (3) As used in subsection (1) of this section, "hard minerals" includes but is not limited to natural deposits or mineral sources of gold, silver, copper, lead, iron, manganese, silica, chrome, platinum, tungsten and zirconium. "Hard minerals" does not include oil, gas or sulfur deposits subject to ORS 274.705 to 274.860. (4) As used in this section: (a) "Exploration" means any activity the principal purpose of which is to define, characterize or evaluate hard mineral deposits for possible commercial development or production. (b) "Scientific research" means any activity the principal purpose of which is to improve scientific or technical understanding of earth, ocean or atmospheric processes, hazards and resources and for which the data generated are nonproprietary or public. [1991 c.217 §1] Note: 274.610 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 274 by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 274.705 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 274 - Submersible and Submerged Lands|Section 274.705 - Definitions for ORS 274.705 to 274.860.

As used in ORS 274.705 to 274.860, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Development" includes geophysical activity, drilling, platform construction, pipeline construction, operation of onshore support facilities and any other activities undertaken following the discovery of oil, gas or sulfur, the principal purpose of which is to prepare for the ultimate production of the oil, gas or sulfur. (2) "Exploration" means any activity the principal purpose of which is to define, characterize or evaluate oil, gas or sulfur resources for possible commercial development or production. (3) "Filled lands" includes submerged and submersible lands reclaimed artificially through raising such lands above the highest probable elevation of the tides to form dry land, by placement of a fill or deposit of earth, rock, sand or other solid imperishable material. (4) "Gas" means all natural gas and all other fluid hydrocarbons not defined as oil in subsection (6) of this section, including condensate originally in the gaseous phase in the reservoir. (5) "Lease" means an oil, gas and sulfur lease issued pursuant to ORS 274.705 to 274.860. (6) "Oil" means crude petroleum oil and all other hydrocarbons, regardless of gravity, which are produced in liquid form by ordinary production methods, but does not include liquid hydrocarbons that were originally in a gaseous phase in the reservoir. (7) "Person," in addition to the meanings defined by ORS 174.100, includes quasi-public corporations, political subdivisions and governmental agencies and instrumentalities. (8) "Production" means any activity the principal purpose of which is to engage in, monitor or conduct operations or maintenance related to the active extraction and transportation of oil, gas or sulfur from tidal submerged lands. (9) "Structure" means any construction works, including but not limited to derricks, pipelines, lines for the transmission and distribution of electricity, telephone lines, wharves, piers, slips, warehouses and units designed to act as groins, jetties, seawalls, breakwaters or bulkheads. (10) "Territorial sea" has the meaning given that term in ORS 196.405. (11) "Tidal submerged lands" means lands lying below the line of mean low tide in the beds of all tidal waters within the boundaries of this state as heretofore or hereafter established. [1961 c.619 §1; 1967 c.421 §158; 2019 c.14 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 274.710 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 274 - Submersible and Submerged Lands|Section 274.710 - Jurisdiction of department over tidal submerged lands; easements; leases for oil, gas and sulfur.

(1) The Department of State Lands has exclusive jurisdiction over all ungranted tidal submerged lands owned by this state, whether within or beyond the boundaries of this state, heretofore or hereafter acquired by this state: (a) By quitclaim, cession, grant, contract or otherwise from the United States or any agent thereof; or (b) By any other means. (2) All jurisdiction and authority remaining in the state over tidal submerged lands as to which grants have been or may be made is vested in the department. (3) Notwithstanding ORS 273.551, the department shall administer and control all tidal submerged lands described in subsections (1) and (2) of this section under its jurisdiction, and may lease such lands and submersible lands and dispose of oil, gas and sulfur under such lands and submersible lands in the manner prescribed by ORS 274.705 to 274.860. However, submerged and submersible lands lying more than 10 miles easterly of the 124th West Meridian shall be subject to leasing for oil, gas and sulfur under ORS 273.551, rather than under ORS 274.705 to 274.860. (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of ORS 274.705 to 274.860, the department may not permit any interference other than temporary interference with the surface of the ocean shore, as defined in ORS 390.615. The department may, however: (a) Grant easements underlying that part of the surface of the ocean shore owned by the state at such times and at such places as the department finds necessary to permit the extraction and transportation of oil, gas or sulfur from state, federal or private lands; and (b) Issue oil and gas leases underlying the ocean shore under the same terms and conditions as provided in ORS 274.705 to 274.860. [1961 c.619 §2; 1967 c.421 §159; 2005 c.22 §197]
OR Rev Stat § 274.712 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 274 - Submersible and Submerged Lands|Section 274.712 - Limitations on leasing submerged and submersible lands within territorial sea.

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of ORS 274.705 to 274.860 or 520.240, the Department of State Lands is prohibited from leasing any of the submerged and submersible lands within the territorial sea for: (a) The exploration, development or production of oil, gas or sulfur in the territorial sea; or (b) Activities in furtherance of the exploration, development or production of oil, gas or sulfur within federal waters adjacent to the territorial sea. (2) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section do not apply: (a) To exploration for scientific or academic research purposes, or geologic survey activities of the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries. (b) In the event the Governor determines that an oil embargo substantially affects the supply of oil to the United States. (3) Any exploration for oil, gas or sulfur in the territorial sea allowed under ORS 274.705 to 274.860 by the State Land Board or the Department of State Lands must conform to standards of the Oregon Ocean Resources Management Program established under ORS 196.405 to 196.515. (4) Nothing in this section is intended to impair or supersede any conflicting federal law applicable within the territorial sea. [2010 c.11 §1; 2019 c.14 §4]