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OR Rev Stat § 522.535 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources|Chapter 522 - Geothermal Resources|Section 522.535 - Fees; rules.

(1) The governing board of the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries shall establish reasonable fees by rule pursuant to ORS chapter 183 for the purpose of the development and administration of a unit agreement to be paid by all persons or state or local governing bodies, special districts or agencies with a royalty interest in that unitized development. The fee schedule shall recognize the reduced workload involved in review of a voluntary unit agreement that complies with this chapter. (2) When a person or state or local governing body, special district or agency with a royalty interest fails to pay a fee imposed by the board under ORS 522.545 or this section, the board may require that the fee be paid from the proceeds of the sale of the unit production attributable to that interest. [1981 c.588 §21]
OR Rev Stat § 522.545 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources|Chapter 522 - Geothermal Resources|Section 522.545 - Rulemaking authority.

The governing board of the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries may make, in compliance with ORS chapter 183, rules and orders for the following purposes: (1) To review and enforce voluntary unit agreements governing production of geothermal resources in a manner that is consistent with the provisions of this chapter. (2) To provide application forms and procedures to enable a person to request the board to initiate a unit agreement. (3) To develop and enforce, when necessary, unit agreements satisfying the requirements of this chapter. (4) To settle disagreements between the parties to a unit agreement over unit operation. (5) To change the boundaries of a unit area. (6) To prevent the drilling and operation of geothermal wells and the production of geothermal resources in a manner that causes injury to neighboring leaseholds or property. (7) To levy fees on any operator, person, state or local governing body, special district or agency that holds a royalty interest in a unit area to cover reasonable costs associated with the development and administration of a unit agreement. [1981 c.588 §22]
OR Rev Stat § 522.810 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources|Chapter 522 - Geothermal Resources|Section 522.810 - Suits to enjoin violations.

Whenever it appears that any person is violating or threatening to violate any provision of this chapter or any rule or order of the governing board of the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries made thereunder, or is threatening to or committing waste, the board may bring suit against such person in the circuit court of any county where the violation or waste occurs or is threatened, to restrain such person from continuing such violation or waste. In any such suit, the court shall have jurisdiction to grant to the board, without bond or other undertaking, such temporary restraining orders or final prohibitory and mandatory injunctions as the facts may warrant, including any such orders restraining the movement, disposition or waste of geothermal resources. [1971 c.776 §41; 1973 c.388 §7; 1975 c.552 §29]
OR Rev Stat § 522.815 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources|Chapter 522 - Geothermal Resources|Section 522.815 - Rules by board; scope; adoption; notice.

(1) In accordance with the rulemaking provisions of ORS chapter 183, the governing board of the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries may adopt rules necessary to conserve geothermal resources or other natural resources, or to protect the environment, the correlative rights of any person having an ownership interest in the affected land or resource, or beneficial uses of water, or to accomplish the efficient and economical development of a geothermal reservoir. The rules shall include a description of the geothermal reservoir and the overlying land and may also include provisions for the following: (a) Division of a geothermal reservoir into zones; (b) Establishment of spacing units including a description of the location, size and shape of such spacing units; (c) The integration of separately owned tracts or interests within a spacing unit for the development and operation of the spacing unit and the sharing of production therefrom; (d) The protection of existing and future beneficial uses of water; (e) Maintaining the renewability of geothermal resources and any other natural resources; and (f) Any additional provisions the board deems necessary for carrying out the provisions of this chapter or for protecting the public health, safety and welfare. (2) Any rule adopted under this section may in the board’s discretion supersede any right or privilege previously granted by or previously entered by the board with respect to such reservoir and may be amended in accordance with the rulemaking provisions of ORS chapter 183 as appears necessary to the board to further the policy stated in ORS 522.015. (3) Any proceeding under this section shall be conducted as a rulemaking proceeding in accordance with ORS chapter 183 unless an interested party requests that it be conducted as a contested case in accordance with ORS chapter 183. In either event, notice shall be given in accordance with the requirements of ORS chapter 183. Notice shall always be given to the following persons: (a) Any operator who has a drilling permit issued pursuant to ORS 522.135 or has a legal right to operate a completed geothermal well in the geothermal reservoir; and (b) Any person who has an ownership interest in the geothermal reservoir. [1975 c.552 §43; 1981 c.588 §5; 1981 c.694 §11]
OR Rev Stat § 522.910 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources|Chapter 522 - Geothermal Resources|Section 522.910 - Aiding in violations prohibited.

No person shall knowingly aid or abet any other person in the violation of any provision of this chapter or of any rule or order of the governing board of the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries made thereunder. [1971 c.776 §40; 1975 c.552 §30]
OR Rev Stat § 522.915 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources|Chapter 522 - Geothermal Resources|Section 522.915 - False entries, omissions, destruction or removal of records or reports.

No person shall: (1) Make or cause to be made any false entry or statement in a report, record, log, account or other writing required by this chapter or any rule adopted pursuant thereto; (2) Omit or cause to be omitted from any such report, record, log, account or writing, full, true and correct entries as required by this chapter or any rule or order adopted pursuant thereto; (3) Destroy, mutilate, alter or falsify any such report, record, log, account or writing; or (4) Remove from this state the original copy of any such report, record, log, account or writing before the plugging and decommissioning of a geothermal well has been approved pursuant to ORS 522.245 (2). [1975 c.552 §28; 2009 c.794 §24]
OR Rev Stat § 522.990 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources|Chapter 522 - Geothermal Resources|Section 522.990 - Penalties.

Subject to ORS 153.022, violation of any provision of this chapter or of any rule or order of the governing board of the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries made thereunder, excluding ORS 522.405 to 522.545 and any rule promulgated thereunder, is a Class B misdemeanor. [1971 c.776 §42; 1975 c.552 §31; 1981 c.588 §6; 1999 c.1051 §316; 2011 c.597 §222]
OR Rev Stat § 523.010 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources|Chapter 523 - Geothermal Heating Districts|Section 523.010 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Board" or "board of commissioners" means the governing body of a district. (2) "By-product" means any mineral or minerals (exclusive of oil, hydrocarbon gas, helium or other hydrocarbon substances) which are found in solution or in association with geothermal resources and which have a value of less than 75 percent of the value of the geothermal resources or are not, because of quantity, quality, or technical difficulties in extraction and production, of sufficient value to warrant extraction and production by themselves. (3) "District" means a geothermal heating district formed under this chapter. (4) "County" means the county in which the district, or the greater portion of the taxable assessed value of the district, is located. (5) "County board" means the county court or board of county commissioners of the county. (6) "County clerk" means the county clerk of the county. (7) "Geothermal heat" means heat derived from geothermal resources. (8) "Geothermal resources" means the natural heat of the earth, the energy, in whatever form, below the surface of the earth present in, resulting from, or created by, or which may be extracted from, the natural heat, and all minerals in solution or other products obtained from naturally heated fluids, brines, associated gases, and steam, in whatever form, found below the surface of the earth, exclusive of oil, hydrocarbon gas, helium or other hydrocarbon substances, but including, specifically: (a) All products of geothermal processes, embracing indigenous steam, hot water and hot brines; (b) Steam and other gases, hot water and hot brines resulting from water, gas or other fluids artificially introduced into geothermal formations; (c) Heat or other associated energy found in geothermal formation; and (d) Any by-product derived from them. (9) "Inhabitant" when used with respect to a district includes a business located within the district. (10) "Owner" means the holder of the record title to real property or the vendee under a land sale contract, if there is such a contract. [1975 c.782 §1; 1983 c.83 §98]
OR Rev Stat § 523.015 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources|Chapter 523 - Geothermal Heating Districts|Section 523.015 - Definitions for ORS 523.020.

For the purposes of ORS 523.020 and this section, notwithstanding ORS 523.610 to 523.670, "board," as defined in ORS 523.010, includes the governing body of a city. "District," as defined in ORS 523.010, includes an incorporated city. [1977 c.212 §1] Note: 523.015 and 523.020 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 523 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 523.020 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources|Chapter 523 - Geothermal Heating Districts|Section 523.020 - City as geothermal heating district.

(1) An incorporated city, when empowered by its charter to do so, may provide geothermal heating services to persons within and without its boundaries in accordance with the provisions of ORS chapter 523, where not in conflict with ORS 523.015 and this section. (2) The powers conferred by ORS chapter 523 and ORS 523.015 and this section are in addition to the powers conferred by any other law and not in substitution for any right, power or privilege vested in a city. [1977 c.212 §2] Note: See note under 523.015.
OR Rev Stat § 523.030 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources|Chapter 523 - Geothermal Heating Districts|Section 523.030 - Formation of geothermal heating districts; disposal of surplus; exclusion from district.

A geothermal heating district may be formed for the purpose of supplying inhabitants of the district with geothermal heat as provided by this chapter. In connection with supplying geothermal heat, a district may supply, furnish and sell for any use any surplus geothermal heat over and above the heating needs of its inhabitants to persons outside the district, or to school districts or other local governments as defined in ORS 174.116. All railroad rights of way or improvements thereon or rolling stock moving thereover shall be excluded from districts organized under ORS 198.010, 198.180, 198.510, 198.705, 199.420, 255.012, 366.321, 451.573 and this chapter and for purposes of this chapter shall not be considered as property within the boundaries of such districts, unless the owner of the railroad property expressly consents to its inclusion. [1975 c.782 §2; 2003 c.802 §128; 2007 c.179 §8]
OR Rev Stat § 523.040 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources|Chapter 523 - Geothermal Heating Districts|Section 523.040 - Powers of district; emergency power; applying for financing gifts and grants.

(1) A district formed under this chapter shall have the power to make contracts, hold and receive and dispose of real and personal property within and without its described boundaries and do all other acts and things which may be requisite, necessary or convenient in carrying out the objects of the district or exercising the powers conferred upon it by this chapter, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in all actions and suits or other proceedings brought by or against it. (2) In an emergency or in order to meet peak demand a district may supply its inhabitants with heat derived from an energy source other than from geothermal resources for purposes of supplementing the geothermal heat supplied by the district. (3) In addition to any other power of a district, it may apply and qualify for and receive any private or federal grants, loans or other funds available for carrying out the objects of the district. [1975 c.782 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 523.050 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources|Chapter 523 - Geothermal Heating Districts|Section 523.050 - Water and real property transactions; right to obtain geothermal heat from other sources.

A geothermal heating district may purchase, sell and hold interests in water and real property in carrying out the objects of the district. A district also has the right to purchase or obtain from cities or other geothermal heating districts, geothermal heat, or an interest in geothermal heat, or an interest in a geothermal heat pipeline owned or operated by a city or other geothermal heating district, or to obtain jointly with a city or other geothermal heating district, any right, or to lay and own individually or jointly with any city or other geothermal heating district, any geothermal heat pipeline for the purposes specified in ORS 523.030. [1975 c.782 §5; 2003 c.802 §129]
OR Rev Stat § 523.060 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources|Chapter 523 - Geothermal Heating Districts|Section 523.060 - Cooperative agreements; bonds.

(1) Districts may enter into cooperative agreements with each other providing for the joint acquisition, construction, ownership, use or control of facilities for the collection, treatment, distribution or supply of geothermal heat. (2) Each district may issue and sell general obligation, revenue or refunding bonds, subject to the limitations and procedures contained or referred to in this chapter for the authorization, issuance or sale of such bonds, for the purpose of paying its share of the cost of the acquisition or construction of facilities provided for in cooperative agreements authorized by this section. [1975 c.782 §18]
OR Rev Stat § 523.070 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources|Chapter 523 - Geothermal Heating Districts|Section 523.070 - Authority to perform drainage work.

Any district may perform drainage work for the purpose of reclaiming real property located within the district, protecting real or personal property located within the district from the effects of geothermal heating, promoting sanitation, providing for the public health, convenience and welfare or providing services of public utility or benefit. The district may use all applicable powers granted to it by this chapter, including the rights and powers of eminent domain, in performing the drainage work authorized by this section. [1975 c.782 §17]
OR Rev Stat § 523.110 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources|Chapter 523 - Geothermal Heating Districts|Section 523.110 - Regulations on use of geothermal heat; effect of failure to comply.

Any district may adopt and promulgate regulations concerning the use of geothermal heat and the property of the district. The board of commissioners may refuse to supply any building, place or premises with geothermal heat where the user fails after 10 days’ written notice to comply with the regulations. The written notice shall be by registered mail or by certified mail with return receipt and shall be deemed given when it is deposited in the United States Post Office properly addressed with postage prepaid. [1975 c.782 §11; 1991 c.249 §40]
OR Rev Stat § 523.120 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources|Chapter 523 - Geothermal Heating Districts|Section 523.120 - Deposit or other security for use of heat.

Any district may require a reasonable cash deposit or an irrevocable letter of credit to insure payment for the use or rent of geothermal heat to be furnished by the district. [1975 c.782 §12; 1991 c.331 §75]
OR Rev Stat § 523.130 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources|Chapter 523 - Geothermal Heating Districts|Section 523.130 - Rates; contracts with users.

A geothermal heating district shall charge consumers for the geothermal heat furnished and fix and collect the rates therefor. Rates charged may be fixed and classified according to the type of use and according to the amount of geothermal heat used. Any contract entered into by a district with persons other than domestic users shall provide for immediate cancellation whenever no surplus supply of geothermal heat exists over and above any and all demands of domestic users. A district also may contract with any person or may enter into an intergovernmental agreement under ORS chapter 190 to supply, furnish and sell surplus geothermal heat on such terms and conditions and at such rates as the board of commissioners considers advisable. [1975 c.782 §13; 2003 c.802 §130]
OR Rev Stat § 523.140 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources|Chapter 523 - Geothermal Heating Districts|Section 523.140 - Rate increase procedure.

(1) Whenever any increase is proposed in the existing rates charged geothermal heat consumers by a district pursuant to ORS 523.130, the board of commissioners shall first provide for a public hearing on such proposal before any increased rates are ordered into effect. (2) The public hearing required under subsection (1) of this section shall be held at a place designated by the board after notice thereof has been given by inclusion of a notice of the public hearing in the geothermal heating bills sent to consumers by the district during the period of 30 days prior to the date of the hearing. [1975 c.782 §14]
OR Rev Stat § 523.150 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources|Chapter 523 - Geothermal Heating Districts|Section 523.150 - Termination of service for nonpayment of heating charge.

In case prompt payment of geothermal heating rent or charge is not made, a district may shut off the geothermal heating supply to the building, place or premises to which the district supplied the geothermal heating. [1975 c.782 §15]
OR Rev Stat § 523.160 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources|Chapter 523 - Geothermal Heating Districts|Section 523.160 - Refund of heating service extension costs by owner of adjacent property.

If any person is required by a district to pay the cost of extending a geothermal heating pipeline adjacent to property other than the property of the person so that geothermal heating service is provided for such other property without further extension of the geothermal heating pipeline, the district shall require the owner of the other property, prior to providing geothermal heating service to that property, to refund to the person required to pay the cost of extending the geothermal heating pipeline, a pro rata portion of the cost of the extension. The right to require such refund shall not continue for more than 10 years after the date of installation of the extension of the geothermal heating pipeline. The amount to be refunded shall be determined by the district and such determination shall be final. [1975 c.782 §16]
OR Rev Stat § 523.210 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources|Chapter 523 - Geothermal Heating Districts|Section 523.210 - Special assessment for improvements; report; contents.

Whenever the district board considers it necessary, upon its own motion, or upon the petition of the owners of one-half of the property that benefits specially from the improvement, to make any improvement to be paid for in whole or in part by special assessment according to benefits, the board shall, by motion, cause a survey and written report for such project to be made and filed with the secretary. Unless the district board directs otherwise, the report shall contain: (1) A map or plat showing the general nature, location and extent of the proposed improvement and the land to be assessed for the payment of any part of the cost thereof. (2) Plans, specifications and estimates of the work to be done; however, where the proposed project is to be carried out in cooperation with any other governmental agency, the district board may adopt the plans, specifications and estimates of such agency. (3) An estimate of the probable cost of the improvement, including any legal, administrative and engineering costs attributable thereto. (4) An estimate of the unit cost of the improvement to the specially benefited properties. (5) A recommendation as to the method of assessment to be used to arrive at a fair apportionment of the whole or any portion of the cost of the improvement to the properties specially benefited. (6) The description and assessed value of each lot, parcel of land or portion thereof, to be specially benefited by the improvement, with the names of the record owners thereof and, when readily available, the names of the contract purchasers thereof. (7) A statement of outstanding assessments against property to be assessed. [1975 c.782 §19]
OR Rev Stat § 523.220 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources|Chapter 523 - Geothermal Heating Districts|Section 523.220 - Action on special assessment report by board.

After the report has been filed with the secretary, the district board may by motion approve the report, modify the report and approve it as modified, require additional or different information for the improvement, or it may abandon the improvement. [1975 c.782 §20]