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- ORS 540.020 · Watermasters; appointment; removal; powers of Water Resources Director.
- ORS 540.030 · Water Resources Director; duties regarding water distribution.
- ORS 540.040 · [Amended by 1953 c.395 §3; 1957 c.341 §10; 1963 c.410 §1; repealed by 1985 c.421 §17]
- ORS 540.045 · Watermaster duties.
- ORS 540.050 · Appearance of district attorney.
- ORS 540.060 · Arrest by watermaster; complaint against offender.
- ORS 540.070 · [Repealed by 1957 c.546 §8]
- ORS 540.071 · [1957 c.546 §2; 1961 c.636 §1; 1963 c.410 §2; repealed by 1985 c.421 §17]
- ORS 540.075 · Office and equipment for watermaster.
- ORS 540.080 · Assistant watermasters; compensation and expenses; termination.
- ORS 540.090 · [Amended by 1957 c.546 §4; 1961 c.636 §3; 1979 c.18 §1; repealed by 1985 c.421 §17]
- ORS 540.100 · Division of water among users; payment.
- ORS 540.110 · [Amended by 1981 c.897 §58; repealed by 1985 c.421 §17]
- ORS 540.120 · Lien for wages and expense; notice; foreclosure.
- ORS 540.130 · Advance payment.
- ORS 540.135 · Disposition of funds collected under ORS 540.100 to 540.130 and 540.220.
- ORS 540.140 · Insufficiency of water; preference of uses.
- ORS 540.145 · Distribution of water; rules; applicability.
- ORS 540.150 · Rotation in water use; notice.
- ORS 540.155 · Periodic review and report regarding department program for Deschutes Basin ground water study area.
- ORS 540.210 · Distribution from ditch or reservoir.
- ORS 540.220 · Payment of assistant watermaster.
- ORS 540.230 · Distribution of waste or seepage water; payment.
- ORS 540.240 · Lien for wages and expense; property subject to lien; monthly payment.
- ORS 540.250 · Lien, notice of intent to claim; foreclosure; attorney fees.
- ORS 540.260 · Lien for wages and expense; enforcement; remedy not exclusive.
- ORS 540.270 · Distribution from irrigation districts and improvement companies; applicability of ORS 540.210 to 540.260.
- ORS 540.310 · Ditches and canals; headgates; measuring devices; flumes along lines of ditches.
- ORS 540.320 · Noncompliance with requirements; effect.
- ORS 540.330 · Reservoirs; measuring devices; effect of noncompliance.
- ORS 540.340 · Reservoir and diversion dam; suitable outlet; effect of noncompliance.
- ORS 540.350 · [Amended by 1981 c.210 §1; 1985 c.673 §88; 1991 c.249 §51; repealed by 2019 c.390 §27]
- ORS 540.353 · [2017 c.723 §2; repealed by 2019 c.390 §27]
- ORS 540.355 · Inspection, evaluation and assessment of hydraulic structures.
- ORS 540.360 · [Amended by 1975 c.581 §26a; 1981 c.210 §2; 1985 c.673 §89; repealed by 2019 c.390 §27]
- ORS 540.370 · [Amended by 1985 c.673 §90; repealed by 2019 c.390 §27]
- ORS 540.380 · [Amended by 1985 c.673 §91; repealed by 2019 c.390 §27]
- ORS 540.390 · [Amended by 1985 c.673 §92; repealed by 2019 c.390 §27]
- ORS 540.400 · [Repealed by 2019 c.390 §27]
- ORS 540.410 · Delivery of reservoir water; notice to watermaster; adjustment of headgates; expenses; payment.
- ORS 540.420 · Jointly owned ditches; performance by co-owner; recovery for default.
- ORS 540.430 · Nonpayment by ditch co-owner; lien on interest; foreclosure; stoppage of water delivery.
- ORS 540.435 · Installation of totalizing measuring device; annual water use report; hearing; effect of failure to comply with order.
- ORS 540.440 · Owner to clear weeds from ditch right of way.
- ORS 540.443 · Definitions for ORS 540.443 to 540.491.
- ORS 540.446 · Dams not subject to ORS 540.443 to 540.491.
- ORS 540.449 · Construction plan approval; fees; rules.
- ORS 540.452 · Removal plan approval.
- ORS 540.455 · Dam inspections and analysis.
- ORS 540.458 · Notice for owner corrective action to address safety issues.
- ORS 540.461 · Plan and time frame for corrective action; hearing; proposed and final orders.
- ORS 540.464 · Examinations, inspections and reports by specialists.
- ORS 540.467 · Owner action to address maintenance issues; hearing; proposed and final orders; penalty.
- ORS 540.470 · Contested case hearings.
- ORS 540.473 · Application for injunction.
- ORS 540.476 · Action to declare dam public nuisance.
- ORS 540.479 · Dam owner responsibilities.
- ORS 540.482 · Emergency action plan for dam with high hazard rating.
- ORS 540.485 · Actual or potential dam failure.
- ORS 540.488 · Water Resources Commission duties and powers; rules.
- ORS 540.491 · Dam owner or operator liability.
- ORS 540.505 · Definitions.
- ORS 540.510 · Appurtenancy of water to premises; restrictions on change of use, place of use or point of diversion; application for transfer of primary and supplemental water rights; right to use conserved water.
- ORS 540.520 · Application for change of use, place of use or point of diversion; public notice; protest; proposed final order; hearing; exemptions.
- ORS 540.523 · Temporary transfer of water right or permit; terms; revocation; status of supplemental water right or permit.
- ORS 540.524 · Substitution of supplemental water right from ground water source for primary water right from surface water source; application; fee; proposed final order.
- ORS 540.525 · Installation of fish screening or by-pass device as prerequisite for transfer of point of diversion.
- ORS 540.530 · Order authorizing change of use, place of use or point of diversion; consent to injury; new or modified certificate.
- ORS 540.531 · Transfer of surface water point of diversion to ground water; requirements; priority; mitigation measures; return to surface water diversion; rules.
- ORS 540.532 · Request for change in point of diversion to reflect historical use; requirements.
- ORS 540.533 · Application for exchange of water.
- ORS 540.535 · Notice of application for exchange.
- ORS 540.537 · Order allowing exchange; order terminating exchange.
- ORS 540.539 · Exchange subject to beneficial use requirements.
- ORS 540.540 · [Renumbered 540.545 in 1987]
- ORS 540.541 · Delivery and use of water under exchange.
- ORS 540.543 · Regulation of headgates when water provided by exchange.
- ORS 540.545 · Transfer of water rights following county acquisition of land.
- ORS 540.550
- ORS 540.560 · Proposed final order changing description of land to which water right is appurtenant; limitation; purpose; hearing; effect of final order.
- ORS 540.570 · Temporary transfers within districts; procedure; fee.
- ORS 540.572 · Application of certificated water elsewhere within district; notice.
- ORS 540.574 · Petition for approval of transfer.
- ORS 540.576 · Notice of petition; protest; user rights.
- ORS 540.578 · Filing of protest; hearing on proposed transfer.
- ORS 540.580 · Permanent transfer of place of use of water within district; requirements; procedure.
- ORS 540.585 · Temporary transfers within Deschutes River Basin; procedure; fee.
- ORS 540.586 · Denial of change in point of appropriation; exceptions.
- ORS 540.587 · Report on implementation of temporary transfer provisions.
- ORS 540.589 · Ratification of prior transfer of water rights to irrigation district.
- ORS 540.610 · Use as measure of water right; forfeiture for nonuse; confirmation of rights of municipalities.
- ORS 540.612 · Exemption from forfeiture.
- ORS 540.615 · [1961 c.140 §1; 1987 c.339 §5; repealed by 1989 c.699 §4]
- ORS 540.620 · [Repealed by 1955 c.671 §1]
- ORS 540.621 · Cancellation of abandoned water right upon request of owner.
- ORS 540.630 · [Repealed by 1955 c.671 §1]
- ORS 540.631 · Cancellation of forfeited water right; notice.
- ORS 540.640 · [Repealed by 1955 c.671 §1]
- ORS 540.641 · Protest of cancellation; procedure.
- ORS 540.650 · Issuance of new water right certificate for water rights not canceled.