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ORS 536.740: Governor’s authority to declare drought.
Where this section sits in the code
- 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food
- 45. Water Resources: Irrigation, Drainage, Flood Control, Reclamation
- Chapter 536 — Water Resources Administration
Upon finding that a need exists for statewide coordination of water resource conservation measures by municipal and other political subdivisions of this state in order to minimize problems caused by a severe shortage of water, the Governor may declare that a severe, continuing drought exists or is likely to exist.
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