{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-538.270","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 538.270","heading":"Rogue River; withdrawal from appropriation; excepted water uses; tributaries.","body":"Subject to water rights existing on May 26, 1967, the waters flowing in the main channel of the Rogue River from its intersection with the south line of section 27, township 33 south, range 1 east of the Willamette Meridian in Jackson County, to its confluence with the Pacific Ocean, are withdrawn from appropriation; except that this section shall not prevent the appropriation and use of such waters for domestic, stock, irrigation, municipal, fish, wildlife, recreation and road maintenance purposes, nor prevent the appropriation, diversion and use of the waters of any stream tributary to the river.","path":["15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food","45. Water Resources: Irrigation, Drainage, Flood Control, Reclamation","Chapter 538 — Withdrawal of Certain Waters From Appropriation; Special Municipal and County Water Right"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors538.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:15Z","sha256":"4e1588e4547b3e43b7271c205e4ef3f9ae83b2a9d8d2778eeff75231400872de","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-538.260","next":"us-or/ors-538.280"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}