{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-540.320","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 540.320","heading":"Noncompliance with requirements; effect.","body":"If any owner of irrigation works refuses or neglects to construct and put in headgates, flumes or measuring devices, as required under ORS 540.310, after 10 days’ notice, the watermaster may close the ditch, and it shall not be opened or any water diverted from the source of supply, under the penalties prescribed by law for the opening of headgates lawfully closed, until the requirements of the Water Resources Commission as to such headgates, flumes or measuring devices have been complied with.","path":["15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food","45. Water Resources: Irrigation, Drainage, Flood Control, Reclamation","Chapter 540 — Distribution and Storage of Water; Watermasters; Water Right Changes, Transfers an"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors540.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:15Z","sha256":"698802af2b1b72672f6a5db7afff74a832191a5509eeb180be99c5976007f74f","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-540.310","next":"us-or/ors-540.330"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}