(1) "Commission" means the Water Resources Commission.
(2) "Department" means the Water Resources Department.
(3) "Director" means the Water Resources Director.
(4) "Existing right" or "vested right" or words of similar import include an inchoate right to the use of water to the fullest extent that the right is recognized, defined or declared by the commission, the director or any court within this state.
(5) "Order" has the meaning given in ORS 183.310.
(6) "Person" includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, joint stock companies, public and municipal corporations, political subdivisions, the state and any agencies thereof, and the federal government and any agencies thereof.
(7) "Public corporation" includes any city, county or district organized for public purposes.
(8) "Rule" has the meaning given in ORS 183.310.
(9) "State agency" includes any office, board, commission or department of a state government.
(10) "State water resources policy" means the water resources policy provided for in ORS 536.295 to 536.350 and 537.505 to 537.534.
(11) "Undetermined vested right" means a water right claimed under ORS 539.010 as having vested or as having been initiated before February 24, 1909, that has not been determined in an adjudication proceeding under ORS chapter 539 nor is evidenced by a permit or certificate issued under the Water Rights Act.
(12) "Waters of this state" means any surface or ground waters located within or without this state and over which this state has sole or concurrent jurisdiction.
(13) "Water resources of this state" means waters of this state and the following auxiliary lands whose usage directly affects the development and control of the waters of this state:
(a) Potential reservoir sites.
(b) Floodplain areas forming the predictable channels of floodwater drainage of rivers and streams. [1985 c.673 §2; 1989 c.691 §5]
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food
Chapter 536 - Water Resources Administration
Section 536.007 - Definitions.
Section 536.009 - Water Resources Department Water Right Operating Fund; uses; sources.
Section 536.015 - Water Resources Department Hydroelectric Fund; uses; sources.
Section 536.017 - Records of expenditures from Water Resources Department Hydroelectric Fund.
Section 536.025 - Duty of commission; delegation to Water Resources Director; exception.
Section 536.026 - Powers of Water Resources Commission.
Section 536.027 - Rules and standards.
Section 536.031 - Applicability of rules to completed application for permit.
Section 536.037 - Functions of director.
Section 536.040 - Public records; copies as evidence.
Section 536.045 - Sending or receipt of documents in electronic form; rules; fees.
Section 536.050 - Fees; rules; refunds; waiver and reduction of certain fees.
Section 536.090 - Ground water advisory committee; duties; qualification; term; expenses.
Section 536.220 - Policy on water resources generally; integrated state water resources strategy.
Section 536.238 - Policy on water storage facilities.
Section 536.241 - Policy on water supply.
Section 536.320 - Limitation of powers of commission.
Section 536.330 - Water Resources Act as supplemental to and including existing statutes.
Section 536.400 - Application to court to compel compliance with state water resources policy.
Section 536.410 - Withdrawal of unappropriated waters from appropriation by commission order.
Section 536.595 - Department discussions with Corps of Engineers over operation of Detroit Lake.
Section 536.750 - Powers of commission after declaration of drought; rules.
Section 536.900 - Civil penalties; imposition.
Section 536.905 - Notice; application for hearing.
Section 536.910 - Amount of penalty; rules.
Section 536.915 - Remission or reduction of penalty.
Section 536.920 - Factors to be considered in imposition of penalty.