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Section 274.005 - Definitions. - (1) "Department" means the Department of State Lands. (2) "Director"...
Section 274.025 - Jurisdiction over submersible and submerged lands generally. - (2) No person shall acquire any right, title or interest...
Section 274.040 - Sale or lease of submersible lands; easements; occupation of submerged and submersible lands for water works. - (2) Submersible lands owned by the State of Oregon that...
Section 274.043 - Exemptions from leasing requirements; rules; registration; use without charge; use with charge; indemnification. - (a) The structure belongs to the immediately adjacent riparian landowner;...
Section 274.060 - Regulation of harbor improvements; oyster beds; public easement in submerged and submersible lands. - (2) The grantee of any submerged or submersible lands under...
Section 274.064 - Portland Harbor Cleanup Fund. - (2) Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the...
Section 274.210 - Authority of department to contract for drainage and reclamation of certain lands. - (1) The drainage of submersible and submerged lands adjoining or...
Section 274.220 - Application for drainage and reclamation of lands. - (2) The applicant, at the expense of the applicant and...
Section 274.230 - Investigation and report by Water Resources Director; terms of contract; bond. - (2) The applicant shall agree: (a) To drain the submersible...
Section 274.240 - Performance by contractor; disposal of lands; rules. - (2) The Department of State Lands shall fix the amount...
Section 274.250 - Nonperformance; action by department; appeal from decision of department. - (2) Upon forfeiture, the department shall immediately give notice once...
Section 274.260 - Title of riparian owners. - (2) This section shall not affect the right of riparian...
Section 274.376 - Definitions for ORS 274.376 to 274.388. - (1) "Abandoned structure" means a structure that has been left...
Section 274.379 - Authority to seize abandoned structure or derelict structure; notice. - (a) The department determines, after providing notice and opportunity for...
Section 274.382 - Liability for costs of removal, salvage, storage and disposal. - (2) If the department sells a structure seized under ORS...
Section 274.385 - Rules. - (1) For providing notice and opportunity for a hearing prior...
Section 274.388 - Submerged Lands Enhancement Fund. - (2) Notwithstanding ORS 273.105, the fund shall consist of: (a)...
Section 274.402 - Exclusive jurisdiction to assert title to submerged or submersible lands in navigable waterway. - (2) The board shall not in any manner assert title...
Section 274.404 - Administrative determination of navigable waterway; rules; procedure. - (2) The rules adopted under subsection (1) of this section...
Section 274.406 - Declaration of state’s claim; effect. - (2) Except as it may be modified upon review pursuant...
Section 274.408 - Public notice of claim; content. - (1) Cause reasonable public notice of the declaration to be...
Section 274.430 - State ownership of meandered lakes; status as navigable and public waters. - (2) ORS 274.430 to 274.450 shall not apply to any...
Section 274.440 - Acquisition of future rights to meandered lakes denied; extension of riparian ownership; lands overflowed by high water. - (2) Upon drainage of meandered lakes, the title of owners...
Section 274.470 - Settler’s right to deed to land within meander lines; preferential right to additional land; tacking by successive settlers. - (a) Is entitled to a deed from the state, conveying...
Section 274.500 - Conveyance of compact area; prices; maximum acreage. - (2) All sales of such state lands shall be at...
Section 274.510 - Lake bed lands claimed by the United States. - (2) Nothing in this section is a recognition of any...
Section 274.525 - City use of stream bed material. - (2) Any contractor who has entered into a contract with...
Section 274.530 - Lease or license of stream beds for removal of material; rules for measurement of volume removed. - (2) The department may prescribe by rule the manner in...
Section 274.550 - Removal of material without payment of royalties; eligible material and uses. - (a) Removed for channel or harbor improvement or flood control;...
Section 274.560 - Lease terms; bond or security; prohibited lease or purchase option; monthly reports and payments; rules. - (2) The department shall adopt rules to establish criteria to...
Section 274.610 - Prohibited contracts for exploration for hard minerals; scientific research. - (2) Nothing in this section shall be considered to prohibit...
Section 274.705 - Definitions for ORS 274.705 to 274.860. - (1) "Development" includes geophysical activity, drilling, platform construction, pipeline construction,...
Section 274.710 - Jurisdiction of department over tidal submerged lands; easements; leases for oil, gas and sulfur. - (a) By quitclaim, cession, grant, contract or otherwise from the...
Section 274.712 - Limitations on leasing submerged and submersible lands within territorial sea. - (a) The exploration, development or production of oil, gas or...
Section 274.714 - Undersea cables within territorial sea; decommissioning cables. - (2) An applicant for an easement to place an undersea...
Section 274.720 - Effect of ORS 274.705 to 274.860 on power to make other leases and on jurisdiction of agencies other than department. - (1) Affect the power of the Department of State Lands...
Section 274.725 - Scope of leases and permits; persons ineligible. - (2) No permit or lease shall be granted to any...
Section 274.735 - Application for survey permit; effect of permit; rules. - (a) Such permits shall be nonexclusive and shall not give...
Section 274.740 - Issuance of survey permit; renewal; reports. - (2) Permits issued under this section may not exceed two...
Section 274.745 - Drilling logs and records. - (2) The Department of State Lands may require, as a...
Section 274.755 - Hearing prior to granting lease or easement. - (2) Before granting an easement or inviting bids on any...
Section 274.760 - Considerations involved in granting lease or easement. - (1) Be detrimental to the health, safety, or welfare of...
Section 274.765 - Publishing offer to lease tidal submerged lands; bids; cash bonus; award of lease; fee. - (2) Each bid shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope,...
Section 274.770 - Prohibited drilling requirements. - (1) Upland or littoral drill sites; (2) Sites on filled...
Section 274.780 - Conditions in leases and permits; execution; delivery of bonds or contracts to department. - (2) The form of a permit shall contain, in addition...
Section 274.785 - Exclusive rights granted by lease; requirement of diligence; maximum area; assignment. - (2) The maximum area which shall be included in any...
Section 274.790 - Royalties. - (2) The royalty for sulfur produced under ORS 274.705 to...
Section 274.820 - Water contamination or pollution. - (2) For the purposes of this section, "avoidable pollution" or...
Section 274.825 - Nonconflicting use of leased lands. - (1) Such uses do not unreasonably impair or interfere with...
Section 274.870 - Definitions for ORS 274.870 to 274.879. - (1) "Commercial operation" means a project undertaken to generate ocean...
Section 274.873 - Proprietary authorizations for ocean renewable energy facilities; application; issuance; incorporation of removal or fill permits. - (2) An application for a proprietary authorization under this section...
Section 274.876 - Proprietary authorization requirements; rules; fees. - (a) Proprietary authorization requirements for the construction and operation of...
Section 274.879 - Financial assurance; plan for decommissioning. - (a) The costs of closure and post-closure maintenance of the...
Section 274.905 - Definitions for ORS 274.905 to 274.940. - (1)(a) "Historically filled lands" means those lands protruding above the...
Section 274.910 - Application and effect. - (2) Nothing contained in ORS 274.905 to 274.940 shall divest...
Section 274.915 - Lease or disposal of new lands; method; rules. - (2) Except as otherwise provided in ORS 274.905 to 274.940,...
Section 274.925 - Right of public riparian owner to purchase new lands; price determination. - (2) If a public body and the department cannot agree...
Section 274.929 - Right of nonpublic riparian owner to purchase certain new lands; price determination. - (2) A nonpublic riparian owner entitled to purchase the new...
Section 274.932 - Right of public body to purchase new lands created by it; price determination. - (2) If a public body and the department cannot agree...
Section 274.937 - Right of individual to purchase new lands created by individual; price determination. - (2) If an individual and the department cannot agree on...
Section 274.940 - Reservation of historically filled lands or new lands. - (2) If lands are reserved from sale, transfer or lease...
Section 274.945 - Collection of shellfish mariculture records. - (a) Estuary management plans; (b) Estuarine habitat technical information; (c)...
Section 274.950 - Jurisdiction to assert title to historically filled lands; requirements. - (a) The board makes a declaration under ORS 274.954 that...
Section 274.952 - Determination of state interest in historically filled lands; study; procedures. - (A) Waterways of the state subject to tidal influence; (B)...
Section 274.954 - Declaration of state’s claim; effect. - (2) A declaration made by the board pursuant to subsection...
Section 274.956 - Public notice of claim; content. - (1) Cause reasonable public notice of the declaration to be...
Section 274.992 - Civil penalties. - (2) Civil penalties under this section shall be imposed in...
Section 274.994 - Amount of civil penalties; rules; considerations in imposing penalty. - (2) In imposing a penalty under the schedule adopted under...