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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2773
Sponsored by Representative EVANS (Presession filed.)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced.The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: The Act tells an agency to create a program for fishing in certain areas. The Act ends
the program on January 2, 2028. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.7).
Directs the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to establish a program to award grants for
recreational fishing facilities within an urban growth boundary.
Sunsets the program on January 2, 2028.
Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to fishing; and prescribing an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. (1) The State Department of Fish and Wildlife, in consultation with the
Oregon Conservation and Recreation Advisory Committee, shall establish a program to
award grants for building or improving public facilities for recreational fishing located inside
an urban growth boundary.
(2) Projects for which grants are awarded must serve to protect, maintain or enhance
fish and wildlife resources in Oregon, as described in ORS 496.252 (2).
(3) Grants awarded under this section shall be paid out of the Oregon Conservation and
Recreation Fund established under ORS 496.252.
(4) In carrying out this section, the department shall consider opportunities to coordinate
with the Restoration and Enhancement Board established under ORS 496.286 to enhance
fishingaccess.
SECTION 2.In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there is appropri-
ated to the State Department of Fish and Wildlife, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025,
out of the General Fund, the amount of $200,000, for deposit in the Oregon Conservation and
Recreation Fund established under ORS 496.252 for the purpose of awarding grants under
section 1 of this 2025 Act.
SECTION 3.Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on January 2, 2028.
SECTION 4.This 2025 Act takes effect on the 91st day after the date on which the 2025
regular session of the Eighty-third Legislative Assembly adjourns sine die.
NOTE:Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
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