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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3091
Sponsored by Representative LEVY E (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: This Act tells the DEQ to make clear rules about its permits and to expedite permits if
it misses a deadline. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.7).
Requires the Department of Environmental Quality to establish clear administrative rules and
internal directives with respect to permits or authorizations issued by the department. Prohibits the
department from requiring applicants for a permit or authorization to comply with requirements not
in effect at the time of application, subject to exceptions. Requires the department to expedite an
application for a permit or authorization if the established deadline for final action has been missed.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the Department of Environmental Quality.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. Section 2 of this 2025 Act is added to and made a part of ORS chapter 468.
SECTION 2.(1) With respect to any permit issued pursuant to ORS 468.065 or any other
permit or authorization issued pursuant to ORS chapters 448, 453, 454, 459, 459A, 465, 466,
467, 468, 468A and 468B and ORS 475.405 to 475.495, the Department of Environmental Quality:
(a) Shall establish and maintain clear administrative rules, informal guidance and inter-
nal agency directives for each type of permit or authorization.
(b)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, may not impose as a
condition of a permit or authorization, or otherwise require an applicant for a permit or
authorization to comply with, any requirement not in effect at the time the applicant applied
for the permit or authorization.
(B) Subparagraph (A) of this paragraph does not apply to requirements necessary to
complywith:
(i) An Act of the Legislative Assembly; or
(ii) Any requirement imposed by federal law.
(c) Shall establish, maintain and make publicly available a deadline for final action on an
application for each type of permit or authorization.
(2) If the department fails to meet a deadline established under subsection (1)(c) of this
section, the department shall expedite the application for which the deadline has been
missed.Expedition may include, but need not be limited to, entering into an agreement with
the applicant under ORS 468.073.
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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