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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3131
Sponsored by Representatives OWENS, HELM, LEVY B, NERON, SMITH G; Representatives BOICE, BOWMAN,
CHAICHI, EVANS, GAMBA, GOMBERG, LEVY E, LIVELY, MANNIX, MARSH, MCINTIRE, MCLAIN,
NELSON, NOSSE, PHAM H, RUIZ, TRAN, WALTERS, WRIGHT, Senators ANDERSON, FREDERICK,
GOLDEN, LINTHICUM, MEEK, PROZANSKI, SMITH DB, SOLLMAN, TAYLOR, WEBER (at the request of
former Representative Charlie Conrad) (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 gives money to a state agency for uses related to working lands. The Act goes
into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.2).
Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, out of the General Fund,
for deposit in the Oregon Agricultural Heritage Fund.
Establishes a maximum limit for payment of expenses by the board from the Oregon Agricultural
HeritageFund.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the Oregon Agricultural Heritage Fund; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there is appropri-
ated to the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025,
out of the General Fund, the amount of $17,300,000, for deposit in the Oregon Agricultural
Heritage Fund established under ORS 541.978, for the purposes described in ORS 541.979.
SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any other law limiting expenditures, the amount of
$17,300,000 is established for the biennium ending June 30, 2027, as the maximum limit for
payment of expenses by the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board from the Oregon Agri-
cultural Heritage Fund established under ORS 541.978, for the purposes described in ORS
541.979.
SECTION 3.This 2025 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2025 Act takes effect
on its passage.
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.
LC 1084