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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3544
Sponsored by Representatives HELM, OWENS
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 study rules about water.The Act tells the agency to report
on the study. (Flesch Readability Score: 74.0).
Directs the Water Resources Department to study rules related to water. Directs the department
to submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to natural re-
sources not later than September 15, 2026.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to water.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. The Water Resources Department shall study rules related to water. The
department shall submit a report in the manner provided by ORS 192.245, and may include
recommendations for legislation, to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly re-
lated to natural resources no later than September 15, 2026.
SECTION 2.Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on January 2, 2027.
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 3657