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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3833
Sponsored by Representative 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 the decline of ground water levels. (Flesch Readability
Score: 69.9).
Directs the Water Resources Department to study the decline of ground water levels. Directs
the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to
water not later than September 15, 2026.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the decline of ground water levels.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. The Water Resources Department shall study the decline of ground water
levels. 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 related to water 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SECTION 2.Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on January 2, 2027.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 4292