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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
A-Engrossed
House Bill 3910
Ordered by the House April 15
Including House Amendments dated April 15
Sponsored by Representative WRIGHT; Representatives HELM, LEVY B
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. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards.
Digest: The Act would let a water supply district act as a sanitary district in more cases.
The Act would require a public hearing first. The Act would require written consent from
the sanitary district or other current provider of the service in the district. (Flesch Read-
ability Score: 61.2).
[Digest: The Act would let a water supply district act as a sanitary district in more cases. (Flesch
Readability Score:63.6).]
Expands the justifications for a domestic water supply district to exercise the powers of a san-
itary district. Requires a public hearing on the exercise of the powers and written consent
from any sanitary district or other provider of sanitary services within the district.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to domestic water supply district authority; amending ORS 264.335 and 264.336; and de-
claring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 264.335 is amended to read:
264.335. In addition to the other powers granted to districts under this chapter, after holding
a public hearing on the question, a district may exercise the powers granted to sanitary districts
under ORS 450.005 to 450.245 [when] if:
(1) The district obtains all or part of its supply of water from a watershed[;] and:
[(2)] (a) The watershed is located in a sole-source aquifer designated prior to September 29, 1991,
by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under the Safe Drinking Water Act (42
U.S.C. 300f et seq.);
[(3)] (b) The watershed is recognized under rules of the Environmental Quality Commission as
a watershed requiring protection from contamination in order to maintain high water quality; [and]
or
[(4)](c) The district adopts a resolution declaring that the health of the residents of the district
[and] or the general public interest requires the district to protect the water quality of the
watershed[.];and
(2) The district obtains written consent to its exercise of such powers from any sanitary
district or other service provider that has been providing sanitary service to territory that
will be served by the district pursuant to such exercise.
SECTION 2. ORS 264.336 is amended to read:
264.336. Notwithstanding ORS 264.335, a district may exercise the powers granted to sanitary
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 4743 A-Eng. HB 3910
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districts under ORS 450.005 to 450.245 if:
(1) The district meets the requirements of ORS 264.335 (1), (3) and (4) (2023 Edition);
(2) Any part of the territory of the district is covered by the major disaster declaration related
to wildfires requested by the Governor on September 14, 2020, and approved by the President of the
United States on September 15, 2020; and
(3) The district is adjacent to a river that serves as a source of drinking water for a metropol-
itan area with a population greater than 100,000.
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.
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