Oregon Statutes - Chapter 555 - Reclamation Projects

• 555.010   Acceptance by state of conditions of Carey Act and grants thereunder.
  The State of Oregon hereby accepts the conditions of section 4 of the Act of Congress approved August 18, 1894 (28 Stat. 422), and amendments...
• 555.020   Water Resources Commission to manage lands; general powers; transfer of powers of former state boards.
  The selection, management, and disposal of the land referred to in ORS 555.010 shall be vested in the Water Resources Commission. The commission may employ...
• 555.030   Duties of Water Resources Commission.
  The Water Resources Commission, or some authorized assistant, shall: (1) Have custody of all the records and files under the provisions of ORS 555.010 to...
• 555.040   Powers of Water Resources Commission as to contracts with Secretary of Interior for lands to be reclaimed; lien for expenses.
  Upon application, made as provided in ORS 555.050, by any person desiring to reclaim any of the desert government lands in this state, the Water...
• 555.050   Application to Water Resources Commission for lands to be reclaimed; selection and withdrawal of lands.
  (1) Any person desiring to construct ditches, canals or other irrigation works to reclaim land under the provisions of ORS 555.010 to 555.160 shall, at...
• 555.060   Deposit by applicant; disposition of money.
  A deposit shall accompany each application in a sum not less than 10 cents per acre up to 1,000 acres, and two cents per acre...
• 555.070   Contract for reclamation of land; contents; examination and report by Water Resources Commission; sale of water right to settlers; bond of contractor; deposit to secure purchasers of water rights.
  Upon withdrawal of the land by the Department of the Interior, the Water Resources Commission shall enter into a contract for the reclamation of such...
• 555.080   Reclamation works; control by contractor; transfer to purchasers of water rights.
  For such time as is specified in the contract, and not to exceed 10 years from the date thereof, the control and management of the...
• 555.090   Time for construction of works; date of commencement; securing of water rights; cessation of work as causing forfeiture; extension of time.
  No contract shall be made by the Water Resources Commission which requires a greater time than five years for construction of the works. All contracts...
• 555.100   Nonperformance by contractor; forfeiture; notice of forfeiture; sale of incomplete works; disposal of proceeds.
  (1) Upon the failure of any parties having contracts with the state for the construction of irrigation works, to begin the same within the time...
• 555.110   State’s liability.
  Nothing in ORS 555.010 to 555.160 shall be construed as authorizing the Water Resources Commission to obligate the state to pay for any work constructed...
• 555.120   Conditions precedent to entry onto land and sale of water rights; form of applications for purchase or for release of lien; “date of reclamation.”
  No land shall be open to entry and no water rights shall be sold by the parties under contract with the Water Resources Commission until...
• 555.130   Application to enter; contract for purchase of water rights and release of lien; payment for land.
  Any citizen of the United States, or any person having declared an intention to become such, over the age of 21 years, may make application,...
• 555.140   Deeds to land; execution; form; title conveyed; record; preservation of copies; copies as evidence.
  Upon filing with the Water Resources Commission a satisfactory release of the construction lien apportioned by the commission against the land in any application, accompanied...
• 555.150   Rules.
  The Water Resources Commission shall provide suitable rules for the filing of applications for constructing irrigation works, prescribing the nature of final surveys, and the...
• 555.160   Report of work, expenditures and condition of funds; recommendations for legislation.
  The Water Resources Commission shall issue, on or before September 30 of the year preceding each regular session of the legislature, a full report of...
• 555.170   Oregon Irrigation Fund.
  The Oregon Irrigation Fund is hereby created. Payments to and disbursements from the fund shall be made as provided by law.
• 555.171   Transfers from Oregon Irrigation Fund to General Fund.
  Notwithstanding the provisions of ORS 555.170, all moneys in the Oregon Irrigation Fund created by ORS 555.170 on February 18, 1955, and all moneys paid...
• 555.180   Payment for irrigation of acreage in excess of contract; notice by Water Resources Commission; price per acre.
  Wherever an irrigation system has been constructed under contract with the State of Oregon pursuant to the Act of Congress known as the Carey Act,...
• 555.190   Notice to be in writing; service; noncompliance; effect.
  The notice given by the Water Resources Commission shall be in writing and may be served by registered mail or by certified mail with return...
• 555.310   Reclamation of lands in Tumalo Project; contracts for.
  The Water Resources Commission is authorized and empowered to contract for the completion of the reclamation of lands in the Tumalo Project or any part...
• 555.320   Project manager; duties and authority.
  (1) The Water Resources Commission shall appoint, at a salary to be fixed by the commission, a project manager for the Tumalo Project, who shall...
• 555.330   Rules.
  The Water Resources Commission shall make all necessary rules and regulations for properly carrying out the provisions of ORS 555.310 to 555.410.
• 555.340   Water rights; sale price; lien on lands; lien list; expenditures of state; repayment from sale of lands and rights; replacement or surrender of contracts with Columbia Southern Irrigation Company.
  (1) Subject to ORS 555.350, the prices to be paid for the sale of water rights on private lands as well as Carey Act lands,...
• 555.350   Increase of lien against unsold land; reduction of amount due to state.
  The Water Resources Commission may increase the reclamation lien against the land not now sold in the Tumalo Project as fixed in ORS 555.340, if...
• 555.360   Arrangements to settle, cultivate and reclaim Carey Act lands; contract provisions; sale of water rights to private lands; rules; fees.
  The Water Resources Commission shall make all necessary arrangements to secure the settlement, cultivation and reclamation of Carey Act lands in the Tumalo Project; accept...
• 555.370   Cancellation of contract upon default.
  Upon failure of any purchaser having a contract with the Water Resources Commission to make payments of principal and interest according to the terms of...
• 555.380   Tumalo Project Fund; rules.
  (1) All moneys received as maintenance fees on the Tumalo Project shall be applied to the cost of maintaining, repairing, operating and distributing water for...
• 555.390   Transfer of state’s interest to irrigation districts or to federal government.
  The Water Resources Commission may, with due regard to the interests of the state, transfer all the right, title and interest of the state in...
• 555.400   Preferred purchasers.
  In the sale of water and water rights and the entry upon lands now remaining unsold in the Tumalo Project, honorably discharged soldiers and sailors,...
• 555.410   Repayment of appropriation from receipts of sale of lands; expenditures.
  The sum of $10,000, which was appropriated by section 2, chapter 424, Oregon Laws 1917, shall be considered a loan to the Tumalo Project and...

Last modified: August 7, 2008