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2013 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 13 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food
Chapter 551 - Diking Districts
Section 551.160 - County authority as to dikes and dams.
OR Rev Stat § 551.160 (2013) What's This?
The governing body of any county shall have the powers provided for it in this chapter to regulate the building and maintenance of dikes and dams for the purpose of reclaiming and improving submersible lands as defined in ORS 274.005, or lands subject to overflow by freshets, and for the purpose of protecting lands from overflow where great damage is liable to be caused thereby. [Amended by 1969 c.594 §60]
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