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2011 Oregon Revised Statutes
ORS Volume 13, Chapters 536 - 644
ORS Chapter 540
- 540.010 Water districts; creation; purposes.
- 540.020 Watermasters; appointment; removal; powers of Water Resources Director.
- 540.030 Water Resources Director; duties regarding water distribution.
- 540.040 [Amended by 1953 c.395 3; 1957 c.341 10; 1963 c.410 1; repealed by 1985 c.421 17]
- 540.045 Watermaster duties.
- 540.050 Appearance of district attorney.
- 540.060 Arrest by watermaster; complaint against offender.
- 540.070 [Repealed by 1957 c.546 8]
- 540.071 [1957 c.546 2; 1961 c.636 1; 1963 c.410 2; repealed by 1985 c.421 17]
- 540.075 Office and equipment for watermaster.
- 540.080 Assistant watermasters; compensation and expenses; termination.
- 540.090 [Amended by 1957 c.546 4; 1961 c.636 3; 1979 c.18 1; repealed by 1985 c.421 17]
- 540.100 Division of water among users; payment.
- 540.110 [Amended by 1981 c.897 58; repealed by 1985 c.421 17]
- 540.120 Lien for wages and expense; notice; foreclosure.
- 540.130 Advance payment.
- 540.135 Disposition of funds collected under ORS 540.100 to 540.130 and 540.220.
- 540.140 Insufficiency of water; preference of uses.
- 540.145 Distribution of water; rules; applicability.
- 540.150 Rotation in water use; notice.
- 540.155 Periodic review and report regarding department program for Deschutes Basin ground water study area.
- Note: 540.155 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 540 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation. DISTRIBUTION OF WATER FROM IRRIGATION DITCHES AND RESERVOIRS
- 540.210 Distribution from ditch or reservoir.
- 540.220 Payment of assistant watermaster.
- 540.230 Distribution of waste or seepage water; payment.
- 540.240 Lien for wages and expense; property subject to lien; monthly payment.
- 540.250 Lien, notice of intent to claim; foreclosure; attorney fees.
- 540.260 Lien for wages and expense; enforcement; remedy not exclusive.
- 540.270 Distribution from irrigation districts and improvement companies; applicability of ORS 540.210 to 540.260.
- 540.310 Ditches and canals; headgates; measuring devices; flumes along lines of ditches.
- 540.320 Noncompliance with requirements; effect.
- 540.330 Reservoirs; measuring devices; effect of noncompliance.
- 540.340 Reservoir and diversion dam; suitable outlet; effect of noncompliance.
- 540.350 Dams, dikes and other hydraulic works; examination and approval by commission; responsibility of owners; inspections; modification of works; hearing.
- 540.360 Order to modify.
- 540.370 Enforcing compliance with order or decree.
- 540.380 Reports of consultants; payment.
- 540.390 Inspection of dam, dike or hydraulic structure; expenses; deposit by applicant; payment by owner of works; lien.
- 540.400 Applicability of ORS 540.350 to 540.390.
- 540.410 Delivery of reservoir water; notice to watermaster; adjustment of headgates; expenses; payment.
- 540.420 Jointly owned ditches; performance by co-owner; recovery for default.
- 540.430 Nonpayment by ditch co-owner; lien on interest; foreclosure; stoppage of water delivery.
- 540.435 Installation of totalizing measuring device; annual water use report; hearing; effect of failure to comply with order.
- 540.440 Owner to clear weeds from ditch right of way.
- 540.505 Definitions.
- 540.510 Appurtenancy of water to premises; restrictions on change of use, place of use or point of diversion; application for transfer of primary and supplemental water rights; right to use conserved water.
- 540.520 Application for change of use, place of use or point of diversion; public notice; protest; hearing; exemptions.
- 540.523 Temporary transfer of water right or permit; terms; revocation; status of supplemental water right or permit.
- 540.524 Substitution of supplemental water right from ground water source for primary water right from surface water source; application; fee.
- Note: 540.524 was added to and made a part of 540.505 to 540.585 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
- 540.525 Installation of fish screening or by-pass device as prerequisite for transfer of point of diversion.
- 540.530 Order authorizing change of use, place of use or point of diversion; consent to injury; new or modified certificate.
- 540.531 Transfer of surface water point of diversion to ground water; requirements; priority; mitigation measures; return to surface water diversion; rules.
- 540.532 Request for change in point of diversion to reflect historical use; requirements.
- Note: 540.532 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 540 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
- 540.533 Application for exchange of water.
- 540.535 Notice of application for exchange.
- 540.537 Order allowing exchange; order terminating exchange.
- 540.539 Exchange subject to beneficial use requirements.
- 540.540 [Renumbered 540.545 in 1987]
- 540.541 Delivery and use of water under exchange.
- 540.543 Regulation of headgates when water provided by exchange.
- 540.545 Transfer of water rights following county acquisition of land.
- 540.550 Ratification of prior transfer of water rights to irrigation district.
- Note: 540.550 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 540 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
- 540.560 Order changing description of land to which water right is appurtenant; limitation; purpose; hearing; effect of final order.
- 540.570 Temporary transfers within districts; procedure; fee.
- Note: Sections 22 to 25, chapter 705, Oregon Laws 2003, provide:
- Sec. 22.
- Sec. 23.
- Sec. 24.
- Sec. 25.
- 540.572 Application of certificated water elsewhere within district; notice.
- 540.574 Petition for approval of transfer.
- 540.576 Notice of petition; protest; user rights.
- 540.578 Filing of protest; hearing on proposed transfer.
- 540.580 Permanent transfer of place of use of water within district; requirements; procedure.
- 540.585 Temporary transfers within Deschutes River Basin; procedure; fee.
- 540.587 Report on implementation of temporary transfer provisions.
- Note: 540.587 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 540 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation. FORFEITURE OF WATER RIGHTS
- 540.610 Use as measure of water right; forfeiture for nonuse; confirmation of rights of municipalities.
- 540.612 Exemption from forfeiture.
- 540.615 [1961 c.140 1; 1987 c.339 5; repealed by 1989 c.699 4]
- 540.620 [Repealed by 1955 c.671 1]
- 540.621 Cancellation of abandoned water right upon request of owner.
- 540.630 [Repealed by 1955 c.671 1]
- 540.631 Cancellation of forfeited water right; notice.
- 540.640 [Repealed by 1955 c.671 1]
- 540.641 Protest of cancellation; procedure.
- 540.650 Issuance of new water right certificate for water rights not canceled.
- 540.660 Affidavit of watermaster that circumstances prevent use of water right in accordance with terms of certificate; procedures for cancellation of right.
- 540.670 Effect of cancellation of primary water right on supplemental right; change from supplemental to primary right; priority date.
- 540.710 Interference with headgate, or use of water denied by watermaster or other authority; evidence of guilt.
- 540.720 Unauthorized use or waste of water; evidence of guilt of user.
- 540.730 Obstruction interfering with access to or use of works.
- 540.740 Injunctive relief against action of watermaster.
- 540.750 Injunction suits; notice; hearing.
- 540.990 Penalties.
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