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Introduced
01/13/2025
01/13/2025
In Committee
04/10/2025
04/10/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
Introduced Session
2025 Legislative Measures
Bill Summary
The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act gives an agency money for grants to soil and water conservation districts in certain counties and for support and monitoring. The Act takes effect when it is signed. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.7). Digest: The Act tells an agency to award grants to soil and water conservation districts. The Act gives the agency money for the grants. (Flesch Readability Score: 70.1). Directs Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to award grants to soil and water conservation districts that operate in certain counties. Appropriates moneys to the department for distribution to the Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council for soil and water conservation districts for coordination and administrative support and to perform certain monitoring. Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the department for awarding the grants. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
AI Summary
This bill appropriates funds from the General Fund to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for several specific purposes related to soil and water conservation districts in multiple Oregon counties during the 2025 biennium. The bill provides targeted grants to soil and water conservation districts in seven counties: Crook ($1,235,000), Jefferson ($715,000), Klamath ($585,000), Deschutes ($585,000), Harney ($580,000), Lake ($455,000), and Wheeler ($455,000). Additionally, the bill allocates $150,000 to the Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council for coordination and administrative support of these districts, and $500,000 for monitoring activities related to implementing specific Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS 568.970 and 568.972). The grants must be distributed no later than July 1, 2025, or 60 days after the act's effective date. The bill includes an emergency clause, which means it will take effect immediately upon passage, emphasizing the urgent nature of the water conservation support for these regions.
Committee Categories
Agriculture and Natural Resources, Budget and Finance
Sponsors (6)
Vikki Breese-Iverson (R)*,
Annessa Hartman (D),
Bobby Levy (R),
Em Levy (D),
Mark Owens (R),
Werner Reschke (R),
Last Action
Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. (on 04/10/2025)
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