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Volume : 15 - Water Resourc...
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Chapter 540 - Distribution and Storage of Water...
Chapter 540 - Distribution and Storage of Water; Watermasters; Water Right Changes, Transfers and Forfeitures
Section 540.010 - Water districts; creation; purposes.
Section 540.020 - Watermasters; appointment; removal; powers of Water Resources Director.
Section 540.030 - Water Resources Director; duties regarding water distribution.
Section 540.045 - Watermaster duties.
Section 540.050 - Appearance of district attorney.
Section 540.060 - Arrest by watermaster; complaint against offender.
Section 540.075 - Office and equipment for watermaster.
Section 540.080 - Assistant watermasters; compensation and expenses; termination.
Section 540.100 - Division of water among users; payment.
Section 540.120 - Lien for wages and expense; notice; foreclosure.
Section 540.130 - Advance payment.
Section 540.135 - Disposition of funds collected under ORS 540.100 to 540.130 and 540.220.
Section 540.140 - Insufficiency of water; preference of uses.
Section 540.145 - Distribution of water; rules; applicability.
Section 540.150 - Rotation in water use; notice.
Section 540.155 - Periodic review and report regarding department program for Deschutes Basin ground water study area.
Section 540.210 - Distribution from ditch or reservoir.
Section 540.220 - Payment of assistant watermaster.
Section 540.230 - Distribution of waste or seepage water; payment.
Section 540.240 - Lien for wages and expense; property subject to lien; monthly payment.
Section 540.250 - Lien, notice of intent to claim; foreclosure; attorney fees.
Section 540.260 - Lien for wages and expense; enforcement; remedy not exclusive.
Section 540.270 - Distribution from irrigation districts and improvement companies; applicability of ORS 540.210 to 540.260.
Section 540.310 - Ditches and canals; headgates; measuring devices; flumes along lines of ditches.
Section 540.320 - Noncompliance with requirements; effect.
Section 540.330 - Reservoirs; measuring devices; effect of noncompliance.
Section 540.340 - Reservoir and diversion dam; suitable outlet; effect of noncompliance.
Section 540.353
Section 540.355 - Inspection, evaluation and assessment of hydraulic structures.
Section 540.410 - Delivery of reservoir water; notice to watermaster; adjustment of headgates; expenses; payment.
Section 540.420 - Jointly owned ditches; performance by co-owner; recovery for default.
Section 540.430 - Nonpayment by ditch co-owner; lien on interest; foreclosure; stoppage of water delivery.
Section 540.435 - Installation of totalizing measuring device; annual water use report; hearing; effect of failure to comply with order.
Section 540.440 - Owner to clear weeds from ditch right of way.
Section 540.443 - Definitions for ORS 540.443 to 540.491.
Section 540.446 - Dams not subject to ORS 540.443 to 540.491.
Section 540.449 - Construction plan approval; fees; rules.
Section 540.452 - Removal plan approval.
Section 540.455 - Dam inspections and analysis.
Section 540.458 - Notice for owner corrective action to address safety issues.
Section 540.461 - Plan and time frame for corrective action; hearing; proposed and final orders.
Section 540.464 - Examinations, inspections and reports by specialists.
Section 540.467 - Owner action to address maintenance issues; hearing; proposed and final orders; penalty.
Section 540.470 - Contested case hearings.
Section 540.473 - Application for injunction.
Section 540.476 - Action to declare dam public nuisance.
Section 540.479 - Dam owner responsibilities.
Section 540.482 - Emergency action plan for dam with high hazard rating.
Section 540.485 - Actual or potential dam failure.
Section 540.488 - Water Resources Commission duties and powers; rules.
Section 540.491 - Dam owner or operator liability.
Section 540.505 - Definitions.
Section 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.
Section 540.520 - Application for change of use, place of use or point of diversion; public notice; protest; hearing; exemptions.
Section 540.523 - Temporary transfer of water right or permit; terms; revocation; status of supplemental water right or permit.
Section 540.524 - Substitution of supplemental water right from ground water source for primary water right from surface water source; application; fee.
Section 540.525 - Installation of fish screening or by-pass device as prerequisite for transfer of point of diversion.
Section 540.530 - Order authorizing change of use, place of use or point of diversion; consent to injury; new or modified certificate.
Section 540.531 - Transfer of surface water point of diversion to ground water; requirements; priority; mitigation measures; return to surface water diversion; rules.
Section 540.532 - Request for change in point of diversion to reflect historical use; requirements.
Section 540.533 - Application for exchange of water.
Section 540.535 - Notice of application for exchange.
Section 540.537 - Order allowing exchange; order terminating exchange.
Section 540.539 - Exchange subject to beneficial use requirements.
Section 540.540
Section 540.541 - Delivery and use of water under exchange.
Section 540.543 - Regulation of headgates when water provided by exchange.
Section 540.545 - Transfer of water rights following county acquisition of land.
Section 540.550.
Section 540.560 - Order changing description of land to which water right is appurtenant; limitation; purpose; hearing; effect of final order.
Section 540.570 - Temporary transfers within districts; procedure; fee.
Section 540.572 - Application of certificated water elsewhere within district; notice.
Section 540.574 - Petition for approval of transfer.
Section 540.576 - Notice of petition; protest; user rights.
Section 540.578 - Filing of protest; hearing on proposed transfer.
Section 540.580 - Permanent transfer of place of use of water within district; requirements; procedure.
Section 540.585 - Temporary transfers within Deschutes River Basin; procedure; fee.
Section 540.587 - Report on implementation of temporary transfer provisions.
Section 540.589 - Ratification of prior transfer of water rights to irrigation district.
Section 540.610 - Use as measure of water right; forfeiture for nonuse; confirmation of rights of municipalities.
Section 540.612 - Exemption from forfeiture.
Section 540.621 - Cancellation of abandoned water right upon request of owner.
Section 540.631 - Cancellation of forfeited water right; notice.
Section 540.641 - Protest of cancellation; procedure.
Section 540.650 - Issuance of new water right certificate for water rights not canceled.
Section 540.660 - Affidavit of watermaster that circumstances prevent use of water right in accordance with terms of certificate; procedures for cancellation of right.
Section 540.670 - Effect of cancellation of primary water right on supplemental right; change from supplemental to primary right; priority date.
Section 540.710 - Interference with headgate, or use of water denied by watermaster or other authority; evidence of guilt.
Section 540.720 - Unauthorized use or waste of water; evidence of guilt of user.
Section 540.730 - Obstruction interfering with access to or use of works.
Section 540.740 - Injunctive relief against action of watermaster.
Section 540.750 - Injunction suits; notice; hearing.
Section 540.990 - Criminal penalties.
Section 540.995 - Civil penalties.