ORS 538.020
Acquisition of property necessary for storage and diversion

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The county court of Morrow County may, for the purposes set forth in chapter 324, Oregon Laws 1939, acquire, in the name of the county and for the use of the public, by purchase, eminent domain proceedings, lease, grant, gift, bequest, devise or any other legal means, real and personal property, rights of way, easements and other property rights or privileges necessary to effect the storage and diversion of the waters referred to in that Act, and maintain and care for such property and rights in the manner provided by statute for the care and maintenance of other county property.

Source: Section 538.020 — Acquisition of property necessary for storage and diversion, https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors538.html.

538.010
Waters diverted from Ditch Creek 538.020
Acquisition of property necessary for storage and diversion 538.110
Tumalo Creek, Deschutes County 538.120
Silver Creek, Marion County, and Brushes Creek, Curry County, and tributaries 538.125
Certain appropriations vested notwithstanding ORS 538.120 538.130
Condemnation of lands for park 538.140
Diamond Lake and tributaries 538.150
Hackett Creek, Clackamas County, and tributaries 538.160
Hackett Creek 538.170
Johnson Creek in Multnomah and Clackamas Counties 538.180
Johnson Creek 538.190
Lake of the Woods and tributaries, Klamath County 538.200
Streams forming waterfalls near Columbia River Highway 538.210
Condemnation of lands for park not prevented 538.220
Waters of Mill and Barr Creeks, Jackson County, withdrawn 538.230
Vested water rights not affected 538.251
Tributaries of Columbia River 538.260
Existing rights not affected 538.270
Rogue River 538.280
McNulty Creek 538.290
McNulty Creek 538.300
Milton Creek and tributaries 538.410
Confirmation of water rights acquired prior to February 24, 1909, for municipal supply 538.420
Portland’s right to waters of Bull Run and Little Sandy Rivers 538.430
Medford and Eagle Point Irrigation District 538.440
Bend 538.450
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Location: https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_538.020

Original Source: Section 538.020 — Acquisition of property necessary for storage and diversion, https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors538.html (last accessed Jun. 16, 2023).