FISH HATCHERIES
(Temporary provisions relating to hatchery monitoring and maintenance funding)
Note: Sections 1, 7 and 8, chapter 734, Oregon Laws 2015, provide:
Sec. 1. (1) The Oregon Hatchery Monitoring and Maintenance Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Oregon Hatchery Monitoring and Maintenance Fund shall be credited to the fund. Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the State Department of Fish and Wildlife. The fund shall consist of:
(a) All moneys received from the surcharge on angling licenses imposed by section 3, chapter 734, Oregon Laws 2015; and
(b) All moneys received from the ad valorem fee imposed by section 4, chapter 734, Oregon Laws 2015.
(2) Moneys in the fund may be expended only on:
(a) Programs to monitor and address impacts of hatcheries on native fish species; and
(b) Work related to maintenance needs at hatcheries.
(3) On a biennial basis, overall expenditures from the fund must be evenly split between the purposes described in subsection (2) of this section. [2015 c.734 §1; 2017 c.120 §1; 2025 c.437 §1]
Sec. 7. The State Department of Fish and Wildlife shall provide a financial report annually to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the environment and natural resources showing all revenues and deposits to and transfers and expenditures from the Oregon Hatchery Monitoring and Maintenance Fund. [2015 c.734 §7; 2025 c.437 §5]
Sec. 8. (1)(a) Section 3, chapter 734, Oregon Laws 2015, as amended by section 52, chapter 779, Oregon Laws 2015, section 7, chapter 56, Oregon Laws 2022, and section 2 of this 2025 Act, is repealed on January 2, 2037.
(b) Section 4, chapter 734, Oregon Laws 2015, as amended by section 3 of this 2025 Act, is repealed on January 2, 2037.
(c) Section 1, chapter 734, Oregon Laws 2015, as amended by section 1, chapter 120, Oregon Laws 2017, and section 1 of this 2025 Act, is repealed on January 2, 2039.
(d) Section 7, chapter 734, Oregon Laws 2015, as amended by section 5 of this 2025 Act, is repealed on January 2, 2039.
(2) Any balance in the Oregon Hatchery Monitoring and Maintenance Fund that is unexpended and unobligated on the date of the repeal of section 1, chapter 734, Oregon Laws 2015, and all moneys that would have been deposited in the Oregon Hatchery Monitoring and Maintenance Fund had section 1, chapter 734, Oregon Laws 2015, remained in effect, shall be transferred to and deposited in the Hatchery Construction Fund, and are appropriated for expenditure as in the case of other moneys in the Hatchery Construction Fund. [2015 c.734 §8; 2015 c.779 §53; 2017 c.120 §3; 2025 c.437 §6]