Chapter 274 — Chapter 274

ORS 274.382 Liability for costs of removal, salvage, storage and disposal. (1) Except as may otherwise be provided by the Department of State Lands by rule, the owner of an abandoned structure or derelict structure is liable to the department for all costs arising out of removal, salvage, storage and disposal of a structure seized under ORS 274.376 to 274.388. Any order imposing liability for the costs is an order other than a contested case and is subject to review under ORS 183.484

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ORS 274.385 Rules. The Department of State Lands shall adopt rules to carry out the provisions of ORS 274.376 to 274.388. The rules shall, at a minimum, include procedures

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ORS 274.388 Submerged Lands Enhancement Fund. (1) The Submerged Lands Enhancement Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Submerged Lands Enhancement Fund shall be credited to the fund. Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the Department of State Lands for the purposes specified in this section

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ORS 274.400 Definition for ORS 274.400 to 274.412. As used in ORS 274.400 to 274.412, “board” means the State Land Board. [1995 c.471 §2]

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ORS 274.402 Exclusive jurisdiction to assert title to submerged or submersible lands in navigable waterway. (1) The State Land Board has exclusive jurisdiction to assert title to submerged or submersible lands in navigable waterways on behalf of the State of Oregon

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ORS 274.404 Administrative determination of navigable waterway; rules; procedure. (1) On or before July 1, 1996, the State Land Board shall adopt by rule a procedure that is consistent with ORS 274.400 to 274.412 by which the board and the Department of State Lands shall make a final administrative determination as to whether a waterway or part of a waterway is navigable, and if so, the extent of the interest claimed by the State of Oregon in the navigable portion of the waterway

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ORS 274.406 Declaration of state’s claim; effect; filing with the county clerk. (1) Upon the adoption of a report by the State Land Board under ORS 274.404 (2)(e), the board shall declare the nature and extent of the state’s claim to any interest that remains or is vested in the State of Oregon with respect to any land or waterway described in the report

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ORS 274.408 Public notice of claim; content. Immediately following a declaration made by the State Land Board pursuant to ORS 274.406, the board shall

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ORS 274.410 [Renumbered 274.525]

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ORS 274.412 Judicial review of declaration of state’s claim. Any person who is aggrieved by a declaration of the State Land Board made pursuant to ORS 274.406 may seek judicial review of the declaration in the manner provided in ORS chapter 183 for judicial review of final orders in other than contested cases. For purposes of ORS 183.484 (2), the date three days after the date of mailing of notice under ORS 274.408 (2) shall be considered the date the order is served on the owner. [1995 c.471 §7]

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ORS 274.420 [Amended by 1967 c.421 §100; renumbered 274.025]

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ORS 274.425 Definition for ORS 274.430 to 274.520. As used in ORS 274.430 to 274.520, “meandered lake” means a lake wholly or partly within this state that has been meandered by the United States surveys. [1967 c.421 §131]

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ORS 274.430 State ownership of meandered lakes; status as navigable and public waters. (1) All meandered lakes are declared to be navigable and public waters. The waters thereof are declared to be of public character. The title to the submersible and submerged lands of such meandered lakes, which are not included in the valid terms of a grant or conveyance from the State of Oregon, is vested in the State of Oregon

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ORS 274.440 Acquisition of future rights to meandered lakes denied; extension of riparian ownership; lands overflowed by high water. (1) There are no vested rights in or to any future accretion or reliction to the lands of any upland or riparian owner on any meandered lake. No person shall acquire any right, title or interest in or to the submerged or submersible lands of any such lakes, or any part thereof, by reliction, accretion or otherwise, or by reason of the lowering or drainage of the waters of such lakes, except as provided by statute

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ORS 274.450 Acquisition of riparian rights by department. The Department of State Lands may acquire by purchase, gift, condemnation or otherwise, any riparian rights which may, by any court of competent jurisdiction, be held to be owned by or vested in any upland or riparian owner on any meandered lakes, and may institute such suits or actions as may be necessary in such condemnation proceedings. [Amended by 1967 c.421 §134]

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ORS 274.460 Settler’s and riparian owner’s preferential right to purchase land within meander lines. All persons qualified to become entrymen and to secure land patents under the homestead laws of the United States and who prior to January 1, 1921, in good faith settled upon lands within the meander lines of lakes returned as navigable by the United States surveys and who, on January 1, 1921, by reason of settlement, cultivation and improvements on any such lands would be entitled to patent from the United States if such lands were open or subject to homestead entry are given a preference right to purchase from the State of Oregon such lands so settled upon by them, not exceeding 160 acres for any one person, upon such terms and at such prices and within such times as shall be fixed by the Department of State Lands. However, owners of the upland bordering upon such ordinary high water mark have a preference right to purchase, at the best price bid, state lands described in ORS 274.430 and riparian to their lands, and not exceeding 160 acres, in addition to the lands granted them by ORS 274.430 and 274.440. [Amended by 1967 c.421 §135]

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ORS 274.470 Settler’s right to deed to land within meander lines; preferential right to additional land; tacking by successive settlers. (1) Any person who in good faith settled upon lands within the meander lines of any meandered lake and who, on January 1, 1921, actually resided thereon, who maintained residence thereon for at least five years immediately prior to such date, and who complied with the requirements of settlement, residence, cultivation and improvement, specified for homestead entrymen under the homestead laws of the United States, and which would be sufficient to acquire title by patent if such lands were subject to homestead entry by qualified entrymen, upon proof of such facts to the satisfaction of the Department of State Lands

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ORS 274.480 Rights of riparian owners on Malheur and Mud Lakes. The owners of lands riparian to Malheur and Mud Lakes, in Harney County, Oregon, shall be granted title to so much of the lands within the meander lines of such lakes as is required to fill out the least fractional subdivision or subdivisions of any section owned by such upland owners, and which is rendered fractional by the meander line of such lakes, in addition to the rights recognized by ORS 274.430 to 274.460 to any natural accretion or reliction added to the lands of such upland owners prior to May 24, 1923. Owners of any upland bordering upon such meander lines shall have a preferential right to purchase, in addition, 160 acres of such state lands, chiefly valuable for agricultural purposes. [Amended by 1967 c.421 §137]

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ORS 274.490 Settlement of conflicting preferential rights. Settlers within the meander line of any meandered lake have the first preferential right, and the Department of State Lands shall, so far as practicable, work out the various preferential rights by securing to each, all the lands which would be most advantageously used by such several persons. In case of conflict, the department shall give the parties a reasonable time in which to agree, and if they cannot agree, the department shall decide the matter and make conveyances as it considers equitable, and its decision in the matter shall be final. The department shall fix the time within which such preferential rights shall be exercised. [Amended by 1967 c.421 §138]

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ORS 274.500 Conveyance of compact area; prices; maximum acreage. (1) All of the lands referred to in ORS 274.470 and 274.480 granted or conveyed by the state, shall be granted and conveyed in a reasonably compact area, to be determined by the Department of State Lands

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ORS 274.510 Lake bed lands claimed by the United States. (1) If the federal government claims title or interest in any lands referred to in ORS 274.470 or 274.480 the same shall not be conveyed or otherwise disposed of, or preferential right therein accrue until such claim is settled. The Department of State Lands may enter into such agreements with the federal government affecting such lands as it deems best in the interest of the public, and make such deeds and conveyances to the United States in consideration of the issuance of such patents by the United States to the State of Oregon of such lands within the meander lines of any such lakes as the department and the federal government agree

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ORS 274.520 Acceptance of deed to lake bed lands as precluding any other claim. Any person who elects to take any deed from the State of Oregon under ORS 274.430 to 274.520 to any lands within the meander lines of a lake takes the same in lieu of any claim to any other lands within the meander line of such lake in which such deeded lands lie, and shall not thereafter maintain in any court any claim to any lands inside the meander line of such lake other than to the lands conveyed to such person by deed from the state under ORS 274.430 to 274.520 or which such person acquires in good faith from a grantee or purchaser from the State of Oregon under such statutes. [Amended by 1967 c.421 §141]

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ORS 274.523 [1967 c.421 §143; repealed by 1969 c.594 §63]

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ORS 274.525 City use of stream bed material. (1) Any city of the State of Oregon bordering on a navigable stream may dredge out and use material from submersible and submerged lands of the stream, owned by the State of Oregon and in front of such city, for the purpose of filling in or reclaiming the submersible lands within such city, under the rules of the Department of State Lands. The consent of the appropriate agency of the United States Government shall be first obtained by such city

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ORS 274.530 Lease or license of stream beds for removal of material; rules for measurement of volume removed. (1) The Department of State Lands may, after notice of competitive bidding, and following such competitive bidding, lease or license submersible and submerged lands of navigable streams owned by the State of Oregon for the purpose of removing material therefrom. Competitive bid requirements may be waived for leases of less than one year’s duration. No lease shall be made for a lump sum but only on a basis of the price per cubic yard or ton for the material removed

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ORS 274.540 [Amended by 1953 c.181 §2; 1961 c.509 §3; 1961 c.676 §4; 1967 c.421 §45; renumbered 273.225]

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ORS 274.550 Removal of material without payment of royalties; eligible material and uses. (1) A person may remove material from submersible and submerged lands owned by the State of Oregon without payment of royalties to the Department of State Lands if the material is

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ORS 274.560 Lease terms; bond or security; prohibited lease or purchase option; monthly reports and payments; rules. (1) The Department of State Lands may enter into contract of lease for purposes of ORS 274.525 to 274.590 with such stipulations protecting the interest of the state as the department may require, and may require a bond with a surety company authorized to transact a surety business in this state, as surety, or other form of security, to be given by the lessee for performance of such stipulations, and providing for forfeiture for nonpayment or failure to operate under the contract. No contract shall be entered into giving any person an option of leasing or purchasing the property of the State of Oregon. The lessee in all such contracts shall report monthly to the department the amount of material taken under the contract and pay to the department the amount of royalty thereon provided in the contract

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ORS 274.570 [Amended by 1967 c.421 §106; renumbered 274.035]

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ORS 274.580 [Amended by 1961 c.509 §4; 1967 c.421 §46; renumbered 273.231]

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ORS 274.590 Cooperation with Washington authorities respecting removal of material from bed of Columbia River. The Department of State Lands shall cooperate with the proper authorities of the State of Washington in contracting for, receiving and collecting royalties or other revenues for the taking of material from the submersible and submerged lands of the Columbia River and enter into such agreements as may be advisable or necessary with such officers of the State of Washington for the division of such royalties. [Amended by 1967 c.421 §148]

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ORS 274.600 [Amended by 1967 c.33 §1; 1967 c.421 §47; 1967 c.567 §16; renumbered 273.235]

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ORS 274.605 [Amended by 1967 c.421 §48; renumbered 273.241]

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ORS 274.610 Prohibited contracts for exploration for hard minerals; scientific research. (1) The Department of State Lands shall not enter into contracts for governmental or private development or exploration for hard minerals on state-owned submersible and submerged lands within the territorial sea and navigable bays that are subject to the jurisdiction of the department

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ORS 274.611 [1967 c.421 §150; 1987 c.300 §1; repealed by 1991 c.217 §6]

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ORS 274.615 [1961 c.703 §§1,13; 1967 c.421 §151; 1987 c.300 §2; repealed by 1991 c.217 §6]

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ORS 274.620 [1961 c.703 §2; 1965 c.375 §2; 1967 c.421 §152; 1969 c.594 §46; 1987 c.300 §3; repealed by 1991 c.217 §6]

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ORS 274.625 [1961 c.703 §3; 1967 c.421 §153; 1987 c.300 §4; repealed by 1991 c.217 §6]

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ORS 274.630 [1961 c.703 §4; 1967 c.421 §154; 1987 c.300 §5; repealed by 1991 c.217 §6]

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ORS 274.635 [1961 c.703 §§5,8 and 12; 1967 c.421 §155; 1987 c.300 §6; repealed by 1991 c.217 §6]

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ORS 274.640 [1961 c.703 §§7,10; 1967 c.421 §156; 1987 c.300 §8; repealed by 1991 c.217 §6]

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ORS 274.645 [1961 c.703 §11; 1967 c.421 §157; repealed by 1987 c.300 §10]

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ORS 274.650 [1961 c.703 §6; repealed by 1967 c.421 §206]

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ORS 274.705 Definitions for ORS 274.705 to 274.860. As used in ORS 274.705 to 274.860, unless the context requires otherwise

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ORS 274.710 Jurisdiction of department over tidal submerged lands; easements; leases for oil, gas and sulfur. (1) The Department of State Lands has exclusive jurisdiction over all ungranted tidal submerged lands owned by this state, whether within or beyond the boundaries of this state, heretofore or hereafter acquired by this state

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ORS 274.712 Limitations on leasing submerged and submersible lands within territorial sea. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of ORS 274.705 to 274.860 or 520.240, the Department of State Lands is prohibited from leasing any of the submerged and submersible lands within the territorial sea for

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ORS 274.714 Undersea cables within territorial sea; decommissioning cables. (1) As used in this section, “undersea cable” includes a cable used to conduct electricity or light that is placed on state-owned submerged or submersible lands within the territorial sea and any facilities associated with the cable

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ORS 274.715 Sulfur leases. ORS 274.705 to 274.860 shall apply equally to the exploration and leasing of lands subject thereto for the production of sulfur. [1961 c.619 §34; 1967 c.421 §160]

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ORS 274.720 Effect of ORS 274.705 to 274.860 on power to make other leases and on jurisdiction of agencies other than department. ORS 274.705 to 274.860 shall not

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ORS 274.725 Scope of leases and permits; persons ineligible. (1) Any interests in lands, or lands in fee simple, acquired by the Department of State Lands by purchase, donation, lease condemnation or otherwise, may be made available to any lessee of the state for the purposes contained in ORS 274.705 to 274.860 and upon such terms as may be determined by the department

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