ORS tit. 45, ch. 537, GROUND WATER, DESCHUTES BASIN GROUND WATER STUDY AREA, TEMPORARY PROVISIONS RELATING to THE DESCHUTES BASIN GROUND WATER STUDY AREA ARE COMPILED AS NOTES FOLLOWING ORS 537.746
ORS tit. 45, ch. 537, GROUND WATER, DESCHUTES BASIN GROUND WATER STUDY AREA, TEMPORARY PROVISIONS RELATING to THE DESCHUTES BASIN GROUND WATER STUDY AREA ARE COMPILED AS NOTES FOLLOWING ORS 537.746
Sections 1, 2, 4 and 5, chapter 669, Oregon Laws 2005, provide:
Sec. 1. Section 2 of this 2005 Act is added to and made a part of ORS 537.505 to 537.795. [2005 c. 669, § 1]
Sec. 2. The Legislative Assembly declares that rules adopted by the Water Resources Commission for the Deschutes Basin ground water study area and certified effective by the Secretary of State on September 27, 2002, satisfy the requirements relating to mitigation under ORS 390.805 to 390.925, 537.332 to 537.360 and 537.505 to 537.795. [2005 c. 669, § 2]
Sec. 4. Section 2 of this 2005 Act applies to all ground water permits containing a ground water mitigation requirement, all final orders approving water right applications containing a ground water mitigation requirement, all mitigation credits, all ground water mitigation projects and all mitigation banks issued or approved in the Deschutes River Basin by the Water Resources Department or the Water Resources Commission before, on or after the effective date of this 2005 Act [July 29, 2005]. [2005 c. 669, § 4]
Sec. 5. (1) The Water Resources Commission shall repeal the rules referred to in section 2, chapter 669, Oregon Laws 2005, on January 2, 2029.
(2) Ground water permits and mitigation projects approved before the repeal remain valid and effective. [2005 c. 669, § 5; 2011 c. 694, § 1]