ORS § 538.270

Current through 2024 Regular Session legislation
Section 538.270 - Rogue River; withdrawal from appropriation; excepted water uses; tributaries

Subject to water rights existing on May 26, 1967, the waters flowing in the main channel of the Rogue River from its intersection with the south line of section 27, township 33 south, range 1 east of the Willamette Meridian in Jackson County, to its confluence with the Pacific Ocean, are withdrawn from appropriation; except that this section shall not prevent the appropriation and use of such waters for domestic, stock, irrigation, municipal, fish, wildlife, recreation and road maintenance purposes, nor prevent the appropriation, diversion and use of the waters of any stream tributary to the river.

ORS 538.270

Amended by 1959 c.205 §1; 1967 c.310 §1; 1989 c.291 §1