Directs the Oregon Drinking Water Services of the Oregon Health Authority to establish a pilot program for training drinking water system operators.

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3078
Sponsored by Representative LEVY E, Senator BROADMAN (Presession filed.)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: The Act tells an agency to create a pilot program for training certain water system
operators. The Act tells an agency to create a program for giving grants to certain water providers.
The Act extends a sunset on certain rules. The Act gives money for the pilot program. The Act gives
money for the program and for treating western juniper. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.3).
Directs the Oregon Drinking Water Services of the Oregon Health Authority to establish a pilot
program for training drinking water system operators. Sunsets the program on January 2, 2028.
Directs the Water Resources Department to establish a matching funds grant program that
awards grants to certain municipal water providers.
Extends the sunset on rules for the Deschutes Basin ground water study area to January 2,
2039.
Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Health Authority out of the General Fund for distribution
to the Oregon Drinking Water Services for the pilot program.
Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the department for the matching funds grant
program.
Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to state agencies for purposes related to the
treatment of western juniper.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to water; creating new provisions; amending section 5, chapter 669, Oregon Laws 2005; and
declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
(1) The Oregon Drinking Water Services of the Oregon Health Authority
shall establish a pilot program for training drinking water system operators.
(2) The pilot program must include three or four workshops across the state, on or be-
fore December 31, 2027, that include a certified water loss control consultant.
SECTION 2. Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on January 2, 2028.
SECTION 3. (1) The Water Resources Department shall establish a matching funds grant
program that awards at least $25 million in grant funds to municipal water providers that
are subject to rules adopted by the department that relate to ground water.
(2) The grants must support the expansion of conservation programs described in appli-
cable water management and conservation plans.
SECTION 4. (1) No later than April 1 of each even-numbered year, the Oregon Depart-
ment of Administrative Services shall submit a report, in the manner provided by ORS
192.245, to the committees or interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to
water.
(2) The report shall describe the performance of grants awarded under ORS 568.970.
SECTION 5.
Section 5, chapter 669, Oregon Laws 2005, as amended by section 1, chapter 694,
Oregon Laws 2011, is amended to read:
Sec. 5. (1) The Water Resources Commission shall repeal the rules referred to in section 2,
NOTE: Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [ italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
LC 3511
HB 3078
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chapter 669, Oregon Laws 2005, on January 2, [ 2029] 2039.
(2) Ground water permits and mitigation projects approved before the repeal remain valid and
effective.
SECTION 6.
In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there is appropri-
ated to the Oregon Health Authority, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, out of the
General Fund, the amount of $500,000, for distribution to the Oregon Drinking Water Ser-
vices for carrying out the provisions of section 1 of this 2025 Act.
SECTION 7.
In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there is appropri-
ated to the Water Resources Department, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, out of the
General Fund, the amount of $25,000,000, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of
section 3 of this 2025 Act.
SECTION 8. In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there is appropri-
ated to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, for the biennium beginning July
1, 2025, out of the General Fund, the following amounts, which may be expended for the
purposes of providing grants under ORS 568.970, as follows:
(1) $950,000 for providing a grant to a soil and water conservation district located in
Crook County.
(2) $500,000 for providing a grant to a soil and water conservation district located in
Jefferson County.
(3) $400,000 for providing a grant to a soil and water conservation district located in
Klamath County.
(4) $400,000 for providing a grant to a soil and water conservation district located in
Deschutes County.
(5) $400,000 for providing a grant to a soil and water conservation district located in
Harney County.
(6) $300,000 for providing a grant to a soil and water conservation district located in Lake
County.
(7) $300,000 for providing a grant to Wheeler County.
SECTION 9.
The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall provide grants
under ORS 568.970 using moneys appropriated under section 8 of this 2025 Act no later than
July 1, 2025, or 60 days after the effective date of this 2025 Act, whichever is later.
SECTION 10. In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there is appro-
priated to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, for the biennium beginning
July 1, 2025, out of the General Fund, the amount of $150,000, for distribution to the Central
Oregon Intergovernmental Council for the purpose of connecting to funding sources related
to implementing ORS 568.970.
SECTION 11. In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there is appro-
priated to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, for the biennium beginning
July 1, 2025, out of the General Fund, the amount of $500,000, for distribution to soil and
water conservation districts for monitoring, or contracting for monitoring, related to im-
plementing ORS 568.970.
SECTION 12.
This 2025 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2025 Act takes effect
on its passage.
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