KLS Keeping Law Simple Legislation in plain English

Straight-ahead summaries built from the official bill text. We keep the source links front and center and leave the decision up to you.

Back to Oregon

HB3122 • 2025

Directs the State Parks and Recreation Department to exercise good-faith efforts to enter into an agreement with the United States Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Land Management to establish and implement an access fee for use of Owyhee Lake Road.

Directs the State Parks and Recreation Department to exercise good-faith efforts to enter into an agreement with the United States Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Land Management to establish and implement an access fee for use of Owyhee Lake Road.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Representative Owens, Representative Gamba,
Last action
2025-06-27
Official status
In House Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Directs the State Parks and Recreation Department to exercise good-faith efforts to enter into an agreement with the United States Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Land Management to establish and implement an access fee for use of Owyhee Lake Road.

Digest: The Act would tell the SPRD to work to enter an agreement with federal partners to create an access fee on a road in eastern Oregon.

What This Bill Does

  • Digest: The Act would tell the SPRD to work to enter an agreement with federal partners to create an access fee on a road in eastern Oregon.
  • (Flesch Readability Score: 60.0).
  • Directs the State Parks and Recreation Department to exercise good-faith efforts to enter into an agreement with the United States Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Land Management to establish and implement an access fee for use of Owyhee Lake Road.
  • Provides for certain minimum terms of the agreement.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-27 House

    In committee upon adjournment.

  2. 2025-02-18 House

    Work Session held.

  3. 2025-02-10 House

    Public Hearing held.

  4. 2025-01-17 House

    Referred to Transportation.

  5. 2025-01-13 House

    First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act would tell the SPRD to work to enter an agreement with federal partners to create an access fee on a road in eastern Oregon. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.0).
Directs the State Parks and Recreation Department to exercise good-faith efforts to enter into an agreement with the United States Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Land Management to establish and implement an access fee for use of Owyhee Lake Road. Provides for certain minimum terms of the agreement.
Relating to: Relating to Owyhee Lake Road.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3122
Sponsored by Representative OWENS (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 would tell the SPRD to work to enter an agreement with federal partners to
create an access fee on a road in eastern Oregon. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.0).
Directs the State Parks and Recreation Department to exercise good-faith efforts to enter into
an agreement with the United States Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation and Bu-
reau of Land Management to establish and implement an access fee for use of Owyhee Lake Road.
Provides for certain minimum terms of the agreement.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to Owyhee Lake Road.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
(1)(a) The State Parks and Recreation Department shall exercise good-faith
efforts to enter into an agreement with the United States Department of the Interior’s Bu-
reau of Reclamation and Bureau of Land Management for the purpose of establishing and
implementing an access fee for use of Owyhee Lake Road.
(b) Moneys received from the access fee shall be used for the purposes of supporting
ongoing road maintenance, enhanced visitation infrastructure and essential road improve-
ments, including surface repairs and safety upgrades.
(2) The agreement described in subsection (1) of this section, at a minimum, must:
(a) Establish a committee consisting of representatives of:
(A) The State Parks and Recreation Department.
(B) The Bureau of Reclamation.
(C) The Bureau of Land Management.
(D) Malheur County.
(E) The road district, as described in ORS 371.055, in which Owyhee Lake Road is located.
(b) Authorize the committee to set and adjust the access fee and allocate moneys re-
ceived from the access fee for the purposes described in subsection (1) of this section.
(c) Require the committee to evaluate visitor data to assist in setting or adjusting the
access fee, planning for future infrastructure needs and ensuring continued road safety and
environmental stewardship.
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 2083