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HB3980 • 2025

Makes municipalities eligible for financial assistance for certain levee projects.

Makes municipalities eligible for financial assistance for certain levee projects.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Representative Owens,, Senator Girod,, Smith DB,, Representative Levy B,, Wright,, Senator Weber, Representative Drazan,, Gomberg,, Hartman,, Levy E,, McLain,, Osborne,, Senator Anderson,, Broadman,, Frederick,, McLane,, Sollman
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.

Makes municipalities eligible for financial assistance for certain levee projects.

Digest: The Act would make it so that municipalities are able to get loans and grants for levee projects.

What This Bill Does

  • Digest: The Act would make it so that municipalities are able to get loans and grants for levee projects.
  • (Flesch Readability Score: 66.3).
  • Makes municipalities eligible for financial assistance for certain levee projects.
  • Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

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. 2025-06-03 House

    Referred to Rules.

  3. 2025-06-02 House

    First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act would make it so that municipalities are able to get loans and grants for levee projects. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.3).
Makes municipalities eligible for financial assistance for certain levee projects.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Relating to: Relating to levee projects; declaring an emergency.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3980
Sponsored by Representative OWENS, Senators GIROD, SMITH DB, Representative LEVY B, Senator WEBER;
Representatives DRAZAN, GOMBERG, HARTMAN, LEVY E, MCLAIN, Senators ANDERSON, BROADMAN,
FREDERICK, MCLANE, SOLLMAN (at the request of Association of Oregon Counties, League of Oregon
Cities)
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 make it so that municipalities are able to get loans and grants for levee
projects. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.3).
Makes municipalities eligible for financial assistance for certain levee projects.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to levee projects; creating new provisions; amending ORS 285B.420; and declaring an
emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
ORS 285B.420 is amended to read:
285B.420. (1) The Oregon Infrastructure Finance Authority may provide financial assistance in
the form of loans or grants for a levee project to:
[(a) Drainage districts organized under ORS chapter 547; ]
(a) Municipalities;
(b) Corporations or companies for drainage or flood control organized under ORS chapter 554;
and
(c) For-profit or nonprofit entities and individuals engaged in the ownership, construction, in-
spection, accreditation, certification or repair of levees.
(2) To qualify for financial assistance under this section, the [ district] municipality, corporation,
company, entity or individual must demonstrate, and the authority must find, that the levee project
substantially contributes to the improvement, expansion or repair of the state’s or a municipality’s
infrastructure system and is essential for the use or development of farm, industrial or commercial
land in Oregon.
(3) Levee projects that receive financial assistance under this section are subject to the pro-
visions and requirements of ORS 285B.410 to 285B.482, if applicable.
SECTION 2.
The amendments to ORS 285B.420 by section 1 of this 2025 Act apply to fi-
nancial assistance provided under ORS 285B.420 before, on or after the effective date of this
2025 Act.
SECTION 3. 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.
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.
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